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by James C. Fulmer | Past President, NMLRA Those words ring true when you start talking about the rebirth of muzzleloading. It started out simple enough – a few people getting together to shoot the old time muzzleloaders. It began in earnest during the depression in the 1930s. That is when many old, original guns, from […]

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A four-judge panel of the New York State, Third Department, Appeals Court has upheld a county judge’s decision and discretion to rescind a man’s pistol permit after he was arrested for displaying the loaded handgun as he argued with a neighbor, the New York Law Journal reported. Though Rocco DeAngelo was ultimately acquitted of second-degree […]

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Photos & Article | Art Merrill | Contributing Editor Getting started handloading can be bewildering when confronted with so many choices in handloading tools. Which one to choose? How much does it cost? The Handloader’s Index (2nd Amendment Media, Whitman Publishing, , $24.95, 224 pages) is a useful product information resource to clear the confusion. […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor Former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords is once again advocating for a federal background check measure that might not have prevented the attack in Tucson which left her and several other people wounded, and six people dead. She was on Capitol Hill with husband Mark Kelly, the former astronaut, to […]

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by Art Merrill | Contributing Editor Article & All Photo’s If there is a single most important handloading tool, other than your brain, it is the load data manual or reloading manual. To emphasize its importance I’ve placed it here before discussion of any other tool, and it is the first reloading tool to buy. But […]

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By Peggy Tartaro | Managing Editor The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) released a study titled Women Gun Owners—Purchasing, Perceptions and Participation, at the 2015 SHOT Show in Las Vegas. The press conference for the study’s release was Standing Room Only, and dozens of people were turned away from the event. NSSF and the study’s […]

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Apparently it is possible to reverse legislative policy decisions in some countries. The Norwegian parliament on Feb. 3 resolved by 79 votes to 16 to reintroduce lead shot for live quarry hunting outside wetlands. The decision follows a lengthy campaign by the Norwegian Association of Hunters and Anglers – the Jegernes Interesseorganisasjon (JI). The JI […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives may not only be facing the anger of some 200-plus members of Congress, and millions of American citizens if the proposed ban on .223-caliber M855 ammunition is implemented, the agency can also plan on legal action, the Second Amendment Foundation warned. […]

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by Debbie Caruana Did you know that in 2014, 2,212 firearms were discovered in carry-on bags at airport checkpoints across the country, averaging more than six firearms per day? Of those, 1,835 (83%) were loaded. One example is a 94-year-old man who went to the checkpoint at LaGuardia Airport in New York with a loaded […]

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by John Markwell | Contributing Editor Serious varmint hunters probably go through more ammo per year than most folks; the majority of it handloads. One of the reasons the .223/5.56 is one of the most popular varmint rounds out there is the availability of cheap GI cartridge cases which, when purchased by the thousand, can […]

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If you’re into social media on the Internet, you might want to check out the Big Gun Giveaway on Facebook that was launched Feb. 10 and runs through April 1. The promotion is for Facebook users who register for the giveaway and answer a few brief questions. There’s nothing to buy. Giveaway registration, entry details […]

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  by John Markwell | Contributing Editor I needed another .223 bolt gun like another hole in my head. However, when given the chance to wring out the Tactical Sporting Rifle from FNH, how could I refuse! This rifle pretty much meets my requirements for a varmint rifle at this point in my life; i.e. light […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor The nation’s leading Second Amendment organizations have declared war on a proposal by the Obama administration’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to ban what many consider to be the most popular ammunition for the AR-15 rifle, dubbed the M855, alleging that it is an armor piercing round that […]

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Former Nevada Assemblyman Steven Brooks, who became the first Silver State legislator to ever be expelled from the Nevada Legislator in March 2013, has been put on probation for a felony firearms-related charge, according to the Las Vegas Review Journal. It was the second probation term handed down against Brooks since the first of the […]

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by Tom Givens | Chief Firearms Instructor SAFTD In certain types of violent crime it is not uncommon for the Bad Guy to remove the victim from one place to another, usually at gunpoint. Typically, the victim is accosted in a relatively public place, like a shopping mall parking lot, and is then forced to […]

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by Bill Keller | Master Instructor When you seek training in the use of your firearms—what type of training should you search out? There is a simple answer—it depends on its use. If you are looking to know how to handle a firearm safely, shoot it safely and the basics of marksmanship, there are a […]

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Permitless carry, sometimes called “constitutional” carry and previously known as “Vermont” carry, seems to be gathering steam across the county, somewhat like the “shall-issue” phenomenon grew over several decades. Permitless carry proposals are under consideration in Idaho, Kansas, New Hampshire, South Dakota and Utah, and some have already survived committee or one-house votes, but none […]

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by Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor About 5% of the adult US population—over 11 million men and women—may now be legally carrying concealed in the United States, according to the latest survey by the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC), and the unconfirmed number of additional concealed carry licenses in some states may put the figure […]

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Colorado state Rep. Patrick Neville (R-Castle Rock), a graduate of Columbine High School who was in attendance the day of the infamous 1999 shooting, on Feb. 2 introduced state legislation, HB-1168, that would allow anyone with a concealed weapons permit the right to conceal and carry firearms in public schools. “This bill will allow honest […]

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by John Edeen, MD “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…” Instead of Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities, let’s talk about two commonwealths—Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. Pennsylvania’s Concealed Carry Weapon (CCW) law is the “shall issue” type and […]

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