Gun Reviews
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The 1911: A Century of American Steel
Fort Sam Houston, spring of 1907. Somewhere on that dusty testing ground, a board of Army officers was putting handguns…
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Beretta A400 Xcel review: patterns don’t lie
Forty-one pounds of felt recoil on the chronograph rig, versus 58 for the fixed-breech gun sitting next to it on…
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How to clean a pistol step by step
Last Saturday a guy walked into the shop holding his brand new Glock like it was a bomb, asking if…
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Best shooting ear protection: what I’d actually buy
A guy came into the shop last month holding a pair of muffs he’d had since maybe 2003, foam crumbling…
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How to zero a rifle scope (the way that actually works)
I burned through almost a full box of .223 the first time I tried to zero a scope, standing at…
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Walther PDP review: the ergonomics finally match the trigger
I had a range officer at a local indoor place ask me last month why I kept coming back with…
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Bowhunting vs rifle season: what to know
Last October I sat in a stand off a logging road outside a friend’s property in Buffalo County, Wisconsin, watching…
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Best turkey hunting shotguns: seven guns I’d actually carry this spring
Opening morning last April, sitting against a white oak off a logging road outside a buddy’s place near Coshocton County,…
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Best bolt-action rifles under $1000 (2025 field-tested picks)
Last October, on a ridge above a hay field outside Livingston, Montana, I watched a guy miss a broadside doe…
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