Matt Kartozian

There are a lot of great shooters in the world, and there are many great teachers as well.  Very few however are great at both teaching and shooting. 

Bar-Sto Precision Machine has been making barrels since 1967 that are considered by many to be the best barrels on the planet.

You can send your rifle to any of the centers for testing, but I opted to go in person because I think watching it all is cool.

Warning: M&M’s, Reeces Pieces, and all chocolate-based candies should never be stored in your Magpul grip or stock during summer matches.  Despite the candy coating, they will melt. 

Last year I was talking with master barrel maker Paul Craddock of Craddock Precision about Projekt 457. He mentioned a new barrel and gas system he had created specifically for SBR length-suppressed AR-15s. It sounded perfect for the Civilian Defensive Rifle and I was intrigued.

CANCON is a unique shooting range event hosted by the Recoil Group.  Like Sig Freedom Days it was a chance for potential customers to go hands-on with hundreds of guns for a reasonable fee.  Unlike Freedom Days, every gun at CANCON was wearing a silencer.

It’s 1991, you are searching for a new rifle and you see the Timber Wolf carbine. It’s the coolest rifle you never heard of.

The Buffalo Bill Center of the West houses five museums, but I was there to check out the Cody Firearms Museum.

Speed Beez makes a variety of tools to make loading your guns easier.  The company got its start making speedloaders, moon clips, and other tools for revolver shooters.