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Recent Activity at TGW

• Replacing Lost Nuts on the ARMS #40 Rear Flip-Up Sight, last touched 12 hours ago
• Blackhawk Serpa Level 3 Retention Holster, last touched 1 day ago
• 5.11's ATAC A2 Flashlight, last touched 1 day ago
• Blackhawk's Belt Pouch Holster, last touched 1 day ago
• 5.11 Tactical's ATAC Gloves, last touched 1 day ago
• About Recrowning Barrels, last touched 3 days ago
• Fixing a G3 / PTR-91 Magazine in Place, last touched 4 days ago
• Single vs Double Hook Tapco Triggers, last touched 4 days ago
• Notes on 7.62x39mm Brass, last touched 4 days ago
• Fixing CZ-97B Grip Screw Looseness, last touched 4 days ago

Articles by Tag

AK Family Analysis Apparel AR Family Caliber California Law Chart Definitions Federal Law Gear Gunsmithing HK Family Overview Project How-tos Recalls Reference Reloading Review Rework Warnings

Basic Concepts

• Anatomy of a Bullet
• Factors of Accuracy
• Factors of Effective Range
• Factors of Recoil
• Chemistry of Cleaners and Lubricants

Beginner Information

• Starter information for new gun owners
• Working tools of gun owners and gunsmiths
• Measurement tools used with firearms
• Checkup procedures - inspections to perform regularly, not necessarily often.
• Glossary - where to go if you don't recognize some words or phrases in the articles.
• Projectile Abbreviations reference.

Gear and Accessories

• Types of Pistol Holster
• General gear - luggage, apparel, etc
• A comparison of several STANAG Magazines

Reloading and Ammunition Design

• Reloading Reference
• Shopping pointers for reloading
• The 'Round vs Round' pages

Documentation of Standards

• Standardized Magazine Types used in various weapon systems.
• About standard optic mounts, including Picatinny and Weaver rails.
• About standard scope rings.

Firearm Reference

Originally, TGW was going to stay out of the field of basic about-firearm-X articles. World.guns.ru and Wikipedia are generally better at that. However, a lot of subjects are either not being covered at all elsewhere, or are being covered without a technical slant. This is a gap we'll fill if no one else will.

• The 'Gun Versus Gun' pages
• AK Family
• AR Family
• All others

Legal Information

Although most gun questions end up touching on law sooner or later, one of TGW's primary focuses is on helping folks avoid accidentally breaking state or federal laws. Because even most non-violent gun crimes (i.e. misconfiguration of a rifle) can be prosecuted as felonies, it's very important to remain rigorously within the law in order to retain your hobby.

• ATF standards for measuring barrel lengths
• Federal laws
• California laws
• Pennsylvania laws
• Other states are welcome as well, but so far we only have Californians contributing to the legal side.

Search Terms: the Q&A Section

TGW processes incoming Google/Yahoo/whatnot searches and mails a daily summary of them to me. This gives an idea what the public wants to know about, and provides a means to improve TGW's content by writing the content which people are hoping to learn. Search Terms columns are presented as an open monthly snapshot of what folks are asking TGW for. See this article if you're curious about why this is done, and the mechanisms which drive it.

Maintenance Information

• Regular maintenance procedures - cleaning, lubrication, etc.
• Safety warnings - addressing safety issues with specific weapons.
• Accessory modifications - repairs and modifications to magazines, etc
• Aesthetic modifications - refinishing, bluing, alternative grips, etc.
• Building guns from parts
• Troubleshooting and reliability - diagnosing and correcting reliability issues.

Shopping Related

• Retailers with Curio+Relic FFL discounts
• A list of lists of gun shows
• Shopping pointers for the AK family
• Shopping pointers for the AR-15
• Shopping pointers for the H&K family
• Shopping pointers for reloading

Disclaimer and Privacy Policy

Please note that this is the only page in the Gunwiki web which is restricted from editing. For whatever reason, it's the main page which spammers create accounts to add links to their sites with, so I've finally just locked it off. Should you have any legitimate change requests for this page, feel free to leave a comment with what you'd suggest adding to the top of the site (i.e. a link to a new article of yours, etc).