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I know our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines still pack the full size Beretta M9 when their particular jobs dictate its use. Aside from the "marinized" Sig P226 used by the SEALs, I also remember reading somewhere that there are one or two varieties of Sig used by plain clothes armed forces...

It always makes me say "humph-thats wierd" when I read yet another story of a "robbery or attempted assault gone bad" after an assailant was stopped by something as small and seemingly low effect as a little .22Mag. I know, its still going pretty fast going out of a pistol barrel, but geeze...

These days when I make it to the regional gunshows and at that with an ever tightening budget, I seem to go now more to see and interact with the more rare stuff that watching WW2 movies and listening to old war stories makes you want to go out and see up close. Of course having a history...

About 2 months ago bought the real baseline wood stock Savage 111 in .223 with open sights (I like a challenge) for plinking and later varminting and finally got it out to the range just today. It didn't matter which way I cranked the sights though, I was always going either several feet to the...

I tell ya, for the three and a half I shelled out for it, the RIA .45 is about as close to a budget shooter's piece as there is. Took it out to the range last weekend and was mighty impressed (until I fed hollowpoints, but who carried those 50yrs ago?) I still want to make mine a little...

1. These sure have a unique fit in my hand and I was told the stock comes interchangeable in three different flavors: short, medium and long. Without having all 3 stock lengths in front of me to see, is there any kind of stamp or label that might differentiate between one and the other? And...

Yeh, yeh, their both in the same boat in terms of their position in the 1911 totem pole, but for someone looking into a "clones for the working man" type of range plinker, would you (or have you gone) RIA or Llama for a full size 1911? I saw a Llama Max-1 today for a tad over $200 new...

Here's want I'm looking to do. 1. Targets and plinking once or twice a month 2. Take the occasional varmint at 100-150yds 3. Do it all with open sights until I can save up for a really good scope 4. Do it on a budget of around $400 And so I...

Obviously chasing little critters with quick cheap semi-auto followup shots is a treat, but is some of the .22LR's energy spent on blowing back the action...? What are some other pros and cons for open sight targets up to 100yds- moving or stationary- ?

Since Armscor and RIA clones are from the Phillipienes and the Llama clones are from Spain, and since there are a lot of lower end 1911s made world wide, where is the SA Mil Spec from? Reason I ask is that I've heard it has a load of parts from Brazil and that even some of SA's higher end...

A suggestion I once got on a lighter-kicking yet still accurate and potent woodchuck setup was a pistol round from a rifle for 100yd shots and less. Just based on the physics of a heavier gun than a pistol, balanced better, held with two seperate hands, and with a longer barrel meaning extra...

Since the preferred method of carry of most 1911 owners is cocked and locked, I was wondering why it is considered safer to carry a gun this way? Please, spare no technical detail, I'm a novice in some areas but a nuts and bolts kinda guy and love to learn how and why things work. Any good all...

Everywhere in my local area, nobody seems interested in ordering an actual Armscor 1911 versus the very readily stocked Rock Island G.I. 1911. From what I've read, the pure Armscor cast and manufactured 1911s hold a slight edge in favor over the RIA and Charles Daly products by budget 1911...

My Marlin 60 cycles through just fine with its tube feed. Ignoring integral magazine space inside the gun body, is there anything good or bad about a bolt gun/tube fed combination as opposed to clip fed... especially for the smaller rimfires like .22LR and .22Mag?

Out of most platforms I've tried, I can shoot a 9mm pretty darn well. The same holds true when I put .45ACP through even the most beat up ol' M1911's I rent at ranges I've been to. Though I've only shot .40S&W in plastic frame guns - maybe a full steel frame would be different - , I can't get...

Sized up a Marlin 25MN today and liked what I saw. I've been kind of weighing the pros and cons of a .223 bolt or a .22 mag bolt for plinking and varminting out to about 100+/- yds. I know the .223 shoots flatter and faster and is about the same per box of ammo as a .22 WMR, but the Marlin I...

Last gun show I bought a few bags of reloaded ammo from a pretty reputable looking dealer table. In .357mag in one bag and .38spec in the other, both bags' shells were topped by heavy cast lead LSWC. Last time I was at my local range, I got the shock of my life (and a few curious looks from...

Over the years that the .38 special was THE trusted lawman's friend in cities across the land, I heard the 158 LSWC was generally the right round for man vs man encounters. Reading up on it, it sounds like out of a +P chambering and standard 4 inch service length barrel, the 158 brings out...

Besides the lesser pricetag, what are some of the more important differences between recent make Taurus revolvers and S&W wheelguns and why would you chose one over the other? I already have a Taurus 605 .357mag snubbie, and aside from a slight loosening of the cylinder release button, it...

I was reading into the design history of S&W "K" versus the beefer (true magnum-worthy) "L" frame and it was said that the K frames couldn't take a regular diet of full power magnums and was thus born the heaver L frame. At least as my shooting experience goes, the .357 magnum IS the full power...