Tag: Michael Bane

Michael has some thoughts on the modern firearms market and why Springfield Armory’s big bet on a new 9mm striker-fired platform, the Echelon, might pay off big.

Training with a .22 can yield big benefits, as well as easing the high price of ammo. Also, why the Rock Island “Baby Rock” is such a great little gun.

A self-defense shotgun renaissance is going on and this week Michael takes a look at his favorite semiauto shotguns. Plus, a perfect “adventurer” holster for a perfect “adventurer” gun!

This week, some thoughts on how to protect yourself and your family from mob-style "recreational” violence. Also, why the home defense shotgun is back on top, and, hey, the Rossi RM 66 .38/.357 is a great buy!

This week Michael takes a look at Ruger’s Proof Research-barreled AR-556 MPR, and he likes what he sees! Also, why the new Rossi revolvers, especially the RM 66, are perfect choices for anyone wanting to see what all this noise about revolvers is all about.

This week Michael ponders whether it’s time to move away from calibers he simply isn’t using.

The Henry Big Boy revolver is something of a surprise…the pictures don’t do it justice! It is the revolver that should be in the hands of Indiana Jones, or maybe Humphrey Bogart in CASABLANCA. In short, a .38/.357 masterpiece.

This week Michael starts working with the smallest of the Stoeger STR line, the Micro Compact, by adding a Bushnell RXC-200. Plus, the continuing allure of the .32 H&R Magnum and a first look at the Henry Big Boy Revolver.

With test and evaluation of the Military Armament Corporation MAC 2 under way, Michael wonders about the ideal defensive shotgun for this autumn’s Van Comp Thunderstruck shotgun training event.

Every so often a new gun comes along that makes you go, Wow!