Defending yourself away from home and defending your castle are two different tasks, and for many people, that suggests different tools. But if you use different guns for home and personal defense out in the world, there are some factors to consider to find the best guns for the job. Regardless of your choices, the … Read more
If you kill someone in South Carolina, they now stand ready to kill you back. With difficulties in obtaining the drugs needed for lethal injections, the Palmetto State once again has accommodations for firing squad executions in addition to Ol’ Sparky, the electric chair for carrying out death sentences. Yes, for those who don’t want … Read more
Last year’s virtual SHOT Show revealed the space age P50 from KelTec. If you’re not familiar with the P50, then you’re missing out. Well, you’re missing out if you like weird guns. The P50 is this crazy, retro-futuristic 5.7x28mm pistol that uses P90 magazines. It’s a handgun, but a really, really big one. Big handguns … Read more
Springfield Armory might finally be giving a lot of us what we’ve been asking for. If you don’t know, Springfield imports its XD series and Hellcat pistols from Croatia, specifically, from a company called HS Produkt. The XD series used to be known as the HS2000 before Springfield picked up the line. HS Produkt, however, … Read more
Ammo prices being what they are, I’ve taken to trying to review multiple items at a time to get the most out of my ammunition supply. While reviewing the Aero Precision EPC, I put on a Holosun HS510C and bam, now I get two reviews for the ammo cost of one. These days, you gotta … Read more
Whenever I handle an old gun — and I mean an old gun — I wonder what firearms I’ll leave to my kids and grandkids. Will they have the same charm and unique nature as a truly old gun? How cool is an AR when there are tens of millions of them? I don’t think … Read more
The best part of this job is learning new thing about the gun world. Today I had to learn how to handle a proper optic. Most of my optics fall into the prism, red dot, or LPVO range, and of my LPVOs, none are very expensive. Today I have the Primary Arms GLx 2.5-10X FFP … Read more
I get a certain level of pain when I see a cool old rifle get “modernized,” whether it’s historical or not. Even, in this case, the attempt at modernization sets me off. The only good news in doing that is that it destroys the gun’s value and allows me to scoop it up for next … Read more
Because of my involvement in the Civilian Marksmanship Program sports and similar hobbies surrounding old military rifles, I often find myself in an ethical debate with my fellow competitors and enthusiasts. In a loud world of dime-a-dozen AR clones and wannabe snipers assembling parts builds out of multi-thousand dollar actions, the (relatively) quiet debate over … Read more
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