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First Gear | Vortex Optics "Razor" Red Dot

If you’re hankering for a red dot, we have a superb candidate from Vortex.

Exercise Your Freedom | Reloading, Part 8: Charging the Case

Pow(d)ering up those perfectly prepped cases can make things go right, or very, very wrong.

First Gear | A Parts List, Already

There’s been a minor clamor for an integrated parts list on our MSR/AR build—here it is.

Exercise Your Freedom | Springfield Armory Saint

The Springfield Armory Saint MSR: “Better late than never,” or “late, but worth the wait”?

First Gear | Open Gun Fun

We’ve got optic sights on the brain. Will an Open pistol be the cure?

First Gear | The Maneuverable AR/MSR: It’s A Wrap!

We’ve reached the end of our light/short MSR build, and the conclusion is a satisfying one.

Exercise Your Freedom | CZ Scorpion EVO 3 S1

Looks alone make it clear CZ marched to a different drummer with the company’s take on a Pistol Caliber Carbine.

First Gear | Mag Storage Solutions

Mag Storage Solutions: A modest job perhaps, but done very well.

And The Death Spiral Continues

An element of comedy strikes us in the continuing death spiral of big media: The same rats jump to new or different ships, but seem hell-bent to act just the same.

First Gear | MSR/AR Handguard, See-Through Mags & Short/Light Update

A snappy handguard, Glock magazine options, and a Light/Short build update.

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