AR-15s

Folding and Collapsing Stocks: Are They Practical?

The rifle and shotgun stock is a pretty important piece of design. The stock must be a contact point for…Read More >

Firearms

Range Report: PTR 91 MSG 91

PTR builds an excellent 7.62x51mm rifle based on the Heckler and Koch G3 rifle. A semi automatic version of a reliable and accurate battle rifle, the PTR 91 rifle uses an interesting delayed blowback roller locking system that is different from most rifles. While there are other copies of the HK 91/G 3 rifle, the PTR is arguably the only one to boast equal quality.

Firearms

Springfield Armory SOCOM 16: First Look, First Shots

Springfield Armory has consistently refined its M1A platform to suit long-range competitive match shooters, operators who want more caliber, and hunters wanting a reliable, rugged, accurate rifle. The new SOCOM 16 is even more adaptable and leaps into the 21st century. It’s a rifle that is modular, adaptable, and customizable, and it runs with the heart of an M1A.

Stag Arms Model 2L left-handed model AR-15

Range Reports

Stag Arms AR-15, Model 2L—Retrospective Look From a Southpaw Shooter

Southpaw shooters do not have many options when looking to buy a factory AR-15. Stag Arms does their best accommodating left-handed shooters with its model 2L. Guest blogger, Eve Flanigan has ran the 2L for years in various conditions and despite a few flaws, agrees it is worth buying. Here is why…

Core Rifle Systems Core 15 AR-15 M4 Scout

Firearms

Range Report: Core 15 M4 Scout

As an all-around, go-anywhere, do-anything rifle, the Core 15 carbine is a top contender. Accurate and reliable, the rifle is also an affordable AR-15. Does affordable equal accurate? The author puts the Core 15 through its paces and comes up with some surprising conclusions.

Firearms

Remington’s All-Around Tactical Rifle — The Remington SPS

An all-around .308 rifle is among the most tactical, useful, and enjoyable rifles of all. The author’s experience led him to the Remington Tactical and Redfield scope… and group under .5 MOA!

M1A Loaded Series from Springfield Armory

Firearms

Loaded Precision Adjustable M1A, the Civilian-legal Semiautomatic Rifle

The Loaded M1A sports the appearance and tradition of the Standard M1A, but adds the performance upgrades that makes it a star at the range. Read this article learn about this 2015 offering from Springfield Armory.

Reviews

The Top 5 Product Reviews of 2014 on the Shooter’s Log

One of the most important jobs of the Shooter’s Log writing team is to produce honest reviews on products—especially gun reviews. Purchasing a firearm is a big decision—regardless of it being your first gun or twentieth gun. Guns are not cheap and you do not want to be stuck buying the wrong one. That is why we take our job so seriously—to help guide you in buying the best self-defense tool you can buy. The top five most read product reviews of 2014 on The Shooter’s Log are of firearms, four of them are concealed carry handguns, while the top most read gun review is of the Beretta ARX 100 modern sporting rifle.

Stag Arms Model 8T Right Side with Inset

Range Reports

Range Report: Piston-Powered Stag Arms Model 8T

The Stag Arms Model 8T piston gun looks like any other Stag AR, except the 8T wears high-end furniture and a 16-inch barrel in a Diamondhead VRS-T Handguard. Here’s how it performed at the range.