Jon Wayne Taylor

Published in 2015

39 articles published in 2015, newest first.

39 articles · 2015/archive/2015/

Dec 30, 2015Gun Review: Henry Repeating Arms .30/30When I found out that RF had purchased a few lever guns, consummating his love affair with the cowboy classic, I considered it a grand sign and a symbol of ...Gun ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Dec 26, 2015“Underground Tactical is doing custom Cerakote colors. I think maybe it’s gotten a little out of hand.”Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Dec 18, 2015Houston METRO Open Carry is a Great Thing for Gun RightsStarting with the new year and changes to state law, Houston METRO bus lines and light rail lines will allow passengers to exercise their civil rights by openly carrying a ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Dec 7, 2015Gear Review: America Grip Tool GripI recently received an unsolicited product for review, the America Grip Tool Grip AR rail cover. The owner of the company and I were discussing products over lunch and he ...Gear ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Dec 7, 2015Any Day Spent Hunting Beats a Day at the OfficeA few months ago Cody Hirt, the founder of Veteran Outdoors, told me he had a problem. A large male Catalina ram has been destroying fences and property. Worse, the big goat had no ...HuntingThe Truth About Guns
Nov 10, 2015Gun Review: Grand Power X-Calibur 9mmRF has known me for a couple of years now. So when he told me to come over and pick up something interesting I was thinking more along the lines ...Gun ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Oct 31, 2015Gear Review: 1911 GripwrenchI’ve had more than a few 1911s over the years. A couple of them required a barrel bushing wrench to disassemble. One of them required a barrel bushing wrench and a ...Gear ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Oct 27, 2015Gun Review: GLOCK 40 MOS 10mm PistolThe gun for this review was provided by the Kentucky Gun Company. I finally got my hands on the much heralded GLOCK G40 MOS, the six-inch, optics-ready 10mm juggernaught. I ...Gun ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Oct 22, 2015What I Carry and Why: Jon Wayne Taylor’s STI Duty One and Kahr PM9[ED: In response to reader requests, this is the third in a series of posts by TTAG writers revealing their choice of carry guns.] Being a friendly and caution-minded person, ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Oct 21, 2015Jon Wayne Taylor Buys a Lower Receiver in Texas (vs. Massachusetts)I am a proud son of Texas. Although the firearms laws here are far from perfect, the difference between the Lone Star State’s gun laws and those of anti-gun rights states was ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Oct 9, 2015Building Our Own AK-47s With the Dead Goose SocietyI was never much of a fan of the AK-47. I had a bit of experience with them in Afghanistan. During my first tour there, the Afghan National Police, Afghan ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Sep 18, 2015Gear Review: Trijicon MROBack in the day, I was hesitant about using zero magnification red dot sights on a rifle. I didn’t see the value – right until I laid down underneath an ...Gear ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Sep 17, 2015Gun Review: FNX-45 TacticalFall’s almost here. I’ve been out in the not-quite-so-superheated Texas air, testing the next contender in my Perfect Truck Pistol series: the .45-caliber FNX-45 Tactical. For those who don’t remember how this whole thing ...Gun ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Sep 2, 2015Jon Wayne Taylor: Now Are the Doves! (Texas Season Opener)For America, for me, hunting season started yesterday. September first is the opening day of Dove Season here in central Texas. I think that’s a few days earlier than Louisiana; as ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Aug 5, 2015Jon Wayne Taylor to Law Enforcement: How to Deal with Gun OwnersI often hear that no matter what a member of law enforcement is telling you to do, you should obey the officer immediately. People often argue that the only safe ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Aug 4, 2015Fighter Design Vertx Airflow Phantom Ops Pants – Cooler Than ShortsGun NationThe Truth About Guns
Jul 21, 2015There’s A Reason They’re Called The Armed ForcesSo far in 2015 our enemies killed four US military service personnel in Afghanistan and three in Iraq. On one day this year a terrorist killed five US military service personnel ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Jul 16, 2015Gun Review: STI Nitro 10 10mm 1911After testing the GLOCK 20 I’m still auditioning candidates for my perfect truck pistol: a handgun I can use for concealed carry self-defense and hunting game. Before reviewing the latest contender – the STI Nitro 10 10mm ...Gun ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Jul 9, 2015Combat Medic: Army’s Hollow Point Ammo Switch Will (Or Should) End the Caliber DebateIt appears that the US Army has finally decided to start using hollow point ammunition for the general issues service pistol. When RF called me and told me that, I ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Jun 29, 2015TTAG Writer Jon Wayne Taylor Named CEO of Fighter Design. 