The 2.7mm Kolibri Auto as compared to the .22 Long Rifle The 2.7mm Kolibri Auto is (as far as I know) the smallest commercially available centerfire round that has ever been produced. It is the idea of Franz Pfannl, an Austrian watchmaker and was patented in 1910 and introduced in 1914. It was fired from […]
Pocket Bottlerocket. the Diamondback .380 Auto Anyone who knows anything about defending themselves with a handgun will tell you that it is not the ideal tool as far as stopping power. A handgun is a compromise between stopping power, reliability and size. With the first two being arguably the most important. You would be better […]
Cars are unreliable. That is a ridiculous statement, right? Of course it is, and the same goes for “1911s are unreliable”. As there are too many manufactures of automobiles to easily count, the same thing could be said for 1911s. Also, some do it right and many others not so much. The 1911 is […]
The Colt’s Patent Firearms Company has a long history of smaller-caliber “pocket” semi-automatic handguns, dating to before the design and adoption of the venerable M1911 military sidearm. Among the most famous are arguably the Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless in .32 Automatic, and the Model 1908 Pocket Hammerless in .380 Automatic. These pistols enjoyed long runs […]
Hornady Case Feeder, An extra hand at the loading bench. I was able to again meet with Hornady a few years ago at SHOT show in Las Vegas. They have helped me many times in the past by donating Hornady ammunition for our pistol tests so I wanted to thank them personally. After I took […]
Hornady LNL AP progressive press and updated EZ Ject change included It covers the original Hornady L-N-L AP press. Shorty after Hornady updated the ejection system to the EZ-Ject. The details of the EZ-Ject system are at the end of the review but if you have the initial ejection system the original article applies to […]
From the Colt website “Colt in the Media” tab “West Hartford, Conn. – Colt Defense LLC, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of rifles and carbines for the military, law enforcement and sporting markets, has acquired New Colt Holding Corp., the parent company of Colt’s Manufacturing Company LLC, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of […]
Colt M45A1 CQB Marine Pistol I was an active duty Marine from 1992 to 1996, and at that time the standard issue sidearm was the Beretta M9 (92FS) chambered in 9mm Luger which was officially adopted in 1986. There were plenty of Marines I served with when the transition went from the Colt 1911A1 to […]
I hate Glocks and I hate 9mm Luger. Well I used to hate them anyway. I so vehemently hated Glocks that a friend of mine bought one and I gave him so much grief every time he brought it to the range he wound up selling it so I would quit giving him such a […]
Wilson Combat Hunter in .460 Rowland and 10 mm A Gun Test by Hunter Lee Elliott I was offered to test the Wilson Combat Hunter, of course I would after all it was named after me (well not really but still) I called Duane at Wilson Combat to talk about the pistol. I learned […]
