Jon Wayne Taylor in The Truth About Guns
Every article Jon Wayne Taylor has published in The Truth About Guns that is indexed on this site — 396 in total, newest first. Each entry links to the full piece as it ran in The Truth About Guns.
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- Gun Review: Bushmaster XM-15 QRC (Quick Response Carbine)This is the first time I’ve wanted a Bushmaster AR-15 since I was a kid. Bushmaster has been synonymous with the AR-15 for decades. Tens of thousands, if not more, ...The Truth About Guns
All Luck Buck: A Trip from the Range Turns Into a Quick Hunt for a Trophy Deer of a LifetimeI’d spent almost every single minute of daylight shooting out to the limit of the range on my property. I’d gotten tons of solid data on new loads, zeroed some ...The Truth About Guns- Combat Medic: What To Do When Someone Else Is ShotRead the first of this two post series here. Being shot and having to treat yourself isn’t ideal. I went over the basics of what to do if you are ...The Truth About Guns
- Combat Medic: The Life-Saving Work That Starts Once You’re ShotRead the second post in this two-post series here. The best medicine on any battlefield is fire superiority. That simple mantra, or some version of it, is written in just ...The Truth About Guns
- What Gun, What Ammo, and What to Do Now[ED: We originally ran this post in March of 2020. You’ll probably remember what things were like then. COVID is no longer the issue it was and ammo is far ...The Truth About Guns
- Gear Review: Ultradyne UD Carbon Tripod and UD Orbit BallheadIt’s rare that I walk out the door to hunt without a tripod anymore and for range days, the tripod is never left behind. Over the last 20 years, nothing ...The Truth About Guns
- Gear Review: Desert Tech Trek-22 Bullpup ChassisDesert Tech is well known for making some of the best bullpup center-fire semi-autos and bolt action rifles on the market. In an interesting turn for the company that seems ...The Truth About Guns
- Gear Review: Ultradyne Launch Pad Shooting RestI first heard of Ultradyne when I reviewed their AR-15 iron sights, which are still the best I’ve ever come across. That sight set is an exceptionally well-made and well-designed ...The Truth About Guns
- Optic Review: Leupold Patrol 6HD 1-6X24 CDS-ZL2 with CM-R2 Illuminated ReticleThe Leupold gold ring has long been the hallmark of quality and trust for hunters around the world. Bit by bit, Leupold has been earning the trust of the military ...The Truth About Guns
- Gear Review: Ultradyne UD Rifle Chassis and AccessoriesUltradyne got its reputation building world class precision iron sights and quality, innovative muzzle brakes. They’ve gone well beyond that now with an impressive, complete catalogue of items. Chief among ...The Truth About Guns
- Gun Review: SSK-50 Frame and .309 JDJ Pistol from Haus of ArmsSSK Firearms has released a modern version of the much beloved but no longer produced Thompson/Center Contender frame. It’s called the SSK-50 and it’s backwards compatible with the last version ...The Truth About Guns
- Classic Gun Review: Belgian Browning Hi-Power Mk IThe Belgian made FN Browning Hi-Power pistol ranks as one of my favorite side arms of all time. I appreciate the gun for its history, as well as its practical ...The Truth About Guns
- Gun Review: Wilson Combat NULA Model 20 Bolt Action RifleIt was so light I thought Wilson Combat had sent me an empty soft case. Unzipping the rifle case I realized what was inside, the newest addition to the Wilson ...The Truth About Guns
- Optic Review: Leupold BX4 Range HD 10x42mm Rangefinding BinocularsJacques Jordaan was giddy. The normally stoic professional hunter was grinning ear to ear and texting his friends like a middle school girl. Every bit of his elation was justified. ...The Truth About Guns
