I published these years ago but wanted to share them again. There has been a lot of changes and upgrades to the factory since my last visit so I have another trip planned soon to see. This was before any photography was allowed inside the Colt factory A Pilgrimage to Hartford, first trip. Wednesday July…
Building the budget scout rifle I’ve always wanted. I have always loved the idea of a scout rifle. A light, quick handling rifle with low power optics chambered in a cartridge powerful and accurate enough to be effective out to 200-300 yards. The issue with most off the shelf scout rifles, is…
I have attempted to keep rangehot.com out of the political argument. I want it to be a place where friends of all beliefs can come together to read and discuss firearms. I was happy with that mission statement until a few days ago when I read The 5 Most Dangerous Guns in America posted in…
Handgun PSI Rifle PSI Rifle (Cont.) PSI 17 Rem – 52,000 cup 22 Hornet – 25,000 CUP 30-30 Winchester – 42,000 22 RF Short – 21,000 222 Remington – 50,000 303 British – 49,000 22 RF Long & LR – 24,000 222 Rem Mag – 50,000 cup 307 Win – 52,000 cup 22WRF – 19,000 223…
Here you see the empty .223 case, then cut down, necked to .30 caliber, and then loaded for the 300 Blackout. I am in the final stages of testing the Barnes Precision CQB Patrolman’s rifle in 300 Blackout so I thought it would be a good idea to talk a little about this relativity new…
The 585 Nyati can be considered the most powerful round chambered for a shoulder fired rifle. Before you start to correct me on the .50 BMG being more powerful (and you are right) it is not generally considered an offhand shoulder fired cartridge. Here you see it compared to the 30-30 Winchester The 585 Nyati…
The venerable 30-’06 on the left as compared to the 950 JDJ on right. A 95 caliber projectile weighing in at 3600 grains and with a muzzle velocity of 2200 fps delivering 38600 foot pounds of energy is close to the limit of what a rifle cartridge can be. Here you have the 950 JDJ….
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…
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