Innholdsfortegnelse for April 2017 i Guns & Ammo

DON’T FORGET THE FNX-45! In the article on the Remington RP9, when discussing the RP45, Eric Poole states that no other gun chambered in .45 ACP holds 15+1 rounds. A cursory search would reveal that the FNX-45 has had this capacity for some time now. Brian Kerecz Allentown, Pennsylvania You are certainly correct! Shortly after sending that issue to press, I, too, recalled the FN FNP-45 and FNX-45 as having the ability to carry 15+1 rounds of .45, and I’ve been suffering the wrath of others for my mistake ever since. Still, I find it to be a worthy and interesting point to say that I can find no other .45-caliber striker-fired pistol that carries as many rounds as Remington’s RP45. (The FNX-45 is a hammer-fired pistol.) Thank you for…

IF YOU’VE BEEN following the auction scene, you know that Colt snake guns have reached absurd prices. An unfired, new-in-the-box Python in a rare variation could go for an easy down payment on a house. And yet Colt hasn’t unveiled a double-action (DA) revolver for nearly two decades. Why? To greatly oversimplify, the designs we loved then, and which command such eye-popping prices today, were designed when steel, machine tools and labor were relatively inexpensive. That was the first thought that came to mind when I opened my editor’s mysterious box and found the new Colt Cobra inside. The original Cobra, made from 1950 to 1972 with exposed ejector rod, can be quickly likened to a Detective Special with shrouded ejector rod. The First Issue Cobra was an aluminum-framed, six-shot…

Magnum Research Barracuda Type: Gas regulated, blowback operated, semiautomatic Cartridge: .22 WMR Capacity: 9 rds. Barrel: 19 in.; 1:16-in. twist Overall Length: 37.5 in. Weight: 4 lbs., 8 oz. Stock: American Black Walnut Grip: Thumbhole stock Length of Pull: 13.5 in. Finish: Type III hardcoat anodized Sights: None Safety: Cross-bolt button MSRP: $940 Manufacturer: Magnum Research 508-635-4273 magnumresearch.com NO OTHER SEMIAUTOMATIC RIMFIRE rifle is more recognizable than the 10/22. It has been around long enough (since 1964) that the patents have expired, so other manufacturers are free to make 10/22-based rifles. One such company making very high quality rifles patterned on the Ruger 10/22 is Magnum Research. Enter the Barracuda model chambered in .22 WMR. Magnum Research approaches its design with a 6061-T6 aluminum forging as the foundation for the…

Comfort that’s out of this world . I’VE CARRIED a concealed handgun daily for 20 years. As a gun writer and firearms instructor, I’ve toted dozens of guns in a closetful of holsters, worn everywhere from on my ankle to under my arm. Excuse me for being a little cynical when one holster company claims to be markedly different than the others. After all, there are only so many materials from which holsters are constructed and only so many ways to approach a rig’s design. The Alien Gear Cloak Tuck 3.0 is unique. It’s constructed of a patented spring-steel core that’s wrapped in ballistic nylon with an engineered thermo-elastomer texture dubbed by the company as “alien skin.” The holster’s skin offers comfort, and the spring-steel core gives…

OPTICS HAVE BECOME incredibly complex, especially considering the popularity of precision and long-range shooting. A lot of shooters enjoy working through the complexities to get to the exact shooting solution. Many don’t. Some (myself included) like to keep work behind the rifle simple and fast. Shooting should be simple enough to be fun, and anything that streamlines the tasks required to get a bullet where it needs to go is always appreciated. Weaver’s new multi-stop Grand Slam scope is an optic that makes life for the shooter so easy a caveman could do it. The heart of the new Grand Slam is the turret system. The turret has a zero stop that allows the shooter to always know where the rifle is zeroed. Setting it will require opening the owner’s…

WHEN BILL DERMODY, Savage’s director of marketing, told me that Savage Arms getting into the AR-15 game, my first thought was, Why? The nation is already awash in AR-pattern rifles. Do we really need more? Don’t get me wrong, I love the AR-15. It’s simple and reliable. We’ve been in some tight scrapes together, and it has always been a good friend to me. But enough is enough. After spending some range time with Savage’s new-for-2017 Patrol and Recon models, I’m glad they went down the AR road because Savage customers can win big with either model. These rifles stay true to the 60-plus-year-old Eugene Stoner design, but Savage gives the AR-pattern rifle the most accuracy for the least amount of cash. Don’t disregard an AR’s barrel. The single most…

OK, TIME TO FESS UP. Well, I first learned to shoot handguns with single-action revolvers. My introduction to pressure, competition and accuracy was competing with my brother. On summer vacations, Mike and I would take the family single-action wheelgun to the range at our local hunt club and compete. The “match” was simple: Hit a big tin can downrange. The rules? Shoot until a miss, and then the other guy gets a turn. When the ammunition or daylight ran out, we headed back to the cabin. In pretty short order, we were using a No. 10 tin can — not quite a gallon in volume — and shooting at 100 yards. It got to the point where we’d go a couple of cylinders before a miss, and Dad insisted we…

“I’d recognized the benefits of a bullpup rifle, merging SBR compactness with a carbine length barrel in a platform most commonly chambered for a rifle cartridge.” IWI X95 XB16 Type: Long-stroke gas piston, semiautomatic Cartridge: 5.56 NATO Capacity: 30 rds. Barrel: 16.5 in., 1:7-in. twist Overall Length: 26.125 in. Weight: 7 lbs., 14.4 oz. Stock: Fixed Finish: Black, OD green, FDE Trigger: 5.5 lbs., two stage Sights: BUIS/folding blade (front); aperture (rear) Safety: Two-position lever MSRP: $2,000 Importer: IWI US Inc., 717-695-2081 iwi.us I SANK INTO THE COUCH with the remote control and scrolled through the cable menu to find worthy accompaniment for the jumbo-sized bag of poor decisions from a Mexican fast food menu that was my dinner. Rachel Maddow? No. Anything Kardashian? No. Golf Channel? Not napping…