The Loadout Room
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Confident concealed carry actually requires two types of ammunition: quality training rounds and personal defense loads. Champion shooter and Federal Premium® partner Julie Golob explains why she puts American Eagle® Syntech™ to work at the range and Federal Premium HST® into her carry gun.
#1shotkillitmediaLLC has a new range video out on the Rock Island Armory FS TAC ULTRA 45ACP and they seem to like it. Arms Guide writers have had great experiences with these Rock Island guns also. Check it out: Thanks! – #1shotkillitmediaLLC Photo courtesy of Armscor
After Glock released their 4th Gen, there were questions about whether or not this meant that the Glock Gen3 was obsolete. There were a few problems at first with the Gen4, which caused the Glock community to remain skeptical of the design, even to this day. The problem seemed to be their attempt to improve reliability when using […]
Backyard weapon designer Royal Nonesuch has perfected his RN45, a break-action single-shot Liberator style pistol in .45ACP. Well, perfected enough for him anyway. Sure, he is kinda goofy, but if you have been following him like we have you have to admit his designs have advanced a good bit in the past few years and […]
I have always said that fitting your hands is the second most important quality in handgun right after reliability. It is like shoes, I don’t wear the same size shoes Michael Jordan. He was a great champion, but I need shoes that fit, not shoes that a champion used. When looking for a gun, start […]
I was minding my own business at the range one day when all of a sudden I was transported into a brand new land of shooting sensation. Allow me to tell you about an otherworldly experience that I recently had with the Alien grips by VZ . I’ve been reviewing a 1911 for the past several […]
In our first installment of Garage Gunsmithing we had just finished the break down of our project Springfield 1911 and had installed our first few parts. To quickly recap events, the Ed Brown mainspring housing dropped right into the 1911 frame with no modification. The Slide stop on the other had required a bit of […]
A few years ago I got into the reloading game with Lee Loaders. These kits allow you to literally hammer together custom ammunition with little need for additional gadgets. But unfortunately, the pistol loaders resize the brass cases when reloading. That is good so you can use the new rounds in many guns, but it takes much […]
There are names in the culture of American handgun landscape that we can easily classify as Icons, and today we have one of the top names in the industry when it comes to revolvers in none other than legendary maker Smith & Wesson. We recently spoke to the representatives from the Springfield, Massachusetts-based company and […]
The Smith & Wesson I frame was that firm’s first modern revolver. It laid the framework for Smith’s influence in the handgun market today and was the making of the modern revolvers we have today. Lets shoot it.
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