Southern Tactical’s Vz. 61…A Faithful Recreation
I’m a big fan of weird guns and the .32 ACP cartridge. Ever since I was a kid, I have been captured by the appearance of the Vz. 61 Skorpion. I remember it as the Klob in Goldeneye and have seen it in numerous films and TV shows. When I got into guns, I remember […]
The Quest For A .410 Defensive Shotgun – Ammo Tests
I love shotguns. I often write about shotguns, and they’re generally my favorite type of firearms. I like being able to throw eight pellets of 9mm per trigger pull at a threat. I appreciate their versatile design and the fact they can be a powerhouse at typical CONUS ranges. As much as I love shotguns, […]
Gun Review: The Springfield Echelon – My Favorite Handgun of 2023
In the world that’s full of semi-auto handguns, there seems to be a formula that works. Give it a polymer frame, make it striker-fired, chamber it in 9mm, and use a double-stack magazine. Add a rail and maybe give it an optic cut, and we have the description of basically every duty-sized pistol on the […]
The Girsan High Power MC P35 PI – Watching the Detectives
Some guns are just cool. Not every gun I own needs to have a specific purpose or be a top-of-the-line, ultra-modern firearm. Sometimes — arguably most of the time — guns can just be fun. That’s exactly what I thought when I saw the Girsan High Power MC P35 PI edition of their Hi-Power clone […]
The Smith & Wesson Response: A (Mostly) Polymer PCC
In the last 12 months, Smith & Wesson went from having zero pistol caliber carbines in their lineup to now having three. They released the FPC, the Response, and at SHOT, we got our first look at the new-again 1854, a lever action .44 Magnum. That’s quite a leap in the PCC category. The FPC […]
SHOT Show: The MaulAR Lever Gun From Bear Creek Arsenal
Bear Creek Arsenal is known for their budget AR-15s, AR-10s, AR9s, and basically a budget everything in the Armalite rifle world. They’ve done some odd guns and odd calibers, so being odd isn’t too unusual from the brand. However, I would have never predicted that Bear Creek Arsenal would do something as interesting as a […]
Tactical Picks From SHOT Show Industry Day at The Range
What’s new for 2024? Great question. We dove into the SHOT Show Industry Day At the Range to bring you the skinny on some of the latest guns and gear on the market. I aimed to narrow it down to five but simply couldn’t, so here are my eight favorite new products from Range […]
Latest Harrington and Richardson ARs Go Retro and Weird
The company once known as H&R, was purchased by Palmetto State Armory out of the Remington bankruptcy and is manned by some of the crew of Nodak Spud. This collaboration has apparently led to plenty of money to embrace the retro world and produce some of the odder variants of Stoner’s famed design. At the […]