The Rock Island Armory GI Standard 1911 looks like a no-frills throwback, but this budget .45 turned out to be far more shootable and drama-free than its price tag suggests. After 300 rounds and zero malfunctions, the question is not whether it is cheap. It is whether this plain GI-style pistol might be the smartest low-dollar entry into the 1911 platform.
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Rock Island GI Standard 1911 Review: Budget Beast
BY Jim Maybrick Published: May 7, 2026 { 3 comments }Vortex Razor 4-24×44 Review: Compact Beast
BY Mitchell Graf Published: May 7, 2026 { 0 comments }The Vortex Razor HD Gen III 4-24×44 FFP hits a brutal sweet spot. It brings elite Razor glass, precise tracking, and hard-use durability into a compact package that feels tailor-made for DMRs, gas guns, and lighter precision rifles.
Microstamping Guns: Crime Solver or Gun Ban Trap?
BY Brian Jensen Published: May 7, 2026 { 9 comments }Microstamping promises a neat crime-solving shortcut: fired brass that points police back to a specific gun. But once you look at the technology, the failures, the costs, and California’s history, this “simple fix” starts looking a lot more complicated.
How Obama’s Kill List Hunted an American Terrorist
BY Will Dabbs Published: May 7, 2026 { 10 comments }From Bonnie and Clyde to Anwar al-Awlaki, this hard-edged piece asks a nasty modern question: when does deadly force stop being controversial and start feeling inevitable?
Unit 9 Compact Review: Dry Fire Just Got Violent
BY True Pearce Published: May 3, 2026 { 0 comments }The Unit 9 Compact is not some toy pretending to be a training pistol. It is a Glock 19-style, CO2-powered, non-lethal training system built for real reps, real feedback, and real force-on-force work without the range drama.
How a Wrecked Chinook Came Home from Hell
BY Will Dabbs Published: May 1, 2026 { 6 comments }America burned through a quarter-billion dollars in aircraft to save one man and then turned around and salvaged a shot-up Chinook off a murderous Afghan mountainside. If that sounds gloriously unhinged, that is because it absolutely was.
Best SIG P322 Accessories (2026): Optics, Lights & Suppressors
BY True Pearce Published: April 30, 2026 { 0 comments }If you are looking for some accessories to enhance your P322 experience, here are the top 5 accessories you should consider in 2023.
Mil-Dot and MRAD Explained: The Mil Relation Formula and Ranging
BY Tom McHale Published: April 29, 2026 { 72 comments }The Mil-Dot system is exceptionally versatile – if you know how to use it. If you shoot a rifle, you can use mil-dot to hold the correct amount over a distant target. There’s a lot of fancy math behind the whole mil-dot thing, but we’re going to ignore most of that here and explain the concept, and more importantly, how you can use it, in plain English. There won’t even be a quiz at the end, I promise.
Best Dry Fire Training Tools (2026)
BY Travis Pike Published: April 28, 2026 { 3 comments }I found tons of apps, gadgets, and gizmos that I’ve loved in my dry fire journey, and I want to share those with you.
SAINT Victor 9mm PDW Review: Tiny, Fast, Mean
BY Mitchell Graf Published: April 16, 2026 { 3 comments }The Springfield Armory SAINT Victor 9mm PDW stuffs compact firepower, suppressor-ready utility, and familiar AR controls into a 5.5-inch package that is easier to carry than it has any right to be. After match use, suppressed shooting, and accuracy testing, this little blaster proved it is more than a range toy.









