I’m not sure what demographic firearm and firearm accessory companies consider when they want to name products. My all time favorite is the Burris “Mr. T” product line that was introduced 5 years after the real Mr. T had been reduced to guest oddball appearances on Howard Stern. The product […]

Two New AR 15 Rounds from GBA A small but insignificant firearms company, with corporate office located just south of the border, GBA (“Grandes Bolas Armas”) is now producing AR uppers in two chambers; a medium caliber .338″ and a heavier .458″.  GBA cartridges operate at a relatively low MAP […]

When it comes to handguns for self defense, I have been the proverbial blank slate. I’ve owned a good number of single and double action revolvers and various autoloaders for recreational purposes, and some more specialized single shot handguns specifically for hunting or handload development, but not much in the […]

My wife and I will be spending this Thanksgiving in Austin, Texas where our youngest of our three sons and family live, and where our eldest son and wife are expecting their first child; a little girl, our fifth grandchild. After raising three sons we learned a lot from observing […]

The story is basically me looking back over the past few years and wondering what the heck was I thinking, and how many times did I guess wrong, and how many times did I change my mind about equipment and process. I actually opened some of the cabinet doors in […]

If you aren’t aware, Real Guns now resides in Maine; 3000 miles and a never too far cry from California. It was a move of necessity, if we were to maintain and contribute to a positive firearms presence and not have our efforts narrowed by political interference. This is our […]

S&W .22 Invertonator Like most of you, not a days go by that I don’t find myself feeling the void left by the departure of the .22 RemingtonJet. Those slumping shoulders, and that near .22 rim fire performance, held the potential for a true classic cartridge. The 22 Jet was […]

Sometimes I long for the good old days, when wars were cold and the only enemy of consequence, in the words of Dr. Strangelove’s Maj. T.J. ‘King’ Kong, was those darn Rooskies. I have a hunch there is a little Russian revenge behind the availability of the Model 1895 Nagant […]

It was a little chilly at the range, and a little overcast and the 17-357 RG prototype was a little uncooperative, but all and all, the combination performed admirably. The combination was able to push a 20 grain bullet over 3,300 fps and a 25 grain bullet at slightly over […]

I arrived at a point in the project were things didn’t work and the problems and correctives actions were not obvious. I had to decide if all would end up in a box at the back of a shop cabinet or if I had enough retained enthusiasm to see it […]