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3 weeks ago | 
ammoland.com | Jim Grant
Opinion: Jim Grant shoots, and range reviews the FightLite MCR belt-fed upper for AR15 lowers. This excellent article first appeared on AmmoLand News in December of 2022 and appears here now with fresh updates. I love all bad-ass belt-fed weapons like the FightLite MCR; They’re just so damn cool.
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2 months ago | 
ammoland.com | Jim Grant
Hi, my name is Jim, and I’m a gun hipster; I love uncommon, strange, and rare firearms like the Springfield Hellion. I know I have a problem, and I swear I could stop if I wanted, but my wife and bank account know better. Don’t get me wrong, I still love your run-of-the-mill workhorse guns like my unkillable Glock 17, but there’s a certain je n’est sais pas about oddball firearms that drives my gun-lust into overdrive. In fact, I’ve been fawning over the prospect of owning a Hellion for years.
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2 months ago | 
ammoland.com | Jim Grant
Opinion: This excellent article was first published on AmmoLand News in May of 2023 and appears here with fresh updates. Before the Taurus GX4, I had never owned a Taurus pistol in my entire life. If you’re wondering why, it’s probably not what you think. When I first got into shooting, the gunshops around me either didn’t carry Taurus or priced them at or above guns from companies with objectively better track records for reliability.
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Mar 7, 2025 | 
ammoland.com | Jim Grant
Opinion: this excellent article was first published on AmmoLand News Jan 8, 2023 and now appears here with fresh updates. Have you ever wanted to own a gun powerful enough to slay bears in a single shot yet still capable of firing soft-shooting (relatively) inexpensive rounds? The Taurus Raging Hunter is exactly that, and more.
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Feb 8, 2025 | 
ammoland.com | Jim Grant
I’m a big fan of AKs and the 7.62x39mm cartridge in general – which is why the new SIG MCX-SPEAR LT Rifle had me really excited. As an AK-lover, I have a pretty decent stash of 7.62x39mm and have developed a love for the round. Plus, when I saw the new Spear LT being offered in my favorite caliber using its short-stroke piston operation with the gun’s excellent modularity, I thought I might have finally found the ultimate AK replacement.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
ammoland.com | Jim Grant
One of the best parts about working in the firearms media is having access to high-end firearms; but I never lost my love for budget-friendly, feature-rich guns like the new Stoeger STR-9S Combat. Maybe it’s because I started shooting when I was in college, and money was always tight, but I’m a fervent believer that when it comes to firearms, spending more money doesn’t always equate to better guns. That said, there is no shortage of cheap guns that are priced accordingly in the current market.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
ammoland.com | Jim Grant
Depending on your experience, semi auto shotguns like the new Beretta A300 Ultima Patrol Shotgun are either God’s gift to shooters or the devil incarnate. Let me explain. For many shooters, auto-loading shotguns are nothing but trouble; they’re ammunition sensitive, overly heavy, and often prohibitively expensive – especially if a reputable gunmaker makes them.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
ammoland.com | Jim Grant
In the modern world of firearms, the ultra-prolific 9mm cartridge is often taken for granted; it has been a staple of defensive, competitive, and recreational shooting for so long that no living shooters can recall a time before it. And it’s a shame so many overlook it because, for all the talk of crazy custom calibers and new, improved designs, few calibers strike the balance of affordability, soft recoil, and excellent accuracy of the common 9mm parabellum round.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
ammoland.com | Jim Grant
‘Affordable’ and ‘precision rifle’ are two terms rarely found together, which is why the Bear Creek Arsenal BC-10 Side-Charger is so interesting. It has been common wisdom for years that in order to get long-range performance, a shooter has to shell out a hefty sum of dough, but the engineers at Bear Creek Arsenal are attempting to buck that trend. Their Side-Charger series of AR-10s seeks to bring long-range accuracy to the masses at a price point that won’t make blue-collar gun lovers balk.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
ammoland.com | Jim Grant
FN America, LLC, the makers of the world’s most battle-proven firearms, wants to remind everyone that the FN 509 Compact Tactical, the smallest and most concealable 9mm tactical pistol available on the market, has an available $100.00 to $125.00 off rebates active until December 31st, 2024.
