by admin | Apr 8, 2018 | jim downey, Members, reviews
I recently had a chance to shoot an AMT Lightning — it’s a clone of the Ruger Mark II .22lr pistol, but in stainless steel. Here it is: That’s a 10″ factory barrel, which was one of the options available when these guns were being produced back...
by admin | Apr 6, 2018 | BBTI, jim downey, Members, reviews
Earlier this year I added this note to my reprise review of the Springfield EMP: One thing additional to note: recently Springfield came out with a slightly different version of the gun called the “EMP® 4” Lightweight Champion with Concealed Carry Contour“. Here it...
by admin | Apr 4, 2018 | BBTI, jim downey, Members, reviews
Over the weekend I had a chance to try one of the relatively new Browning 1911-380 models. It was one of the basic models, with a 4.25″ barrel: I like a nice 1911, and have owned several over the years. I even like a ‘reduced’ 1911, such as the...
by admin | Apr 2, 2018 | BBTI, jim downey, Members, reviews
Sometimes it’s a good thing to look back at failed experiments, to better understand how we got to where we are today. It can be instructive, as well as cautionary — what we think of as innovative and brilliant now might well look a hell of a lot different...
by admin | Mar 11, 2018 | BBTI, Grant Cunningham, jim downey, Liberal Gun Club, Members, reviews
Prompted by my friends over at the Liberal Gun Club, this is another in an occasional series of revisiting some of my old articles which had been published elsewhere over the years, perhaps lightly edited or updated with my current thoughts on the topic discussed....
by admin | Feb 25, 2018 | BBTI, jim downey, Liberal Gun Club, Members, reviews
Prompted by my friends over at the Liberal Gun Club, this is another in an occasional series of revisiting some of my old articles which had been published elsewhere over the years, perhaps lightly edited or updated with my current thoughts on the topic discussed....
