The AR500 is, according to the company’s claims and my own research, the most powerful short-range semi-auto rifle in the world. Chambered in the .50-caliber 500 Auto Max cartridge, the AR500 packs a wallop in a modified AR-10 platform. Combined with Buffalo Bore’s 350, 400, and 440 grain loads, the AR500 is ready to bring down, quite literally, any kind of critter you’re hoping to hunt.
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Big Horn Armory AR500: 3,700 ft-lbs of Big Bore Record-Breaking Awesomeness (Full Review)
BY Jordan Michaels Updated: October 27, 2018The Webley Revolver: The Seminal British Combat Wheelgun
BY Will Dabbs Updated: October 26, 2018Lieutenant Blowers carried nothing more than his six-shot Webley revolver as a personal defense weapon. Crawling through fetid German trenches stacked deep with corpses both fresh and otherwise, Blowers and his crew picked their way across the most dangerous terrain on earth.
Review: The M48 Nosler Custom Handgun. Steady As She Goes!
BY Brian McCombie Updated: October 19, 2018The M48 Nosler Custom Handgun as a hunting handgun which challenges the hunter. It’s also a lot of fun to shoot, once you get used to it.
Shotgun Patterning – How to do it
BY Jake Wallace Updated: August 3, 2024Need an intro to patterning? It refers to where you’d like to break a target, using the height of the shotgun’s comb to change where the gun shoots.
TANDEMKROSS 10/22 Precision Drop-in Trigger
BY Steve Gaspar Updated: October 19, 2018TANDEMKROSS is joining their flat textured 10/22 trigger and return spring with Brimstone Gunsmithing’s proprietary tool steel hammer and sear for a brand new precision drop in 10/22 masterpiece.
G-Code Scorpion Soft Shell Kit
BY Clay Martin Updated: October 19, 2018In the past, nobody in their right mind would get excited about universal magazine holders. G-Code has changed that, and boy, they’ve done it right.
Lee-Enfield Rifle: The Long Arm of the British Empire and the story of Lachhiman Gurung
BY Will Dabbs Updated: October 19, 2018During WWII, a man from Nepal held off more than thirty Japanese troops, while armed with just a knife and Lee Enfield rifle. This is the story of Lachhiman Gurung and his rifle.
Connecticut Town Bans Home Manufactured ‘Ghost Guns,’ Violators Face $250/Day Fine
BY Jordan Michaels Updated: October 16, 2018Manufacturing firearms at home for personal use is perfectly legal, according to the federal government. But not according to Bridgeport, Connecticut, whose mayor recently signed a measure that would levy a $250/day fine to anyone caught in the possession of a “ghost gun.”
Maximizing Your Marlin Lever Gun
BY Jeff Cramblit Updated: August 3, 2024Old West-style lever guns used to be deer hunting mainstay. From Florida swamps to Alaska woods, they’re great brush guns—but they can be so much more.
The Story Behind the SA XDM 10mm, 10,000 Round Test
BY Clay Martin Updated: October 10, 2018When the new XDM came up, I asked Springfield Armory if they were ready to dance. Not only did they say yes, but they knew a good ammo guy. My proposal was 10,000 rounds, every round shot on camera. That is a huge risk for a new gun, and I had no way of knowing if it would survive.