Expanding the gun business 09/10/2023 – It is good to see Savage Arms going strong with a full product lineup; rifles, shotguns and handguns, and with a good range of models within each category. Why? Because Savage, as a large scale and long term firearm manufacturer, contributes to the overall…...
Tag: 9mm
Performance Centerā¢ M&PĀ®9 M2.0ā¢ Competitorā¢
1/15/2023 – OK, I am a heater hugger. Collecting chronograph data and accuracy data today, with the temperature hovering at 10Ā°F, caused me to grow much more fond of My Buddy… as in Mr. Heater’s Mr Buddy 19,000 BTU propane space heater. The routine is to warm up next to…...
Ruger AmericanĀ® Pistol Pro Competition
September 25, 2022 – Fall has come to Maine and leaves on maple trees are already turning. Ambient temperatures are in the 50Ā°F to 60Ā°F range and rainfall is almost constant. Procrastination is leaving me with a muffler and tail pipe to change on the thrasher and a tractor to…...
S&W's M&PĀ®9 M2.0ā¢ Compact Optics-Ready Spec Series Pistol Kit
By the time this article is posted, I will be on a road trip from Maine to Texas to visit family. It has been an eventful year, both personal and at Real Guns, and the hope is that seeing something other than home and work will restore life’s equilibrium. Articles…...
9mm Pistol? 9mm Carbine? 9mm Pistol? 9mm Carbine?
03/13/2022 – Never be too old to learn. As an example, I’ve learned that at least one of three elements should be present in all firearm articles to assure the article’s appeal: short paragraphs to avoid reader boredom, the framing of firearms within martial context and, finally, hunting or trail…...
Smith & Wesson's New CSX
01/09/2022 – The Smith & Wesson CSX is a solid, single action, hammer fired, aluminum frame pistol. Smith & Wesson’s restraint in product design and configuration is to be applauded. Restraint that places features and performance essential for defense with this type of firearm, while omitting the superfluous. That’s correct;…...
Ruger's EC9sĀ® - Warm Weather Is Here
One of the positive aspects of winters in Maine is the necessity for clothing that could conceal a bazooka. What is a bazooka? If you are old enough to remember movies set in World War II / Korean War era, it was that 55″ long tube shouldered by a kneeling…...
Rugerās Other PC Carbine ā Part II
So the boo birds came out the minute a picture of the Ruger PC Carbine was posted on the Real Guns Facebook and the inevitable question, “Why wouldn’t people just buy a 9mm AR?”. OK…For starters, with the rare exception, 9mm Luger AR look-a likes are not based on an…...
Ruger's Other PC Carbine - Part I
The first time I worked with the Ruger PC Carbine, I used a platypus simile. I may not know what a simile is, but I sure as hell know my platypuses, and that passage bears repeating… with a modest update. “The Platypus is one of natureās designs that does not…...
Ruger's Security-9
There are substantially three types of marketing messages used to sell firearms; purpose, style and new. The task gets easier, but a product’s longevity of success diminishes the further the category moves to the right of the semicolon. New gets old fast, trends in styles come and go, but the…...