Gun Pr0n

Handled the Taurus Curve at the NRA Annual Meeting. Give it an A for Innovation. It’s a radical design. With a typical Taurus trigger. And non-existent sights. And integrated weapon light and laser sight that is totally counter-intuitive to activate. And a magazine that you have to pluck free from the well. Did I mention the thing has no friggin’ ...

“So, do you want to hear about the Double D BAMF?” As opening lines of sales pitches go, that one’s an attention-getter. When delivered by a female sales rep who accurately matches that description, it’s even more effective. Turns out, the DD BAMF stands for the “Dual Drop, Billet Aluminum Modular Firearm” from Cobalt Arms. I know it looks chrome ...

Or maybe I should call it the redux of the redux, since last year’s launch was essentially a resurrection of the Remington 51, designed by John Pedersen way back in 1917. For a re-launch of essentially 97-year-old design theory, it generated positive buzz. A lot of positive buzz. And then people actually got a chance to buy and shoot it. ...

I have an ongoing love affair with the 16 gauge shotgun, and I think its demise is largely unjustified. I realize that the 16 was never as popular elsewhere in the country as it was here in the south, but a good many wingshooters still regard the 16 as the perfect upland game gun. Not as heavy or bulky as ...

Last weekend, I trekked forth to Secret Location, CO for my annual stress relief and psychological battery-recharging called Blogorado. Nothing eases my burdens quite so well as hanging out with my gunnie tribe, turning expensive ammunition into smoke and noise, eating great food and drinking even better beer, and telling outrageous truths and plausible lies around a crackling fire at ...

Wander the exhibit hall floor at the NRA Annual Meeting (or SHOT, or any gun show, or any law enforcement convention…) and it because obvious that everyone and their brother-in-law is making some version of a) an AR15, or b) a 1911 pistol. And honestly, I just usually walk on by and mutter, “Meh, seen it.” I’ve got an AR15 ...

One of the cool new guns that caught my interest at the last NRA Annual Meeting (can you tell I’m a bit behind on posting my reviews?) was the Savage B Mag chambered in the Winchester .17 WSM cartridge. Being something of a varminter (you’re talking to a guy who has killed feral hogs with .22 LR and .17 HMR), ...

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9dzZ5_Ea24&feature=youtube_gdata   Don't you wish you could have been there? I don't mean to gloat, but…   … neener, neener, neener.

Spent a few hours at the range today, doing some T&E of the Savage B Mag and Hi Point 9mm carbine. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGJH90tCCtc&feature=youtu.be   Big fun. I think the giggle factor would increase exponentially if I had a bigger mag for the Hi Point.

40 rounds of .25-06 through a sub-5-pound rifle. No, my shoulder isn't as sore as you'd think it would be. MG Arms Ultralight .25-06. Click to embiggenate. Range report and gun reviews coming tomorrow.

… with my new iVue video camera glasses before I give them a serious workout next month at Blogorado. httpv://youtu.be/55CTeOYKQN4   That's my Rock Island 1911 an indoor range at 21 feet. As you can see, I'm pushing them a wee bit left today. Looks like the camera's focal point is a bit higher than where I'm actually looking, too.

The first 1911 I ever bought was an officer's model, a High Standard Crusader. A guy had them at the gun show for $400, new. After consulting my 1911 experts, one of whom answered me immediately and another who answered six months later, when she got around to checking her email, I decided to buy it. It was to be ...

Conservative estimates of roughly 70,000 attendees, and 620 vendors. Attendee count may be as high as 100,000. Our President would have us believe that 90% of Americans support expanding background checks, yet only five people could be found to stage an anti-gun protest. Seriously, they were well outnumbered by the press filming and interviewing them, and the small gaggle of ...

I was intrigued by the custom 1911 grips by Rimfire Designs donated to Jay's fundraising campaign for Kilted to Kick Cancer, so I emailed owner Mark and commissioned a set of hand-carved paduak grips for my Hi Standard Crusader officer-length 1911. Not only did Mark carve me a set of sweet-looking grips in time for Blogorado, he sent me two ...

For those of you eagerly vying for the schwag in Prize Package B, feast your eyes on these: Queen Anne dueling pistols   That's a matched pair of Queen Anne dueling pistols by our kilted gunsmiths. Barrel work by Joe Speer, lock tuning and polishing by Mike Taunt, stocks custom-carved from Bastogne walnut blanks, custom brass hardware and engraving by ...