The Loadout Room
Professional Gear Reviews
AlumaGrips has been my recent source for great great grips. Earlier we showed you a basic set of 1911 grips in this article. When AlumaGrips added options for America’s rifle, the AR-15 I grabbed a set for my Freedom Ordnance FX-9 Pistol as seen here. What I hadn’t yet experienced was their custom-order process. A […]
When the Remington R51 was re-released I was excited. An American company producing a pistol with a different action than the standard browning locking action. Call me a gun nerd, but that sort of stuff excites me. The gun magazines all had rave reviews until it was made public that either money had changed hands […]
A while back, just after we finished reviewing the impressive Diamondback DB10 we received the Ex Performance M4 stock from Adaptive Tactical. I’m not the kind of guy to get super excited about furniture. I go to Ikea for the house, and usually run what comes with the gun on a rifle. I simply have […]
Erika of GBGuns began shooting just three years ago. Prior to meeting me she had, “shot a gun before” and that was it. After a few weeks of plinking on the weekends I took her to Front Sight for back-to-back four-day handgun and carbine courses. The rest is evident in the excellent shooting we see […]
The trigger is our interface with a firearm. Length, weight, and feel of travel are some of the factors that shooters begin to develop a taste for. Some prefer slack, others not. Some want a short pull while others prefer weighted travel. Perhaps the only thing in common between shooters is the desire to tune […]
With all they advancements of AR-15s it’s easy to forget that the original intent of Eugene Stoner was to build a battle rifle, not an assault rifle. The original design, the AR-10 was for the .308/7.62x51mm cartridge. There are several reasons why that model was droped by the military and the M-16 was born, but […]
With a flooded AR-15 market it’s easy to ignore models that have been out there for a while, and even easier to ignore them if they haven’t been recently seen on a magazine cover cradled by some full-sleeve-tattooed gym rat with a perfectly-groomed operator beard. Add to that the increasingly affordable options for home builds […]
The Grand Power XCalibur stunned me. From the first shot it was so smooth and easy to point that it didn’t feel like shooting. The sensation was closer to pointing a magic long-range hole puncher at paper. Squeeze the trigger and after a loud noise a hole appears exactly where you were pointing. Truly ambidextrous […]
Smith & Wesson released the 380 Shield EZ without much fanfare. From my tabletop examination of the pistol I think this was a smart move. Not because the gun is boring, but because it’s not for those who fall for fanfare. The 380 Shield EZ is perfect as a first handgun, or for those who […]
The pistol grip of the AR-15 is one of the easiest parts to swap out. Unfortunately it seems that no matter which grip you try it’s never the perfect grip. Even if a grip fits your hand nicely, it may not be so comfortable once you get into your shooting position. This is because the […]
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