Sig Sauer at the 2013 Shot Show
The Sig 227 is essentially the newest and most capable concealed carry handgun on the market. Sure, you could go ultra-compact with a Springfield XDS or ultr...
Jan 20, 2013
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.45 ACP vs. .45 LC in Lever Guns
Question: Wondering what the difference is between .45acp and .45colt? Do u kno...
May 10, 2012
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Heckler and Koch P30s
So a defensive carry and shooting instructor ( a guy named Todd Green, based in the US, traveling all over to train in a class setting) decided to do a torture test on a Heck...
May 06, 2012
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It’s made by a company that most people don’t know, but it boasts perhaps the ONLY major advance in Gun making in over 75 years. It has only two moving parts, contributing to a tougher, more a...
Apr 16, 2012
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It seems like anywhere you go anymore, that if you see a new firearm that is amazing and doesn’t have wooden furniture that some maker was spurred on to produce it by the requirements of some Jo...
Apr 12, 2012
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Para Ordnance LDA
Want to carry your 1911 in Condition One without a concern? There is only one way to do it.
For those of you not familiar with the term Condition One, here’s a short history le...
Mar 13, 2012
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If you’ve seen and shot one Para Ordnance, you’ve seen and shot them all, right? It’s a love it or hate it gun. Pioneers in the 1911 field, bringing hi capacity to a single stack world, bu...
Mar 12, 2012
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In the 1990’s I was growing up as a gunsmith. Around 1996, Kimber was making a real arrival on the 1911 scene. I remember being angry, because Kimber was building guns almost as well as I wa...
Mar 08, 2012
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There’s a reason Sig Sauer is taking 1911 market share from gunmakers who have been in the niche for decades. The Sig Scorpion Carry 1911 is just one example of the coming together of thes...
Mar 08, 2012
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Nighthawk 1911 (Predator Custom .45)
Is the Nighthawk 1911, the custom of all custom 1911’s from a mainstream producer? One of them for sure. The Nighthawk 1911 Predator Custom .45 from Nighth...
Mar 08, 2012
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