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	Sig Sauer P250 .45's Old and New .327 Fed. Mag. Choices Make Your AR Night Ready

After making early rounds through Game Trails’ super riverbottom habitat, naturally I was itching to see how a brand new gun (Thompson/Center’s as-yet-unnamed mid-priced bolt-action) and a new load (Winchester E-Tips, i.e., lead-free bullet) would..
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Ed Friedman

Why RUM and not Jeroboam?

Like many of you, I had a glass or five of champagne to celebrate New Year’s. Actually, it was sparkling wine, as the French have a monopoly on actual champagne, but that’s another story. My bubbly came in a standard, 750 mL bottle. Better stuff...
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From the Range in Wyoming

The Times They Are a Changin’

With sincere apologies to Bob Dylan for ripping off his title, it is nonetheless as accurate a description now for gunnies as it was when he penned it several decades ago regarding society in general. Gun people have changed. When I grew up in the...
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Fear and Loading

Criminal Season

A lot of us still need to buy fixings for that holiday dinner and I prefer to patronize a grocery store with a friendly and courteous staff that doesn’t bother drawing on a gun-brandishing criminal until the robber points a gun at a woman and her...

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Incoming

New Pump From Remington
It was August when I got the news. Remington’s Eddie Stevenson called one afternoon to see if I wanted to shoot some geese in Alberta. “Sure,” I said. “We gonna be using the 870 or the 11-87?” “Well, we’ll have pump guns,” he replied, then after a.... Read more...

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Bob Boyd

“The Finicky Spring Affair”

“The Finicky Spring Affair” The sense of victory I experienced having successfully modified the flash hider to accept an externally-threaded barrel was short lived. The modifications to the pistol portion of my U.N.C.L.E. Special were virtually...

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Fear of the Dark

“When the light begins to change, I sometimes feel a little strange. A little anxious when it’s dark.”

Blackhawk Night Ops Xiphos NT

We all know Blackhawk makes some very tacticool stuff, but did anyone know that Blackhawk’s marketing folks are students of ancient history?

A Different Light

Today’s tactical torches are modern marvels when compared to the simple, yet cumbersome D-celled versions of yesteryear. Here are some of the latest examples.

Zeiss’ 8x26 Victory T* PRF

We’ve all seen the infomercial with the hyperactive guy named Vince selling the “ShamWow” towel. Read more...

American Guardian TV
In January

Episode 2, Jan. 7. 2009: Tactical Shotgun, Part II
Gun Locker: DPMS Sportical
Sheriff’s Tip: Common Presentation Mistakes

Episode 3, Wed., Jan 14: Gunsite Basics
Gun Locker: Springfield Armory XD(M)
Sheriff’s Tip: Dealing with Police After Routine Contact

Episode 4, Wed., Jan. 21: High-Speed Handgun
Gun Locker: Taurus Judge
Sheriff’s Tip: Dealing with Police After A Shooting

Episode 5, Wed., Jan. 28: Own the Night
Gun Locker: Smith & Wesson M&P 45
Sheriff's Tip: Presentation from an Inside the Waistband Holster

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