Burris Optics AR-536™ Sight System
My experience with Burris Optic’s AR-536 came during an extended AR silencer assessment project. A Ruger SR-556TD was shot with both a 5.56 NATO barrel and a 300 Blackout Ruger accessory barrel, with and without, respectively, Advanced Armament Corp’s Fast Attach SR5 and SR7 silencers. The project created a requirement […] [Read More]
Remington's RM380
Times have changed, firearms have changed and, certainly, ammo has changed. As a result, the subcompact 380 Auto pistol that was once considered last resort has been replaced with highly reliable subcompacts, with considerable power and certain lethality, like the Remington RM380. The Remington RM380 is supplied with a gun […] [Read More]
Silenced Modern Sporting Rifles Part 2
My initial intention was to run both the SR5 and SR7 silencer results together, but the dynamics are quite different so it seemed appropriate to split them up. The 300 Blackout barrel with Advanced Armament 90T 1/2×28 Blackout® Flash Hider Mount was installed on the Ruger SR556TD. Without the silencer […] [Read More]
Silenced Modern Sporting Rifles Part 1
As the years go by, I have less in common with younger people… which makes sense, as people are formed by events and experiences and the world is a quite different place now than when I was young. Young people today hold collaboration and popular consensus, rather than individual thought […] [Read More]
Bushmaster's XM-15 Quick Response Carbine
I have the flu, so I am not quite sure in what direction this article will tack. It is difficult to concentrate with watery eyes, dribbling nose and a hacking cough and I have clearly run through my flu per incident allocation of sympathy. Somewhere around the third whining, moaning […] [Read More]
STI's Target Master
The name “STI International” should be a component of every handgunner’s vocabulary. The company’s products are prominent in practical pistol competition events and they serve range dwelling paper punchers, literally, the world over. STI handguns fill law enforcement holsters and they provide peace of mind to civilians exercising their Second […] [Read More]
Compact Firearms and Cartridges of Pedigree Part III
When we left off in Part II, the following bullets has been selected and dimensions had been determined. I included the information here also to save time flipping digital pages. Bullet Type Application Grains Weight Bullet Length “ Potential COL “ Final COL “ COL Factor Sierra Varmint Master 1710 […] [Read More]
Compact Firearms and Cartridges of Pedigree Part II
Been here before. Just finished prepping 6.5x55mm brass, which included removing the protective oil from a set of Redding match grade dies and the use of kerosene, die sealer, Kroil, and case lube. I smell like a gasoline refinery on a dead air day and the legends on my keyboard’s […] [Read More]
Compact Firearms and Cartridges of Pedigree Part I
I’m on vacation… taking a break…. momentarily tired of writing about wonderful products, with broad applications, that sincerely deserve objective coverage, but personally bore the crap out of me. Usually a cup of coffee and shooting holes into something can get me there, but sometimes I just have to spend […] [Read More]
Advanced Armament Corporation's Ti-Rant 45M Part 2
Silencer or suppressor? Maxim’s patent is for a “silent firearm”, the patent abstract refers only to a “silencer”. All marketing of Maxim’s 2,400 product models refers to “silencers”. Derivative patents 1910 and forward fall under the U.S. Patent office classification “silencer”. The ATF, within the context of the Gun Control […] [Read More]