Innehållsförteckning för February 2021 från Guns & Ammo

ROMEO2 CORREX The article “SIG Sauer Romeo2” featured in the December 2020 issue suggested on page 42 that the Romeo2 shares the same footprint as the Romeo1. This is incorrect. The Romeo2 does not share the Romeo1 footprint. Also, on page 44, it should have been noted that the Romeo1 and Romeo1Pro have a glass aspheric lens. Only the Romeo Zero has a polymer lens. Lastly, the Romeo2’s integrated rear sight is low and co-witnesses with a suppressor-height front sight, not with standard-height sights. John Nichols, Product Mgr. SIG Sauer Electro-Optics Thank you for correcting those details surrounding the Romeo2. And congratulations to your team for developing an innovative pistol-mounted red dot! — E. Poole MODERN BALLISTICS After 25 years, I am getting back into shooting and handloading. I am…

RARELY AFTER EVALUATING A PRODUCT am I left with the impression that the manufacturer thought of everything, but that was the case with the Sport Tactical 500 hearing protector. To say this headset is “feature rich” is an understatement. From comfort and features to loads of functionality, the Sport Tactical 500 is an excellent value. If hearing protection isn’t comfortable enough to wear all day or at the range, who cares about it’s advertised features and specifications? The Sport Tactical 500 is comfortable due to its vented and adjustable headband design. Adjustability is expected, as it allows most users to custom fit the unit over their heads. Venting improves comfort and keeps the headband from pushing down against the button that’s almost certainly on top of your favorite ballcap. The…

ACCORDING TO PUBLISHED REPORTS, the National Rifle Association (NRA) spent more than $54 million on state and federal elections during the 2016 campaign cycle. The majority of that money, $30 million, was used to support then-candidate Donald J. Trump. No other group, including Trump’s own political action committee (PAC), invested so heavily in President Trump’s victory. The times have changed. As of this writing, NRA reportedly spent $16.2 million on the 2020 presidential race, with another $7 million going to support (and attack) various congressional candidates. Those numbers still represent a lot of money, to be sure, but that’s far less than what was spent in four years ago. Since the NRA was last discussed in this column, the Attorneys General of New York and Washington, D.C., filed lawsuits alleging…

Make your passion a career ! COMPUTERS WERE UNCOMMON when I started college at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI), and the school’s administration was reluctant to allow freshmen to have personal laptops within barracks. Even still, a number of assignments called for web research or typed papers, so a computer lab was established in the basement of the campus’ engineering building. Some 1,300 cadets shared access to about 20 desktops, and there was always a line waiting to use them. One night during my senior year, on a weekend, I had the computer lab to myself. I visited gunsandammo.com while surfing and discovered a biographical section of the magazine’s editors and contributors. As I read the backgrounds of Col. Craig Boddington, Lt. Col. Jeff Cooper and Garry James, I came…

“Wanted Dead or Alive” (1958-1961), “Mare’s Leg” Actor Steve McQueen achieved early recognition and popularity in the 1958 to ’61 TV western series, “Wanted Dead or Alive.” Portraying bounty hunter “Josh Randall,” McQueen carried one of the most unusual firearms seen in a small-screen production of the period: the “Mare’s Leg.” This attenuated rifle was built on a Winchester Model 1892 action, had a cut-down stock, large loop lever and bobbed barrel. It was carried clipped in a special waist belt and, though the gun was originally chambered for .44-40 and fired five-in-one blanks, the rig’s cartridge loops were filled with larger .45-70 cartridges. (Courtesy of the National Firearms Museum, Fairfax, Virginia.)…

I’VE HAD A COUPLE HUNTS THIS YEAR that educated me on the importance of handheld optics. Choosing observation tools is difficult because they’re usually expensive, and opportunities to test drive spotting scopes and binoculars don’t come along often. Just about every rifle wears a scope these days, so it’s not hard to check out what a buddy might have. However, spotting scopes and binoculars are most often found in hunting camp or at matches. Opportunities to examine spotters are fewer and further in between. Anyone who’s hunted out west knows how important it is to have a good spotting scope and/or good binoculars. A guy can grab a seat on a hilltop and spend a few hours checking out every detail in sight. This saves a ton of time and…

“For being sealed up in a chimney, your pistol is in pretty good shape.” PARA-ORDNANCE M1911 IN .40 Q: Several years ago, when Para was still in business, I had purchased and registered several pistols. In fact, I had a relationship with the manufacturer and bought several of their products from private offers to me. One of those was a single-stack Model 1911 in .40 S&W. The Para Model number is SX940SK and the serial number is P222XXX with the “P” being smaller and shallower than the rest of the number. The name “PARA 40SS” is rolled onto the slide and the letters are silver. When the pistol arrived it was filthy. When I called them, they apologized and said it was a prototype that was sold from their excess…

Purpose-built for popular subcompact carry guns. LET ME FIRST ACKNOWLEDGE the no-compromise carry audience. There is a shrill chorus chanting, “Carry a medium- or large-frame pistol with a Surefire X300!” I’m happy to know that untold tens of thousands of gun owners are carrying, regardless of what they carry. Armed citizens exist, and that is a very good thing. A subcompact gun on the belt beats a full-size pistol in the safe. For those who carry the new breed of subcompact semiautomatic pistols, Surefire has responded to demand for more lumens. Meet the XSC. Certain gun manufacturers are using proprietary rail specifications. (I’m looking at you Glock, SIG Sauer, and Springfield Armory.) So, Surefire has launched the new XSC to support three of the most popular platforms: Glock 43X/48 railed…

TAURUS HAS NEVER BEEN SHY about embracing its heritage as a company that builds affordable guns that people want. The new-for-2021 G3 Taurus Optic Ready Option (TORO) and the TX22 Competition continue that tradition, but with a greater emphasis on accuracy. Available come early March 2021, the two guns reviewed here are evolutions of already successful pistols, and they exist as a response to consumer feedback. The G3 and TX22, respectively, were both major announcements for Taurus. The G3 and smaller G3c appeared on Guns & Ammo covers in December 2019 and August 2020, and the TX22 was the coverstory for G&A’s May 2019 issue, and earned 2019’s Handgun of the Year honors. The G3 and G3c have both proven quite popular given their improved triggers and accuracy, far exceeding…