Custom & Collectable Firearms built “The Ledger” around a practical premise, then let aesthetics follow function. The result is a limited-run PDP Pro-E Compact. Only 300 will be built, each sequentially numbered, each wearing a desert camouflage Cerakote finish paired with Walther...
We are awash in good-quality budget red dots these days. Optics like the ROMEO5 and the Holosun 403 provide an effective, albeit bare-bones, optical option for a fair price. It wasn’t always that way. There was a time when you had to decide between spending a mortgage payment on an Aimpoint or ...
Do you guys remember the dark ages of red dots? There was a time when the idea of a budget red dot meant you were stuck with that red dot from Call of Duty. If you didn’t have an Aimpoint, what’s the point? Times have changed, and now $100 can get you a SIG Romeo-MSR […] The post The Ro...
The Springfield Armory Echelon has been the darling of Geneseo, Illinois ever since its inception for innumerable reasons. The supremely-clever optics mounting system, texturing/stippling that borders on coming from a Custom Shop, a chassis design for ultimate modularity, and flat out performance...
The Beretta Gold Cup 2026 in Malmö, Sweden brought together elite IPSC competitors from all over the World, for a match that raised the bar on stage design and volunteer execution. What stood out immediately were the creative course-of-fire elements: moving targets triggered by sensors, inno...
For years the original Crossfire was the default answer when somebody asked what red dot to hang on a first AR without spending real money. Vortex updated it earlier this month, and the Crossfire II lineup closes most of the gaps that had opened up between the old sight and the rest of the budget...
There's something distinctly appealing about pairing a modern red dot sight with traditional wood furniture. This Ruger PC Carbine build showcases that balance beautifully, trading the polymer look of a typical 9mm pistol-caliber carbine for a custom walnut stock that gives the rifle a more ...
Springfield Armory sent yours truly their SA-35 Polished Blued for review, and it is the version a lot of people have been waiting for since the original launched. I covered that first SA-35 as a T&E gun, came away impressed, and have been curious what Springfield would do next with the platf...
The iconic American rifle of World War 1 is the 1903 Springfield, but most of the Doughboys were issued a different gun. The US Rifle, Model of 1917, also known as the Enfield or P17, thanks to the vagaries of history, was the most prevalent US rifle by far. Over two million were made in a two-ye...
The V2 responds directly to the feedback that made the original work but less than it could have. The most visible change is the shift to capped turrets. The original used low-profile exposed adjustments that traded zero protection for tool-free convenience. That's a workable tradeoff until ...