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CZ 82 Pistols: Compact Cold War Firepower 1982: War seems forever on the horizon as an icy – yet smoldering – blanket of tension grips Europe. It was the Cold War, and in the eyes of many Americans today there were only two sides: the democratic West and the Soviet East. Anything east of West Germany was just a sea of red.  Enter the CZ 82 pistol, a gun that both confirms and contradicts this idea.  History is rarely black and white (or red and blue in this case). The guns of the Cold War are no exception. The small, blowback CZ 82 pistol is one of those guns and a beautiful little s...

Colt Python 4.25″ U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- Back in 1988, Colt Python was my gateway drug to handgun collecting. She had a barrel that was 4″ long, Pachmayr grips, and a polished blue that looked like it was made out of black chrome. That Python was my sidearm for many years. I moved on to other revolvers and of course semi-autos but that Python was special and almost always made a trip with me to the range. Unfortunately, it was stolen from my truck about 12 years ago. She gave me 20 years of great shooting and started to go out of time and she was going to be shipped off to a smith for...

Concerning the decision regarding the cal tek. can you explain to the jury your understanding of double action vs. single action guns? >> of course. a firearm that has double action requires the trigger in the hammer to do two separate things, two separate motions. one is as you are squeezing the trigger, the hammer was in front. was forward it has to come back. that's the one action. then it comes forward and it fires the firing pin, which sets off the firearm. single action would mean the firearm, the hammer mechanism is back and one, as you squeeze the trigger, it does one action, which is ...

>> i have a question or two. can you explain for the jury your understanding of double action versus single action guns? >> of course. a firearm that has double action requires the trigger in the hand to do two separate things, two separate motions, one is as you're squeezing the trigger, the hammer that was in front, it was forward and then it has to come back, then it comes forward. a single action means the hammer mechanism is back and one as you squeeze the trigger, it does one action, which is single. there's some automatic handguns that are single action or -- i'm sorry, double action on...

Double action, correct? >> yes. >> meaning by that that you don't need to do -- you need to have a certain amount of weight and intent to fire that firearm, correct? >> what double action refers to is pulling the trick gegger, co and releasing the firearm mechanism. >> the very characteristic of being a double action is a safety feature, correct? >> yes. >> okay. meaning that there are some firearms, are there not, some semi-automatics, where if you actually rachet, if you have a cartridge in the chamber, it is ready to fire with a very light, almost feather weight pull, correct? >> those are ...