Category: TGR Rifle Reviews
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USGI 30 Carbine for Home Defense?
Today I want to talk about the US M1 30 Carbine, known as the “war baby”. This rifle saw service in the US Military from 1942-1973 and in countless battles not only with our guys but many were given to other governments as well. We’ll talk a bit of history and use’s this old girl might still…
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Bushmaster Carbon 15 for Home Defense
Good Morning, I have something here I am pretty excited about right off. Most people tend to lean towards handguns for home defense. They are a fine choice no doubt. Any pistol beats the hell out of harsh language and swinging your golf trophy at an intruder. If you’ve read some of my articles though…
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Full Auto Style Fun: A S&W 22 with a Slidefire
Good Evening, Today I started on a new project. If you caught my Slidefire Stock article then you’ve seen that thing could really burn up some ammo. It’s fun but not worth the expense to me to burn up 300-400 rds of 5.56 in a day just for grins. So I decided to work up a cheaper…
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My 50 Favorite Guns: Your #1 is???
My top 50 favorite guns. This list is in no particular order except for #1. It’s not based on quality, accuracy, price, nothing at all. Just my 50 favorite guns as they came off the top of my head. 95% I have fired at least, some just drooled over the glass at the museum. Some bring…
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Staff Gun Review: The Blackout Chronicles – Episode 1: Choose your weapon
By: Kurt Gruber, Staff Writer Over the next couple of months, I am going to be writing a series of articles focusing on 300 AAC Blackout and its use in both tactical and hunting environments. I will be looking at different weapon options and test them with a wide array of ammunition choices.
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Staff Gun Review: 3-Gun Rifle Parts
This isn’t really going to be a review about my rifle as much as it will be the sum of its parts. My rifle is nothing to speak about really. It’s a Frankenstein that I built myself from muzzle to stock. I thought I’d just put the parts into context and why I like them…
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Rock River Arms LAR-8 20″ Varmint Review
Got my new rifle today. The Rock River Arms LAR-8 Varmint. It’s a 20 inch heavy free floated barrel 308 cal AR. This was an unexpected purchase for me. Tell you a quick story. My dog/best friend Jack pictured in many of my reviews passed away 3-15-12 after we spent a day in the field together. I…
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Low budget AR’s builds that shoot: Episode 1 – The varmint/target method.
The reason I no longer take my larger bore rigs out of the safe unless I am shooting beyond 500-600 yards.. By: Chad L. Hello everyone! I’d like to introduce you to FrankenStoner, the main reason why I don’t take my larger bore weapons out of the safe… unless I’m shooting beyond 500-600 yards, that…
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Gun Review: Bison Armory 6.8 SPC II
I selected Bison Armory to upgrade my Rock River Arms 5.56 to the more powerful 6.8 SPC cartridge. While the 5.56 is great fun at the range and on varmints it is clear that the 6.8 round offers a more robust, and ethical, hunting round. Hog hunting is big in Texas and an AR-15 firing…
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Surplus rifles Pt. 5 M38 Carcano review
Here I am again with Part 5 of the Surplus Rifles on a budget series. Up for review today is the 6.5mm Italian Carcano M38. This rifle is the model very much like the one Lee Harvey Oswald supposedly shot President Kennedy with. I wanted one of these for my world war 2 weapon and…
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Surplus Rifles Pt.4 K98 German Mauser Review
I started writing a series of articles on surplus rifles. We have reviewed the Russian M91 Mosin Nagant, the British 303 Enfield and the venerable M1 Garand. Today we will look at an Axis rifle, the 8mm German Mauser K98. A lot of people agree that the K98 was the rifle by which all other rifles were judged back…
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M1 Garand Review
Today I want to continue with the surplus rifle series I’ve been working on. So far we have been trying to stick with “budget” guns which this one really isn’t. I bought the gun for 300$ cash but that was just plain lucky. Expect to spend 800$ on up usually. Still though it’s a surplus rifle…
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T-26 Tanker Garand Review
I picked up a little sweetheart a day ago. I was in my usual Johnsons Sporting goods in Adrian MI and was just about to leave. I hadn’t seen anything that caught my eye and was saying goodbye to my man Smitty in there when I turned and saw her. A Tanker Garand 🙂 I’ve always…
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FN Scar clone 22 cal. Review
By Cary Kieffer: This morning I want to go over a recent impulse purchase of mine. I was at a local sporting goods store and picked up a 22 LR clone of an FN SCAR. It was on sale for 399$ and I thought what the heck, it looks fun and I have only handled…
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Surplus rifles Part 2 303 British Enfield
Next on the list is a No.4 Enfield 303 rifle. This was the work horse of the British forces in WW2. I understand they had a sniper version that served them well for several decades later. They have a boatload of models and variants, from cheap to very expensive for collectors. I personally have been…