Interesting Custom Firearms
Rifles
First-person reviews from the LoneStar network — the guns we've ordered, shot, and lived with, in the founder's own words.
Parkwest Arms SD-10 Review
A single-shot falling-block work of art in 7mm Mauser — impractical by today's standards, and unlike anything else.
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Parkwest Arms SD-76 Review
The .416 Rigby SUPER BEAST — a ten-pound Bushveld bolt gun that hits like a freight train and pushes back like a soft shove.
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My Priceless Winchester Model 1894
A 1948 Model 1894 reborn as a family heirloom — hand-engraved, exhibition-walnut-stocked, and Colt-blued by Master engraver Joe Seely.
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Review of Genesis Rifles .375 H&H Magnum
A featherweight 8.125-lb dangerous-game rifle built by Lloyd Hill of Genesis Rifles — an iconic .375 H&H that shoots like a pussycat thanks to his titanium brake.
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Review of 7mm Backcountry 16.5 inch Proof Research Barrel & MDT 26 Chassis
Federal’s PEAK-technology 7mm Backcountry in a 16.5-inch Genesis build — three-shot groups in one hole, and a mile hit on its first day out.
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My Double Rifle
A F.A.I.R. Iside Safari Prestige double rifle in 9.3×74R — a 6.4-pound blast from Africa's golden age, bought on impulse in a Georgia gun room.
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The Grendel
A 6.5 Grendel AR built for one purpose — feral pigs, at night, under thermal — that has accounted for well over a hundred hogs and counting.
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The Barbie Gun
A one-of-a-kind 300 Blackout AR in "Sprinkles" Cerakote — built as a birthday present for a beautiful, demure, badass shooter who never misses.
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Another 7mm Backcountry and MDT 26 Chassis BUT With a Twist
Two identical 7mm Backcountry / MDT 26 builds at the West range — with a twist: Lloyd Hill's is topped by a turret-less, laser-ranging Swarovski DS Gen 3 that center-punched steel from 300 to 1000 yards in under two minutes.
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