One of the benefits of reaching the chronological age of tree bark is having had the pleasure of handling many excellent mass produced and custom made firearms. That means I’m a grumpy old guy who isn’t impressed by big price tags, ego tickling brochures or pretentious sales and marketing types […]

It is a major gamble for a large corporation to release a product with controversial functional or aesthetic design elements. Get it right, Ford Mustang. Get it wrong. Ford Edsel. The fact that most of you have never heard of an Edsel, much less have seen an Edsel, makes my […]

I am always looking for cleaning methods that are not messy and can do a good job with a minimal amount of labor. No, this search is not a function of me being lazy, I just don’t have a lot of free time for tedious, mind numbing work… although it […]

It isn’t every day I get to shoot a relatively light weight, standard size autoloader that can put an aggregated twelve thousand three hundred fifty foot pounds of kinetic energy onto a target without reloading. Nor is it a daily occurrence when I can change a Springfield Armory XD Tactical […]

Within the previous project activity, the upper and lower receivers were assembled, there was a large hole at the back of the assembly, a very nice Magpul adjustable stock sitting on the bench and everything was missing that was required to connect the two. There was also no optimal ammo […]

The Remington Model 750 has been an interesting gun to spend time with as documented in Remington Model 750 Part I. The .30-06 Springfield cartridge is stout. It’s been a standard for the big game hunter, a solid cartridge for close up and long range shooting and a primary cartridge of […]

No, RealGuns.Com is not closing its free access. We will continue with weekly updates, as well as access to article archives, ballistic calculators and project handload data. We are, however, adding a subscription service for folks who want to get a little bit more.Subscribers will have access to articles four […]

It is ironic to be reading a book that underscores serious threats to our Constitutional rights, at the same moment congress and the executive branch of government are engaging the American people at a level of contempt and disrespect that is typically reserved for an enemy. Perhaps, in time, The […]

I think most firearm enthusiasts enjoy building things. A pile of spare parts and components, a soldering iron and some untested assumptions can result in some pretty interesting, semi-useful equipment. The following represents such a prototype project,  complete with mistakes, imperfections and “Too bad I didn’t think of this sooner” […]

I like Maine. Even with Spring not far off, it’s cold and wet, with patches of snow and promise of lots more in the weather forecast. This morning my wife and I poured our cups of wake up coffee and watched the resident flock of cranky turkeys successfully drive off […]