Gun Review

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...

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...

  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...

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...

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,...

Some people think of shotguns as "magic brooms." You aim it in the general direction of a bad guy and "sweep" your house clear of two-legged varmints. Without getting too technical about it, no....

With new manufacturing technology and materials speeding weapons evolution, it's no surprise that Kel-Tec took another look at the tactical shotgun. Kel-Tec’s KSG Bullpup shotgun stormed the SHOT show like the Red Army into...

RF and I had big plans: we were each going to get a Marlin .357 Magnum lever-action carbine and trick it out in dramatically different ways. He was going to build a 21st-Century Cowboy Assault...

The Czechs are pretty well known for their firearms designs. With the CZ-75 as the poster child for their firearms industry; it’s pretty safe to say they know what they’re doing over there in...

In this time of constantly accelerating innovation, any piece of equipment older than a few decades is due for replacement. This temporally-enhanced evolutionary process holds true for everything from refrigerators to battle rifles. A few...

Barrett is best known for their .50 BMG semi-automatic rifles. They also produce some very nice bolt action rifles. Their latest rifle is called the MRAD or Multi-Role Adaptive Design rifle, chambered in .338 Lapua...

When you absolutely positively have to blow something up, accept no substitutes. Opt for a shoulder-fired grenade launcher. South Africa's MilKor produces a fine example of the breed: the M32 semi-automatic shoulder-fired grenade launcher. At...