Jon Wayne Taylor

Published in 2020

39 articles published in 2020, newest first.

39 articles · 2020/archive/2020/

Dec 31, 2020An Old Redneck and the Bullet He Loved – The 175gr Sierra Match KingJWT for TTAGI am interested in guns. I am fascinated by cartridges. I like the Winchester “Improved Mauser” action. I am enamored with the 7mm-08. That’s probably why during a ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Dec 22, 2020Gun Review: 80% Arms GST-9 80% Pistol Build Kit and Jig w/ Tool Kit and Slide RailsThe first gun I ever built was a single-shot shotgun made out of scrap I found around the ranch. I was probably ten years old. It was awesome. I didn’t ...Gun ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Dec 22, 2020Optic Review: Atibal Apex 4-14×44 FFP Rifle ScopeThere are more new shooters and more shooters on a tight budget than ever before. Fortunately, budget optics are better than they’ve ever been. Atibal Optics is an American company ...OpticsThe Truth About Guns
Dec 12, 2020Gear Review: Lee Breech Lock Hand Press KitThere are lots of good reasons to load your own ammunition. But if you’re going to spend many thousands of dollars on reloading equipment, at least in the first few ...Gear ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Dec 8, 2020Gun Review: Cimarron ‘Evil Roy’ Single Action Revolver in .45 ColtThe Cimarron Firearms Evil Roy single action revolver by Uberti isn’t a “race-ready” revolver. It’s a win-the-race-ready revolver, right out of the box. Gene “Evil Roy” Pearcey, is a well ...Gun ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Nov 30, 2020Gear Review: Black Collar Arms Forged Carbon Fiber Once-Piece Scope MountsI hear these are the scope mounts the Space Force will be getting on their modified HK G11s. Earlier this year, Black Collar Arms, partially owned by TTAG’s own Jeremy ...Gear ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Nov 25, 2020Optic Review: Primary Arms GLx 6-24x50mm Scope with Athena BRP-MIL ReticleEarlier this year I reviewed the Primary Arms GLx 2.5-10X44mm riflescope and announced it as the sub $1,000 optic to beat. That is still very much my rarely humble opinion. ...OpticsThe Truth About Guns
Nov 16, 2020Gun Review: Ruger New Model Super Blackhawk Bisley in .454 CasullI’m not saying they’re stupid, but man, people make some very questionable choices. Fearing “election riots” a grown man traded me used Glock 42 in .380ACP for a new-in-box New ...Gun ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Nov 9, 2020Optic Review: Leupold SX-5 Santiam HD 27-55x80mm Spotting ScopeI’m committed to reviewing more budget priced optics over the next year, especially since there are so many new gun owners out there. But it’s nice to get some time ...OpticsThe Truth About Guns
Oct 26, 2020Shooting to Wound and Non-Lethal Threat Responses…Why They Don’t WorkI often hear good legal advice about armed, non-lethal responses when faced by a lethal threat to yourself or others. Some of these options include displaying your firearm prior to ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Oct 20, 2020The Truth About The Effects of Twist Rate and Gun Barrel LengthWith the welcome deluge of new gun owners, and especially the new rifle shooters, TTAG has been getting a lot of great questions. Some reoccurring themes include queries about the ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Oct 12, 2020Gun Review: Cimarron Pistoleer by UbertiCimarron Firearms and Uberti of Italy have well-earned the reputation for great guns at great prices. Head to any Cowboy Action Shooting match and you’ll undoubtedly find the guns from ...Gun ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Oct 3, 2020Optics Review: Primary Arms PLx5 6-30x56mm First Focal Plane Rifle ScopeThe best thing that The Truth About Guns has done for me, other than introducing me to so many of you fine people, is make me appreciate budget optics. Or ...OpticsThe Truth About Guns
Sep 21, 2020Optics Review: Leupold DeltaPoint Pro Night VisionCarry gun optics are rapidly becoming the standard. At least in the courses I attend, almost all of the instructors are using red dot optics on their pistols, and about ...OpticsThe Truth About Guns
Sep 9, 2020Gun Review: Marlin 1895CB in .45-70 GovernmentIf you wade into the den of the Dark Lord, bring your guts and a Marlin 1895. The classic lever action rifle has developed a solid following among amateur hunters ...Gun ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Aug 27, 2020Gun Review: New Original Henry Rifle in .45 ColtThe 1860 Henry rifle is one of the most important rifles of all time. It helped changed a nation, and the very notion of what a rifleman was capable of. ...Gun ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Aug 13, 2020Gun Review: Cimarron Texas Brush Popper Model 1873 Rifle in .44-40 WinCimarron Firearms teamed up once again with Uberti of Italy to create the Texas Brush Popper, a Cowboy Action Shooting-focused 1873 Winchester lever action that would be just as well ...Gun ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Jul 22, 2020Prairie Dog Hunting with Sierra’s Prairie Enemy Loaded AmmunitionThe sound of a high velocity round striking the target is unmistakable. That welcome sound, as well as the smiles and exclamations of a job well done, came often from ...HuntingThe Truth About Guns
