Gun Review: Bushmaster ACR
The ACR’s designers didn’t exactly start with a blank piece of paper, but they addressed many of the AR-15’s platform’s perceived flaws. The ACR (which stands for Adaptive Combat Rifle, a modular assault rifle...
Gun Review: SIG SAUER P290
Like the Brady Campaign Against America, I’m downsizing. Now that I downsized my home by a couple of thousand square feet I’m all cozy and don’t have quite as much vacuuming to do. My...
Gun Review: Century Arms International (Wise Lite Arms) Sterling Sporter
There’s a reason George Lucas equipped his Storm Troopers with Sterling-based blasters and not MAT 49’s, Jati-matics or Owens. The Sterling is one sexy-looking submachine gun (SMG). It's also got some serious pedigree. Fighting...
Gun Review: M1 Garand Rifle
For some folks, the M1 Garand is a venerated object, a potent symbol of American greatness during World War II. Some of these people make an almost holy exercise out of researching serial numbers...
Gun(smith) Review: Wild West Guns “Marlin 1894C Rescue Project”
The much-troubled Marlin 1894C has been my project gun since early May, when the backordered and pricey 'diamond in the rough' arrived at my FFL guy's door. With a misfit stock, mangled screw heads...
Gun Review: Smith & Wesson Model 60
The first known revolver appeared in the late 1500's, some 300 years before the Mauser's Broomhandle introduced the world to the joys of a reliable semi-automatic pistol. In the last century, revolvers have not...
Review: Stoeger Coach Gun Pt 2.
There’s nothing like seeing yourself on video to make you feel self-conscious and...
Gun Review: Smith & Wesson Governor Take 2
RF recently reviewed the Smith & Wesson Governor. Unfortunately, our Fearless Leader lives in a part of the world where shooting inanimate objects requires a court order and direct supervision by a Plinking Safety Officer. RF...
Gun Review: Smith & Wesson E-Series SW1911Sc
The 1911 is the dictionary definition of "been there shot that." Especially now, during the centennial celebrations marking its debut. You could equip an Army unit with all the variants clamoring for a modern...
Gun Review: Thompson/Center Icon
I grew up shooting Weatherby Mark V’s and a Steyr SSG. And there I was, a full-grown adult with a credit score and everything, browsing the gun rack at Sportsman’s Warehouse. I noticed a...
Gun Review: Smith & Wesson M&P45c
Virginia may be for lovers, but it's not for full-size handguns. At least not in summer. By June, the temperature in Old Dominion starts knocking on 100F. The humidity is so thick you need...
Gun Review: Smith & Wesson M&P15 Sport
There's innovation, and then there's beating a dead horse. A few guns have fallen into this latter category, like John Moses Browning's 1911 design. At over 100 years old, the 1911 has been done,...