by James Downey | Feb 26, 2020 | .44, .44 Magnum, .44 Special, ammo, ammunition, Anecdotes, ballistics, BBTI, cartridges, Colt, Colt Anaconda, Cor-Bon, Corbon, Data, Discussion., Firearms, Hornady, jim downey, reviews, Revolver, Taurus, Winchester
Recently I came across on a surprisingly good deal on a Taurus Tracker .44mag snubnose. This one: Taurus isn’t my first choice of firearm brands, but I’ve owned them and generally liked them, and the price on this one was a little too good to pass up. So I... by James Downey | Dec 29, 2019 | .22, .22 lr, .22Magnum, .22WMR, .32 H&R, .327 Federal Magnum, .327 Magnum, .357 Magnum, .357Magnum, .38 Special, .41 Magnum, .44, .44 Magnum, .44 Special, ammo, ammunition, cartridges, Firearms, guns, jim downey, Revolver, speed strips, technology
Anyone who has considered a revolver as a self-defense option has confronted the question of whether, and how, to carry spare ammunition for it. Loose cartridges are just a pain to deal with, and take forever to reload. Speedloaders are great, but more than a little... by James Downey | Nov 28, 2019 | .25 ACP, .380 ACP, ammo, ammunition, ballistics, BBTI, Brass Fetcher, Data, Discussion., Firearms, guns, jim downey, reviews, Sauer & Sohn, technology
Happy Anniversary/Birthday! By tradition, BBTI is 11 years old today! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I recently got to shoot a couple of very nice little pistols in .32 ACP … which date back to before WWI. The first was a Sauer & Sohn Model... by James Downey | Nov 22, 2019 | .45 Super, .45 WinMag, .460 Rowland, ammo, ammunition, ballistics, BBTI, cartridges, Data, Death Wish 3, Discussion., Firearms, Forgotten Weapons, guns, jim downey, reviews, Survivor, technology, Wikipedia, Wildey
When you see this tag on a pistol, you know things may get interesting: Can’t read it? Here’s the text: CAUTION This gun is unique in many ways. Do not handle and/or fire it without having read the instruction manual. If there is anything you don’t... by James Downey | Aug 21, 2019 | .45 Colt, ammo, ammunition, art, ballistics, BBTI, Colt, Data, Discussion., Farscape, Firearms, Gatling Gun, guns, jim downey, lasers, science fiction, Springfield XDM, technology, Wikipedia
Again, it’s been a while. Partial explanation towards the end of this post. So, the BBTI team finally got together to do something we’ve been wanting to do for several years now: shoot a Gatling Gun. Yep, a real, honest-to-gawd Gatling Gun. Well, not an... 