Search results for query: *

Howdy all, My wife just bought her first rifle- a CZ 452 Scout. She picked this model because it fit her and few other rifles do. Anyway, my wife is used to using rear aperture sights and has inherited my prejudice against scopes. What are the aperture sight options for the Scout? At this...

For discussion: Guns that should have changed things but didn’t. I’m not talking about crazy designs like the gyrojet or the Webley-Fosbery, but rather, firearms that pointed the way to future trends but didn’t lead the way. The ones that almost made it… I’ll give some examples to get things...

Can lemons be avoided by careful shopping? That’s what I wonder when I read some people's complaints of newly purchased guns. Ever since I invented the internet (See, it wasn’t Gore), I’ve been reading frustrated and sometimes angry posts that go something like this: I just bought a...

I recently inherited a Taurus 82 .38 Special that is roughly 15-20 years old. My question is what can I expect from this revolver in terms of performance, reliability, and longevity. I know it’s not a Colt or a S&W but then these days even those big names aren’t what they used to be. Here’s...

This is a hypothetical question since I do not keep a shotgun for home defense. Back in the early 1980’s, when I still bought and read gun magazines, the expert writers loved to recommend the 12 gauge with birdshot for home defense. The conventional wisdom these days is that birdshot is sadly...

Why the M1 Garand is the greatest rifle ever: A top ten list. 10. Steel. Wood. No artificial ingredients. 9. Not designed by lawyers or a marketing department. 8. The number of rounds. 7. Clip or magazine? Yes. 6. What’s hit stays hit. 5. Fed Ex will bring one to your door. 4. No...