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Custom Lever Guns on a BudgetTHINKING IT WOULD BE fun to get involved in Cowboy Action Shooting, and maybe do a little hunting with lever guns, I started on a quest for the appropriate hardware. For me, the commonly available calibers were too boring.
Disassembly/Reassembly of the Remington Model 5 Rimfire RifleThe first Remington Number 5 bears no resemblance to the new Remington Model 5. The two rifles differ as much as cats and dogs do. The old Number 5 was a rolling-block sporting and target rifle adapted to use smokeless powder ammunition. It was introduced in 1898, initially chambered for .30-30 Winchester, 7mm Mauser, .30-40 Krag, with .303 British added a few years later. The rifle flopped. Only 198 were sold before it went out of production in 1903. That was too bad for Remington but a good deal for anyone who owns a Number 5, as it would be a mighty nice collector’s piece today. I don’t think the new Remington Model 5 will suffer the same fate as the old Number 5. Right now, it’s a clip-fed bolt-action available in .22 LR and .22 WMR. I have few doubts that in the future it will be able to handle one or more of the .17-caliber rounds gaining popularity. While it wears “Remington” on its box and at the rear of the receiver, you’ll find “Zastava-Serbia” above and forward of the magazine housing. Zastava is the town; Serbia a former kingdom of the Balkans and presently part of Yugoslavia.
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AG Nominee Holder Represented D.C. in Heller CaseThe Second Amendment Foundation believes that the nomination of Eric Holder for the post of attorney general of the United States sends an “alarming signal” to gun owners about how the Barack Obama administration will view individual gun rights.
CCRKBA Warns New Jersey Gun Owners About A2116BELLEVUE, Wash. -- The New Jersey Assembly is poised to vote on a new gun control measure that could criminalize ownership of the very guns that secured this nation's independence, and outlaw possession of expensive safari-class hunting rifles, according to the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA).
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Featured Home Defense
Beretta 92FS
From the 06-01-2003 Issue of Gun TestsClassification:Handguns
Category:Pistols
Model Name:92FS
Manufacturer:Beretta USA
Model Number:92FS
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Taking into account its production as a military weapon (the M9), this pistol is one of the largest selling sidearms in history. The 92FS and the other guns are traditional double actions. The first shot is double action; subsequent shots are single action. The hammer can be lowered safely using the decocking lever found on both the right and left side of the slide. This lever will then stay down and, acting as a safety, disconnect the trigger. Raising the lever returns the gun to double action.
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Featured Surplus / Collectible
Smith & Wesson Elite Gold Grade I 20 Gauge
From the 01-01-2008 Issue of Gun TestsClassification:Long Guns
Category:Shotguns
Model Name:Elite Gold Grade I 20 Gauge
Manufacturer:Smith & Wesson
Model Number:Elite Gold Grade I 20 Gauge
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Introduced into the field gun market in January 2007, this gun had 26-inch barrels and an overall length of 43.5 inches. The length of pull on the stock, which featured a checkered butt rather than a recoil pad or butt plate, was 14.6 inches, and the gun weighed 6.5 pounds. Our shooters said the shotgun was quick and smooth into each target. There were no problems mounting the gun into shooting position, but we would have preferred a pad or plate to prevent slippage. This could be accomplished by a short trip to a nearby gunsmith if the S&W owner prefers practicality over classic appearance.
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Featured Law Enforcement
Heckler & Koch P7 PSP 9mm
From the 10-16-2007 Issue of Gun TestsClassification:Handguns
Category:Pistols
Model Name:Heckler & Koch P7 PSP 9mm
Manufacturer:Heckler & Koch
Model Number:P7 PSP 9mm
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Heckler & Koch began developing a new self-loading compact pistol around 1971 before bringing out the PSP (Polizei Selbstlade-Pistole, or Police Selfloading Pistol) for the West German Police in 1976. Production of the PSP started in 1979. Our test gun was a standard PSP, whose overall length was 6.5 inches with a 4.1-inch barrel and a sight radius of 5.9 inches. The gun measured 5.0 inches in overall height and weighed 30.4 ounces with an empty magazine, relatively heavy because of the low-profile steel slide and steel frame. Our test gun came in a black case with two magazines and bore brush.
