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Short answer: it depends on the range, because there is no single national age. At Strip Gun Club, shooters aged 10 and up can shoot with a parent or legal guardian present, and anyone 18 or older can shoot on their own. That’s the number most people came here for. But if you’re planning a…

The best time to visit Las Vegas is March through May and September through November. Those two shoulder seasons give you daytime highs in the 70s and 80s, almost no rain, and the kind of weather that makes walking four miles of the Strip feel like a good idea instead of a mistake. That’s the…

Most guides to romantic things to do in Las Vegas hand you the same three ideas: a fountain show, a fancy dinner, a stroll down the Strip. Fine for a first date. Not so much for a couple who already knows they’d rather do something exciting together than sit quietly across a tablecloth. The crazy…

Most clips hold between 3 and 10 rounds. A stripper clip usually holds 5. The M1 Garand’s en bloc clip holds 8. A moon clip for a revolver holds 6. But there’s a good chance the thing you’re picturing isn’t a clip at all. If you’re imagining the rectangular piece that slides into the grip…

Walk up to the counter at a range and you’ll see rows of handguns behind the glass, everything from a compact 9mm to a stainless revolver to something that looks like it belongs in a Western. They’re all “pistols” in casual conversation, but the word actually covers several distinct designs, each with its own action,…

A rifle is only as accurate as the relationship between where you’re aiming and where the round actually lands. Get that relationship dialed in, and a good scope turns you into a precise, confident shooter. Skip it, and even the finest optic on the market will send rounds wandering off target. That process — aligning…

The 9mm and .45 ACP tend to hog the spotlight in ammo debates, but two rounds that share a bore diameter and a family tree deserve just as much attention: the 10mm Auto and the .40 S&W. On paper they look like close cousins. In practice, they behave very differently once the trigger breaks. If…

Ask ten shooters what a gun clip is and you might get ten slightly different answers — and at least one heated correction. It’s one of the most commonly confused pieces of terminology in the firearms world, right up there with bullet versus cartridge. So let’s clear it up for good. A gun clip is…

Walk up to the counter at any shooting range and you’ll hear a wall of acronyms: FMJ, JHP, TMJ, HPBT. If you’re new to shooting, it can feel like everyone else got a glossary you never received. Here’s the good news: bullet types are simple once you understand two things: how a bullet is built,…

Walk up to the counter at Strip Gun Club and you’ll see dozens of firearms behind the glass, revolvers, pistols, rifles that look like they came off a movie set, shotguns, even fully automatic machine guns. If you’re new to shooting, the terminology alone can feel like a foreign language. What’s the difference between a…

If you’ve ever compared two boxes of the same caliber and noticed one says “115 gr” and the other “147 gr,” you’ve run into grain and probably wondered what it actually changes. Here’s the short version: grain is a unit of weight, and in ammo it refers to the weight of the bullet the projectile that leaves…

If you’ve spent any time behind a rifle, you’ve heard the debate: 5.56 vs .308. It’s one of the oldest arguments in the shooting world, and for good reason — the .308 Winchester and the 5.56 NATO are the two most popular centerfire rifle cartridges in America. Both were born from military necessity, both dominate…