BERSA Thunder 380 Concealed Carry Part 1
The origins of Argentinean company “BERSA” date back to the mid 1950s when Benso Bonadimani, Hércules Montini and Savino Caselli formed a small company to manufacturer parts for the now defunct firearm manufacturer Ballester–Molina. In 1959, the company produced the first of its complete .22 rimfire firearms, the Modelo 60 […] [Read More]
Smith & Wesson's M&P 9 Part 2
As presented in Part 1, the S&W M&P 9 is a good pistol, perhaps in search of a better trigger, but easily adaptable to suppressor applications, particularly in kit form where a second threaded barrel is included. Effort expended is approximately 30 seconds to remove the standard barrel, replace it […] [Read More]
Smith & Wesson's M&P 9 Part 1
As fall winds into winter in New England, grounds keeping equipment has been changed over to snow removal or prepped for winter storage and emergency equipment has been inspected and serviced. Personal firearms have been cleaned, inspected and test fired and ammunition stores have been replenished. Emergency supplies and equipment […] [Read More]
Silenced Modern Sporting Rifles Part 3
We have covered silencers and suppressing the 45 Auto pistol and .300 Blackout rifle, so it seemed time to address suppressing a small bore rifle. We selected a Mayodan, North Carolina manufactured Ruger SR 556TD for this project because it takes only a handful of seconds to switch between 300 […] [Read More]
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]