Jun 23, 2020Dueling Ruger New Model BlackhawksThis year I’m trying my hand at cowboy action shooting. Cowboy action shooting is at least a four gun sport; two revolvers, a shotgun, and a pistol caliber carbine. This ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Jun 20, 2020Gun Review: SIG Sauer Virtus Patrol RifleThe SIG Sauer MCX Virtus Patrol rifle. Seven thousand rounds. Eleven months. Modular. Minute of angle groups. Not an AR-15. But we’re getting ahead of ourselves. The evolutionary divergence of SIG’s flagship ...Gun ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Jun 1, 2020Gun Review: Colt Delta Elite Two Tone 10mmColt’s newest 10mm 1911, the Two-Tone Delta Elite with Novak sights, borrows the cool of high-end custom 1911s from the 10mm’s early years. Fans of the 10mm owe a lot ...Gun ReviewThe Truth About Guns
May 29, 2020Gun Review: Ruger LCP II in .22LRThe Ruger LCP didn’t make the first .380 ACP pocket pistol. Not by a long sight. No, but the Ruger LCP made the .380 ACP cool again and the People ...Gun ReviewThe Truth About Guns
May 28, 2020An Ice Cold Morning, a Savage 24, and My Very First DeerIt was, as my dad would say, “colder than a well digger’s ass.” There was even a little snow covering the Texas Hill Country grass. I was probably 8 years ...HuntingThe Truth About Guns
May 26, 2020Optic Review: Primary Arms GLx 2.5-10x44mm FFP RiflescopePrimary Arms has made a big name for itself in the budget optics world. They’ve produced feature-packed optics with a renowned reticle and OK glass. The new GLx 2.5-10×44 FFP ...OpticsThe Truth About Guns
May 19, 2020Gear Review: Kali Key Gen2A-1 Drop In Compliance BundleThe ingenuity of free Americans will always triumph over small-minded fearmongers seeking to stifle liberty. There’s no greater example of this in the gun industry than the myriad solutions companies ...Gear ReviewThe Truth About Guns
May 18, 2020Optic Review: EOTech Vudu 1-8x24mm SFP RiflescopeEOTech has been a leader in zero magnification holographic optics since the 1990s, and for almost two decades has been one of the premier go-to optics for the US Special ...OpticsThe Truth About Guns
Apr 23, 2020Gun Review: Henry Side Gate Lever Action .410 ShotgunLate last year, Henry Repeating Arms finally gave in and released several traditional lever action rifle calibers in a side gate loading platform. Now they’ve continued that line, but with ...Gun ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Apr 19, 2020What I’m Carrying Now: Custom Browning Hi-Power and a Butterfly Knife[This post is part of our series, What I’m Carrying Now. If you’d like to submit a photo and description of the gun, holster and gear you’re carrying in the new ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Apr 13, 2020Gun Review: The 2020 Colt Pythons“Colt’s coming out with a new Pyth…” “Putmeonthelistheresmymoney.” And that’s the way the conversation went when a buddy of mine told me that Colt would soon be offering a new ...Gun ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Apr 7, 2020Optic Review: Brownells Match Precision Optic 5-25x56mm RiflescopeLike many hunters, shooters, and gunsmiths, I’ve been trusting Brownells for a whole lot of years. When I saw they had contracted with a Japanese company to make mid-priced precision ...OpticsThe Truth About Guns
Apr 6, 2020Gun Review: Bond Arms Roughneck and Rowdy Model DerringersAbout a decade ago I started boot carrying the Bond Arms Derringer in .410/.45 Colt as an everyday backup and deep concealment pistol. I absolutely loved it. Four years ago ...Gun ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Mar 27, 2020Gun Review: SIG SAUER P320 XFive Legion 9mm PistolThe SIG SAUER P320 XFive Legion is everything that made the P320 XFive great, only prettier. The original 2018 verison of the P320 XFive has disappeared from SIG’s website as ...Gun ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Mar 11, 2020Ammunition Review: Hornady A-TIP Match 6mm vs. ELD Match BulletsI remember when the Hornady A-MAX bullet first hit the market. It was a great bullet, very accurate and with some hunting applications on light skinned game at extended ranges. ...AmmunitionThe Truth About Guns
Feb 24, 2020Gun Review: Brace Built Modern Carbine – MC6[ED: Since this review was published, Brace Built confirmed that the review gun had between 3000 and 8000 rounds through it. In addition, their current rifles no longer include the ...Gun ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Feb 21, 2020JWT: The Guns I Used in Combat in AfghanistanThe Colt M4 rifle and Beretta M9 handgun were the primary guns I used when I was in Afghanistan. The M9 was the standard-issue pistol. The M4 had an EOTech holographic red ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Feb 20, 2020Personal Defense: Minuteman Ammunition’s Pure Silver Werewolf Defense Ammunition in .45 ColtEarlier this month, I was once again hunting wild pigs at night with a suppressed AR-15 chambered in .458 SOCOM. I was heading into some thick brush, following what sounded ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Feb 12, 2020Gun Review: Ruger Super Blackhawk Bisley in .480 RugerWhen it comes to guns, I collect very few of them. Don’t get me wrong, I buy a lot of guns, but I generally shoot them for a few years ...Gun ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Jan 14, 2020Gun Review: FN SCAR 20S Rifle in 6.5 CreedmoorFN-USA has re-released last year’s SCAR 20S in 6.5 Creedmoor, and it’s perfect. The new SCAR 20S is the same gun, with the same trigger, stock, upper, lower, rails, finish, ...Gun ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Jan 13, 2020Gun Review: Vudoo Gun Works Sinister Rifle in .22LRI should have turned this rifle back in already, but I can’t. Not yet. I’m just not ready to stop shooting the Vudoo Gun Work’s Sinister. The Sinister is a ...Gun ReviewThe Truth About Guns