Soft-Points For Self-Defense? (The Truth) Here at the LocaCarnivore, we’ve tested more than a few handgun cartridges. Many a hollow point load has met its nadir in our exclusive “Frost Giant” gel test. The same problem crops up again and…
Hate the 6.5 Creedmoor? (10 Reasons Why You Should) The year is 2007. The shooting world is focused on short magnums and ultra-magnums. An earthquake approaches. Hornady, releases a new 6.5mm cartridge for long-range target competition. No one foresees the…
.357 Magnum Winchester 145 Grain Silver Tip (Any Good?) The 1980s. Ronald Reagan occupied the White House and owned the Soviets. Bruce Springsteen ruled the rock charts. Miami Vice ruled the TV ratings. Winchester’s Silver Tip sought to revolutionize defensive…
Forgotten Sig: P239, the redheaded step-child. Sig-Sauer makes, for the most part, world-class handguns. Some say the company reached its zenith with the hammer-fired P220/226 pistol family. The series began with the P220, a single stack gun chambered in 9mm…
.357 Magnum Winchester 145 Grain Silver Tip: It Failed? Winchester’s Silver Tip defensive handgun ammunition dates back to the 1980s. These days it is considered a “classic” load, although for such an old round it is still on the market. …
Can you still subsistence hunt in the U.S.? What does it mean to subsistence hunt? In simple terms it is feeding yourself off the land. At one time, people in the United States–what would become the United States–subsistence hunted and…
“Deer Sleighr” game drag system: real world test. It’s one thing to drop a monster buck (or elk, moose, ram, etc.) in the hinterland. Quite another to get the darned thing back to camp or the truck. Yes, you could…
Hunting rifle accuracy: the truth. How accurate a hunting rifle do you need? The gun industry and long-range hunting cultists have their opinions, which have shaped the conversation for a decade or two. The answer, as with most complex realities,…
.45 ACP FMJ for defense: the truth. The .45 ACP cartridge is a legend. It served as the Untied States’ front line service pistol round for 75 years, and with specialized units still to this day. In those years, it…
Why you should carry a 1911. As I write this, the Pistol, Model of 1911 is over 110 years old. Some, all right many, say this old war horse is past its prime. A venerated antique, nothing more. Its hey-day…