David Higginbotham

There are some of us out here in the real world who scrape up funds for gun purchases. We want guns that work, and we don;t want to pay premiums for brand names. Well, here’s one. The Bersa BP9CC is a kickass way to carry concealed. The price tag isn’t going to knock you over, but the gun’s performance just might.

CZ is not the first name in American hunting rifles, but I think they need more love. This 557 in .30-06 is rock solid, dependable, and as accurate as any rifle you’ll find on the shelf at any mom-and-pop gun store in America. It is time these rifles get the respect they so obviously deserve.

You probably know Shoot-N-C. Most shooters do. Most varieties use a black paint over a yellow background. The adhesion of the black on the yellow is just strong enough to keep it from rubbing off easily. When a bullet strikes the target, the impact knocks a hole in the paper and knocks off a ring of the black paint surrounding that hole, exposing the yellow beneath it. This all may seem fairly obvious, but it is some high-tech material science we too often take completely for granted.

MGI’s Hydra isn’t your typical AR platform. One lower will allow you to shoot 5.56, 7.62×39, 300 Black Out, or 9mm. Check out our review. Replacing a mag well and switching uppers takes less than a minute. You can switch between a pistol caliber carbine, a CQB rifle, and a hunting rifle on the fly. How well does the new platform perform?

In honor of the 4th of July, Stag is giving away a gift card for $970. How you spend that $970 is up you. You could buy 64 really cool hats from Stag’s web store (one for you and each of your 63 closest friends), of if you meet the basic legal requirements for gun ownership, you could even get one really unique rifle. Stag has two offerings that are 100% American. It just doesn’t get any more patriotic than this unless you wear American flag boxers and Elvis is singing American Trilogy in the background while you shoot it.

We all love to dicker about what kind of gun is right for home defense. The truth of the matter is that much of what is “right” is determined by individual circumstances. What kind of home are you trying to defend? What is in this house? What is outside of it? This is where we typically begin. But there’s more. I think one of the most important considerations has to be who will be relying on the firearm in question? And to that end, we’ll be looking at some alternatives to the traditional 12 gauge. Today, we’ve got a Mossberg 500 Special Purpose 20 gauge.

The Metro Arms line of imported 1911s is making some big promises. How well do these budget conscious single actions compete in an already crowded field? Amazingly well. I’ve shot hundreds of 1911s and very few of them have done what this humble hunk of steel did out of the box.

Smith & Wesson has made a major improvement to what is already a formidable pistol. The Shield is now even better for concealed carry, and may make the .380s out there irrelevant.

Eli Wallach died today at age 98. Some of you are saying, “Wallach? Who’s he?” Most of the rest of you are probably saying, “Wallach was still alive?” For those of us who followed Wallach’s career, today is a sad day. Wallach, best remembered for his bad-guy roles in the classic westerns The Good, the [...]