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Featured Concealed Carry
Glock GL21
From the 07-19-2005 Issue of Gun TestsClassification:Handguns
Category:Pistols
Model Name:GL21/21C .45 ACP
Manufacturer:Glock
Model Number:GL21/21C .45 ACP
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The 21 was Glock’s biggest gun until the arrival of the models 34 and 35, which feature a longer slide and 5.3-inch barrel. The .45 ACP 21 incorporates a 4.6-inch barrel, but at about 27 ounces unloaded, it is still the heaviest pistol in the Glock lineup. This is the result of beefing up the original design to handle the pounding of .45 ACP ammunition. For example, the current 9mm Model 17, which is similar in dimensions to the GL21 and closest in design to the original Glock pistol, weighs only about 22 ounces. Our GL21 arrived with two 13-round magazines. Palm swells and finger grooves with helpful checkering molded into place have helped the Glock pistols become more shooter friendly, and adding a rail to the dustcover allows accessories to be added easily. The magazine release is prominent, making reloading faster. The extractor offers plenty of surface area to the case rim and serves as a loaded-chamber indicator, sticking out just enough to tell the shooter visually or by touch when the gun is charged.
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Featured Hunting
Kimber Model 84m Montana
From the 10-16-2007 Issue of Gun TestsClassification:Long Guns
Category:Rifles
Model Name:Montana
Manufacturer:Kimber of America
Model Number:84M
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The first thing we noticed was this was a very light rifle. Without scope it weighed under 5 pounds. The second thing we noted was the recoil pad was excellent, a model for the rest of the industry. The straight Kevlar/carbon fiber stock was dark gray in color and had enough of a pebble-like surface that checkering wasn’t needed, even when wet. There were no visible parting lines on the stock, and the barrel, though free floated, was so close to the stock it was not easy to see the separation. The action was like a small pre-’64 Model 70 Winchester compete with cone-shaped breech, controlled feed, and positive ejection.
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Featured Recreational
Beretta 687 Silver Pigeon lI Sporting 20 Gauge
From the 08-21-2007 Issue of Gun TestsClassification:Long Guns
Category:Shotguns
Model Name:687 Silver Pigeon II Sporting 20 Gauge
Manufacturer:Beretta
Model Number:J687435
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While we had a lot of fun with this gun, we believe that for sporting sub-gauge purposes, women and teen shooters will like it better than tall adult males. The gun did excel on the skeet field, and thanks to its 3-inch chambers, this gun will hunt, too.
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Featured Competitive
Browning Gold Evolve Sporting 12 Gauge 011262428
From the 06-25-2007 Issue of Gun TestsClassification:Long Guns
Category:Shotguns
Model Name:Gold Evolve Sporting 12 Gauge
Manufacturer:Browning
Model Number:011262428
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At first glance, the Browning Gold Evolve Sporting is an obvious re-creation of the original Gold introduced now more than a decade ago. But we think this gun’s chiseled appearance is more than just an aesthetic redesign. The Evolve is radically different in appearance from the Teknys. Where the latter has a combination of traditional design melded with more up-to-date features, the Evolve is all new, all today, right now, hottest thing on the block. This starts at the forend, which has a tapered, front-to-back triangular sculpt to it. More radical than the overall forend design is the thumb ridge that runs at a downward angle back the other direction, toward the front. This actually seems to encourage the fore-finger of the fore-hand to ride comfortably on top of it with the thumb. This is counter to the thumb ridge on most forends where the thumb is accommodated comfortably but the fore-finger is often left to reside on the forend’s side. We do realize that hand placement varies from shooter to shooter, but felt the Evolve’s forend design accommodated better than most those who like to 'point' their fore-hand and fore-finger in line with the muzzle (rather than cupping the forend). For those who do like the cupped hand approach, the forward and down carve in the stock is easily identified by finger and thumb tip for consistent placement.
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