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Modern Personal Defense Weapon Calibers 008: The 10x25mm Norma Automatic
Oh yes, it’s that time. The 10mm Automatic, what hasn’t been said about it? Well, a decently sourced article about its history*, maybe, but that’s for another time. Right now, we’re considering the 10mm Auto (or 10mm Norma as it’s more prim and properly called) as a personal defense weapon and submachine gun caliber. The 10mm was designed in 1980 by Swedish company FFV Norma AB with input from Jeff Cooper as the most powerful and capable automatic handgun round of its day, but will that extra power pay off when pushed beyond its design limits into the 50-300m range, at least according to the JBM Ballistics calculator?
Gun Review: A Tale of Two Volkspistoles: The H&K VP9 & VP40
Heckler & Koch has had an unusual relationship with the striker-fired handgun. The world’s first polymer-framed striker-fired production pistol, the VP70, was an H&K, and what many consider to be the company’s finest handgun ever, the P7, was also striker fired. However, aside from those two, Heckler & Koch had not produced any other striker-fired handguns, despite being one of the world’s major pistol design and manufacturing firms. Had, that is, until the summer of 2014, when the company released a brand new handgun, which harkened back to the aforementioned VP70 with the name VP9.
H&K brings .40 to VP series
Heckler & Koch released a press release on June 12th about their newest addition to the VP line up, a .40 caliber version, VP40. I’m curious as to why it took them this long, being that .40 and 9mm handguns usually share the same dimensions when it comes to manufacturing. From the press release-
Make Your Own Bullet Headphones
YouTube channel Inspire to Make has posted an excellent video on how to make your own headphones out of your spare brass. Using some common household items including sandpaper, polish, and a dowel rod, I would expect someone could make these themselves in about 30 minutes (though the 3 minute video makes it look easy).
Gun Review: Sig Sauer P-320
Sig has certainly jumped forward of other companies in the polymer gun market. With it’s modular design the 320 can be configured to fit just about any shooter at a reasonable cost. When looking through the Sig Pro Shop you see one wall with a lot of different frames from compact to full size as well as assorted grip sizes. The price runs $59.00 for a bare frame. It’s worth noting that grips from the 250 will work with the 320.