Tactical Atlas Firearm Blog

Hanging out with a guy that owns a cannon (PHOTOS)

"You heard of that white powder people get addicted to? This black powder is way worse," said John Parker, who has shot his replica 3-inch Ordnance Rifle over 300 times since he picked it up last year.

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Slowing it down with cannon shock waves, for science (VIDEO)

The Gallant John Pelham Artillery Competition in Tennessee has a little bit of something for everyone when it comes to big guns, including the chance to get some great slo-mo video.

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Chasing away the riff raff via rock salt (VIDEO)

Long a rumored load favored by farmers and protective fathers, the old rock salt shotgun shell gets some serious ballistic testing.

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Gun owners sue city over mandatory gun lock law

Two gun owners allied with a Second Amendment group last week filed a legal challenge to a new city ordinance recently enacted by a Seattle suburb.

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Firing the big guns of the Old Guard (PHOTOS + VIDEO)

The Army's last battery of historic anti-tank guns is the only unit of its kind and is called to serve more than 300 times each year.

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Brady sues Cabela’s over sale of black powder gun to felon later used in murder

The national gun control group is backing a lawsuit against the big box retailer over the sale of a replica muzzleloader to a felon who later used it to kill an Ohio man.

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Snowden Slights and his canoe-sized shotgun (PHOTOS)

Described as "The Last of the Yorkshire Wildfowlers" in a 1912 biography published just before his death, Slights liked to pack a punt gun.

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Hello, Bob: Testing the old trope of shooting dimes from a shotgun (VIDEOS)

A familiar installment of Old West legend is the death of a New Mexico lawman via an unusual shotgun load. Here comes the myth-busting.

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Traditions Shipping Outfitter G2 & 450 Bushmaster Rifle w/ Quick Detach Forend

Traditions Firearms is pleased to announce that the NEW Outfitter G2 is in stock in several calibers & shipping. Additionally, the 450 Bushmaster Model with the Quick Detach Forend is available.

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Testing out some 15th Century firepower up close (VIDEO)

Faster to train that a longbowman, a firearm-equipped soldier of the 1400s wasn't that badly equipped for the time.

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.32 Squirrel Rifle – an Old World Alternative to the .22 Long Rifle

Did you ever stop and wonder what our ancestors did before the small rimfire round came along in 1887?

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