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Do It Now?
During the summer I turned 18 years old, I worked at a factory in town. I spent time there for a couple summers, actually. My mom worked as an engineer there, and the company was eager to hire on summertime help who came back home while college was o
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It’s Range Day!
You’ve been working hard for the past several weeks … and even scored some overtime. It’s Friday, it’s payday, and you got a little extra jingle in your pocket. As you leave work, you check the weather. Saturday looks wonderful, so you decide to go t
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. 240 Weatherby Magnum
FROM GUN DIGEST’S CARTRIDGES OF THE WORLD. ORDER AT GUNDIGESTSTORE.COM. In 1968, the .240 Weatherby was added to round out the Weatherby proprietary magnum line. It differs from other 6mms in having a belted case with somewhat greater powder capacity
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MODIFICATIONS & CCW GUNS
There may be a time where a prosecutor will try to make an issue out of the newfangled optical sight on a pistol someone used in self-defense. In fact, it’s likely already happened, and there’s a long history of attacking the gun in court, as opposed
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All The Buffers In One
If you think about it, “tuning” can mean a whole lot of things. Back in the mechanical days of muscle cars, tuning meant getting the carburetor and the compressor in agreement. Later, in magazines like Import Tuner, it meant the right add-on chips to
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Gear To Get
If you care a wit about accurate and battle-tough aiming solutions, you’re most likely familiar with the EOTech XPS2. The holographic sight is renowned for its mission-capable performance and absolutely steadfast toughness under the harshest conditio
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Biofire Smart Gun
Owning a firearm is a right, spelled out clearly in our country’s Constitution. That right (and others), however, comes with a level of personal responsibility. While a firearm can save the lives of you and your loved ones, a firearm in the wrong han
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ULTRA-COMPACT 1911s
The 1911 pistol has been around for 112 years, and it seems like it becomes more popular all the time. Shooters cannot get enough of this ageless design, but the 1911—with its 5-inch barrel—is a big handgun that’s about 8.5 inches long and weighs alm
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Guns 2023
European American Armory (EAA) has a new Girsan, Turkish-made 1911 they’re bringing into the United States for 2023, and they’re calling it the Witness 2311. This is a wide-bodied pistol, which is exactly the opposite of an ultra-compact 1911. They’l
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Good Ain’t Cheap, Cheap Ain’t Good
Merriam-Webster’s dictionary gives the following definition for the word value: (noun) a fair return or equivalent in goods, services or money for something exchanged. Simple enough, right? Too often in today’s world, value equates to inexpensive, bu
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Optics 2023
Hailing from Lander, Wyoming, Maven Optics are too-often overlooked. They offer a great scope at an affordable price point, especially for a Japanese-made scope. The one-tube and 38mm objective lens allows the RS.2 to be mounted low to the bore, and
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Shows & Auctions
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From Barrels To Custom Built
Shaw Barrels, the maker of millions of gun barrels for 110 years, has entered the custom-built rifle market with their “Excursion,” a bolt-action rifle with a Remington 700 footprint. What does a barrel maker know about building guns? More than you m
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Rifles 2023
I own a Sauer 100 in 8x57, and I adore it. Sauer improved their Sauer 100 line in one move: They offered it with a better stock by partnering with H-S Precision. Now, you can get a Sauer 100 LWT and Pantera XT rifle with a H-S Precision stock. These
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Ruger’s Wrangler Goes Super
The Ruger Single Six revolver was introduced in 1953, and since then it has become the most iconic and well-known single-action rimfire revolver of all time—more than 2 million have been sold. But the little gun that let everyone channel their inner
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DIY Cartridge Building
Things have certainly gotten better during the past 12 months or so. Reloading components have become much more readily available, and the press arms are once again in motion. This year, we’ve got new powders, new projectiles and all sorts of new too
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Revolver 2023
Last year, Diamondback introduced the Sidekick revolver. It was a Western-style revolver with fixed sights and a 4.5-inch barrel. It also came with a cylinder for .22 Magnum. But there were two unique things about the Sidekick. The first was that it
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Firearms Knowledge Found Here!
Now in its 77th edition, the 2023 Gun Digest still reigns as “The World’s Greatest Gun Book!” Rifles, handguns, shotguns, ammo, optics, muzzleloaders… if it has anything to do with guns and shooting, you’ll find it here. Written and edited by the ind
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The Scopeswitch
In an industry where innovation is typically incremental and often predictable, creative ideas are always appreciated. The most recent of these is from Antimatter Industries and the system is called the ScopeSwitch. In a nutshell, the ScopeSwitch is

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