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Bryant Ridge's AnalysisMarlin is the top producer of rimfire rifles in the U.S. Included in their extensive line are three bolt action varmint rifles chambered for the hot .17 HMR cartridge. These are the Models 917V, 917VS, and 917VSF. Marlin's 917 series varmint rifles are widely considered to be among the most accurate on the market. This reputation for accuracy is reassuring since .17 HMR ammunition is loaded to a very high accuracy standard of 1 MOA or better groups at 100 yards. Tack-drivi …

Bryant Ridge's AnalysisThe Tavana firm, thanks to the continuous researches and improvements carried out during the last years, is now able to produce these new overlapped type guns, which present unique solutions both in respect to technique and to safety. Their overlapped guns are of such a high quality that they can hold the first place among the national and foreign guns. All of their guns are subject to a fifth test carried out by the Government Authorities by using nitro compound powders. …

Bryant Ridge's AnalysisThe SKS is a semi-automatic rifle designed by Soviet small arms designer Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov in 1945. Although it was first produced in the Soviet Union, it was later widely exported and manufactured by various nations. The rifle has a permanently attached folding bayonet and a hinged, fixed magazine. As the SKS lacked select-fire capability and its magazine was limited to ten rounds, it became obsolete in the Soviet Armed Forces with the introduction of the AK-47 i …

Bryant Ridge's AnalysisThe 3-line rifle M1891, colloquially (but mistakenly; see Nagant's legal dispute) known in the West as Mosin–Nagant and in Russia and former Soviet Union as Mosin's rifle, is a five-shot, bolt-action, internal magazine–fed military rifle. It is primarily found chambered for its original 7.62×54mmR cartridge. Developed from 1882 to 1891, it was used by the armed forces of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and various other states. It is one of the most mass-produced mili …

Bryant Ridge's AnalysisThe Colt Revolving Belt Pistol or Navy Pistol, sometimes erroneously referred to as "Colt Revolving Belt Pistol of Naval Caliber" or "of Navy Caliber" (Naval is a heavy gun and Navy Size Caliber was termed later for another Colt model) is a cap and ball revolver that Samuel Colt designed between 1847 and 1850. Colt first referred to this Revolver as the Ranger Size model, and then Revolving Belt, but the designation "Navy" quickly took over. Total production numbers of the …