Mini revolvers have been with us for a very long time. The first of record was the Smith & Wesson No.1 revolver, which was produced between 1857 and 1860. The No.1 was a first firearm for Smith & Wesson and the first cartridge firearm.1)  These small revolvers, and many knock […]

It is the day after Thanksgiving; still stuffed, with a forward two week meal plan built on a foundation of Thanksgiving left over and a gut that is clearly at odds with my belt. I love the holiday, even though some folks just don’t seem to get it. While ideologues […]

Live fire experience with the BERSA Thunder 380 CC was… surprising. It handles like a larger pistol with a good grip, good balance and reliable function. Magazine release and load was clean, the slide always locked upon on empty, and the low profile integral sights presented a good sight picture. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]