ANOTHER NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION

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Lots of folks have planned what gun(s) they’re going to buy this year.  An Internet friend on a closed forum has taken a different approach: his new year’s resolution is to spiff up the...

IN A TIME OF HYPOCRISY…THE HYPOCRISY OF TIME

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I’ve been a reader of Time magazine since I was a kid. For about half a century now, the publication has locked itself into an anti-gun editorial stance. In the August 6, 2012 edition,...

WHAT’S YOUR HOME DEFENSE GUN CHOICE?

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When I was a little boy, my dad’s choice of home defense gun was “American Traditional”: a double barrel 12 gauge shotgun and double-aught buckshot. Joe Biden would have approved. The shotgun was the home...

UH, OH…

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Layoffs at Remington, a huge arms/ammo manufacturing entity and something of a bellwether for the industry. Layoffs at Colt, too – including Brent Turchi, head of the Custom Shop, who has long been one of...

A GREAT GUN FUSION

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Through the extremely generous good offices of my friend Chuck McDonald I now have a gun that has fascinated me for many years: a “Smython,” also known as a “Smolt.” The brand rivalry of Colt...