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Next Post Coming Soon…▶ The Holosun series of optics are quite broad these days. They’ve become one of the more creative companies on the market with night vision and thermal overlay red dots, extremely powerful weapon lights and micro-sized enclosed emitter optics. On top of that, they make some pretty good basic red dots. One of the more popular budget carbine optics on the market is the HS510C, which has an open emitter design and is not a bad optic by any means. The cheaper and lighter HS510C overshadows the HS512C, which I feel is the better optic. Breaking Down…

Next Post Coming Soon…▶ It has taken me a long time to come around to the fact that shooting tripods have a lot of utility. I started looking into getting one, and was blown away by the variety of mounts, adaptors, and head types. Coming across the Bog Deathgrip meant I had found an all-in-one starter option. How has it held up for me? Read on. First lets take a quick look at the facts. Tech Specs Tilt adjustment lever controls up to 25 degrees of cant forwards and back and the head pans 360 degrees with tension adjustment No-slip…

Jay Langston Photo Next Post Coming Soon…▶ The hottest trend in firearms over the past four years is the sub-compact semi-auto, and Kimber’s R7 Mako has jumped squarely into the frenzy.   This trend really got started when Sig Sauer’s P365 launched, with its sub-4-inch barrel, 4-inch height, 6-inch length and double-stack 9mm capacities. Several companies have followed with their own micro 9s. Mako Shark To understand the significance of Kimber naming this new 9mm the “Mako,” a closer look at the finned killer’s stats. The fish species takes its name from the Polynesian Maori language, and its derivation is…

Next Post Coming Soon…▶ Firearms and affordability are tricky things. Some do it well, and others, well, who else bought a USFA ZIP 22LR? More than a few times, I’ve talked about pistol caliber carbines and large-format pistols, and people have asked about Extar. I never had any experience, so I never had an opinion. I reached out to Extar, and they were very polite but simply had no loaners to ship. It took a couple of years, and they released a rifle version that I was lucky enough to snag and review, the new EP9 Carbine. Extar has found…

Ruger 10/22 Competition Left-Hand. Andrew McKean Photo Next Post Coming Soon…▶ Finally, southpaw rimfire shooters don’t have to endure hot brass in their faces as Ruger presents a competition-level 10/22.   I’ve wanted to love Ruger’s 10/22 as much as anybody. It shoots fast and accurate, despite its heavy trigger. It’s endlessly modular. And it is reliable as a roofing nail. But I’m an unrepentant left-handed shooter, and the right-hand port of the 10/22 often puts ejection gases and shells in my face. Like most southpaws, I’m used to the indignities of the right-handed world of guns and shooting, but…

Diamondback Birdshead Sidekick. Michael Irwin Collins Photo Next Post Coming Soon…▶ A 25-ounce .22 revolver that rides easily in the back pocket is a good thing to have. A couple of years ago, Diamondback introduced their Sidekick revolver. The original 4-inch barrel revolver is a neat plinker and trainer. But the new 3-inch barrel birdshead grip revolver is even lighter and easier to carry. The popular birdshead grip configuration gives the Sidekick a vintage look some will definitely find attractive.   Features The revolver is similar in outline to the High Standard Double Nine or W100. The Double Nine features…

Next Post Coming Soon…▶ Ammunition can be a tricky beast. We love it, but hate paying for it. We want the best in new technology, but only once it’s as proven as the old stuff.  After all that we want the best there is, at a low price. I don’t envy any ammunition manufacturer looking to dethrone the top few, but I applaud all who try. With that, let’s look at G9 Defense. G9 Defense was founded in 2013. The name G9 is derived from the ballistic coefficient scales used to determine ballistic trajectoryt. G9 was interested in having some…

Next Post Coming Soon…▶ Mid-April last year I was sitting shoulder-to-shoulder with long-time friend Eddie Stevenson before sunrise listening to a longbeard hammer the day awake. Before long, the tom was gobbling so close to us we could smell his breath. Problem was, the tom was directly behind us. He skirted to our rear and walked off in the direction of a real hen while never presenting a shot. As the first morning’s hunt wound down, a band of feral hogs moseyed into a corn feeder about 120 yards distant. Always willing to help thin wild hog populations, I snuck…

The Walther PDP Compact 5-Inch, Michael Irwin Collins Photo Next Post Coming Soon…▶ The pistol illustrated is a result of my diligent searching for interesting pistols to own, shoot, carry and report on. It has been quite a while since HK introduced their polymer-frame P9 and almost as long since Glock introduced their game changing Glock 17. Polymer frame striker-fired handguns are easily the most popular pistol on the market. They may not engender emotional attachment or the affection of some more prominently styled firearms, but they will definitely save your life when needed. Another pistol with the big “R,”…

Next Post Coming Soon…▶ The popularity of mounting a suppressor on a hunting rifle has grown with quantum leaps over the past two decades. The secondary benefit of a suppressor—hearing protection—seems to be the prevailing driver behind the acquisition of hunting rifle silencers these days. One of the negatives of putting a can on a rifle comes from adding several ounces and several inches of length to what otherwise would be a trim hunting rig. I recently found a new suppressor that answers both negatives at a gun-writer editorial rendezvous in Idaho. The Silencer Central Banish Backcountry delivers good performance…