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M1A vs AR-10 Historic vs Present

The Beginnings The M1A was designed by Elmer C. Ballance of the Springfield Armory Inc. in 1974.  The AR-10 rifle was developed by Eugene Stoner in 1955 and was manufactured by ArmaLite. That’s right, the AR-10 is older than the M1A, you read it right. Confused yet? The M1A is the civilianized version of the […]
SUPPRESSED MARLIN 44 MAGNUM – RANGER POINT PRECISION
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SUPPRESSED MARLIN 44 MAGNUM – RANGER POINT PRECISION

Ranger Point Precision, located in the Houston area in Cypress, TX, is a leading innovator and producer of rifle accessories, caliber conversions, custom-built firearms and has extensive gunsmith expertise in Marlin and Henry Repeating Arms rifles as well as a dozen rifle and handgun brands along with a CNC machine shop. Ranger Point Precision performed […]
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45 AUTORIM: THE GREAT SURVIVOR

What is 45AutoRim or 45AR The .45 AutoRim is a cartridge lucky to be in existence. Due to the lack of 1911’s as America prepared to enter WWI, Smith & Wesson and Colt produced revolvers chambered for the .45ACP. These new revolvers were designated as the 1917 by the Army. Even though the 1917 revolver […]
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TRN 300 Blackout 100 Yard Outdoor Challenge

“INFORMAL” MATCH .300 AAC Blackout   Winter – 100 Yard Subsonic Outdoor Challenge Objective: 5 shots on a poker playing card at 100 yards outdoors using subsonic ammunition. 1 point per hit on target, any tie will be broken by a measurement of the tightest group. Competition will begin on December 7th, 2018 and closed […]
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45ACP D&L Ammo Testing: Dave Lauck and Col Cooper Design

45 ACP Cutting Holes Like A Wadcutter Fellas I thought you would appreciate the below for us avid reloaders. During a 1997 big game hunting trip Col. Cooper and Lauck discussed creating something better as an all-around load and bullet for the .45 ACP 1911 pistol. Both Col. Cooper and Lauck recognized the issues of […]
STI Apeiro In 10MM: Tabletop Review
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STI Apeiro In 10MM: Tabletop Review

STI was definitely thinking outside of the box when it created the Apeiro. So why discontinue it? Because the owner is parting ways with 40S&W he decided to keep this one and have the chamber reamed to 10MM. To reduce recoil and increase cycling speed, STI cut a large portion out of the top of […]
SigMCX SBR 300Blackout: Shot My Gopro
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SigMCX SBR 300Blackout: Shot My Gopro

This is Episode #2 in the 300Blkout Journey Testing. Unfortunately in this test I ended up destroying a GoPro Hero4 UGH. I was testing with my friend’s MCX SBR and suppressor. This is a nice balanced setup for up close and personal work. He had to wait almost 15 months for the US Government to […]
Collectors Corner: S&W SD-9 Performance Center
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Collectors Corner: S&W SD-9 Performance Center

Limited Production Run Total production number 174 total units chambered in 9mm. This pistol was also offered in .40 S&W (at least 200 examples) and .356TS&W (119 units) and these pistols were said to have been a “bone thrown” to any outfit in the stocking dealer program as a special to the smaller dealers that […]
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S&W Victory – Factory vs Volquartsen Barrel

Smith and Wesson Victory Accuracy Test Being an early adopter can be costly. This S&W Victory is one of the first off of the assembly line with a serial number under 1K. Had I known S&W would be coming out with threaded barrel shortly after release, I probably would have waited. Instead I purchased a […]