Innholdsfortegnelse for March 2026 i Shooting Times

THAT WAS A NICE ARTICLE ON THE NEW SMITH & WESSON MODEL 10 CLAS- sic in the August 2025 issue. It’s a classy gun but for one flaw—that big ugly lump on the left side of the frame. I own a vintage Smith & Wesson Hand Ejector Model of 1905. It’s a nice gun, a good shooter. It has an unobtrusive little button on the left side of the frame, apparently as a cylinder stop. Most other revolver manufacturers have eliminated cylinder stops on the sides of the frames, but now S&W has turned its little button into a big ugly thing that hangs down from the recoil shield. I think some bean counter probably decided they could eliminate some machining steps, and no one would notice. It’s trivial and…

MARLIN’S MODEL 1893 PREDATED WINCHESTER’S Model 1894, and it was the rifle that engraved the Marlin Firearms name into the hearts of American hunters and adventurers. Around one million 1893s were manufactured between 1893 and 1936, when the rifle was renamed the Model 1936. Due to a well-deserved reputation for accuracy combined with a solid-top action design that was considered less susceptible to the elements, the Model 1893 was preferred by many sportsmen, and particularly earned a name for itself in the northern gold rush fields of the Klondike and other areas that lured intrepid adventurers in search of their fortunes. Side ejection and a slab-sided bolt that more or less sealed the ejection port when the bolt was closed made for a very reliable action that shrugged off snow,…

ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN READING GUN MAGA- zines for the last several decades has heard of Elmer Keith. He was a longtime writer for our sister publication Guns & Ammo and sometimes for American Rifleman, but as far as I can tell, he never wrote an article for Shooting Times. However, Elmer had a lot to do with the development of the Winchester Model 70 bolt-action rifle (1935) and a single-action revolver called the No. 5 fabricated by R.F. Sedgley (1928). And he helped develop the .357 Magnum (1935), the .41 Magnum (1964), and the .44 Magnum (1955) cartridges, which Shooting Times has covered in great detail numerous times. Elmer Merrifield Keith was born on March 8, 1899, in Hardin, Missouri, but he was raised in Montana, Idaho, and eastern…

SAFARILAND HAS A NEW LINE OF PRO IMPULSE HEARING PROTECTION solutions with in-ear and Bluetooth over-the-ear options. According to the company, the new products are designed to meet the demands of those who require top-tier hearing protection without compromising mobility or convenience, and they offer advanced features like adjustable sound levels and compact designs. The Pro Impulse Bluetooth earmuff offers an NRR of 23, 5X sound amplification, and Bluetooth 5.0 connectivity for streaming calls, music, and alerts. Plus, the earmuff features instant sound-activated compression to protect against loud noises. It’s powered by two AAA batteries Offering an NRR of 41.7, the in-ear Pro Impulse Plus provides maximum protection from loud, harmful sounds, including single shots, explosions, automatic rifle fire, artillery, and impact noise. It automatically engages sound filters to protect…

AS WISER MEN THAN I HAVE SAID, AND I’VE repeated, “You can’t know where you’re going if you don’t know where you came from.” We can’t ignore history, and part of ours is the .50-70 Government cartridge. Developed in 1866, this cartridge influenced our infantry rifle/cartridge mindset for a quarter-century. The decade following 1855 saw the rapid ascendancy of the “all-in-one” metallic cartridge, usually rimfire. However, by the end of the Civil War, limitations of large-caliber rimfire cases had inventors busy. Some priming systems were needlessly complicated, and early rimfire priming did not handle abuse well. If some of the priming mix falls out of the rim cavity, that’s a misfire. This period also practiced recycling. The main battle rifles of the Army of the United States were muzzleloading .58-caliber…

IF YOU’RE A HISTORY-MINDED SHOOTER, IT’S pretty easy to fall in love with vintage cartridges that have fallen out of favor in a broad commercial sense. But some of them can yield surprises, both in influence and performance. There’s a pretty good case for one oldie in particular. Here’s the deal: Lovers of traditional tubular-magazine lever guns (some might call them heretics) have occasionally strayed above and beyond the good old .30 WCF. Examples? Obviously, the .45-70, .444 Marlin, and .450 Marlin make up the heavyweights. Then there’s the .35 Remington. Later on, and with somewhat less commercial success, was the .375 Winchester that was introduced in 1978 and cashiered in 1986. And then, also on the 336 platform, was the .338 Marlin Express (2009 to 2019). Long before most…

Q. I LOVE SHOOTING TIMES. I SUBSCRIBE TO A BUNCH OF MAGAZINES, and ST is by far my favorite. It’s my go-to source, and that’s why I’m reaching out. About a year ago I bought a Daniel Defense Delta 5 Pro 6.5 Creedmoor with a 26-inch barrel. I have been shooting it for practice and training and plan to use it to get into PRS. The gun shoots awesome. I have been shooting Freedom Munitions 140-grain Sierra MatchKing ammo, and it shoots 0.375- to 0.5-inch groups all day long. Now I want to start hand-loading for it, and I checked cartridge overall length to the lands, and it’s a mile! All wisdom says load close to the lands for less bullet jump, but that is impossible to do and still fit…

AS LOYAL READERS KNOW, I’VE BEEN HANDLOAD- ing for more than 50 years. I really enjoy the hobby, especially when I’ve acquired some “new” rifle or handgun. Often, the new-to-me firearm is a vintage revolver or a surplus military rifle, but this time it’s a brand-new Ruger No. 1 chambered in .280 Ackley Improved that was one of a batch that Lee Newton special-ordered. True to my nature, I just had to see what kind of consistency I could achieve with hand-loads for it. Before I get into the details of the loads, let me tell you a little about the rifle. It’s a No. 1 AH stainless-steel model, and it has a near exhibition-grade walnut buttstock and an Alex Henry-style forearm. It’s fitted with a barrel-band sling-swivel attachment and…

FOUNDED IN 1990, FLORIDA-BASED EURO- pean American Armory (EAA) is known for importing a variety of handguns, with each a copy of a long-ago proven design at an affordable price. The 2311 Series of single-stack 1911 pistols are examples. Built in Turkey by Girsan Gun Industry, 18 model variations in 9mm Luger, 10mm Auto, and .45 ACP are available. Barrel length options are 3.5 inches for the Officer, 4.25 inches for the Commander, and 5.0 inches for the standard-length pistol. Give the pistol a longer slide along with a 6.0-inch barrel in 10mm Auto, and you have the Hunter variant. That’s the one I chose to report on with this review. Features Moving to greater firepower, the barrel and round-top slide of the Witness2311 Series of 1911 pistols are made…

LITTLE DID I SUSPECT, AS I FELT MY WAY THROUGH the pre-dawn woods to a swampy lake in southern Ontario 40 years ago, that the events of the following three weeks would provide me with an evergreen example to write about for years to come. The example was a friend who, having invested in a 12 gauge with 3.0-inch chambers, showed up to hunt ducks, missed everything (there wasn’t much anyway, but still), and returned the following week with more powerful ammunition—and the week after with still more. He could not be convinced his repeated misses were due to anything except inadequate ammunition. To the best of my knowledge, no ammunition maker has ever gone broke by offering heavier loads and more velocity—magnums, in other words—to the average American hunter.…