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The magazine was involved in controversy over the dismissal of one of its writers, Dick Metcalf, in 2014. According to The New York Times, an article by Metcalf took a stance on gun laws that prompted two major gun manufacturers to state that they would no longer do business with Guns & Ammo if Metcalf continued to work there. Among other ...
Unlike many other types of magazine-fed machine guns, which commonly used either box magazines or belts to feed ammunition into the firearm's action, the hopper magazine functioned differently. It would use stripper clips from an infantryman or machine gunner to supply ammunition for the machine gun to operate.
The firing was criticized by a variety of publications, including conservative and pro-gun-rights periodicals such as National Review. [2] Metcalf's column had been approved for publication by his editors at Guns & Ammo; subsequent to publication editor Jim Bequette issued an apology to the publication's enraged readership. [8]
McCann previously wrote the “Personal Security” column for Guns & Ammo magazine for 8 years and created over 25 instructional videos for Paladin Press. McCann made over 1,000 appearances as a commentator on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News. [4] McCann has developed four knife designs, one with Blackhawk Masters of Defense known as the Crucible II. [6]
It was first announced in November 1959 by Guns & Ammo magazine. The basic design was a lengthened and structurally improved .45 Colt case. [2] The wildcat cartridge finally went mainstream in 1997, when Ruger began chambering its Super Redhawk in this caliber.
According to an interview with Shotgun World magazine, he is a well-known author in the field of gunsmithing. [1] Retired from gunsmithing, he writes full-time. He teaches law enforcement classes on the patrol rifle, and gunsmithing the AR-15. In addition to writing books, he was the Handguns Editor of Guns & Ammo magazine
One of these experimental cartridges was the .22 Eargesplitten Loudenboomer. This humorously named cartridge was developed by Ackley for Bob Hutton of Guns & Ammo magazine, and was intended solely to exceed 5,000 ft/s (1,500 m/s) muzzle velocity. Ackley's loads only managed 4,600 ft/s (1,400 m/s)(Mach 4.2), firing a 50-grain (3.2 g) bullet.
Jeff Cooper was born in Los Angeles where he enrolled in the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps [2] at Los Angeles High School. [3] Cooper then enrolled at Stanford University, where he lettered in fencing, and he graduated from Stanford in 1941 with a bachelor's degree in political science. [4]