Savage has been making outstanding bolt-action rifles for over 60 years now. The brand has earned a reputation of quality well outside of its price range. With the Axis II XP, Savage has doubled down on the cost cutting, combining a bare bones rifle with an inexpensive optic for a very affordable full package. Unfortunately, […]
Earlier this year I got a sneak peak at the Paul Howe Package GLOCKs customized by Wilson Combat. Wilson embargoed any stories at the time, but I got to shoot the G19s and G26s of these models all weekend. They all shot well, EXTREMELY well for small GLOCKs, and I left wanting one of the […]
With either the traditional Hammer Classic, or the slightly more modern Sharptail, CZ has made guns worthy of “riding shotgun.” The shotgun has long and rightfully been regarded as the most useful of firearms. Because of its wide range of projectiles, even the old smoothbore flintlock fowlers were good for everything in the woods up […]
[Ed: The subject of “stopping power” is a never-ending debate amongst gun guys and gals. JWT, a former combat medic, wrote this back in 2014 and it’s well worth sharing again.] RF, a few friends, and I were shooting out on my range at a dueling tree. After having to shoot one steel paddle no […]
I like FN. I do not like the FN SCAR. But I like the FN SCAR 20S. A lot. People are complex that way. The FN SCAR 20S is the latest in a long and fabled line of battle rifles. FN can rightly call themselves “The World’s Most Battle Proven Firearms.” It was only a […]
When Jeremy originally posted about the C4 Precision Folding Sights by Ultradyne, I could hear the “ERMUGERD!” in his voice. I’m sure he could hear the “Get off my damn lawn, hurumph!” in mine. Over the last few months, I’ve certainly done the most amount of shooting over the most amount of time for the […]
In one form or another, Mauser has been making rifles for almost 150 years. Mauser rifles have become synonymous with old world quality and craftsmanship, as well as strength and function. The new Mauser M18 is a departure from the famous rifles Mauser built their reputation on. The company has sought to create an inexpensive […]
Earlier this year I wrote about the new Wilson Combat cartridge, the 300 Ham’r. I gave the rifle, the concept, and the team that built it high praise. The rifle shoots every bit of the stoutest SAAMI spec loads of a .30-30 Win, but in a lightweight AR-15 platform. In my review, I was trying […]
On a recent hunt sponsored by Remington, the product rep brought out several new models. I’d reviewed some of them before, some favorably some not so much. Of course, the one super-cool thing they had there was embargoed until next year. I thought I’d shoot some pigs, maybe some deer, but otherwise nothing caught my […]
Inexpensive German hunting rifle. These words do not go together. Sauer manages to pull it all together in their entry level hunting rifle, the Sauer 100. When many folks think of Sauer, they automatically assume the fine wood stocks most of their rifles are known for. There are 100’s in Beechwood stocks, but most are […]
There are a whole lot of cartridges out there for every use under the sun. Unfortunately, there’s a lot less knowledge about them than there needs to be. But it doesn’t have to be that way. We have a deep and authoritative knowledge base on hundreds of individual cartridges available to us. My friends, referring […]
Walking through the Cabelas Gun Library recently, a pistol caught my eye. A base model Colt Government Model Series 80 normally wouldn’t get a second look. It’s not that I don’t like them, it’s because I already have them, and I know the guns well enough. The USGI configuration Colt is what I compare all […]
