Glock Gen 6 Optic Cut: The One Flaw Holding Back a Great Pistol
The Glock Gen 6 optic cut drifts off zero with the factory polymer plate. Here is the cheap fix and what the Gen 6 gets right.
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Back to the Future! Desert Tech’s QUATTRO-15 Complete Rifle Puts Hollywood to Shame
Ever watched a shoot-em-up movie and wished you could have that endless-ammo option that the “good guy guns” all seem to have? You know what I’m talking about–the guns that never, ever seem to need reloading unless there’s a plot point to be made around it? It may just be “pulp fiction” but that doesn’t…
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New Vibe 2025: Smith & Wesson’s CSX E-Series
In January of 2022, Smith & Wesson introduced a new micro-compact pistol featuring an aluminum alloy frame, called the CSX. Since Smlith & Wesson released its CSX pistol about three years ago, the company’s been working to refine its design, implement upgrades, and incorporate additional features to elevate the platform to new heights. Here we…
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New Vibe 2025: CZ Scorpion 3+ Magpul Edition
My, what a big sting you have … CZ Scorpion fans can now buy a ready-to-shoot Scorpion 3+ Carbine tricked out with popular Magpul furniture and accessories. The Scorpion 3+ Carbine was developed based on customer feedback from CZ’s most ardent consumers, military and law enforcement. Creating the Scorpion 3+ Magpul Edition was a natural…
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New Vibe 2025: Smith & Wesson METAL HD
Heavy metal, glam metal, death metal … what’s your favorite? Because the S&W M&P9 METAL HD is all three. Smith & Wesson has just dropped its latest heavy-metal track: the M&P9 Metal HD – Spec Series V, the newest addition to the Spec Series lineup. This striker-fired 9mm pistol is the fifth iteration of Smith’s Spec…
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New Vibe 2025: FN Reflex Pistol Goes XL
Has FN created the perfect balance of concealability and shootability? Hot off the presses: Fabrique Nationale (also called FN) Reflex micro-compact, semiautomatic pistol line by launching a class-leading, concealed-carry option: the FN Reflex® XL MRD. Featuring a slightly longer barrel, an extended grip and compatibility with preferred red dot optics, the FN Reflex XL…
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Tao of the Thompson: Auto-Ordnance Unveils TAO50
Who knew the sound of one hand clapping was quite so loud? Auto-Ordnance, the company that’s most famous for its Tommy Guns, has just found a new way to be badass, and we’re here for it: the TAO50 Thompson rifle in .50 BMG. This revolutionary bolt-action rifle is designed to redefine long-range shooting power and…
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Ruger RPR’s Gritty Reboot for Smoother Shooting
The Ruger Precision Rifle, often referred to as the “RPR,” has been a mainstay of the precision rifle shooting community since its introduction in 2015. That’s a big statement, because the precision rifle shooting community is pickier than a 600-yard shot in a 15-mph wind. After years of feedback from competitive shooters, the RPR is…
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Zombie Medicine: Desert Tech TREK-22 Bullpup Rifle
Did you know that zombies track their prey using sound, not sight? The seminal work describing zombie survival, Max Brooks’ Zombie Survival Guide, makes it very clear that the shuffling undead lose their vision quickly postmortem, because they forget to blink and their eyes cloud over. However, their hearing remains intact, and they instinctively flock…
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What’s the One (& Only) Gun that Hollywood Gets Right?
(Although they are wrong about how to hold it, how many rounds it holds, and so on.) There’s only one firearm that Hollywood knows how to do justice to: the Magnum Research Desert Eagle. Oh, sure, part of the reason is that the DE is large and “reads well” on screen. But the real reason…
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Bloodied But Unbowed: Auto-Ordnance’s New TRUMP FIGHT 1911
In the fell clutch of circumstance, I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance, My head is bloody, but unbowed.–William Ernest Henley, Invictus Where were you when the bullet whickered past Donald Trump and he dropped behind the podium? Did you watch in shock, hoping beyond hope? And when he stood up,…
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XDMAN: Check the Talons on This Baby Eagle (from Magnum Research)!
The Magnum Research Baby Eagle III has one impressive set of grandparents. From the tried-and-true, combat-proven CZ-75 design, which inspired the Israeli Weapon Industries Jericho 941, which then inspired the all-metal Baby Eagle. The all-metal Baby Eagle engendered the third-generation, polymer-framed Baby Eagle III, the lightest and most refined Baby Eagle yet. In this review, I’m taking…
