Planning a Custom 260 Remington

Planning a Custom 260 Remington

Remington Custom Shop manager Carlos Martinez and I put our heads together in an attempt to buck the trend, to create something different, functional, beautiful. Personal. The rifle you see here is the result. Notice the stock is not hand-laid carbon or even...

SecureIt: Revolutionary Home Gun Storage

SecureIt: Revolutionary Home Gun Storage

Several years ago, I produced a TV special for Discovery’s Destination America network called Armageddon Arsenals, a gritty take on the doomsday prepper craze that continues to sweep the world—especially in the aftermath of the global pandemic. The documentary...

The Shape of the Future

The Shape of the Future

Another flight around the sun and here we are, 138 years after the invention of the first centerfire, bottlenecked, smokeless powder cartridge, the 8x50mm Lebel, watching cartridges evolve. For better or worse.  The “better” part of this equation are the bullets. In...

Are Damascus-Barreled Shotguns Safe to Shoot?

Are Damascus-Barreled Shotguns Safe to Shoot?

Damascus-barreled shotguns are considered inferior to those made with fluid-steel barrels, but are they really more dangerous to shoot? Damascus, the capital of the Syrian Arab Republic, is a big city surrounded by an even bigger desert. Nearly two million inhabitants...