Rossi's R92 45 Colt Carbine
Rossi lever action rifles are popular with SASS competitors where they have earned a solid reputation for quality, reliability and affordability. Rossi is also a popular brand with woodland hunters where moderate shooting distances and rugged terrain make lightweight and compact firearms something to be appreciated. Both groups enjoy the […] [Read More]
Where Vintage Looking Rimfires are Still Made
Real Guns has a policy of never writing about any firearm or firearm accessory without first hand experience to support our findings. That is the primary reason you’ll never see rewritten press releases supplied by manufacturers and why we stay away from message board party lines… good, bad or indifferent. […] [Read More]
Case Trimming...Does the Excitement Ever End?
Just when I thought I had as many case trimmers as anyone could possibly want or need, that would be one, I realized the reason it took so long to trim the ever popular, but very short, 17-357 RG case was that the cutter didn’t reach the case mouth. Bummer. […] [Read More]
Outside Neck Turning
By Joseph D’Alessandro Editor | RealGuns.Com Through neck size reduction, or brass flow under chamber pressure, material thickness at a case neck may increase. The result is an inside neck diameter that is not concentric to the outside, or a case neck outside diameter that is oversize to specification. These […] [Read More]
Ruger's GP100 44 Special Part 1
Ruger GP100 44 Special Company Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. Point of Manufacturer Newport, NH USA Model # 1761 Type of Action DA/SA Caliber 44 Special Capacity 5 Barrel Length 3″ Rifling Twist Rate 1:20″ Barrel, Frame & Cylinder Stainless Steel Finish Satin Grips Hogue Monogrip Front Sight Fiber Optic […] [Read More]
Ruger's GP100 44 Special Part 2
The Ruger GP100, as tested with a variety of factory ammo, put up good number in terms of velocity, accuracy and penetration in Part 1. If there was more to finesse out of the combination, it would be with a focus on getting a bit more velocity and a bit […] [Read More]
Winchester's Super X4 12 Gauge
The Winchester Super X3 Field model is one of the best looking and best performing autoloading shotguns in its class. It’s satin oil finish walnut stock and matte metal pieces give it a tasteful… no, make that elegant look. The suggestion that a synthetic stocked gun could be as aesthetically […] [Read More]
Smith & Wesson's M&P®40 M2.0™
I finally figured out how to get the snow plows to clear our frontage road. Day or night, clear or continuing storm, if I clear the driveway entrance, they will come… and form a towering snow wall across the driveway. What the plow drivers don’t know is that I like […] [Read More]
Caldwell's MAGCHARGER
I’m not sure it is possible to spend much time shooting or handloading without running into a product from Battenfeld Technologies, Inc. Popular brands under the Battenfeld banner: Caldwell Shooting supplies Wheeler Engineering Gunsmithing supplies Tipton Gun Cleaning Supplies Frankford Arsenal Reloading Tools Bog-Pod Shooting Accessories Lockdown Vault accessories Golden […] [Read More]
Remington Model 870 Hardwood Home Defense
I shop at Walmart, from time to time, and I drive a well broken in Ford. McDonald’s loomed large in my selection of fine cuisine… or at least it did until my heart and arteries decided they could no longer share in that experience. I’ve had more, I’ve had less. […] [Read More]