The Rock Island Armory PRO Match Ultra is a super-sized version of Browning’s eternal classic, the 1911. Competition-oriented, the PRO Match has a 5” Bull Barrel and a rail-free dust cover pushing weight forward for stability. The big steel double-stack frame holds sixteen rounds of versatile .40 Smith & Wesson, a round favored by both competitors and police agencies.
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Rock Island Armory’s Ultra 1911: The PRO Match
BY Mark Miller Published: April 11, 2019 Updated: April 11, 2019Delta S 9mm- Heir Apparent to the MP-5SD throne
BY Clay Martin Published: April 6, 2019 Updated: April 6, 2019Arguably the least development we have seen on new firearms is in the submachine gun arena. Once the coolest kid on the block, sub guns were a staple of counter-terrorism forces, the world over. Despite many attempts to usurp it, the MP-5 was far and away the weapon of choice.
Kimber EVO SP Custom Shop: Range Tested
BY Rob Garrett Published: April 6, 2019 Updated: April 6, 2019“Success has many fathers, but failure is an orphan!” The quote has been attributed to several people, including President John F. Kennedy. I think the phrase is applicable to Kimber’s new EVO SP pistol. The EVO SP, in general, is a successor to the ill-fated Solo. First introduced in 2011, the Solo was a sub-compact, [...]
Battle of the Asian Optics! Three Budget-Friendly Long-Range Scopes Tested (Including Tracking)
BY Jordan Michaels Published: April 6, 2019 Updated: April 6, 2019If you’re willing to buy a scope without the Made in the USA sticker, what are your options? What kind of features, quality, and price points can you expect from scopes made in China, South Korea, or the Philippines? To get a sense of the market, I chose three scopes to test…
Alan Berg Assassination: MAC10 Murder & Gov’t Reclassification of a Semi-Auto
BY Will Dabbs Published: April 6, 2019 Updated: April 6, 2019In this installment of our ongoing review of infamous assassination weapons, we probe the very depths of darkness and hate. The victim was a shock radio host, the assassins were dedicated white supremacists, and the weapon was an illegally converted full auto MAC10.
Blackbuck Antelope: Hunting a Native of India in South Texas
BY Brian McCombie Published: April 1, 2019 Updated: August 3, 2024Many people don’t realize it, but Texas is home to tens of thousands of free-ranging aoudads, Axis deer, blackbuck antelope, fallow deer, and nilgai, among others, none of which originated on the North American Continent much less the Republic of Texas.
Going The Distance: The Long Range Hunting Course by Outdoors Solutions
BY Brian McCombie Published: April 1, 2019 Updated: August 3, 2024We were a very talkative group at dinner the night before and during coffee that morning. But when the 15 of us walked into the covered shooting line and saw the steel targets ranging before us–the last row at 1,000 yards—it all went silent. Oh, man, I imagined my fellow students thinking, that’s what 1,000 yards actually looks like? Never going to happen!
Mossberg 590A1 Retrograde – A Birthday Present from Mossberg to Us
BY Clay Martin Published: March 31, 2019 Updated: March 31, 2019The Retrograde to me says awesome hair, flight suit, and a really bad attitude cause Ronnie Reagan told us to. Holding it in your hands, you can almost hear the rotors spinning on a Huey and “boarding party to the flight deck” coming over the 1MC. That alone is worth the price.
Wilson’s Combat Vickers Elite Commander
BY Rob Garrett Published: March 29, 2019 Updated: March 29, 2019The Vickers Elite has everything you need and nothing that you don’t. It is a well-thought-out pistol with a functional need for each feature.
Whata-Gun! Custom AR Pistol Honors Texas Burger Joint, Whataburger not Amused
BY Jordan Michaels Published: March 27, 2019 Updated: March 27, 2019Houston-based HTX Tactical created the one-of-a-kind Whataburger AR pistol for an unnamed client. After posting a video of the firearm on their Facebook page earlier this month, they’ve received coverage from some of the biggest media outlets in the state.