JOHN TAFFIN The modern beginnings of the 10MM go back to the early 1970’s with the creation of the .40 G&A. At the time, there were three semi-auto cartridges of any serious consequences available, the 9MM, the .38 Super, and the .45 ACP. The idea was to come up with a cartridge that combined the […]
TAFFIN TESTS: THE 10MM Read Post »
Never in the entire history of handgunning has the imagination of the shooting public been set afire as it was by the ten bore. No, not a long obsolete elephant gun for hunting Africa, but the latest ten bore, the 10MM family of handgun cartridges. First came the 10MM with Norma producing the ammunition utilizing
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The latest Magnum offering, at least as this is written and certainly subject to no less than immediate change, turns out not to be so new after all. In fact it has been around for nearly fifteen years, a cartridge without a home. Sometime in the late 1970’s Winchester introduced two new cartridges to rival
Quite often something I write sparks an interest in a reader who wants to share his special handgun or experience with me. Having found long ago that I can learn much from the readers of this magazine, I always read these letters with great interest and endeavor to answer every letter I receive. Many of
IN DEFENSE OF THE .44 – IT’S STILL SPECIAL! Read Post »
The .44 Magnum is now well into its fifth decade and it seems good to look back at the history of this excellent, even all-around sixgun load and some of the fine guns that have been made and are still being made for the big forty-four. If you are not a reader of Elmer Keith
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SIXGUN STOCKS …JOHN TAFFIN Every handgunner knows purchasing the sixgun that will fill a need, either real or imagined, is only the first step. Every good gun deserves good leather and good grips. A few years back it was impossible to find good usable stocks, or grips, on very many factory sixguns especially those of