Innehållsförteckning för April 2023 från Guns & Ammo

100-YD. RIMFIRE + SCOPE Right now, I am enjoying my Ruger Mark IV at the range and having respectable groups at 35 yards, resting, with my red dot. I want to expand my benchrest goals to 100 yards with a .22- or .17-caliber carbine and scope. Money is an object as I am a senior on Social Security. What do you recommend? I require a lightweight rifle not chambered for anything more than .22 WMR. It must be easy to disassemble for cleaning, too, and I need a scope for 100 yards. I know I’m asking a lot, but there is no better source for information. Mark Bouyer Reading, Massachusetts If I were in your position and wanted to stretch rimfire to 100 yards, my first stop for a rifle…

The C142 is an outside-the-waistband (OWB) Pancak e-style holster featuri ng Falco’s MLC S ecurity Lock Technolo gy and a thumb-break strap. It wears comfo rtably for everyday c arry (EDC) but also qualifies for Level 2 dut y-use requirements. G&A’s test sample als o features an option al optic cut, a $10 upg rade. $129.90 AN IMPRESSIVE BACKFLIP on a dance floor resulted in an FBI agent losing his gun and shooting a bar patron in the leg on June 4, 2018. The agent’s poor judgement was caught on camera and made national headlines. Though the pistol was carried in a holster, it was ejected midflip. To be clear, the pistol did not discharge from hitting the floor. Rather, the agent accidentally fired it as he picked it up.…

COLT DOESN’T OFTEN OFFER bolt-action rifles, so I was somewhat surprised when I first saw the new CBX. It’s branded a Colt bolt-action rifle, which is pretty exciting for fans of the brand. However, the CBX is also a collaboration between reputable rifle and accessory manufacturers. The last Colt bolt guns were the Colt-Sauer, the Colt Light Rifle and the M2012. The CBX action has DNA from the CZ 600, i.e., they share the same bolt. This is not a CZ 600 variant, however. The Adjustable Core Competition (ACC) chassis is from Modular Driven Technology (MDT, mdttac.com). While it would be easy to conclude that the CBX is just another precision rifle in a crowded field, Colt’s willingness to build a bolt-action rifle using something other than the Remington Model…

THE LANDSCAPE of America’s demand for firearms has changed notably since 2008 with each election cycle and public tragedy. Since then, we have seen an unprecedented influx of new shooters from all lifestyles and belief systems at the exact same time. Many longtime shooters have aged to the point where arthritis affects their ability to enjoy shooting, not to mention the increased number of those who contend with physical challenges. Awareness of this developing market created an interesting niche for pistols that are easy to shoot, carry and manipulate. The most recent trendsetter was from Smith & Wesson with its EZ series of pistols that was first reviewed in Guns & Ammo’s February 2020 issue. Loading a magazine and racking the slide has been an issue for shooters with compromised…

BY THE MIDPOINT of the 19th century, Colt, Adams, Lefaucheux and Smith & Wesson had established their styles of revolvers: single action (SA) and double action (DA), percussion, pinfire and rimfire. However, the fledgling centerfire had yet to find its ideal configuration or vehicle. Surprisingly, the first centerfire self-contained handgun round — that of Samuel Johannes Pauly — appeared in 1812 and predated the pinfire by many years. Later systems, a good number of them involving internal priming or complicated needle-fire arrangement, had still not caught the public’s fancy. Although it wasn’t obvious at the time, this all changed in October 1866 with British patent number 137 awarded to the superintendent of the Royal Laboratory at Woolwich, Colonel Edward Mounier Boxer. It involved a cartridge with a coiled brass case…

WHEN TAURUS UNVEILED the original TX 22, it was met with great enthusiasm. Being an affordable blowback rimfire pistol that proved reliable and fun to shoot, it earned the 2019 Guns & Ammo Handgun of the Year award. Since then, the TX 22 family grew to include competition models and, for 2023, a red-dot-ready Compact. The TX 22 Compact offers many of the same features that impressed everyone with the original, including the striker-fired blowback operating system that’s perfectly balanced to handle most .22 LR ammunition. Though it may seem simple to develop a reliable blowback rimfire, gun makers know that it’s actually quite complex. There are so many variations in bullet profile and velocities between types that it’s often possible to find only one or two loads that effectively…

SPRINGFIELD ARMORY expanded its product portfolio in recent years, but the arrival of its Waypoint in late 2020 helped reform the company’s reputation for making M1As, Model 1911s, XD-series pistols, and Saint AR-pattern firearms, all for which the company is best known. With a few years in production already, the Model 2020 bolt-action line is expected to expand. Don’t let the introduction of new boltguns distract us from why Springfield Armory’s platform has been met with success. WHAT MAKES THE MODEL 2020 ACTION WORK? At the heart of the Model 2020 Waypoint is Springfield Armory’s push-feed design. The fluted bolt features dual locking lugs up front while a sturdy extractor rides on the outer lug. A spring-loaded plunger-type ejector is in the face of the bolt, and dual cocking cams…

THE DIMINUTIVE 5.7x28mm cartridge has seen a resurgence since the brand announced its Ruger 5.7 alternative to the FN FiveseveN in 2019. Since then, several pistols, sub-guns and carbines have appeared, along with new options for ammunition. Ruger wasn’t done, either. In September 2022, Ruger released the LC Carbine, another example of a product breathing life into the high-muzzle-velocity cartridge. The “LC” stands for “light” and “compact.” Weighing just less than 6 pounds and having a side-folding adjustable stock means that it can go from measuring 30.6 inches to 22.7 inches. With a $1,009 suggested retail price, it’s comparatively inexpensive, too. The LC Carbine is a direct-blowback-operated rifle with a 16¼-inch barrel. When fired, it generates the tiniest bit more recoil than a .22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire (WMR). The 5.7x28mm…