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AR-15 Maintenance: Roll Pins
AR-15s are pretty much pinned together. While a staple for many AR-15s, roll pins are not hard to work with, but a misstep could be catastrophic enough to permanently damage your AR-15. Here’s how to perform the essential construction operations associated with roll pins—the professional way.
Range Report: Ruger Multi Purpose Rifle (MPR)
The new Ruger Multi Purpose Rifle (MPR) is designed for sporting use, including hunting and 3-Gun competition. It is also well suited to home or area defense and would be a good rifle for agency use. You don’t need many accessories for tactical use, but you need a reliable rifle. This is that rifle and it is affordable.
Reader Comments of the Week — February 17, 2018
A recap or sampling of the most active, interesting, or on occasion, randomly selected reader comments from the previous week.
5 Top Gun Control Myths
Whether you believe the anti gunners are uninformed, misinformed, or simply dishonest brokers of the facts, there are still a few gun control myths that are mind boggling to the point you'd wonder how they can even exist at all. In this top 5 list, The Shooter's Log will cover the ones we considered the wackiest, however, you are free to disagree or pile on a few favorites of your own.
Review: Ruger PC Carbine Rifle With Glock Magazine Magwell
Ruger has done something few companies have ever done outside of the AR-15 market by designing and offering the Ruger PC Carbine with out-of-the box functionality with another competing manufacturers magazines, along with Ruger’s own SR-series magazines. The brilliant 10/22-influenced design is everything we could hope for in a inexpensive, reliable, and easily serviceable $650 MSRP rifle.
CMMG MkG Guard Takes On the .45 ACP Magnum?
CMMG's MkG Guard is an AR-15 rifle that is chambered in .45 ACP and feeds from factory Glock magazines. At the heart of the Guard is the patent pending Radial Delayed Blowback operating system that works to harness the strong recoil impulse of .45 ACP. After extensive durability testing, CMMG is proud to announce that the Guard is safely rated for 450 SMC.
Range Report: Dan Wesson Guardian
After many years of carrying the 1911 Government Model .45, I find that the weight on my back is beginning to drag. It isn’t the handgun, but a number of difficulties, fights for my life including a fall from a porch of some four feet with 400 pounds of felons intertwined with me, car wrecks, and […]
Winchester 1894 Rifle and the .32 Winchester Special Cartridge
A frequent stop and gathering place of kindred souls is the local gun shop. We gather together, those of us with a certain mental telepathy that connects us, and we take a break from work and enjoy rubbing elbows with normal people. Well at least those with similar interests. These interests include shooting, hunting, competition […]
Reader Comments of the Week — February 10, 2018
A recap or sampling of the most active, interesting, or on occasion, randomly selected reader comments from the previous week.
Gun Control: Will Triggers Soon Make the Gun Illegal?
While it is still pending a committee referral, Hawaii Senator Karl Rhoads' (D) SB 2046 would make it a crime to own, manufacture, possess, sell, barter, trade, gift, transfer, or acquire a firearm accessory that can be used to increase the gun’s rate of fire. Such accessories include competition triggers, muzzle brakes, and ergonomic changes, all of which are modifications that law-abiding gun owners commonly make to their firearms.
Six Troubleshooting Solutions for AR-15 Function
When something goes wrong and the rifle won't fire, the first question should always be, “What changed?” Before answering that, we have to determine—or at least I determine—whether we’re talking about a “fresh” rifle going through its shakedown period, or a (previously) trusted gun that’s suddenly decided to stop running. If it’s the first scenario, there’s a longer list of possibilities that include original parts, conditions, and installation quality. This article will focus on the previously-functioning rifle that’s taken a vacation from operation.
Throwback Thursday—Beretta’s PX4 Storm Pistol
The Beretta PX4 Storm is solid investment from a vendor well-known for quality and reliability. From the rotating barrel to fantastic ergonomics, the Storm is a worthwhile investment for both police and civilian personal defense use.
Range Report: European American Armory Witness Elite Match
The EAA Witness Match .45 is an accurate handgun well worth its price. As for personal defense, a 10-shot .45 with the TruGlo combat light mounted is a terrific home defender. The pistol is similar to CZ 75-type handguns, but features a factory trigger that is as good or better than any the author has ever tested.
Riton Optics Introduces Two New Optics
The RT-S Mod 7 is Riton’s top line, and where both the new 1-8x28’s reside. This line goes head-to-head and toe-to-toe with the best and most expensive optics on the market today—at a much greater value to the consumer. From the 30mm or 34mm main tube to high-end Japanese glass to push/pull locking turrets or the Argon-purging process that makes this scopes completely waterproof, fogproof and shockproof, these and all of Riton’s scopes are covered by Ritons’s Lifetime Replacement warranty.
Review: Kimber K6s Revolver
For the K6s, Kimber began with a clean slate and created a revolver with features that are completely modern. The K6s primary innovation is an impossibly thin, six-shot cylinder. This six-shot .357 Magnum revolver is less than 1.5 inches wide. The cylinders are counter shrunk, in the classic style for safety. To aid in cylinder rotation, the case rim doesn’t drag on the recoil shield, but that is far from all of the K6s's new attributes.
Reader Comments of the Week — February 3, 2018
A recap or sampling of the most active, interesting, or on occasion, randomly selected reader comments from the previous week.
Top 5 High Capacity Shotguns for 2018
When it comes to shotguns for self-defense, the old adage, "I'd rather have more ammo and not need it, than need the ammo and not have it." can be liberally applied. The DP-12, with its 16-round capacity raised the bar, but manufacturers are again pushing the limits with magazine-fed shotguns and capacities reaching 25 shells. Here are our top high-capacity shotguns for 2018.
Throwback Thursday: AR-15 .223 vs Mil-Spec 5.56mm Chambers
Get the right chamber for your AR15 to be successful Even though many manufacturers and specifications say you can use the SAAMI .223 and Mil-Spec 5.56 mm in the same barrel, there are some pros and considers to consider before you plunk down that hard earned cash. Read this article to learn the pros & cons of the SAAMI .223 and Mil-Spec 5.56mm.
Four Crimes, Tiny Numbers: ATF Statistics
In a recent Government Accounting Office report to Congress, most lawmakers have focused on the firearm owners who refuse to commit crimes or fall for stings created by the ATF. Buried in the report is a chart showing how incredibly few legal gun owners are arrested each year for gun violations.
Video: Can I Be Sued? — Good Samaritan Laws
If you ever encounter a situation where you have to stop and render aid to another person do you know what liability you may face? Watch Independent Program Attorney Ed Riley teach you the law so you won’t have to hesitate when it comes to saving a life.