Obscure Object of Desire: Remington Model 241 Speedmaster .22 Rifle

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

More Big #GUNVOTE Contributions to NSSF from Magpul, Federal, Benelli and Others

With less than a month to go before the election, the NSSF’s #GUNVOTE push is picking up steam. Tens of millions of voters, including more than five million first-time gun buyers will head to the polls November 3 and cast votes that could decide the fate of gun rights in this country for the next … Read more

If You’re Buying a New Gun, Check Out These Special Offers and Rebates First

You’re cheating yourself if you don’t check out Guns.com and their rebates, offers, and discounted firearms before shelling out your cash. Good, you’ve once again convinced yourself that you need a new gun. Seems to get easier as you go along, doesn’t it?! But it’s far more justifiable if you can manage to save some … Read more

Browning Announces the New Citori 725 Sporting Golden Clays Shotgun

Sporting clays is about as much fun as you can have with a shotgun short of pointing one at ducks or upland birds. And as an owner of an XT Trap smoothbore, I can attest that Utah-based Browning’s Citori guns, while not inexpensive, provide plenty of bang for your shotgun buck. With its adjustable comb … Read more

New from Wild West Guns: BLR Takedown Combo Rifle

We don’t want to leave objectivity completely at the door, but TTAG hearts Wild West Guns. Last year they sprinkled some pixie dust and transformed my deplorable Marlin 1894 into a cowboy race gun, and now they’ve opened a new shop in Nevada and turned their attention to Browning’s top-shelf BLR.  

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Fanboys and Firearms.

I’m a marketing guy, first and foremost. I was raised that way. From a very tender age, my pater familias drilled into my head how to get past the hype and determine if the advertiser was playing us. So I tend to look at things from a very skeptical, analytical point. But I’m also human. Marketing works on me, too, even if most of the time I can see through the techniques. Marketing is designed to make you react emotionally instead of logically. You can see that in the way people express their preferences. I can’t drive from here to school to pick up my daughter, without seeing at least one pickup sporting a vinyl cutout of a demonic looking Calvin, whizzing on the logo of a competitor’s product. And you see it a lot on TTAG. We have a variety of fanboys – 1911’s, Glocks, wheelguns – they all have a devoted base. But a reply to RF’s post last week asking if John Browning was the greatest gun inventor who ever lived got me to thinking: is this a good thing?

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Gun Review: Kimber Pro Crimson Carry II

Life is all about balance. It’s a Zen thing. Yin. Yang. Black. White. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Name your poison. Like in anything else in life, all guns are a study in the art of compromise. Large calibers = big holes, but come with (more) expensive rounds and fewer that will fit in your average sized magazine. Then you’ve got size. And contrary to what Cosmo magazine would have you believe, bigger is not always better. It depends on what you wanna do. Capice? Thus we have the study in compromises du jour, The Kimber Pro Crimson Carry II.

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Dear Diary: 30 Days to Conceal Carry, Day 1.

In my last post, I laid out what I plan to do for the next 30 days. Before we begin, I think it bears a few words about how I decided on the gun I’ll carry, as well as my criteria, as this may have some bearing on your own decisions, if you’re evaluating the same question.

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