I like to read… old stuff, mostly. Anything and everything that piques the imagination, including Mickey Spillane. It’s interesting how a good writer can construct an entire universe in a reader’s mind by drawing upon, and arranging for effect, things that are universally familiar. If the author sets a date […]

I like take down guns when the feature is supported by a sound design. They serve good and useful purposes; easy to ship to a destination, convenient when backpacking to a camp site, they make an excellent stow away survival rifle and, when left together, they serve as a more […]

The first time I picked up this gun it felt very familiar in terms of mass, size and balance, but I couldn’t quite pin it down to another specific gun. Then, while carrying it out to the range, it dawned on me – the Enfield No.5 Jungle Carbine or an […]

I know who Jeff Cooper was, I know what Gunsite is and I know the intent of a scout rifle. While I may not have an immediate need for a “fighting carbine”, I always have a need for a good hunting rifle and I’ve been around long enough to know […]

When I get a firearm like the Ruger 22/45 LITE in front of me I always wish I were a lot younger, not so grumpy and I had a more expansive vocabulary, because the 22/45 LITE deserves to be reviewed with youthful enthusiasm and lots of exciting descriptive adjectives. The […]

Ruger Blackhawks touch at the core of what makes us firearm enthusiasts. The alloy steel Blackhawk, in the world of hardware gadgets, is the equivalent of a really nice hammer; it has a purpose and it is finished and configured to serve that purpose. The Convertible version of the Blackhawk, […]

Manufacturers have tried to attract a new generation of shooters by producing some of the homeliest guns ever; ARs pretending to be deer rifles, lightning bolts stamped into triggers, camouflaged zombie killers. All intended to appeal to the Xbox 360 generation that thinks, at least for the next fifteen minutes, […]

The Ruger 77/17 17 Hornet made it to the range with lots of factory ammo and handloads… after a good bore scrubbing and overall clean up. I don’t think 17s copper foul any more than any other similar performance calibers, however, the bore is very small and keeping rifling sharp […]

Press releases for new firearms are always welcome reading, but firearms don’t really register with me until I can actually hold one in my hands, shoot it and form an experienced based opinion. Examining the Ruger Single-Nine™ got me to thinking back to the old days of Saturday matinee westerns and […]

A hundred years or so ago, I rode an 850 cc Norton Commando. The Commando was inexpensive transportation that got me back and forth to work and it was, in the context of those days, fast and fun to ride. For all of the very sophisticated, rocket sled like motorcycles […]