Recreational shooting and other stuff
A recent upgrade to one of my Ruger Mark IV pistols was the Lobos Industries Low Profile Red Dot Mount. Ditching the Picatinny rail for a lower mount brings the dot height closer to the bore axis. That’s an immediate bonus. And while other companies offer mounts with multiple sets of holes for different optics, … Read more
If you’re any sort of firearms enthusiast, you’re probably aware by now that Henry Repeating Arms is celebrating their 25th anniversary this month. There should be countless magazine articles, website articles, and videos about this. With one click, or a turn of the page, you can learn about how the company was started by Louis … Read more
Midwest Industries offers an excellent 4.875″ M-LOK Handguard upgrade for the Ruger PC Charger. This is one of my favorite firearms, for several reasons. While it’s considered a pistol, it bridges the gap between a handgun and carbine. Sized like a submachine gun, but in semi-auto configuration only, it’s a fun range toy or very … Read more
Magpul offers an excellent stock and forend for one of the most versatile tools in any firearms collection. Yes, that would be the 12 gauge pump action shotgun. Thanks to a variety of barrel lengths and magazine tube capacities, they can handle plenty of tasks. A 28″ barrel works well for an afternoon of busting … Read more
In high school, I took college-prep courses. Probably not a big surprise, coming from a writer. But I also took all the shop classes. Woodshop, metal shop, electronics, and auto shop. And metal shop was my favorite. Welding, casting, milling, and turning stuff on a lathe appealed to me. Working with metal was awesome, knowing … Read more
If you like happy endings, this Ultimate Trigger Kit story is for you. It all started out last year, when I was scraping together parts for a few projects. I reached out to friends, looking for a spare 10/22 trigger group. One of them provided the saddest trigger group I had ever seen. Sure, he … Read more