Innehållsförteckning för September 2024 från Guns & Ammo

.327 FED. MAG. COVERAGE I bit my tongue and refrained from responding to James Tarr’s column, “Dead for Defense” (March 2024), and his discussion regarding the .327 Federal Magnum. My everyday carry? Ruger’s SP-101 in .327 Magnum with 3-inch barrel. I have a 4-inch SP-101 in the nightstand. A 100-grain .327 delivers nearly identical energy as a 125-grain .357 Magnum load. For the last few years .327 has been hard to find. Why? I blame Guns & Ammo and other such mags. Little has been written on this awesome cartridge. Paul RuffSarah, Mississippi PRAISE FOR .38-55 I’d like to read and hear some praise of the .38-55 cartridge. I have taken many deer with this round. It performs well with cast bullets. There are not enough jacketed bullets available at…

SUPPRESSORS don’t have to be expensive to be well-featured or modular. Expense occurs when a company tries to com bine those aspects with lightweight and exotic materials. Offering tremendous value, Rugged Suppressors’ Obsidian9 is worth admiration. Introduced in 2019, it’s a pistol suppressor that also dabbles in centerfire rifle, excels at rimfire, and often sells for a little more than $600 despite the $822 manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP). The key to the Obsidian9 is the rational design and material selection. Every consideration was made in favor of performance and value; it shows. The suppressor’s tube is made from hard-coat anodized aluminum, and the removable baffles are made from 17-4 stainless steel. These materials are not considered exotic, yet they offer 95 percent of the performance seen in suppressors made…

The Taurus 692 Executive Grade convertible revolver is the latest in a series of enhanced defensive handguns. In the company’s wheelgun C-suite, the double-action/single-action (DA/SA) Taurus 692 joins the previously promoted Taurus 856 (.38 Special +P, $682), Taurus 605 (.357 Magnum, $758), and Taurus Judge (.45 Colt/.410, $947) Executive Grade models. Each of these guns are assembled and tuned to a higher degree of performance by specialized Taurus gunsmiths. Executive Grade guns are also distinctive for the hand-polished stainless-steel finish, presentation-grade laminate wood grips, and multi-layer Nanuk (nanuk.com) hard cases with custom-cut foam interiors. The Taurus 692 is a seven-shot revolver built on the brand’s medium steel frame. The 692 has been often cataloged with the Tracker series of Taurus revolvers, and the solid topstrap frame has been adapted to…

The Cuda RX-795 is a button-less red-dot optic that is as care-free as iron sights on a pistol. Featuring a “tap” interface, touch points are used to set brightness of the unit’s 3 MOA IntelliDOT system. IntelliDOT automatically adjusts the dot’s intensity level to address lighting conditions at the target. In the “Settings” menu, dot intensity is adjusted; battery life can be checked; the instant on/enhanced-off feature can be activated or deactivated; and audio can be enabled or disabled. Once the RX-795 is configured, autonomous functionality ensures the dot works when you need it. The RX-795 is mounted to the Docter/Noblex footprint and includes a rail mount. $350 WHILE THERE IS NO SHORTAGE of red-dot sights, most require manual manipulation to adjust the dot’s brightness. Optics with auto-adjust features don’t…

WHEN WILLIAM B. RUGER shipped the first Standard pistols on October 6, 1949, he was certain the rimfire would be a hit with American shooters. Ruger received capital from Alexander Sturm to start manufacturing in Southport, Connecticut. With Ruger running day-to-day operations and overseeing new firearm designs, Sturm, Ruger & Company was on its way to becoming one of America’s largest and most historically significant firearm manufacturers. Celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2024, Ruger has released several commemorative-edition models that denote this occassion. Each iconic model was tastefully embellished with the Ruger 75th Anniversary markings and priced for the “average, working American citizen to afford,” a phrase that remains from Ruger’s vision. MARK IV Manufactured in Prescott, Arizona, the Mark IV is the current evolution of the Standard pistol. The…

SINCE 1998, we have seen an abundance of fast rifle cartridges from major ammunition manufacturers. Most have carried a “magnum” suffix and were loaded in fat cases. Only one wore a belt. These cartridges are often known by an abbreviated number and an acronym. Developed between 1999 and 2002, the Remington Ultra Magnum (RUM) was based on the .404 Jeffery non-belted magnum, and then the Remington Short Action Ultra Magnum (RSAUM) followed. Also based on the .404 Jeffery, the Winchester Short Magnums (WSM) were also developed in the late 1990s, which was followed by the Winchester Super Short Magnums (WSSM) in 2003 and ’04. In 2007 and ’08, Hornady and Ruger released the Ruger Compact Magnums (RCM), and there have been many others released since. Every single one is a…

FOUR YEARS AGO, Springfield Armory announced the Model 2020 Waypoint bolt-action rifle in Guns & Ammo’s November 2020 issue. The new-for-2024 Model 2020 Boundary shares much of the same DNA, but is without the detachable-box magazine. A longer internal magazine is now in its place. Many, especially among hunters, prefer an internal magazine because it is more comfortable to carry in the field. Some find the flush-fit internal mag more aesthetically pleasing (and less “tactical”), too. Regardless of the magazine, the Model 2020 Boundary exhibits the same exceptional performance as its predecessor. The stock is made by AG Composites. Complete with bottom metal and an internal magazine, it weighs 2 pounds, 4 ounces. The flush-fit bottom metal and floorplate are made from aluminum, and all contours of the floorplate and…

THE P365 HAS BECOME SIG Sauer’s most popular pistol line. The original P365 was introduced in Guns & Ammo’s May 2018 issue, earning Handgun of the Year honors. Its combination of size, weight, caliber, capacity, features, and price quickly shot it to the forefront of most gun owners’ minds. Since then, SIG Sauer has continued to develop and enhance the P365, including the new-for-2024 P365-FUSE. The P365-FUSE combines the extended polymer grip (and 17-round standard capacity) of the P365 XMACRO with a longer 4.3-inch barrel, plus there are a few unique features. Since this FUSE is a standard model with a polymer lower grip module — not a special Legion model or one sporting the aluminum AXG grip — it costs just a few bucks more than a standard P365.…

FEW FIREARMS IN HISTORY possess the mystique, history and variety for the gun collector as the World War II German K98k bolt-action rifle. It was obsolete with the introduction of the U.S.-made M1 Garand and similar semiautomatic rifles, but it remained the mainstay of the Wehrmacht, the armed forces of the Third Reich. It was robust, reliable and fired the powerful 8x57mm cartridge. Produced from 1934 to 1945 by Germany and its allies, manufacturing of the rifle continued in various forms by the Czechs, French, Yugoslavians and others. German K98k rifles were also overhauled and converted to chamber 7.62x51mm NATO for use by the Israeli Defense Forces spanning 1947 to 1949, later supplemented by other variants of Mauser from 1951 through the 1970s. PRE-WAR After World War I, Mauser worked…

A CASUAL GLANCE at the Gunwerks Skuhl and a rifleman might conclude that it is another Model 700-footprint action in a carbon-fiber stock, chambered in cartridges designed to pursue dangerous game. Technically, that’s correct. However, a list of details for this rifle is found nowhere else. Gunwerks makes its own stocks, and the methods used are entirely exclusive. Most carbon-fiber stocks use a mold and a bladder, for example. The mold determines the shape while a bladder is inserted inside the mold and then filled with air. The bladder squeezes the carbon-fiber shell into place so each stock is the same when it’s cured. The bladder is then removed and the manufacturer injects expanding foam into the shell. As long as the foam stays bonded to the carbon-fiber shell, the…