The 1873 Winchester sported a steel receiver along with proper metallurgy in its barrel that allowed the gun to handle the relatively high performance of the .44 WCF round. Various barrel lengths and contours, engraved variations, and rifle, carbine, and musket versions kept things spicy.
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Top Five Pieces of Training Gear
Published: April 3, 2018 { 6 comments }Whether you’re doing formal training or just running some drills at the range, there are few necessities to bring with you. I’m not talking about the obvious ones such as eye and ear protection, a gun, holster and target ammo.
Korwin: Memo to Gun Ban Movement – Infringement Is Illegal!
Published: April 2, 2018 { 55 comments }The so-called “news” media has disguised or totally hidden this revealing truth. Journalists have become virtually as much an enemy of the nation’s health as the murderers themselves. That’s a hard thing to say, as a journalist myself.
Training Classes – Choosing Your Instructor
Published: April 1, 2018 { 10 comments }It seems since the rise of terrorism there has been an explosion of people hanging out their shingles, or website, as firearms instructors. The sheer number of choices can make choosing the right one a daunting task for the novice shooter
Support Gun Control You Child Hating Bigot!!
Published: March 29, 2018 { 17 comments }If you don’t support gun control you are a child-hating bigot. Right?
Clay Tours Tactical Solutions! The Rimfire Experts of the West
Published: March 29, 2018 { 1 comment }Tactical Solutions aka Tac Sol is a serious player in the rimfire arena. If you have ever gone looking for parts to make your 10/22 or Buckmark not suck, odds are you know who they are.
Top Five Range Bags
Published: March 28, 2018 { 6 comments }Range bags run the gamut from duffle bags to shoulder bags to specially designed complex bags designed to handle all this gear. Sure, you can get along without a range bag, but even a simple range bag can make a trip to the range all the more productive, organized, efficient and fun. With that, here are my top five range bags.
Glock 19X – A Commander Sized Glock
Published: March 25, 2018 { 38 comments }The 19X is basically a G19 slide melded to a G17 sized frame. This has been poo-pooed at length by the usual internet commando’s, but I like the concept. In fact, we had a grip extension created by Len Baxley when I was in the Army that did exactly the same thing.
NSSF: YouTube’s New Policy Provides Cause for Concern
Published: March 22, 2018 { 34 comments }This argument can be logically extended to social media platforms. It is time that social media platform management realizes its broader collective responsibility since it commands so much of today’s virtual public square.
Clay Learns to Reload: Ep. 1 Taking a Class
Published: March 22, 2018 { 20 comments }I’m going to start reloading. As a noob, I decided to the best place to start was to take an entry-level class. Learning from an expert in the flesh can save you hours of heartache and head-scratching.









