I’ve been on the road for a few weeks and now, with the stress of a ton of partially completed projects waiting for me at the shop, I’m on my way to the Shot Show. Sort of like being off the see the Wizard… only without the flying monkeys. […]

If there is one thing I believe I bring to this gun writer’s game, it’s insight and detail. For example, one of the first things I noticed about the CZ 75 P07 is that CZ cleverly built this gun with not just one, but with two complete sides…right hand, top […]

Well, the new year is here and I’m situated somewhere between family and friends in San Jose and Fremont California and the Shot Show in Los Vegas. If my T Shirt knows what it is talking about I am on the across the street from the beach at Santa Cruz […]

Sitting in my room at the Palazzo, just upstairs from the Convention Center, there was an opportunity to sort out my impressions of Shot 2010 under the calming influence of a Chop House Burger from the lobby cafe – a double patty half pound burger, cooked rare and served on a […]

Real Guns had the good fortune of spending a week with Ruger‘s long awaited Sub² Compact Pistol, the SSCP, chambered for the all new Ruger .180 ACP cartridge. I can sum up the experience in one word, “Incredibly Impressive”. Pictured left to right: .357 SIG, .380 ACP and the new .180 […]

My time in the military was an adventure…challenging, rewarding, educational, and character building. There was free travel to exotic locations and an out of sight – out of mind Congress and the Nightly News where no more than a distant memory. It was a time of transition, maybe transformation. The […]

I am a creature of habit. No, that’s not a B Movie reptilian creature with flippers and a couple of air sucking gills, but rather a guy who finds something that works, then sticks with it until there is a compelling and logical reason to change. Even more boring, if that’s […]

I want RealGuns to be taken seriously as an electronic publication, and what better way to say “We ARE a serious firearms publication” than to open with a photograph that obscures the detail and character of an excellent firearm, by surround it with artful, superfluous, irrelevant and distracting objects. With […]

Every once in a while I’ll get an email from someone who advises that my stories are too long, too wandering and don’t hold enough entertainment value. Gees, tell me something my third grade teacher, Miss Frazier didn’t already cover. Besides, I write primarily for me. My work is a […]

You may have noticed I am frequently tinkering with the Marlin Guide Gun. Can’t help it. I like the gun and there are so many good pieces out there to help optimize its performance that frequent modification is inevitable.   As a mature member of society, I am not a […]