Jon Wayne Taylor

Published in 2022

31 articles published in 2022, newest first.

31 articles · 2022/archive/2022/

Dec 24, 2022River & 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 ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Dec 22, 2022Gear 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”. ...Gear ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Dec 16, 2022Gun 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 ...Gun ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Dec 10, 2022Handgun 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 ...HuntingThe Truth About Guns
Dec 9, 2022Gear 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 ...Gear ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Nov 28, 2022Gun 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 ...Gun ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Oct 18, 2022Gun 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, ...Gun ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Oct 6, 2022Gun 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 ...Gun ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Sep 30, 2022Hunting 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 ...HuntingThe Truth About Guns
Sep 27, 2022Gun 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 ...Gun ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Sep 11, 20229/11 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 ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Sep 10, 2022Hunting 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 ...HuntingThe Truth About Guns
Aug 23, 2022Gear 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 ...Gear ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Aug 16, 2022Gun 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 ...Gun ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Aug 15, 2022Gun 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 ...Gun ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Aug 8, 2022Optic 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 ...OpticsThe Truth About Guns
Aug 5, 2022Gun 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 ...Gun ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Jun 28, 2022The 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 ...HuntingThe Truth About Guns
Jun 27, 2022Gun Review: Bergara BMR Carbon Rimfire RifleThe break of a trigger. The fall of the rifle’s striker. Wait a bit…a puff of dust. A scurrying prairie dog. A miss. But not by much, and the next ...Gun ReviewThe Truth About Guns
May 27, 2022Uvalde Shooting Update: Tragedy, Good Work, and Unimaginable ErrorEarlier today Texas Department of Public Safety Steve McCraw gave an update on the timeline and chain of events of the recent school shooting in Uvalde. His statements were, to ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
May 13, 2022Gear Review: RCBS Chargemaster Supreme Electronic Powder DispenserI started reloading back when we were still hiding under our school desks to protect ourselves from Brezhnev’s A-bombs. My RCBS beam-style powder scale isn’t much younger than that. I ...Gear ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Apr 22, 2022One Year Hunting With the M48 Nosler Custom HandgunThe 2021-2022 hunting season was the best in my life so far, and very possibly the best I’ll ever have. I got a lot of my “firsts” and a few ...HuntingThe Truth About Guns
Apr 20, 2022Gear Review: Pnuma Outdoors Huntsman Defender Rifle CaseIf there was ever proof to the age-old adage, “You get what you pay for,” the Pnuma Outdoors Hunstman Defender Rifle Case is it. I was at the Dallas Safari ...Gear ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Apr 13, 2022Gun Review: Smith & Wesson M&P M2.0 Optics Ready Slide in 10mmSitting in the brush, snuggled tight with the ticks, I was failing to entice a tom when a single boar came running forward out of the cedar. Maybe he was ...Gun ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Mar 29, 2022The Venerable Aught-SixThe .30-06 Springfield cartridge was conceived, as conceptions often are, in frustration.Field Ethos Gear Reviews · GunsField Ethos
Mar 28, 2022Gun Review: So Many Possibilities With the Modular P320 Fire Control GroupAbout five years ago, the Department of Defense announced that SIG SAUER won the Army Modular Handgun contract. By the time of the announcement, there was little surprise. The P320 ...Gun ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Mar 21, 202225 Years (and a Lot of Reviews) of Henry Repeating ArmsHenry Repeating Arms turns 25 years old this year. Oh, how time flies. I first met Anthony Imperato for coffee in a hotel lobby off the banks of Lake Austin. ...ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Jan 26, 2022Gun Review: Palmetto State Armory AR-V Lightweight 9mm CarbineIt’s hard not to be a fan of Palmetto State Armory (PSA). It’s a great American company that’s managed to consistently put out a wide variety of firearms, often at ...Gun ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Jan 25, 2022Gun Review: Bushmaster Bravo Zulu AR-15 Platform Rifle in 5.56 NATOWhen the dust settled on the Remington Outdoors breakup last year, Franklin Armory came out of the scrap heap holding one of the gems, Bushmaster Firearms. Franklin Armory didn’t go ...Gun ReviewThe Truth About Guns
Jan 4, 2022Bill Wilson Purchases Lehigh Defense: Interview with Bill WilsonWilson Combat announced today that Bill Wilson has purchased the popular ammunition company Lehigh Defense, best known for their line of copper projectiles. As soon as I read the news, ...Gun NationThe Truth About Guns
Jan 4, 2022Gun Review: Wilson Combat SFX9 4″ Solid Frame Compact HandgunAlmost five years ago Wilson Combat released the EDC-X9, a double stack 9mm designed from the ground up as the ultimate everyday carry pistol. To kick off 2022, they’ve one-upped ...Gun ReviewThe Truth About Guns