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Welcome to the first part of a long-term review of my new Palmetto State Armory AR-15 barreled upper. This review has no deadline, other than the upper breaking or wearing out, me running out of ammo, or the downfall of society as we know it. Since I already have enough reloading components to...

Have you seen these bullets before? They were part of an estate that involved about 20k reloads, mostly revolver cartridges. They were loaded into full power 44 magnum loads and weigh 240 grains.

I conducted a test comparing the affordable (and available) Rio Royal Buck and compared it to what I consider to be the gold standard of buckshot in the 00 Federal Tactical. The test gun was my Girsan MC321 Tactical (18.5" barrel) and I used a light modified and full choke for the test. The...

Today I'm going to post the results I got from a head-to-head comparison of these three powders. Each of these powders is somewhat similar in that they each fall in the medium burn range for pistol powders, and are commonly used to replicate factory ammunition in semi-automatic cartridges...

I recently bought some Winchester 244 powder. Typically, my go-to powders for 9mm and 40 S&W is Accuracte #2 and Shooters World Cleanshot (those powders are very, very similar and Cleanshot was probably sold as #2 in the past). But I wanted to do a little panic buying and/or reasonable...

The El Paso/Las Cruces/Alamogordo area is finally getting enough shooter turnout to start hosting non-weekend matches (we may be 7 hours away from Phoenix, but in terms of an active shooting community, we are practically a 3rd world country compared to them). Las Cruces IDPA, probably the...

Today I am going to review this new barrel I purchased, which I have mounted on my competition AR. I bought this barrel to replace my old one, which was starting to open up groups after approximately 10,000 rounds down the tube. Also, full disclosure, this is a replacement barrel for the one I...

I recently bought a defective barrel from Green Mountain Rifle Barrel Company, and just finished dealing with their customer service for a replacement product. There isn't much out there with people talking about their customer service, beyond barrel recalls, so I thought I'd type out my...

I went out and bought some different AR Carbine buffer springs so I could compare them to each other. I wanted to do this because I often hear people compare stock springs, and throw around terms like mil-spec (insert your favorite AR company here) and commercial-spec (insert your least favorite...

As has been discussed in numerous other threads, AR barrels generally get shot at much higher round counts than other rifles, and as such, barrel life is, and should be, a concern. As of 2016, the most common barrel options are chrome lined, nitride/melonite treated, stainless steel and unlined...

These must be new because I just started hearing some rumblings on the WWW if they were any good. I saw them on sale at Academy and decided to pick a couple up. Here is a quick video from my first range trip.

Today is an ammo test, where I pit three common 223 Remington bullets (.224 technically) against a cinder block at 300 yards. People are quick to point out that the 223/5.56 is a poor penetrator of hard objects. Often times though, these tests are done very close to the muzzle, where the...

After owning my Taurus for about 2 years now and having put a few thousand rounds through it, I thought I'd give it a good review. This gun has been utterly reliable since it came out of the box, and it is quite a shooter as well. While it is not the perfect gun for everyone, it is a high...

After years of reading, learning and commenting on gun forums, I have finally decided to become a content creator on Youtube. I've launched my channel, WestTX Arms, and also posted my first two videos. The first series of videos I am going to do is about a topic near and dear to my heart, ARs...

Many people know about Palmetto State Armory, or PSA for short as a new player in the AR world. Specializing in online sales, with store-fronts in only South Carolina, they have been flooding the market with low priced uppers and lowers for the past few years. They follow the mold of many...

With the general lack of information about this barrel (and its attractive price) I thought it would be helpful to post a review with pictures. Green Mountain is more known for their awesome 10/22 barrels and their not so awesome AK-47 barrels, at least from what I have read. This is a...

Part of the hammer on my Dan Wesson 1911 broke of while shooting at a competition today. The gun is under warranty and I have contacted DW asking them to mail me a new hammer so I can have it installed by a local gunsmith. There was a fire at the DW factory though and they are not running at...

Powder Valley is now showing a variety of Berrys Bullets in stock for 9mm, 38/357, 40 and 45. Prices are very close if not the same compared to a few months ago. They are also showing a variety of Hodgdon powders including H335 and 1lb cans of Varget. http://www.powdervalleyinc.com/

Wideners has Aluminum 20 and 30 rounds mags in stock, they are made by D&H industries and are well reviewed. This is your friendly heads up. Grey http://www.wideners.com/itemdetail.cfm?item_id=100001091 Pink (save the tatas ;) ) http://www.wideners.com/itemdetail.cfm?item_id=100000842...

Some of this stuff is getting harder to find. Here is almost the only place that still has a good assortment of 8lbs jugs available. I know I made another thread about Midwayusa having stuff in stock but I'm not recommending them over anyone else. I myself buy mostly from them, powder valley...