Binocular 101: How to Buy Smart

Charred lodgepoles scratching a gunmetal sky reflected my mood. This morning the elk had won. No plan in mind, I climbed beyond where they’d scattered. Probing the slope’s crest from the sit with my binocular, I saw it. Among ranks of black boles with low-arcing limbs, a branch curved up...

By Wayne van Zwoll •

POTD: Tennessee Women’s Correctional Colt – Institutional Markings

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a Colt Official Police revolver marked “TWC 327” on the butt, issued to the Tennessee Women’s Correctional Institution. Correctional facilities ran numbered weapons inventories for exactly the reason you’d expect. Every...

By Sam.S •

POTD: Cabot Guns Apocalypse 2.0 Damascus 1911

Few pistols can claim the title of wearable art, but the Cabot Guns Apocalypse 2.0 makes a compelling argument. Building on the original Apocalypse introduced in 2020, Cabot's Pennsylvania craftsmen have refined the concept into something that sits at the absolute top of the 1911 world. The ...

By Eric B •

Wheelgun Wednesday: Would You Like Some Diamonds With Your S&W?

The high-end auction houses always have some sort of interesting firearm up for auction - sometimes it’s a rare piece of history, sometimes the gun belonged to a notable figure from the past, and sometimes, it’s a set of diamond-encrusted, gold-plastered Smith & Wesson No. 1 revol...

By Zac K •

XS Sights Releases Tritium Front Sight for Ruger SP101 & LCR

XS Sights has released a tritium Standard Dot front sight for the Ruger SP101 with fixed rear and the Ruger LCR in .38/.357, and the headline feature is that it comes pre-drilled. No mill work, no drill press, no gunsmith required. The pinhole is already there, and the kit ships with everything y...

By Sam.S •

XTech LDR2000 B1 Makes Loading Bodyguard 2.0 Mags Easy

Hunters and outdoorsmen who rely on the Smith & Wesson Bodyguard 2.0 as a lightweight backup or deep concealment gun know that it can be quite difficult to reload the factory magazines. XTech Tactical’s new LDR2000 B1 brings a purpose-built speed loader to the table, making it easier to kee...

By Luke Cuenco •

Taking the M1A Loaded Precision Out to 500 Yards

The classic American service rifle, the M14 in 7.62x51mm NATO, was the replacement for the M1 Garand, adding (among other things) a 20-round detachable box magazine and select-fire including fully automatic. It was the primary service rifle for the U.S. until Vietnam where it was replac...

By Beyond Seclusion •

M41A Pulse Rifle: The Ultimate Aliens Gun

Private Dwayne Hicks sat in an expansive classroom alongside the rest of his platoon of newly minted boots. Each Marine had a well-used Pulse Rifle sitting on the table in front of them. The weapons were clean enough to be used as surgical implements and smelled vaguely of CLP. Gunnery Sergeant M...

By Will Dabbs, MD •
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