The awesome new look at High Caliber Guns is thanks to a WordPress theme created by Jim Whimpey called Chewy . I have been customizing the theme, and you will probably see a few more changes before I’m done. I’ve been looking for a great looking black and white theme, and I finally found it.

The best Wushu movie ever made? This reviewer says, yes!

Many of you have probably already noticed my new favicon in the address bar of Firefox (you are using Firefox right?) Anyway, I created the icon using FavIcon from Pics. If you have the old icon in your bookmarks list (High Caliber Guns isn’t your home page?) you can get the new one by going to Tools | Clear Private Data… in the Firefox menu and clicking the “Clear Private Data Now” button. This will empty your cache, and the next time you click on High Caliber Guns the new favicon will appear. Keep your eyes pealed because it could change again on a whim. By the way, I also changed the favicon for those crazy podcasters over at The Sitter Downers. Now their official logo matches their favicon! Isn’t this exciting stuff?

Have you noticed the new logo…turns out I wasn’t satisfied with the last one…maybe not this one either. Oh brother.

That gas expands equally in all directions is a basic fact…The pressure on the barrel diameter creates a barrel expansion. Swelling is another word that describes the action very well…
A fair analogy would be the pictures seen on educational television of a giant snake swallowing a small animal…For all intents and purposes, the same thing happens to the gun barrel. Faster and for different reasons, but still about the same thing…
Much of the barrel bulging and other changes are caused by the steel’s elastic properties. We tend to think of steel as being unyielding. It is hare to visualize steel, whether cold or hot, being flexible; but it is. It will flex, expand, stretch, spring, and change in many ways and has the ability to recover its original shape without permanent damage. Up to a point. — Understanding Firearm Ballistics 4th Edition, by Robert A. Rinker