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In Review: The Venerable Glock 20

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Part combat sidearm, part mountain gun, the Glock Model 20 is a serious workhorse with vast potential. For many 10mm Auto aficionado’s, it is revered as being one of the best platforms for this hefty cartridge. After spending a considerable amount of time with one by my side, I have little choice but to agree. Lets take a closer look at what makes the G20 such a wonderful and diverse weapon… Read more…

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Ruger 10/22 Fire Control Group Assembly

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The Ruger 10/22 is one of the most popular rimfire rifles on the market. However, as much as we all love it, there is always room for improvement. This tutorial gives you step-by-step instructions with sharp and detailed images to guide you through the disassembly and reassembly of the fire control group. Use this as a reference to aid you with trigger jobs and installing custom parts…

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In Review: Glock’s Race Gun, the 9mm G34

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Copyright 2010 Brasstard.com

I recently had the opportunity to borrow this handy little pistol for a falling plates match at Laguna Seca last weekend. It was one of very few Glock pistols present among the vast sea of precision-tuned 1911′s. When it comes to match shooters, there are some wide variations in personal sentiment regarding the use of Glock’s for competition. Despite the fact that the majority of those opinions are less than favorable, the G34 tends to draw a lot of fascination from even the most skeptical and die-hard 1911 lover. From the get-go, the gun’s performance was very impressive… far superseding my own level of speed and accuracy. I’d like to thank Brasstard user “KPB” for letting me borrow his toy for the event. Now lets take a closer look at this beautiful little piece of competition hardware… Read more…

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Field Strip Your Ruger MKII and MKIII

This video will help you take down this tricky little pistol for cleaning and maintenence. Field strip/disassemble/reassemble the Ruger MKIII/MKII series pistols.

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Field Strip Your Ruger 10/22

Here is a little video to help you field strip your Ruger 10/22 rifle.

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