Innholdsfortegnelse for August 2021 i Guns & Ammo

WRITE US! “Letters,” Guns & Ammo, 2 News Plaza, 3rd Floor, Peoria, IL 61614, or email us at gaeditor@outdoorsg.com. Please include your city and state of residence. Letters may be edited for brevity and clarity. “THE BLACKLIST” My wife and I are fans of the series on TV, “The Blacklist.” It’s a great show and the star is “Raymond ‘Red’ Redding-ton” played by James Spader. In the series, “Red” carries a pistol in a fine-looking holster. I’ve tried to contact the program officials to no avail. I’m sending you a picture and wonder if you can tell me who makes the holster and what you think the gun is. Thanks for your help! Dennis A. Hayes Austin, Texas The holster is Gould & Goodrich’s Small of the Back Holster (#806)…

GUNLEATHER, to some, may seem like an enduring artifact from a bygone era, obsolete in this age of proprietary polymers and manufactured materials. But when considering how to tote fighting irons, a definitive replacement for leather has yet to emerge that pleases all. Cow- and steerhide holsters remain popular within the larger mix of materials because of leather’s advantages: It’s pliable and soft, which makes it easy to work with and comfortable against the skin. Leather is known to be durable, and it excels at being formed to the shape of its cargo and maintaining its structure through years of use. DeSantis Gunhide has been in the leather holster making business for more than 40 years, and the company’s experience shows, not only in its holster designs but also in…

ZEROING A FIREARM can be quite a chore. You know the drill: Walk downrange to the target, analyze each group of shots, walk back to the bench, make adjustments, shoot again and walk back to the target to verify your results. Clearly, the further you are from the target, the more time and energy is expended. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could get a real-time snapshot of your target without having to make so many trips? With the Caldwell Ballistic Precision Sight In Target Camera, you can do just that. Here’s how it works: First, download the free Caldwell Ballistic Precision Target Camera app to your smart phone or tablet. This will display the Caldwell Target Camera icon on your home screen. But, before connecting the unit to your…

CZ’S RIMFIRE RIFLE CONTINUES TO EVOLVE with the creation of the CZ 457 in 2019. The CZ 457 Match Target Rifle (MTR) came along in 2020 and used a match chamber cut to minimum dimensions per Commission internationale permanente (CIP). (CIP is the European equivalent to the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute, or SAAMI.) Tighter chambers are critical in rimfire rifles to produce accuracy, so this is the tightest standard chamber a manufacturer can put in a rifle. One of CZ’s newest 457 models, and the subject of this review, is the Long Range Precision (LRP) model. CZ put its MTR chamber in a 20-inch barrel, and paired it with an improved stock that’s more appropriate for prone, bench and positional shooting. The 457 action is an improvement over…

Author J. B. Wood sparked controversy among G&A readers with “That Damned Garand!” Recalling soldiers’ stories of enemy troops in Korea waiting to attack until the twang of ejected clips from Garands, Wood wrote, “A list of the Garand’s good points should take no more than a single paragraph … Listing the rifle’s unfavorable factors will take a bit more space.” The reader blowback was so overwhelming that a counterpoint article was published a few issues later: “That Damned Good Garand!”…

A rare, documented Colt Model 1907 in .45 ACP realized an impressive $22,240, including premiums, at the April 27, 2021, Morphy Auctions. The pistol, one of only 200 used for U.S. military test trials, was in very good condition, retaining a reasonable degree of original finish mixed with a gunmetal gray and brown patina. Grips are of checkered walnut and show some wear. This pistol, which was a precursor to the Colt Model 1911, while predicting some of the latter’s general appearance, did have some mechanical problems that included going full-auto due to sear breaks and extraction difficulties. Colt attempted to rectify the problems and resubmit the arm for further testing, but this pistol was not among those resubmitted. Instead, it was shipped to dealer Francis Bannerman in 1912. It…

