How to detail strip a 1911 Hunter and I decided to do a slower detail strip tutorial after complaints of the no-tool strip demo being a little too fast to follow. I opted to use an original/correct 1918 Black Army Colt for the honors…because I thought it’d be cool to use one that old…and because…
Hi-Point 45 Auto pistol and 4595TS carbine, self defense on a budget. These test samples feature a new camouflage pattern. The carbine is a woodland type pattern and the pistol is a digital desert type pattern. Hi-Point offers several different finishes. In August 2014, I published a review on the Hi-Point 9mm pistol and 995TS carbine,…
Century Arms C39V2 born Russian cultured American. The AK-47 or Автомат Калашникова was born in the Soviet Union in 1946, designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov. It was submitted to trials and adopted by the Soviet Army in 1948. Chambered in the mid range 7.62×39 cartridge that was developed for the SKS, it is ideal for short to medium…
1911 Observations: Then and Now There are two basic problems with the 1911 pistol. One is that it’s been around for so long, a lot has been lost in the translation. I hear the pundits speak of it being “finicky” or “Picky about ammo” and that it requires constant attention to keep it running. One…
Ruger Mini-14 tactical rifle, in 300 AAC Blackout The Ruger Mini-14 has been a very popular carbine for about forty years, initially and still offered in .223 Remington, then the Mini-30 in 7.62×39, and now the Tactical Rifle in 300 AAC Blackout. The Ruger Mini-14 is very similar to the M-14/M1A as far as design…
GLOCK 40 MOS 10mm Auto, longslide, size matters. Glock 40 MOS 10mm Auto review GLOCK, in my opinion, stepped up their game SHOT show 2015 with the GLOCK 40 MOS in 10mm Auto. If you have been reading rangehot any at all or know me even a little, you will know I love the 10mm…
Boberg Arms 9mm, a whole lot of little. Testing the XR9-S and XR9-L I remember reading about Boberg Arms a few years ago and some of the reviews were unfavorable. Now I get it, no firearm is prefect but generally speaking today’s modern firearms are not all bad. Do I find some things I do…
The MIM in 1911 Bugaboo The first pistol that I noticed containing MIM parts was an early 1991A1 Colt. I saw it again in another Colt bought just a matter of weeks later. I bought the pistols specifically for beater duty, and I’ve beat’em long and hard ever since. The pair is approaching 400,000 rounds,…
The Custom 1911 Pistol Evolution We have seen 1911 clones and variants offered with certain “Custom” features on production guns these days. Features that were once the venue of the custom smith. How did these things come to be accepted as the norm? More importantly…where did they come from and why? The answer is simple….
AlumaGrips for the Desert Eagle, Lipstick on a hogleg. A couple of months ago I reviewed a set of AlumaGrips for a Government Model, and I used my Colt Delta Elite for the review. You can read that review here. Chris with AlumaGrips knew I was still testing the new Desert Eagle for Kahr Arms…
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