Guns of the Cold War: SKS M59/66 Rifle
The designer of the SKS rifle, Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov, went to work on the design during WWII, but most readers […]
The designer of the SKS rifle, Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov, went to work on the design during WWII, but most readers […]
Here I am, expecting my wife to say “oooh” and “ahhh” as I show her, yet again, my gallery of
With all of the firearms in Ruger’s catalog, it might be easy to overlook the American Ranch Rifle series. While they might not be as “cool” or “sexy” as the pistols and autoloading rifles, there’s definitely a place for one of them in your gun locker.
Fedor Tokarev borrowed heavily from John Moses Browning to design his single action, semi-automatic pistol. Some have called this pistol the “Soviet 1911.”
Was the M9 Beretta a pistol perfect? No, but its adoption was responsible for a big advance in handgun training and the M9 is the pistol that carried us over from the Cold War into the modern era.
The Kodiak is bound to be a hit. It’s a big, beautiful, powerful weapon. It would carry well enough on the hip, and perfectly in a chest holster or under the arm in bear country.
In the first article of this series, I gave you my first impressions of Ross Martin’s new RM1C-Comp. Now that I’ve had a chance to put some rounds down range, let’s see how my initial impressions hold up, and how I’m setting up this pistol for carry.
I remember seeing a Diamondback DB9 in my gun store long ago and thinking it was perfect for concealed carry. However, I never bit the bullet and bought one. Now, years later, an old Gen1 became mine for a mere $100.
The guts are thoroughly modern, but the look is a throwback to classics that haven’t been seen since the hard-boiled detective classics were on broadcast TV. I still can’t believe Colt made this gun, but man, I’m sure glad they did.
Moving forward with our series of Cold War era guns, the next long gun is one that was originally listed