Moving to a Red Dot, Good .45 ACP Loads, Blackhawk's New FormLok Holster & More!

The Shooter's Log by Cheaper Than Dirt! | [View in Browser]( [Cheaper than Dirt]( [How to: Making the Move to a Red Dot Sight]( [How to: Making the Move to a Red Dot Sight]( More and more, pistols have slides drilled for mounting a red dot sight. Most of them have adapters to fit a variety of red dots. Picking and mounting the right red dot was the first part of the challenge for the author. Then came teaching an old dog new tricks as the author learned how to quickly get on target. Here are the lessons he learned along the way. [Read More]( [Throwback Thursday: 5 “Good” .45 ACP Loads]( [Throwback Thursday: 5 “Good” .45 ACP Loads]( Let’s look at five “good” loads, because “best” is a relative term, and no one is happy when their favorite is not on the list. Some loads are best for one purpose or another. However, the loads the author trusts and carries in his personal firearms are general-purpose loads and worthy of examination. They are useful for the worst-case scenario and accurate enough for any chore. — but do they meet your standards? The read the full article to find out! [Read More]( [DIY: How to Fix Rusted Guns and Damaged Wood Stocks]( [DIY: How to Fix Rusted Guns and Damaged Wood Stocks]( Birchwood Casey’s line of products were designed for the DIY gun enthusiast with little to no gunsmithing knowledge. First up in this review are products to refinish the metal parts of a gun, i.e., bluing or re-bluing. The next relates to refinishing wooden stocks. Remember, guns only have two enemies — politicians and rust! Birchwood Casey has not found a solution for the first one (yet), but its products can sure help with the rest. [Read More]( [Review: Blackhawk TecGrip FormLok Moldable Holster]( [Review: Blackhawk TecGrip FormLok Moldable Holster]( Universal holsters aren’t the author’s favorite option, but he’ll admit to using them in a pinch. Unfortunately, those holsters don’t offer the best fit and are usually not the best quality. Enter Blackhawk and its new TecGrip FormLok moldable holsters. Blackhawk’s FormLok holsters are here to save the day—or so the author thinks. In this article, the author molds one of Blackhawk’s new TecGrip holsters. The results were a bit surprising. [Read More]( [Remington Nylon 66 — Synthetic Before Synthetic was Cool]( [Remington Nylon 66 — Synthetic Before Synthetic was Cool]( Back in the 1950s, Remington was owned by DuPont, and needed a mid-priced .22 rifle. Thinking the parent company could provide some type of plastic stock for a rifle, Remington management put the challenge before DuPont for what it initially thought would be a plastic stock. DuPont engineers went well beyond the imagination of Remington management and came up with a gun that had a metal barrel, but all the other parts, including the action, were formed from a new nylon material DuPont had developed. [Read More]( [Browning BL-22: The Finest Lever-Action Rimfire Rifle?]( [Browning BL-22: The Finest Lever-Action Rimfire Rifle?]( Here are some of the previous week’s top stories in the shooting industry, as well as our favorite reader comments and #RangeDayFriday photos. This week’s highlights include SIG Sauer’s P210 carry pistol, Federal Ammunition’s new .357 Magnum and .327 Federal Magnum HST offerings, SB Tactical’s second generation of SBT Series pistol braces, and more! [Read More]( Win This .22 LR Bundle With #rangedayfriday [Win This Firearm]( [Shop Ammo Now]( [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [Twitter]( [Youtube]( P.O Box 162087 Fort Worth, TX, 76161, US © 2022 CTD, Inc. All Rights Reserved If you want to unsubscribe from our mailing list, unsubscribe [here](