- Gun Review: Bergara B-14 Squared Crest in .300 Win MagBergara certainly has had a great response to their B-14 line of rifles. With the B-14 Squared Crest, Bergara’s taken this mid-budget/high-performance concept a big step forward, creating a lightweight ...The Truth About Guns
- Gun Review: Stag Arms Stag 15 Pursuit in 6.5 GrendelEver since I reviewed a Stag Arms AR10 back in 2017, I’ve been paying attention to the brand. Over the last couple of years, they’ve branched out a bit, keeping ...The Truth About Guns
- Gear Review: Area 419 Harris Bipod ARCALOCK Clamp KitI only recently got on the ARCA rail bandwagon. I should have made the switch a lot sooner. For those of you unfamiliar with the ARCA-Swiss rail system, it’s a ...The Truth About Guns
- Optic Review: Primary Arms SLx 3-18x50mm FFP Rifle Scope With Illuminated ACSS Athena BPR MIL ReticleWith the SLx 3-18×50 FFP rifle scope, Primary Arms has deliveredsolid, feature-filled optic at an outstanding price point…exactly what people have come to know and love the company for. The ...The Truth About Guns
- Gear Review: IncogX IWB Hoster from Safariland and Haley Strategic PartnersTravis Haley is a total friggin’ nerd and Safariland can’t make a holster. Wait…that isn’t quite right. Safariland can make A holster, they just couldn’t make THIS holster. The company is ...The Truth About Guns
- Optic Review: Optic Review: Primary Arms SLx 1-10×28 SFP Rifle Scope – Illuminated ACSS Raptor M10S ReticleFor the vast majority of real-world applications, it’s very hard to beat a low power variable optic (LPVO). Hunters have been shooting 1.5-4 or 1.5-6 power scopes for decades, with ...The Truth About Guns
- Gun Review: Winchester Model 1894 Deluxe Sporting Rifle in .30-30 WinchesterI’ve always had a Winchester 94. I mean it. My dad stored a ’94 under my crib as a baby. But I’ve never owned one this fine. The Miroku-made Winchester ...The Truth About Guns
- Gun Review: BRG USA BRG9 Elite 9mm PistolMade by Burgu Metal of Turkey in the land of strong coffee and sketchy missile deals, Buffalo Cartridge Company of Ohio has released their BRG9 Elite to the American market. The ...The Truth About Guns
- Back from the Dead for a Minute Or Hunting South Africa’s Black WildebeestSurrounded by rocky hillsides, herds of Black Wildebeest ran with impunity among the fields of South Africa’s Free State. It wasn’t always this way. In fact, it wasn’t long ago ...The Truth About Guns
- Optic Review: Primary Arms Classic Series 1-6×24 SFP Rifle ScopeIt’s hard not to be a fan of Primary Arms. The company has been putting out optics of all types for a good while now, usually with glass and features ...The Truth About Guns
- Gun Review: FN 510 and FN 545 Big Bore Tactical PistolsWith the FN 510 and FN 545, Fabrique Nationale d’Herstal has expanded on their striker-fired tactical pistol line by introducing 10mm and .45 ACP versions of their already well established ...The Truth About Guns
- Gun Review: Ruger SFAR 16.1″ in .308 WinchesterDon’t think of the Ruger SFAR as an AR10 in an AR-15’s body. It’s more like an AR-15 that’s chambered in .308 Winchester. And it’s wonderful. How did Ruger do it? ...The Truth About Guns
- Gun Review: FN SCAR 15P Pistol in 5.56 NATOWith its complete lack of a stock and a 7.5″ barrel, the FN SCAR 15P is the best pistol in its class. The super short rifle-caliber pistol autoloader class isn’t ...The Truth About Guns
South Africa and a Black Death Dream HuntCornered in a small clearing, he squared his shoulders, picked up his head, and looked me right in the eye. Judging me. I was close enough to watch him sneer. ...The Truth About Guns- Gun Review: Henry U.S. Survival AR-7 RifleI remember the AR-7 of my youth as a finicky, fairly delicate, but super cool, fun little rifle. Today’s Henry US Survival AR-7 Rifle keeps all the cool of the old ...The Truth About Guns
