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Recent Activity at TGW

Generated hourly; don't be alarmed if newly written articles don't appear here immediately!

• How to Remove a Stuck Case from a Sizing Die, last touched 2 days ago
• About 50cal Bans in California, last touched 7 days ago
• A Guide to Markings Found on AK-47's, last touched 7 days ago
• Local Gun Laws in Los Angeles (i.e. "Why can't that be sold in Reseda?"), last touched 11 days ago
• Separated Primers on AR-15s, last touched 13 days ago
• Known Curio and Relic Discount Providers, last touched 16 days ago
• Modifying the Kel-Tec SU-16, last touched 17 days ago
• Bulgarian-Imported AK Information, last touched 17 days ago
• Sean Newton's Favorite AR-15 Configurations, last touched 17 days ago
• 6.5mm Grendel in the AR-15 Platform, last touched 17 days ago

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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.

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-15
• 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.

This Month's Searches (in progress)

Quarter	Month	Month	Month
Q3 '08	July - inc	August? - cur
Q2 '08	April - inc	May - inc	June - inc
Q1 '08	January - inc	February - inc	March - inc
Q4 '07	October - inc	November - inc	December - inc
Q3 '07	July	August	September - inc
Q2 '07	May	June

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

Read TheGunWiki for disclaimer information. This site is a reference only. You should clear any procedures you wish to undertake with gunsmiths, attorneys, reloaders, or physicists (as appropriate) before undertaking anything you read on this site.