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Which is the better choice for home defense? Choosing a weapon for home defense is a serious matter, and as far as I’m concerned, a handgun should be an integral part of any home defense plan. Why? Unlike a shotgun or an AR, handguns are easy to keep with you at all times. With a long gun, you’ll have to go fetch it when the balloon goes up. A handgun, however, does not constitute a comprehensive home defense plan. Handguns are personal defense weapons, and while one might very well be needed during a home protection scenario, if a long...

The MWCA St. Paul Gun Show will be held this weekend, October 3rd-4th, in the Minnesota State Fair Education Building. We are excited to attend this gun show hosted by the Minnesota Weapons Collectors Association.The address  is 1265 Snelling Ave, St. Paul, MN 55108.Now that Minnesota has legalized the use of suppressors, you can utilize our subsonic ammunition. FOG has been producing 300 AAC Blackout subsonic rounds for some time now and shipping it to states all over the country, we will have it with us at this show so you too can enjoy this subsonic round. We will also...

     Recently we were asked whether or not a .223 REM round could be used in a 5.56 chambered rifle. The short answer, yes. But why?      The 5.56 NATO was a round developed in the late 1950’s for the AR-15 and adopted by the military in the early 1960’s. This round was designed to stay supersonic at 500 yards. The .223 round, the civilian version of the 5.56, was purchased by Remington soon after the military adopted the 5.56 for use in the M16.      The .223 REM and the 5.56 NATO are similarly sized cartridges,...

Originally posted by Joshua Gillem on guncarrier.com The age old debate about which caliber handgun is better to carry is about to be settled. But the answer may surprise you because I don’t take the same approach to comparing them as many others do. Most articles that compare self-defense ammunition of differing calibers only take ballistics into consideration. However, there is so much more that goes into it than just how deadly a bullet can be. Ballistics are important. But, then again, so is recoil, confidence, ability, price and penetration. So which of the two is the better self-defense cartridge? The...