Category Archives: Guns

By Trey Moore The Vietnam War saw the first practical use of dedicated grenade launchers versus the rifle grenades of WWII and Korea. The M79 Grenade Launcher was revolutionary. It was light weight, accurate and had a range of up to 300 meters, well beyond the range a man can throw a hand grenade. TheContinue reading “XM148 Under Barrel Grenade Launcher”

No, Scattered Shots has not been bought by Brownells. Not yet anyway, ( Call me Pete..) Their new retro line of guns, parts and mags has been a big hit lately. The guns have honestly been a little hit or miss. I have heard has many people having issues as I have heard of peopleContinue reading “Brownells 20 Round AR15 Mags”

No, I don’t have one. But I’ve always wanted one. Some of you will recall the good old days ( for access to imported rifles) when you could walk into a gun store and see things like Norinco AKs, Polytec M14s and all manner of things now lost to time and collectors with larger wallets.Continue reading “Imported Valmets”

In this post, I give you a look at my Range Grade CMP M1911A1.

By Kevin O’Brien In 99 repeating 9% of gun barrels, the caliber is what it is, and the bullet that comes out of the barrel is the same diameter it always was, just marked by the rifling. Likewise, the rifling twist is what it is, and from the point where is picks up in the leade (forwardContinue reading “Exotic Barrels Part 1: Squeeze Bores”

A friend came by over the weekend for a few days of hunting and brought this little auto. I did not have the time on it that I would have liked and didn’t want to use up all his ammo. But I was able to shoot a group from a seated position with a restContinue reading “S&W Model 439”

A few months ago I got some factory Winchester .218 Bee ammo for my Martini. Now, I have had this stuff before and it’s always shit ammo. I had no intention of using it for anything other than to plink at rocks or take pot shots at chipmunks and use it up because I wantedContinue reading “.218 Factory Ammo Surprise”

Colt has had a crazy amount of changes in the model number and toll marks of the standard 6920 (“M4”) in the last few years. Now it’s just the “Carbine” with so many different marking changes that only Brent can keep up with it. With the simplified changes in markings came the inevitable cries ofContinue reading “New Production Colt 6920 Accuracy Test”