Treat an AR-15 like an AR-10, or an AR-10 like an AR-15, and the rifle will collect its tax in weight, recoil, and missed follow-up shots while your optic either keeps you honest or lets you lie to yourself.
Shooting
SIG Sauer MCX Rattler CO2 BB Air Gun: Big Fun 3 Rounds at a Time
If you want MCX Rattler handling and three-round-burst attitude without the noise or paperwork, this CO₂ BB rifle delivers the look, the controls, and grin-inducing mag dumps that make backyard drills feel like a mini range day.
Pyramyd AIR’s Beretta 92A1 CO2 Powered Full-Auto BB Pistol
The Beretta-licensed 92A1 CO₂ BB pistol delivers authentic weight, blowback action, and a full-auto switch that turns training into pure grin-inducing firepower.
The M24: America’s Headhunter
Every rifle makes a snap when fired, but some rifles make history with the same action. The M24 does both, but mostly the latter. In a world gone mad with high-rate-of-fire platforms and tactical gear that looks better on Instagram than it performs in the field, the M24 bolt-action rifle remains a stoic monument to […]
Full-Auto Fun — Shooting the full-Auto vz. 61 Škorpion
The Škorpion freakin’ ROCKS (and rolls)!!!Those of y’all dear readers who remember 5 May 2025 article titled “Firing the Full-Auto Steyr AUG” will recall that I kvetched about that rifle having “that frickin’ progressive trigger made the Steyr *THE* most difficult of the bunch to keep my shots on target, even at a measly 7 […]
SIG Sauer M17/M18/P320 Pistol Just Can’t Seem to Escape Safety Controversies
The Swiss-German firm SIG Sauer (“SIG” as in Schweizerische Industrie-Gesellschaft, e.g. “Swiss Industrial Company”) is one of the world’s most venerable and respected gunmakers, dating back to 1853, and accordingly, has won many law enforcement and military contracts around the world in its proud history, including with the U.S. Armed Forces and many civilian […]
Tisas 1911A1 U.S. Army Review: Best Budget .45 ACP WW2 1911 Clone?
First Shot Let me tell you, few things in life hit harder than a .45 ACP from a slab-sided chunk of American steel. And while this one technically hails from Turkey, the Tisas 1911A1 is like that smiling immigrant in basic training who shows up, shakes your hand firm, and immediately volunteers for airborne school. […]
Pyramyd AIR’s Springfield Hellcat Pro CO2 BB Pistol Is the Ultimate Dry-Fire Trainer
The Springfield Hellcat Pro CO2 BB pistol lets you train like a Tier 1 operator on a thrift store budget, all without waking the neighbors or your ammo fund from its peaceful slumber.
Helwan Brigadier 9mm Range Report
Besides being my all-time personal sentimental favorite pistol, the Beretta 92FS, aka M9, is a truly iconic combat handgun. Believe it or not, the Beretta 92/M9 pistol series is celebrating its 50th birthday this year, which by happy happenstance (alliterative wordplay intended) falls the year before the 500th anniversary of its manufacturer, which just so […]
Juggernaut Tactical Frame Review: The Best Upgrade for Your 365
There’s a fine line between “pocket pistol” and “pocket rocket,” and Juggernaut Tactical just bulldozed across it with their all-metal grip module for the Sig P365. If the stock frame was Peter Parker, this thing is Venom, heavier, meaner, and oozing pure tacti-COOL muscle. You want control? Check. You want looks? BIG check, it’s like […]
