Winchester's Model 70 Featherweight Compact
Finally, fog is rising from the last of the melting snow and a steady drizzle is bringing the lawn and surrounding woodland back to life. Spring outdoor work will replace the free weekends of winter and save my wife and I from the cabin fever cult of the Instant Pot. […] [Read More]
The Savage 110 Hunter in 25-06 Remington Part II
My wife tells me she has always seen in me a great deal of potential. Subsequently, she works diligently to utilize as much of it as possible. Where a casual observer might see an out of shape old guy, stretched out on the couch and watching “Street Outlaws – No […] [Read More]
Real Guns - An American Rural Gun Shop
The Real Guns Shop was updated again this past week in an effort to make the site easier for visitors to access. An “Enhanced Search” function was added to simplify the task of locating specific firearms within the Real Guns inventory. Additionally, a “Compare” feature was added so that multiple […] [Read More]
The Savage 110 Hunter in 25-06 Rem Part I
Parroting business reporting of the day, in 2013, $4.5 billion ATK acquired the $200 million Caliber Company, Caliber Company was parent to 100+ year old Savage Sports Corporation. In 2015, ATK spun off its outdoor products businesses into Vista Outdoor, Inc. which is currently comprised of fifty brands. Vista Outdoors […] [Read More]
My Favorite Rifles Look Like They Were Made In The 1950s Part II
I have got a lot of powder on hand. Kept with controlled temperature and humidity, and only one container of one type open at any given time, I’ve not had the misfortune of soured powder smells or degraded performance. For my personal use, I’ve arrived at best recipes in various […] [Read More]
My Favorite Rifles Look Like They Were Made In The 1950s Part I
Stuck indoors, a serious snow storm blowing outside and me under the influence of an annoying flu, I’ve been entertaining myself by going over a new Ruger full stock that replaces a CZ full stock that was recently sold. The CZ 550 was well done; clean metal and wood work, […] [Read More]
A 1911 Trigger Clean Up.... In a Couple of Parts
This is article number 1,000 on Real Guns current format, but 3,000 since Real Guns inception. What better subject than improving the trigger function of a 1911 pistol. For all of the “How to” articles and YouTube video that attempt to instruct and define the process of 1911 pistol […] [Read More]
Ruger SR1911 Check Out and Personalization
It is very important, to prepare for writing a firearms piece, to cleanse the mental pallet. Prior to anyone else arriving for the day, I sometimes like to sing a little Elvis…. No, not a physically little Elvis, but rather a retrospective of the King’s most iconic songs. I was […] [Read More]
Smith and Wesson's M&P 380 Shield EZ
It is tough writing about firearms with a fresh perspective. Somewhere around number two thousand, the flow of descriptive adjectives become Donald Trump like and the best that can be mustered are, “Excellent. Very, very excellent. Beautiful… very, very beautiful. Unbelievable” or “Bad. Very bad. Very very bad. Completely bad. […] [Read More]
The Ruger 10/22 Sporter
After making the mistake of watching anti gun, network news coverage and listening to histrionic, soul sucking Democrats bleating, screaming their fabrication of reality into news cameras, I decided to seek something less fiction and more truth. So at 2 AM, I broke out the Kindle and resumed reading the […] [Read More]