Archive for Cameron Hopkins

The Super Thirty: Holland & Holland’s .300 Mag.

The .300 H&H Mag. is still a popular round on the Dark Continent.

June 15, 2012

SHOT Show Sets Record Attendance, Upbeat Mood

From the exotic to the innovative, new guns came aplenty.

January 23, 2012

Going Green with Lasers

Green lasers are one of the latest innovations in tactical sighting devices. Are they really better than red lasers, or is this just a case of laser envy?

September 26, 2011

Top-End Custom 1911s Sell Fast

Wilson Combat can't keep up with orders for their best models.

August 26, 2011

Grandpa Gets One More Blast

Holy Smoke offers live-ammunition with cremated ashes.

July 27, 2011

A Centennial Celebration of 1911s

Other than the M1911, no service arm has survived 100 years of U.S. military service.

June 03, 2011

Jeff Cooper: Father of Modern Pistol Shooting

Every shooter has been influenced in some way by Col. Cooper.

May 18, 2011

Wood: The European Difference

Wood. If you need one word to differentiate Europe’s shooting industry trade show from America’s counterpart, the SHOT Show, that word is wood. I don’t mean floors either. I refer to highly figured Turkish walnut, stunning pieces of marble-caked Circassian wood. The wood is not only sold in raw form, one- and two-piece blanks, but also adorns most of the higher-grade guns from the likes of Perazzi, Blaser and Krieghoff.

March 25, 2011

Utah Names M1911 Its Official State Handgun

Honoring a native son, the state legislature of Utah designated the M1911 pistol as the official state handgun. John M. Browning’s legendary design joins 24 other official Utah state symbols ranging from the blue spruce to the honeybee.

March 22, 2011

The Evolution of the Custom Combat .45

How customizing the M1911 for a combative role led to a whole new breed of Browning's big slab-sided pistol.

March 01, 2011

NRA Contributing Editor Achieves Hunting Milestone

Cameron Hopkins has successfully completed his quest for all nine principal species of Africa’s spiral-horn antelopes.

October 21, 2010

African Big-Game Hunting Rifles

African big game requires big-bore rifles.

July 09, 2010

African Plains-Game Rifles

The rifle matters, but not as much as the shooter.

June 29, 2010

SCAR Not Cancelled, Only Mk 16

Yesterday’s inside word on the SCAR program came just as the news broke over the weekend that SOCOM would not be buying any more of the 5.56 mm version (SCAR-L Mk 16) but would instead allocate those funds to the 7.62 mm version (SCAR-H Mk 17). These basically translate into layman’s terms as .223 Rem. and .308 Win. caliber versions.

June 29, 2010

SOCOM Cancels SCAR

The on-again, off-again SCAR program run by the U.S. Special Forces is off again. After several starts, the rumor-plagued program, which resulted in FN of Belgian being awarded a contract to produce two versions of the Special Combat Assault Rifle (SCAR), has been cancelled.

June 28, 2010