SHOT SHOW 2016, PART 6
At industry-only-people SHOT, as at the ordinary folks-accessible NRA annual meeting, you get to talk to the manufacturers and, more importantly, the engineers who are responsible for new guns and related gear. I’ve found...
CARRY OPTICS
Optical gunsights, in the form of telescopic sights, proved their worth in the 19th century, and today are all but standard on most hunting rifles that aren’t intended for short range. Red dot optical...
GORGEOUS GUN GAL “GLOCK GIRL GAIL” GRATEFULLY GETS HER GLOCK GUN GRAIL
Few things move my cynical old soul to poetry, but when a collector finds a grail, it’s something to celebrate. The grail, of course, is something uncommon that they desperately want to own.
My significant...
WHAT YOUR TROOPERS CARRY
Historically, private citizens have, to a significant degree, modeled their sporting rifle choices after what their nation’s military carries, and their handgun choices after what their nation’s police carry. Among the cops themselves, the...
SHOT SHOW 2016, PART 3
Rifles: One rifle now getting a good bit of attention here is the Howa “mini-rifle” newly chambered for the 6.5 Grendel cartridge, and for 7.62X39. It should be available in these calibers later this...