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Bryant Ridge's Analysis: The Ruger Wrangler is a highly functional and affordable revolver, particularly well-suited for farm and ranch life, where its .22 Long Rifle chambering makes it an ideal choice for pest control and small game hunting. With a 3.75-inch barrel, the Wrangler strikes a balance between compact size and effective accuracy, ensuring quick handling while still delivering precise shot placement. The cold hammer-forged barrel features 1:14 rifling, contributing to exceptional acc …

Bryant Ridge's analysis: Llama's time-proven design, enhanced by individual hand-fitting and hand-honing of all moving parts, has resulted in handguns that provide smooth operation, pin-point accuracy, and rugged reliability under the toughest conditions. The company name is often mispronounced as Lah-mah, though the proper pronunciation is Yah-mah, which means “fire” in Spanish. Various “Spanish Ruby” pistols, purchased by the French army during the First World War …

Bryant Ridge's Analysis: Fit Feel, Finish, Features, and Functions. There have been a number of changes to the PPK design over the years. Some would call them refinements; others would say perversions. Yet most will agree that the .22 long rifle PPK is a different animal entirely from the original PPK design. This PPK/S has a longer grip, a lighter slide, and several changes internally to make it function as a rimfire pistol, such as a different extractor, firing pin, hammer, strut ass …

Bryant Ridge's Analysis: The Kimber M82 is a bolt-action .22 caliber rifle developed by Kimber of Oregon. While bolt-action .22 rifles were once commonplace in the United States, by the late 20th century, American manufacturers of such rifles had dwindled significantly. In response to this gap, Kimber was established in 1979, initially to produce the Kimber M82 Government rifle, designed specifically for the U.S. military. The M82 was created to fulfill a critical need for a high-accuracy, low-c …

Bryant Ridge's Analysis: The Ruger Wrangler is a highly functional and affordable revolver, particularly well-suited for farm and ranch life, where its .22 Long Rifle chambering makes it an ideal choice for pest control and small game hunting. With a 3.75-inch barrel, the Wrangler strikes a balance between compact size and effective accuracy, ensuring quick handling while still delivering precise shot placement. The cold hammer-forged barrel features 1:14 rifling, contributing to exceptional acc …