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 David Yamane | Nov 16, 2019 | art, guns, law enforcement, police, San Francisco
While in San Francisco for the American Society of Criminology meetings this week, my sister sent me an Instagram post by the anonymous graffiti artist BiP (“Believe in People”). It unveiled an eight story tall mural he recently completed in the Hayes...
by James Downey | Nov 3, 2019 | Discussion., Firearms, guns, jim downey
Recently I had the opportunity to take some defensive firearms use classes from some highly-respected pros in that field (no, I’m not going to say who). This was the first formal training I’ve had in a while, and it was a great weekend of experience which...
by David Yamane | Oct 16, 2019 | academic bias, guns
In my previous post about anti-gun biases that pop up all too frequently in scholarly studies of guns, I highlighted a passage that appeared for no good reason in a recent book I reviewed, Guns in Law: A gun “makes a little man feel big, a stupid man feel clever, a...