- Gear Review: Ulfhednar UHRT55CBH Tripod with Ball HeadUnless I know I’ll be in a blind, it’s pretty rare that I go hunting without a tripod anymore. The consistent use of a tripod has let me take sure ...The Truth About Guns
- John Linebaugh, RIPThe shooting and hunting world has lost a true pioneer. John Linebaugh passed away, surrounded by his family in his home on March 19, 2023. It is impossible to overstate Mr. ...The Truth About Guns
- Gear Review: NeoMag Spare Magazine Pocket ClipsI’m a SnagMag salesman. No, I don’t work for them and I don’t get freebies either. I buy their products just like everyone else. But I’ve bought a lot of ...The Truth About Guns
- Gear Review: D&L Sports Performance Revolver GripsMy recently purchased Smith & Wesson Model 610 10mm is an okay revolver out of the box. When I replaced the factory sights with the vastly superior D&L Sports fixed combat ...The Truth About Guns
- Optic Review: Primary Arms Classic Series 21mm Micro Reflex SightThe number one review request I get is “budget optic reviews.” You’ll see the Primary Arms brand in a fairly high percentage of those reviews, as they consistently deliver quality ...The Truth About Guns
- Gun Review: Vudoo Gun Works Möbius 1911The Vudoo Gun Works website touts, “With methods common in the aerospace industry, Vudoo has been able to redefine the production of the 1911. This is accomplished by ensuring that ...The Truth About Guns
- Optic Review: Viridian GDO 20 Green Dot Electro OpticWith their GDO 20 green dot sight, Viridian Weapon’s Technologies has taken their many years of experience with green lasers and applied it to the reflex optic space. A green ...The Truth About Guns
- Optic Review: SIG SAUER Whiskey6 3-18x44mm RiflescopeWhen Jeremy handed me the SIG Cross rifle I hunted with this last season, the SIG SAUER Whiskey6 3-18x44mm riflescope was already mounted on it. Jeremy commented about the image quality ...The Truth About Guns
- Gun Review: Taurus GX4XL T.O.R.O. 9mm PistolWith the GX4XL T.O.R.O., Taurus is stepping into one of the fastest growing, most challenging, and most in-demand market segments in the gun industry; higher capacity micro-compact carry guns. After ...The Truth About Guns
- Gun Review: Smith & Wesson Model 610 N-Frame 10mm RevolverYears ago, I started searching for the ultimate town and country handgun. I wanted a pistol that could handle wild pigs, errant coyotes, and the occasional white tail deer if ...The Truth About Guns
- One Season Hunting with the SIG SAUER Cross Hunting RifleSouth Texas Vampire Pigs Jeremy handed me the SIG Cross rifle in front of the Coach store at The Domain shopping center in Austin. He’s high class like that. “It’s ...The Truth About Guns
- Gun Review: SIG SAUER Cross Bolt Action Rifle in 6.5 CreedmoorThe SIG Cross is well balanced, incredibly flexible, exceptionally precise and perfectly dependable. There’s no wood on it at all. And yet, somehow, SIG SAUER has delivered what may very ...The Truth About Guns
- Gear Review: Maven CRF.1 6×22 Laser RangefinderI first came across Maven optics while reviewing a set of their binoculars. They got my attention. They reviewed well again a few months later with one of their riflescopes. This ...The Truth About Guns
- River & Ranch Provisions in Georgetown, TexasIf you’re a hunter or fisherman and you’re around central Texas, you need to check out River and Ranch Provisions in Georgetown, Texas. The first thing you’ll notice when you ...The Truth About Guns
- Gear Review: D&L Sports K, L, N and X Frame Smith & Wesson Revolver SightsDave Lauck at D&L Sports makes the best combat revolver sight set I’ve ever seen. I don’t mean, “for the money”, or “on the market today”, or “in their category”. ...The Truth About Guns
