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 | 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 | Nov 17, 2019 | 9mm, 9mm Luger, 9mm Luger (9x19), Anecdotes, ballistics, BBTI, Data, Discussion., Firearms, guns, jim downey, reviews, Sig P365 SAS, technology
Last weekend, I got to try one of these: Yup, it’s the latest iteration of the popular Sig P365, the SAS (“Sig Anti-Snag”), designed to be the ‘ultimate concealed-carry gun’. Well, is it? Take a look at this pic: That’s the first... 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... by James Downey | Nov 25, 2018 | BBTI, jim downey
Happy Anniversary! Yup, the BBTI website launched on Thanksgiving weekend, 2008. That first weekend we had over 300,000 hits, and it’s been something of a roller coaster ever since, with millions of visitors, thousands of discussion threads, and countless... 