Idaho Rifleman

Hey everybody! This week I've got two products for you. First: The Beretta APX Compact 9mm. The APX was Beretta's response to the US Military saying "we've used the M9 (Beretta 92) forever, we want something shinier" ... or something to that effect. So Beretta developed the APX Family.  Currently, the APX Family consists of: - The APX - APX Combat - APX RDO (red dot optic) - APX Target - APX Compact - APX Centurion - APX Centurion Combat - APX Centurion RDO - APX Carry All are chambered in 9mm, some are available in .40 caliber. There are also color options for black, flat dark earth, and olive drab green; the APX Carry has a black and "Wolf Gray" option as well.  The APX boasts modularity with a claimed ability to change out the 9mm to a .40 and vice versa with some part swappage. By the way, there are 45 parts to these guns. From what I've read, there's no definitive answer how... but the idea is to have a gun that is capable of eit...

Hey y'all, welcome back to blog. This week we have another Winchester. This one is the Model of 1894 25-35 WCF Saddle Ring Carbine and she's beautiful! Seriously, serial records put this rifle somewhere between 1901 and 1910 (1908 is the most likely) and it's in beautiful condition. I'm almost scared to shoot it because it's so nice! Up until I got my hands on this rifle, I'd never heard of the 25-35, so I did some research and found that it was introduced in the same year as the 30-30, 1895. I also learned that in the hyphenated calibers, it typically meant caliber- grains of powder. So the 25-35 is a 25 caliber with 35 grains of powder. Winchester stopped producing rifles in 25-35 around the year 1964. I really don't know much about shooting this or how the ballistics perform for this. I've read that this was a pretty popular caliber back in the day and that it bagged alot of deer. Which makes sense because its parent cartridge is the 30-30...

Hey y'all! This week we've got what I consider a very iconic US Military rifle. The .30 Caliber M1 Carbine. This rifle was used from World War 2 up until Vietnam until it was replaced largely by the M16. The particular M1 Carbine I'll be demo'ing this week is made by Plainfield Machine. These rifles were manufactured between 1962 - 1978 and around 112,000 were made in that time from what I've read about them. They also made M2 Carbines that were select fire; these were marketed to law enforcement and our foreign military allies. Plainfield also made some rifles in the .22 Carbine (5.7mm Johnson or .22 Spitfire) which I hadn't heard of until I started looking into this rifle.  So far looking at this rifle, I'm a huge fan. The action is incredibly smooth and really easy to work. And it just sounds amazing when you rack it. You'll hear what I mean in the video. The stock is a little bit wide for my preference, but it's still very comfortable...