The Gun Mag

By Mike Nesbitt | Contributing Editor    The match managers at the Paul Bunyan Sportsmen’s Club enjoy putting on shoots that are certainly seasonal in nature.     That is especially true for the Paul Bunyan Plainsmen, the muzzleloading group that calls the Paul Bunyan Club, near Puyallup, Washington, their home or base camp.  For the […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief Washington—the Evergreen State—continues to surprise its far-left Democrat gun control proponents with the latest figures on licensed concealed carry. For the fourth month in a row, the state Department of Licensing (DOL) is reporting more than 700,000 active concealed pistol licenses (CPLs). October closed with 701,178 active CPLs in circulation, all […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief Beaver State gun owners may have to wait a while before a three-judge panel for the Oregon Court of Appeals hands down a decision on whether gun control Measure 114 is valid under the Oregon State Constitution, according to the Oregon Capital Chronicle. Judges Josephine H. Mooney, Kristina Hellman and Darleen […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief The “stupid” is strong this year among travelers going through Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, as a new record has been set—with two months remaining in the year—for the number of guns confiscated by the Transportation Security Administration. Seattle’s KOMO News—the local ABC affiliate—is reporting that TSA officials have confiscated 101 guns already […]

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Federal Premium adds several new loads to its popular Prairie Storm product lineup, which are part of its Pheasants Forever royalty program. Now shipping to dealers, the four new additions include 12-gauge, 2 3/4-inch magnum—which feature a softer-shooting 1,330 fps muzzle velocity—lead loads in shot sizes 4, 5, or 6, and 28-gauge, 3-inch, 1-ounce No. […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief The Denver Post has stunned at least some readers by recommending a “No” vote on Proposition 127, which seeks to ban mountain lion hunting and the trapping of bobcats in the Centennial State. Cougars were classified as big game animals in 1965. Hunting the big cats has been going on for […]

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By Lee Williams SAF Investigative Journalism Project A box containing Rocky’s Coronado Chukka 5-inch coyote boots sat under my bed for too long. I live in a part of Florida where boots aren’t really needed, or so I thought. Flip-flops, tennis shoes or a pair of Crocs usually suffice, right? Besides, I’d get to the […]

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By Tanya Metaska What’s New—Politics: Presidential Race: NRA-PVF event for Oct. 22 has been canceled; Campaign news; Walz’s shooting credentials suspect; FBI Crime Data revised: Trump was right on crime data—ABC’s David Muir was wrong; New Second Amendment Executive order by Biden; DOJ sues South Bend Police Department over hiring criteria; Marquette University poll: 70% […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief A new Rasmussen poll released Tuesday shows Vice President Kamala Harris with a 51 percent unfavorable rating among likely voters, with only a week remaining until the national election. Coincidental to that survey release, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms issued a call to gun owners […]

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XS® Sights is pleased to announce line extensions in both the DXT2 Pro Series and R3D 2.0 night sights. DXT2 PRO Series The lightning-fast DXT2 PRO Series is now available to fit SIG SAUER, Springfield Armory, Smith & Wesson, and FN pistols. This improved Big Dot line for self-defense offers increased durability and corrosion resistance […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief Opinion Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos dropped a bomb on the newspaper’s readers with an Op-Ed explaining his newspaper’s decision against endorsing a presidential candidate, which has enraged many readers—evidently mostly far left Democrats—and exposed one of the biggest problems for the media today: Lost credibility. Bezos’ Op-Ed is a 909-word […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief In what appears to be a list-ditch effort to terrify the nation’s gun owners into rejecting Donald Trump, Kamala Harris appeared on the Club Shay Shay podcast alleging the former president wants to “terminate the constitution” including the First and Second amendments. It was a stunning accusation about 37 minutes into […]

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By Jim Dickson | Contributing Writer I have had many years of experience with Rossi lever action rifles, having bought one of the first Model 1892 Rossi rifles in .45 Colt when they first came available back in the days when Interarms was the importer. Intended for Brazilian use in the Amazon rain forest it […]

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Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc., has announced the introduction of the SR1911® “Street Edition” series. This series of five engraved models of the SR1911 pistol celebrates Ruger’s rich manufacturing tradition. The first of the “Street Edition” series will begin shipping in November and commemorates Ruger’s 75th anniversary. This first pistol will be adorned with the […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief A fascinating and insightful 24-minute video on the history and purpose of the Second Amendment Foundation has been released on YouTube, and for those interested in the evolution of gun rights litigation  and education, this is a must-see program. Titled “Reflections: Five Decades of SAF’s 2A Advocacy,” the video features top […]

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By Mike Nesbitt | Contributing Editor    In many of my stories about our Buffalo Camp, put on by the Black River Buffalo Runners at the Capitol City Rifle & Pistol Club near Olympia, Washington, where we shoot in smokey (black powder) competition with “buffalo guns,” then “camp guns,” and additionally with revolvers, I’ve certainly […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief In a new report on the dramatic differences between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump on Second Amendment issues, CBS News is acknowledging that gun control “is one of the most polarizing issues in American politics.” “Trump has told voters Harris ‘wants to confiscate your guns,’ a point Harris denies,” […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief A new Rasmussen poll published this week reveals that 59 percent of likely voters “believe it’s likely that wider use of mail-in voting will lead to more cheating in elections, including 39% who say it’s Very Likely.” The survey of 1,638 likely voters was conducted Oct. 14-16. It has a margin […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief Democrats aren’t having very good luck with guns this campaign season. First, there was Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz’s alleged clumsiness with a semi-auto shotgun in a hunting event for the media, apparently designed to bolster his image as a hunter and gun owner. Now comes an incident in Missouri where […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief Former Democrat-turned-Independent Tulsi Gabbard, who has become a regular on Fox News over the past year and is remembered for her debate takedown of then-Sen. Kamala Harris on the 2020 presidential campaign trail, announced during a rally Tuesday she has joined the Republican Party. The event was a campaign rally in […]

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