Quick Reliability Tweaks for the Marlin Model 1895G-Upgrading from a plastic to an aluminum magazine follower
Well, the new year is here and I’m situated somewhere between family and friends in San Jose and Fremont California and the Shot Show in Los Vegas. If my T Shirt knows what it is talking about I am on the across the street from the beach at Santa Cruz […] [Read More]
Shot Show 2010 - Good Golly Hunter S. Thompson vs Thurston Howell III
Sitting in my room at the Palazzo, just upstairs from the Convention Center, there was an opportunity to sort out my impressions of Shot 2010 under the calming influence of a Chop House Burger from the lobby cafe – a double patty half pound burger, cooked rare and served on a […] [Read More]
New for 2010 - Ruger's SSCP 180 ACP Backing up, the backup's backup...
Real Guns had the good fortune of spending a week with Ruger‘s long awaited Sub² Compact Pistol, the SSCP, chambered for the all new Ruger .180 ACP cartridge. I can sum up the experience in one word, “Incredibly Impressive”. Pictured left to right: .357 SIG, .380 ACP and the new .180 […] [Read More]
Ruger's Mini-14 Tactical Rifle Big Block Mustangs, Waylon Jennings and Basic Training ...
My time in the military was an adventure…challenging, rewarding, educational, and character building. There was free travel to exotic locations and an out of sight – out of mind Congress and the Nightly News where no more than a distant memory. It was a time of transition, maybe transformation. The […] [Read More]
Hornady's Lock-N-Load™ AP™-Do you go with the wildebeest you know or try something gnu?
I am a creature of habit. No, that’s not a B Movie reptilian creature with flippers and a couple of air sucking gills, but rather a guy who finds something that works, then sticks with it until there is a compelling and logical reason to change. Even more boring, if that’s […] [Read More]
Remington's Model 1100™ Sporting 410 Shooting a Birdie - A perspective on golf and shotguns
I want RealGuns to be taken seriously as an electronic publication, and what better way to say “We ARE a serious firearms publication” than to open with a photograph that obscures the detail and character of an excellent firearm, by surround it with artful, superfluous, irrelevant and distracting objects. With […] [Read More]
Ruger's Model K77/44 44 Magnum
Every once in a while I’ll get an email from someone who advises that my stories are too long, too wandering and don’t hold enough entertainment value. Gees, tell me something my third grade teacher, Miss Frazier didn’t already cover. Besides, I write primarily for me. My work is a […] [Read More]
More Good Parts for Marlin's 1895 Small Block Chevy Ghost sights from Wild West Guns
You may have noticed I am frequently tinkering with the Marlin Guide Gun. Can’t help it. I like the gun and there are so many good pieces out there to help optimize its performance that frequent modification is inevitable. As a mature member of society, I am not a […] [Read More]
Better Solution to Old Problems-XS LeverRail Installation
If you spend any time at all around AR-15 enthusiasts you learn at least one thing; these guys like to hang all sorts of things on their firearms. Equipped with multiple Picatinny and/or Weaver rails, their rifles sprout everything from computer enhanced tactical night sighting systems to big screen home […] [Read More]
Marlin Model 1895-Installing a mitten fittin' big loop lever
If there was ever a gun that cried out to be left alone it would be the Marlin Model 1895G. If it could speak, and not that I would admit to listening, it would probably explain that for over a hundred years it has been suitable for real hunters, trappers […] [Read More]