10% Discount for TTAG Readers!I’ve been a customer of Fighter Design for a couple of years. I wear their Airflow pants. I use their Magnetic Retrofit Kit silent velcro adaptors. I use their featherlight rifle sling ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Jun 25, 2015Gun Review: Lone Wolf Distributors Compact Timberwolf 9mmI know it’s a matter of considerable debate, but I think GLOCKs are ugly. A powerful tool shouldn’t look like a bar of bad hotel soap. Enter the Lone Wolf Distributors Compact ...Gun ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Jun 24, 2015Gun Review: Arsenal AF2011-A1 Double Barrel .45ACPI try and review a firearm for its intended purpose. A tricked-out race gun is not a concealed carry piece. My integrally suppressed S&W 15-22 is not a big game rifle. ...Gun ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Jun 15, 2015Gun Review: Bill’s Custom Automatics Master Grade 1911Right off the bat, Bill’s Custom Automatics does it right. I opened the custom case to find the Master Grade 1911 well presented and six Wilson Combat magazines, each inside their own ...Gun ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Jun 11, 2015Gun Review: Rock Island Armory GI Standard FS 1911 – Part 2According to F. Scott Fitzgerald, there are no second acts in American lives. The rule does not apply to Phillipino firearms. After the GI Standard FS’s abysmal showing during my initial review I sent ...Gun ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Jun 1, 2015Jon Wayne Taylor: RF Dead Wrong on Home Invasion ScenarioIn your recent post Self-Defense Tip: Don’t Over-Penetrate a Room, you laid out a couple of scenarios. One was that there was a non-moving person laying on the floor during ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
May 27, 2015Review: Winchester Long Beard XR AmmunitionI love hunting. It’s hard to choose which game I like best: turkey, duck or sheep. But there’s no doubt which animal’s the hardest to harvest. For those of you who have ...HuntingThe Truth About Guns
May 20, 2015Afghan Journal: My First Firefight. And The One After That.My first real firefight had everything you see in the movies. It was great. I mean sure, I’d been shot at before, and a few IEDs just missed me. But ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
May 18, 2015Afghan Journal: The Worst Shot I Ever MadeI recently found my old armor from my second tour in Afghanistan. Stuffed inside of it was a well-used Russian army bayonet. It brought back memories of how I came ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
May 11, 2015Model Comparison Highlights Excellence of Smith & Wesson’s Performance Center TriggerAt the NRA convention in Nashville, RF learned that Smith & Wesson was replacing the existing trigger on their M&P pistols with a new “enhanced” trigger. (Currently sold as standard ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
May 6, 2015Jon Wayne Taylor Takes the GLOCK 20 for a Ride – And Shows It the DoorI love GLOCKs. In theory. The idea of a generic-looking polymer pistol that takes a licking and keeps on kicking [butt] appeals to me on the sub-atomic level. In practice, not so much. Truth be ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
May 5, 2015Gear Review: Fighter Design Featherlight Rifle SlingNot too long ago TTAG posted a review of the Five Best AR-15 Rifle Slings. I was glad to see the Vickers Sling among them, and dissapointed to see that the ...Gear ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Apr 16, 2015Gun Review: STI Tactical DS 4.0The single stack STI Duty One 4.0 in .45ACP with an aluminum frame [not shown] is my everyday carry gun. That firearm changed my mind about the accuracy and reliability of sub ...Gun ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Apr 3, 2015The Truth About My First Audad HuntI’ve been an avid sheep hunter since 2010, when Veteran Outdoors took me on a Corsican ram hunt in West Texas (not shown above). I’d just returned from Afghanistan. That hunt ...HuntingThe Truth About Guns
Mar 24, 2015Gun Review: Rock Island Armory GI Standard FS Semiautomatic 1911I expect a high-priced tool to work well; that’s certainly true for handguns. But what I really love to see: an inexpensive gun perform well. That’s probably why I’ve ...Gun ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Mar 9, 2015Deep in the Heart of Texas: TTAG Tours STII love a machine shop, I love guns, and I love me some Texas. So it was a lot of fun for me to visit STI, the manufacturer of exceptional ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Feb 13, 2015A Veteran’s Response to John Farnam’s Post Encouraging Police to Shoot More PeopleTTAG previously reposted Mr. John S. Farnam’s article, posted on the Defense Training Institute’s web site, titled “Police Use of Force.” In that article, Mr. Farnam writes “The problem is ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Feb 12, 2015Cabot Black Diamond: Exonerated?A couple of weeks ago RF called me to say Cabot Guns wanted me to test their Black Diamond 1911. Again. “Cabot wants you to come up to Pennsylvania, see ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Jan 30, 2015Gear Review: Law Tactical Folding AR Stock AdapterI’m one of the many Americans who take an AR just about everywhere. Like the thousands of servicemen who kept a .30-06 around after the wars of the first half of ...Gear ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Jan 28, 2015Hunting for Business at SHOT ShowI like guns. I admit, I like guns even more than I like most of my tools. (Except my Clifton planes…those are nice). But I don’t go to the SHOT Show ...HuntingThe Truth About Guns