Guns

The Springfield Armory Garrison Springfield Armory just added to their 1911 lineup with their recent release: the Garrison chambered in .45 ACP. Available in blued or stainless steel with checkered thinline wood grips, the Garrison aims to take a modern spin from an heirloom-quality construction. The forged steel slide, barrel, and frame give the platform [...]

Across all the matches, test, and practice sessions with the JP5, I had 4 rounds fail to fire.  Examination afterward showed that three had backward primers and one had a sideways primer so all failures were the fault of the guy reloading the ammo (me for 3 of the 4) and not the fault of the JP5.

There’s likely never going to be a better time than the present to buy a suppressor. The ATF has finally moved the process for buying a suppressor into this century with online eForms that now support electronic Form 4’s. This will substantially cut the time required to purchase and possess a suppressor or silencer. 

 For the past five weeks, I have been shooting and evaluating the most expensive and innovative PCC on the market, the new JP5 from JP Enterprises. 

Red Oktober is an amazing collection of unique individuals and organizations coming together to celebrate freedom and fun. I have been to three Red Oktober’s and I will be back in 2022 with better gear. If you shoot, collect uniforms, like tanks, or just enjoy hearing machineguns, make plans to come out to Vegas next Oktober.

Silencer Central has SOT Dealers setup in 42 states which allow them to ship suppressors straight to your house. Check out our interview with Silencer Central during the Big Daddy Unlimited Epic Shoot 2021.

Kimber is expanding their highly stylized line of Rapide pistols with new Rapide Dawn and Rapide Scorpius full-size 1911 and Micro 9 compacts chambered for 9mm Luger.

If you are not yet familiar with Langdon Tactical Technologies (LTT), it’s a name you need to know. Founder, Ernest Langdon seems to ferret out the guns in the marketplace that have all the marks of excellence but can be improved to perfection with his Midas touch. And the latest offering from LTT is its treatment of the Hellcat. Langdon is best known for trigger jobs, from drop-in upgrade kits to fully customized overhauls.

The plot device has been exercised so many times in Hollywood as to have become a trope. Dishonest local law enforcement has the muscle to impose their nefarious will on innocent local townsfolk. Then some moody combat veteran comes back home and is forced to make things right. Whether the setting is the Old West or modern urban America, the story of the ex-soldier with the skills and the will to face down corruption is reliable box office gold.