The Ultimate Woods Rifle - Part I
There is a lot to be said for simple machines that accomplish an objective, including those machines used for: hunting, informal target shooting and consumption of handloads. I get a kick out of hunting articles that run through the process of – “I glassed the slopes with my binoculars and […] [Read More]
The Jennings JS-50X Pocket Scale What costs $29 and works?
Lately I’ve noticed a rash of small electronic scales that advertise half or even one grain accuracy for typical charge levels. They don’t hide this little tidbit, they put the claim in bold letters under a headline and follow along behind the words with several exclamation points and maybe a […] [Read More]
Real Guns Goes Rambo ...on Everybody's Ass The S&W Soft Air Shotgun
My wife and I are not the most well adjusted mature couple. The problem is we have grandchildren and often find ourselves, out of necessity, thinking from their perspective. So when we saw a Big 5 ad for a S&W soft air shotgun, we concurrently decided it would be a […] [Read More]
Barnes Triple-Shock X Bullets Part II - Conclusion
It’s not like I’m lazy, honest. I intended to wrap this up a couple of weeks ago. Then I ran into Christmas shopping, I had to order some more bullets, two of the test firearms needed scope installation, I think I was coming down with a cold, and my dog […] [Read More]
Barnes Triple-Shock X Bullets Part 1
Some may look at the photo on the left and see three boxes, 150 bullets in total, of Barnes’ new high performance Triple-Shock Bullets. Other’s may see $71.09 in an alternative form. As a frugal optimist, I tend to see both. I’m pretty excited about the Triple-Shock product, to the […] [Read More]
Cabela's Pine Ridge Tactical .17 Riflescopes
17 HMR guns are great fun. They’re accurate, inexpensive and potentially capable of impressive performance. With a 100 Yard zero, the small projectile drops only 8″ at 200 yards and sub MOA groups, in the absence of heavy gusting cross winds, is to be expected. With this level of performance […] [Read More]
The Real Guns Quad Groove Ventilator
The Real Guns’ Lab has spent a good deal of time analyzing new bullets as they come to the market place. While we can appreciate the thought and energy invested by manufacturers in these new designs, we believe traditional companies are too deeply entrenched in “what is”, to consider “what […] [Read More]
The Savage Model 93 - A Good Place to Begin
Many years ago, my wife and I were called into the school our children were attending, regarding a son’s behavior in his first grade classroom. He was described as having a short span of attention, easily bored by inactivity and unable to sit quietly for extended periods of time. I […] [Read More]
Classified Ads on Real Guns
We frequently have tools and material left over from Real Guns project that have seen use only as the subject of photographs, or were used only a couple of times in the course of writing articles. In other cases, there are items that have seen routine use, but have now […] [Read More]
The Future
Think there is a problem with the length of that stock? Amazingly enough, he was still able to keep everything on the paper at 50 yards, mostly in the center, and while maintaining a big smile. At eight years of age, my eldest grandson is finding a lot of enjoyment […] [Read More]