ON MAY 24, 2021, the Texas Legislature sent House Bill 1927 to Gov. Greg Abbott who pledged to sign it. When the bill goes into effect, it will make Texas the latest of 21 states that allow firearms to be carried without a government-issued permit. Permitless or “constitutional carry” is not new, but, until recent years, it was relatively rare. That is changing fast. In 1903, the Vermont Supreme Court ruled that requiring a permit to carry a firearm was “inconsistent with and repugnant to the Constitution and the laws of the state,” thus establishing permitless carry in the Green Mountain State. For the remainder of the 20th century, permitless carry was universally known as “Vermont-style carry.” Vermont stood alone until 2003 when Alaska abandoned its permit requirement by legislative…

WHAT YOU SEE within Guns & Ammo was not created unintentionally. Within a few issues of being selected as this publication’s 14th editor, Art Director Michael Ulrich and I worked together to update the magazine’s appearance and reorganize its columns and features. We surveyed a focus group of gun enthusiasts ranging in age and background before selecting details such as the font families and sizes, as well as colors within the spectrum that we knew our printers could accurately reproduce. Though G&A hasn’t had a significant redesign since the April 2014 issue, we still tweak design templates, layouts and our editorial processes to improve readability and familiarity. The “letters” section — now called “Reader Blow-back” — was not always the first column in the magazine. The Fall 1958 issue was…

“The Complete Book of Tokarev Pistols” by Cameron S. White; Mobray Publishing, Woonsocket, RI; 224 pages; softcover In the 1920s, Soviet authorities recognized that a more modern pistol was needed to replace the Czarst-period Model 1891 Nagant revolver. Invention, testing and modifications resulted in the excellent TT-30 and TT-33 Tokarev pistols. Chambered in a 7.62x25mm round, similar to that used in the C.96 “Broomhandle” Mauser, the Tokarev saw widespread use and manufacture in Communist-bloc countries from the 1930s well into the Cold War era — and beyond. The Tokarev’s fascinating history is ably recounted in Cameron White’s excellent “The Complete Book of Tokarev Pistols.” As well as development details, this large format paperback, with the aid of some 1,550 color photos and illustrations, covers Tokarev variants, markings, usage, collecting tips,…

REMINGTON REINTRODUCED its Premier Scirocco Bonded (RPSB) line of ammunition in late 2018. As a result of Remington’s bankruptcy and subsequent division, the ammunition operations are now owned by Vista Outdoors — the same parent company as Federal Ammunition. RPSB loads continue to be produced. Loaded with Swift’s Scirocco bullets, which were introduced in 1999, this ammunition still offers big-game hunters dependable performance today. Before we discuss RPSB ammunition, I’d like to offer my views of what constitutes so-called “premium” ammunition. First, I don’t put a lot of stock in the cosmetic treatments often applied to “premium” ammunition. I have never seen compelling evidence that bullet coatings actually benefit performance or offer meaningful barrel fouling reduction. Nickel-plated cases offer some corrosion resistance and possibly easier extraction, but those aren’t usually…

6.5mm Mannlicher Schoenauer, 160 gr. at 2,300 fps 7mm Mauser, 175 gr. at 2,300 fps .30-30 Winchester, 170 gr. at 2,200 fps .30 Remington Rimless, 170 gr. at 2,200 fps .303 Savage, 190 gr. at 2,000 fps .38-55 Winchester, 255 gr. at 1,700 fps .401 Winchester Self-Loading, 250 gr. at 1,900 fps .33 Winchester, 200 gr. at 2,000 fps .30-40 Krag, 220 gr. at 2,200 fps .30-’06 Springfield, 220 gr./225 gr. at 2,450 fps/2,300 fps .35 Remington, 200 gr./210 gr. Peters at 2,000 fps .303 British, 215 gr. at 2,000 fps 8mm Mauser, 236 gr. at 2,129 fps .348 Winchester, 200 gr. at 2,535 fps .35 Winchester, 250 gr. at 2,200 fps 9mm Mauser, 280 gr. at 2,200 fps .405 Winchester, 300 gr. at 2,200 fps .45-70 Gov’t, 405 gr./500…