Paul-Martin Foss

When it comes to getting more power out of the AR-15 platform, shooters have been limited for years. The need for more power out of a semi-automatic rifle was recognized…

In many areas of life, things that are old eventually become new again. And in the firearms world that is just as true. Many old cartridges that once were thought…

Despite the recent ammunition shortage, we live at a time in which firearms owners have perhaps more options than ever before. And when common calibers are unavailable, sometimes less common…

While the 5.56×45 NATO cartridge certainly has killed its share of bad guys in combat, every now and then soldiers wish they had something with a little more oomph, like…

Every now and then, AR-15 owners may feel the need for something a little more powerful than the standard 5.56mm NATO chambering. Whether it’s hunting big game, stopping cars, or…

While the 9mm Luger/9mm Parabellum is the dominant 9mm cartridge in the US today, and indeed in the world, it was once just one of a number of 9mm handgun…

In the heyday of market hunting, large-bore shotguns were the name of the game. Hunters hunted waterfowl like ducks and geese in small pontoon boats with pintle-mounted smoothbore guns. These…

One of the great advantages of the AR-15 platform is its modularity. With the lower receiver housing the fire control group and magazine well, and the upper receiver housing the…

When preparing for a s*** hits the fan situation (SHTF), there are three types of preparedness required: mental preparedness, physical preparedness, and material preparedness. We covered mental preparedness in our…

The 1980s saw a proliferation of new designs for cartridges to be chambered in pistols and personal defense weapons (PDWs). While some of those, such as 10mm Auto, continued in…

Like its larger brother the .308 Winchester, the 5.56x45mm/.223 Remington cartridge has been used by wildcatters since its inception to create new and interesting cartridges. Since the 5.56 is already…