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By Joe Gorman The finished product of Project Gold Cup. Check out that Colt Pony. He sure looks frisky. Colt’s Gold Cup The Colt Gold Cup stands as a testament to American exceptionalism. Born from the Colt National Match .45 acp 1911 in the late 1950s, the Colt Gold Cup took John Browning’s military sidearm…
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By Joe W Gorman Author sends rounds downrange with Rock River Arm’s awesome Operator DMR. Rock River Arms has remained a trusted name in the expansive world of AR-type rifles over the years, largely for the rock-solid reliability of their products (yes, I said rock) and the incredible accuracy of their barrels/rifles. We have reviewed…
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LASER RANGEFINDING BINOCULAR By Joe W Gorman The variety of optical gear in the Vortex catalog is impressive and just keeps getting better! We’ve reviewed several of their scopes and have always been impressed. They punch above their weight class, as they say. The Ranger HD 3000 rangefinding binocular continues that trend. By combining high…
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By Joe W Gorman There is only one king of the hill when it comes to an American semiautomatic .22 rimfire rifle: The Ruger 10/22. More kids learned the fundamentals of firearm safety and marksmanship with this rifle than any other .22 self-loader and for good reason. The Ruger 10/22 is affordable, reliable and minute-of-cantaloupe…
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The next evolution of the premiere combat handgun By Joe W Gorman For the last 40 years, the legendary Sig P226 has been the tip of the spear for combat handguns. During the mid-late 80s the P226 began to displace revolvers and older automatic designs in the holsters of US lawmen and armed citizens. The…
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By Joe W Gorman Removing a few parts from my brand new Colt Kodiak so that I can have Heffron Precision smooth up the action. What a great new service! I have two 2020 Colt Pythons (previously reviewed) which have been tuned by Heffron Precision. It’s no secret I’m a big fan of Colt’s wheel…
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Installed by XS sights! By Joe W Gorman In the 1976 Dirty Harry movie The Enforcer, Clint Eastwood (as Dirty Harry) sarcastically says to Hal Holbrook (as Lt. Briggs) “You’re a good man Lieutenant. A good man always knows his limitations.” For much of my adult life, by this measure, I have not been a…
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By Joe Gorman Dan Wesson’s amazing Specialist Commander in .45acp Dan Wesson has been making firearms since 1968. Dan Wesson has been making pistols based on the 1911 platform since 1999. I was woefully ignorant of their products and a friend suggested I try one as, in his opinion, they were very well made. So…
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By Joe W Gorman Colt’s Mighty Kodiak Returns! Colt’s ever-expanding line of cool revolvers has resurrected another bear gun! Alongside the .357 Magnum Grizzly, Colt is making also making a .44 Magnum Kodiak again! Since Colt set their proverbial sights on the wheel gun market again, starting with 2017’s reintroduction of the .38 special Cobra,…
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Smith MP10 308 Volunteer By Joe W Gorman Smith and Wesson’s excellent MP10 Volunteer in .308 Smith and Wesson has been making AR10s (MP10s) for many years and I have finally gotten around to reviewing one. Reviewed today, is a Smith and Wesson MP10 Volunteer X in .308. This rifle sports a 16” Armornite-finished barrel…