- Gun Review: Taurus 856 Executive Grade RevolverI got the chance to shoot one of the new Taurus 856 Executive Grade revolvers early this last spring. Since those first few cylinders, I’ve been looking forward to this ...The Truth About Guns
- Handgun Hunting for Texas Hill Country Red DeerA full moon lit up the Texas Hill County as I drove to a hunt just south of Kerrville. I made a game out of adding up the value of ...The Truth About Guns
- Gear Review: Pnuma Outdoors Chisos Day PackIf there was one piece of kit that has sold me on Pnuma Outdoors, it’s their Chisos Day Pack. For a bit over a year I’ve carried this pack on ...The Truth About Guns
- Gun Review: Palmetto State Armory AK-V 9mm Braced PistolI probably shouldn’t be the person to review the Palmetto State Armory AK-V 9mm braced pistol. I don’t really like semi-auto PCCs. And I don’t like pistol braces. AKs should ...The Truth About Guns
- Gun Review: FN 509 Midsize Tactical 9mm PistolThe FN 509 Midsize Tactical is the Goldilocks of the FN 509 line, fitting comfortably between the compact and full-size tactical models. Just like both of those previously released pistols, ...The Truth About Guns
- Gun Review: Cimarron Firearms Thunderer 4 3/4″ StainlessCimarron Firearms’ Thunderer single action revolver is exactly like nothing they’ve done before. It’s kind of like everything they’ve been doing. And it’s awesome. What’s so different about the Thunderer ...The Truth About Guns
- Hunting Lessons Re-Learned in AfricaThe shot looks great in the video. A trio of Mountain Reedbuck rush up a steep hillside; the border of South Africa and Lesotho. A man drops, oddly crouched with ...The Truth About Guns
- Gun Review: Smith & Wesson Model 350 X-Frame RevolverIt didn’t take much imagination to come up with the name. Almost 20 years after Smith & Wesson introduced the X-Frame revolver and the .500 S&W Magnum to the ...The Truth About Guns
- 9/11 And The Importance of Being ArmedTwenty-one years ago today I was riding my motorcycle to work, a little late, but almost there. My boss, Governor Rick Perry, called me along the way, and I ...The Truth About Guns
- Hunting Is What You Make of ItWithout a doubt, the easiest hunts I’ve had were on public land. In Pennsylvania, I sat in a tree stand in a wooded area between a series of farms. A local ...The Truth About Guns
- Gear Review: Pnuma IconX Heated Core Vest and PantsI’m a total sissy for the cold. According to all the genetic tests, I’m about 4,000% Scandinavian, but whatever noble traits my hearty ancestors developed to live in the cold ...The Truth About Guns
- Gun Review: Angstadt Arms MDP-9 PistolThe H&K MP5 has been an icon for over half a century. And for the last 20 years of that, we’ve been hearing about how some new firearm that comes ...The Truth About Guns
- Gun Review: 3-Inch Colt Python .357 RevolverThe new model 3″ Colt Python is the same exceptional revolver as the 4.25″ and 6″ Pythons released in 2020, but with a 3″ barrel. I wasn’t entirely sure that ...The Truth About Guns
- Optic Review: Riton Optics 3 Conquer 3-15×44 RiflescopeIt looks like Riton Optics is making the best budget optic in the business. That’s certainly been my experience after a couple months and a few thousand rounds through the ...The Truth About Guns
- Gun Review: New FN High Power FDEFor more than 80 years Fabrique Nationale Herstal made the Browning High Power, one of the world’s greatest modern sidearms. Then they stopped. It turns out the old warhorse just ...The Truth About Guns
- The Basics of Hunting in Southern AfricaAfter my first plains game safari in South Africa last year, I was fortunate enough to be offered some contract work that has taken me throughout southern Africa. Since that ...The Truth About Guns