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3 weeks ago | 
shootingtimes.com | Joel J Hutchcroft
Affiliate Disclosure: This page contains affiliate links. We earn from qualifying purchases. Almost exactly one year ago, we introduced Shooting Times readers to the then-new Rost Martin Firearms Co. with our report on the compact polymer-frame, striker-fired Rost Martin RM1C 9mm semiautomatic pistol. Of course, it was the company’s first production pistol. Since then, Rost Martin has introduced the RM1C California Compliant and RM1C Comped versions.
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1 month ago | 
shootingtimes.com | Joel J Hutchcroft
Affiliate Disclosure: This page contains affiliate links. We earn from qualifying purchases. The Ruger 10/22 .22 LR semiautomatic carbine was introduced in 1964, and it has become the standard by which all other rimfire semiautomatic rifles are judged. It’s dependable, accurate, rugged, and extremely handy. The gun’s rotary magazine has inspired many clones, and in fact, an awful lot of newer rimfire autoloading rifles and carbines from other manufacturers are designed to accept the Ruger magazine.
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2 months ago | 
shootingtimes.com | Joel J Hutchcroft
Affiliate Disclosure: This page contains affiliate links. We earn from qualifying purchases. Springfield’s new-for-2025 1911 DS Prodigy Compact is chambered for 9mm Luger, and it will be offered in two barrel lengths: 4.25 inches and 3.50 inches. We asked for the 3.5-inch version and got it right away. I have to admit it’s a short but sweet double-stack Model 1911. Some longtime readers of Shooting Times may recall that back in 2012, we ran an article on ultrashort Model 1911s.
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2 months ago | 
shootingtimes.com | Joel J Hutchcroft
Affiliate Disclosure: This page contains affiliate links. We earn from qualifying purchases. Our friends at Springfield Armory tell us that one of their most significant introductions for 2025 is the new Echelon 4.0C 9mm, modular, striker-fired, polymer-frame, semiautomatic pistol. With this version, the company has firmly cemented the Echelon as not just one pistol but as an expanding platform. Here’s a look at the newest addition to the growing family.
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Mar 21, 2025 | 
shootingtimes.com | Joel J Hutchcroft
Affiliate Disclosure: This page contains affiliate links. We earn from qualifying purchases. Hands down, Kimber’s new full-size 2K11 double-stack Model 1911 is très chic. It has all the bells and whistles that have come to be required on a high-end 1911, and it also has a few new features that make this pistol very classy.
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Mar 10, 2025 | 
shootingtimes.com | Joel J Hutchcroft
Affiliate Disclosure: This page contains affiliate links. We earn from qualifying purchases. Alittle over four years ago, Shooting Times writer Layne Simpson penned an opus entitled “Bolt-Action Beauties” in which he described several of his favorite bolt-action rimfire rifles. Now, Layne has been shooting rimfires for a long time and is well versed in classic rifles and handguns chambered for the .22 LR as well as other rimfire cartridges.
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Feb 27, 2025 | 
shootingtimes.com | Joel J Hutchcroft
Affiliate Disclosure: This page contains affiliate links. We earn from qualifying purchases. The original double-action Colt Python revolver was introduced to the world in 1955. A period advertisement for it I recently came across prominently displayed these words: “A finer gun than you actually need.” I’d say that’s a pretty unusual marketing slogan.
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Feb 10, 2025 | 
shootingtimes.com | Joel J Hutchcroft
Affiliate Disclosure: This page contains affiliate links. We earn from qualifying purchases. If you’re scratching your head after reading the headline for this report as pertaining to the “AOS” reference, let me explain. AOS stands for Agency Optic System, and as it relates to Springfield’s Model 1911-style pistols, it means the Emissary, the Operator, and the Ronin 1911 lines now come with slides that are set up for the Agency Optic System for easy installation of a red-dot reflex-type optic.
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Dec 30, 2024 | 
shootingtimes.com | Joel J Hutchcroft
Earlier this year, Shooting Times reported on the Redline version of Springfield’s Model 2020 bolt-action rifle, and the author of that report (Joseph von Benedikt) said the Redline was the best of the Model 2020 lot. At the time, that may well have been true. Since then, the company has brought out the Boundary version, and in my opinion, it is the best Model 2020 yet. Here’s why. I say the new 2020 Boundary is expertly crafted, and what I most like about it is its more classic design.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
shootingtimes.com | Joel J Hutchcroft
It’s not often that we here at Shooting Times get to report on a brand-new gun from a brand-new company, so I’m especially excited about this project. The gun is the RM1C, and the company is Rost Martin. Rost Martin is based in Texas, and the principals are Chris and Stefany Toomer. Chris served five years as an infantry officer in the United States Marines, deploying with the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, before going to business school. Stefany is the daughter of Springfield Armory CEO Dennis Reese.
