A recent defensive shotgun project began with a $290 Weatherby PA-08™ TR shotgun. At 39″ and with an 18.5″ barrel it is very light and compact and its five shot capacity, matte black finish and durable synthetic stock are just right for my purposes. The only problem was that, as […]

Red Dot sights are used with both eyes open, dot on target, eye to eyepiece, center alignment not required. They are fast in use, highly accurate and resilient in most any environment. At least that was how they were defined in 1974 when the Swedish company Aimpoint introduced the first […]

One of the best aspects of the AR revolution is the technology spill over into more traditional firearms…. like Picatinny rails running over the receiver and down the barrel of a lever action rifle and the adaptation of many types of sighting systems and the broadened use of red dot […]

Company Kimber America Model Solo STS Point of Origin Yonkers, NY Caliber 9mm Luger Action Preset – SA Trigger Pull 7 Lbs Magazine Capacity 6* Sights 3 Dot – Fixed Sight Radius 4.4″ Slide Stainless Steel Barrel Stainless Steel Frame Aluminum Grips Poly Barrel Length 2.7″ Overall Length 5.5″ Overall […]

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 […]

One of the obvious strengths of Vortex Optics is the company’s ability to produce a really good looking scope. The Viper HS is just the right shade of black, it has just the right index marking and touches of contrasting color and just the right control feel and mechanical look […]

I haven’t had the opportunity to look at a Taurus, close up, for some time. I believe the last was a Taurus Model SS4 44 Mag, an attractive gun and a good shooter. The PT 740 is one of the more compact guns chambered for the 40 S&W I’ve spent […]

Our shop and home are located out in the middle of the boonies. The boonies is anyplace that is more than half an hour from police or sheriff response to an emergency and without enough home density to be considered a neighborhood. It’s a very friendly area, but it is […]

So why should we be thankful that Stephen Feinberg… Cerberus… Freedom Group… Remington bought Marlin? Because Marlin, like most of the other acquired companies, had nowhere to go and the company had been languishing for years for want of a valid direction. I would put the date of Marlin jumping […]

Optics are a tough purchase. Buy a scope priced 20% below the median for quality optics and you end up with a scope assembled in the evenings by the residents of a fishing village in a remote country. Buy one of the really cheap scopes and you’ll end up with […]