Strike Force Manufacturing’s Todd Jarrett has a New Bolt Carrier
Strike Force Manufacturing has a new bolt carrier for the AR-15 platform. Thanks to the part's aluminum phosphate finish---developed to protect engine parts on World War II bomber aircraft---it's psychedelic blue. Designed in part by Todd Jarrett, Strike...
Gear Review: Swarovski Optik Z6i 1-6×24 BRT
In the first post about the Swarovski scope we looked at the asthetics and technical specifications of this piece of glass. Then, in the second post we spent some time talking about actually shooting...
Gear Review: Swarovski Optik Z6i 1-6×24 BRT (Sighting In)
I just got back from the NRA Headquarters range (after a nice visit with the National Firearms Museum's senior curator, but more on that later). I've zero'd the Swarovski Optik Z6i 1-6×24 BRT I...
Competition Shooting 101: CMP/NRA High Power
In our last installment we stepped into the fast-paced world of 3-gun competitions, where going fast was the key to success and moving around the course was an integral part of the challenge. This...
Gear Review: Swarovski Optik Z6i 1-6×24 BRT (First Impressions)
Ever read a bi-lingual airplane magazine? One with computerized English translation next to the native language text? Try this on for size: "In the development of our rifle scopes we have always taken our...
Gear Review: Montie Gear Precision Rest
First of all, apologies to Montie Gear for holding onto their Testing and Evaluation Precision Rest since the late Jurassic era. I guess I took the old adage "a thing of beauty is a...
Die Bullet Tipping Die! Die!
Sorry, I couldn't resist. I know there's a cow-tipping joke in there somewhere, but I'll let that slide. Whoops! Click here to learn how to increase your ballistic coefficient. Said the actress to the...
The Truth About NERF Ballistics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaGW_qhwvCw
Farago and I are waiting patiently (as if) for our Marlin 1894c lever-action .357 carbines to arrive. His is going to get tricked out with everything from an internal laser sight to a built-in...
Gear Review: SIG SAUER .22lr P226 Conversion Kit
Range trips keep getting more expensive. Everything from gas to ammo prices keep rising and there's no relief in sight. In these expensive times more and more companies are putting out products that shoot the...
Competition Shooting 101: 3-Gun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z_jtqOIlbY
Shooting sports are once again gaining popularity in the United States and abroad, but the games aren't the same "gentlemanly" ones that your grandfather played. There was a time when "shooting competition" meant firing...
Gear Review: Leupold VX II Variable Scout Scope Review (First Impressions)
There aren't many gunmakers left in Oregon these days. Kimber used to be located here; a corner of the country where law-abiding adults can buy a firearm with relative ease. The company upped stakes...