Shooting

Hop up your Glock: Stainless Steel Recoil Guide Rod & Spring Assembly

One of the easy upgrades for Generation 3 Glocks is to replace the plastic guide rod with something heavier like steel. You can reduce felt recoil and increase the life of your guide rod with a Stainless Steel Guide Rod. It’s more than twice the weight of the factory plastic rod and stronger. The heavy […]

Gun Glossary: Firearms Terminology

In gun culture, there is a lot of firearms terminology that can be intimidating for those attempting to communicate without being familiar with the jargon associated with the firearms industry. The Arms Guide’s Gun Glossary posts will focus on a few of these terms at a time, defining them for those of us (like myself) […]

Long Range Shooting Tips: Rifle Cleaning with Ryan Cleckner

Former Army Ranger sniper team leader Ryan Cleckner describes how he cleans his rifle and lets you in on some tips and tricks. Looking for more long range shooting instruction? Ryan Cleckner’s book, Long Range Shooting Handbook, is the complete beginner’s guide to long range shooting written in simple every-day language so that it’s easy […]

ST9 From T R Imports: Feature Rich Duty Gun

After the announcement and fall out of the Army’s Modular Handgun Competition we’ve been distracted by all the headlines. From the new products that flew under the radar like the FN 509 to Glock’s incredible ability to not change much but call it new gun news has been busy since January’s announcement. Meanwhile, in the […]

Dry Practice Training: Skill Building at Home

All throughout the firearms community, there are people who only get practice from live fire at the range. This is good in some aspects such as the fact that you get used to the recoil of the firearm and get real time feedback on your performance and progress. I am all about spending a good […]

Primary Arms 4X Compact Prism Scope: World-class Reticle

Primary Arms is well known for quality optics at reasonable prices. Their new 4X Compact Prism Scope with their Patented ACSS Reticle “Advanced Combined-Sighting System” continues that tradition. It has everything you could want in an affordable and easy-to-use package. The integrated mount attaches directly to a Picatinny rail, and with an optional mounting screw, […]

Long-range Shooting Tips: Real Time Zeroing with Ryan Cleckner

Former Army Ranger sniper team leader Ryan Cleckner walks us through his process for sighting in a new rifle in real-time and delivers several other shooting tips in the process. Filmed at Texas Triggers courtesy of Colby Donaldson. Subscribe to Ryan’s channel: http://nssf.it/cleckner-YT Rifle – Tikka T3x TAC A Optic – Vortex Razor HD Looking […]

Ammunition: Is bullet weight or bullet quality more important?

In the never-ending search for slightly more accuracy we’ve all heard that X brand is better than Y brand, or to only use X-weight bullets with Y twist rate. I had always believed that until a recent test with the Ranger Proof rifle when we saw great accuracy with projectiles that traditional logic would argue […]

Caldwell AR Brass Catcher: First Impressions

Caldwell AR Brass Catcher: Better Than a a Brass Magnet

Nobody likes to pick up brass, but if you reload or shoot at a range that requires it, it’s a necessity. The Caldwell AR Picatinny Rail Brass Catcher takes the pain out of collecting brass while allowing you to move and shoot unhindered. This new model from Caldwell mounts securely to an AR-15 or AR-10 […]

31 rounds of fun | The ETS Glock magazines

31 Rounds of Fun: ETS Glock Magazines

The Glock platform is the AR 15 of the handgun world. If you ever wanted to buy a gun just to spend another few hundred bucks customizing Glock is the way to go. Like the AR 15 you are not limited to factory magazines, you have options. Magpul made waves by introducing their 9mm magazines […]