Earlier this year I reviewed the Primary Arms GLx 2.5-10X44mm riflescope and announced it as the sub $1,000 optic to beat. That is still very much my rarely humble opinion. That scope is likely as much as many hunters and shooters would ever need, as would serve them very well. But there’s a lot of […]
I’m not saying they’re stupid, but man, people make some very questionable choices. Fearing “election riots” a grown man traded me used Glock 42 in .380ACP for a new-in-box New Model Ruger Super Blackhawk Bisley in .454 Casull. Not even a drag line on the cylinder yet. He made a bad trade. The Ruger Super […]
I’m committed to reviewing more budget priced optics over the next year, especially since there are so many new gun owners out there. But it’s nice to get some time behind truly top-of-the-line glass, too. The Leupold Santiam HD 27-55x80mm spotting scope is just that. Welcome to the quality and innovation that built one of […]
I often hear good legal advice about armed, non-lethal responses when faced by a lethal threat to yourself or others. Some of these options include displaying your firearm prior to firing, or yelling “Stop or I will shoot!” or something similar prior to shooting. You could fire a warning shot or even a wounding shot […]
With the welcome deluge of new gun owners, and especially the new rifle shooters, TTAG has been getting a lot of great questions. Some reoccurring themes include queries about the effects of barrel length and the twist rate of rifling. Rifling a barrel is a pretty simple idea, and it’s been around for a long […]
Cimarron Firearms and Uberti of Italy have well-earned the reputation for great guns at great prices. Head to any Cowboy Action Shooting match and you’ll undoubtedly find the guns from these giants of the industry very well represented. That goes doubly so for Cowboy Action Mounted Shooting. For their newest release, the Pistoleer, Cimarron Firearms […]
The best thing that The Truth About Guns has done for me, other than introducing me to so many of you fine people, is make me appreciate budget optics. Or maybe it’s just how far budget glass has come. Because I’m here to tell you, the new Primary Arms Platinum Series PLx5 6-30X56 FFP scope […]
Carry gun optics are rapidly becoming the standard. At least in the courses I attend, almost all of the instructors are using red dot optics on their pistols, and about half of the students are. Rifles and carbines either have red dots or low power variable optics, with red dots still making up the majority […]
If you wade into the den of the Dark Lord, bring your guts and a Marlin 1895. The classic lever action rifle has developed a solid following among amateur hunters and professional guides alike. Heck, if someone — anyone — is walking into the field with a big bore lever action rifle, odds are it’s […]
The 1860 Henry rifle is one of the most important rifles of all time. It helped changed a nation, and the very notion of what a rifleman was capable of. If you’re going to call your company Henry, and you make the 1860 Henry…well you’d better make it right. They did. The Henry Repeating Arms […]
Cimarron Firearms teamed up once again with Uberti of Italy to create the Texas Brush Popper, a Cowboy Action Shooting-focused 1873 Winchester lever action that would be just as well received by today’s most discerning competitor as the cowhand and lawman of yesteryear. Prior to it being discontinued by Winchester in 1923, well over 700,000 […]
The sound of a high velocity round striking the target is unmistakable. That welcome sound, as well as the smiles and exclamations of a job well done, came often from myself and the other shooters at a recent Wyoming prairie dog hunt sponsored by Sierra Bullets. The hunt was to highlight the Prairie Enemy line […]