Category: Firearms

The Marlin Papoose is a fun to shoot and quite accurate takedown .22. It's easy to have with you almost anywhere you can carry a backpack. Cost is approximately $250 and it weighs 3.25lbs. What's not to like?

After quite a bit of time at the range and in the field, here's my review of the LWRCI REPR. I found a lot of things to like and a few to not like. Photo from the 600 yard match, where I used the REPR along with Federal Gold Medal Match 168gr.

I was recently loaned this Smith & Wesson 1911 for a review, and have spent the last few weeks inspecting, carrying, and shooting it. I came away with one big reservation, but overall, a positive opinion of the pistol. It - and the other E series 1911s from S&W, all of which cost less than this tricked-out model - should bring some much-needed quality competition to the factory production 1911 market. Also, please read Hilton Yam's review of a similar pistol, which goes into more detail, and comes from the… Read More

Coinciding with requests for longer reviews is the arrival of a S&W 1911 - the new "E" series model with no Swartz safety and the improved Performance Center extractor. This model also has the Melonite finish and an accessory rail. The review will take a while to complete due to other work and the interests of being thorough, but I am shooting for a 7 minute Youtube video. Too long? Too short?

In my experience, most people who are looking to buy AR-15s do so because they want something that looks like what the military uses. Most of these people then buy 14.5" or 16" M4 type rifles, regardless of what they actually need or have a use for. I have a variety of ARs, and several have 20" barrels and collapsible stocks. They're great shooters and would fit the needs of a lot of civilian shooters (uh-oh, I said it) much better than an M4. But they don't look as cool,… Read More

Many thanks to Rainier Arms for providing me with this billet receiver set. I assembled the rifle as my version of an M16A5 prototype - an upgraded M16, if you will. More to come on that.

Click on the photo to view the video review. Thanks to Deliberate Dynamics for the trigger time with some of their equipment. Before anyone asks, the bag is a Blue Force Gear DAP pack - the Skye model.

Same ammunition, same shooter, same day...I was too far from the camera with the RFR, so it may appear to have less movement than the X7. I'm going to Vegas to marry the Geissele S3G trigger in the X7 later today. Full report to follow (on the rifle, not the wedding).