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Snub Work: A 10-Shot Carry Revolver Quiz
While it can be easily carried, the snub-nose revolver can be difficult to practice with. Justin Dyal's 10-shot Snub Work quiz is designed to give you a good sense of how capable you are with your defensive revolver.
Shell Shock Technologies Launches Consumer Ammunition Line
Shell Shock Technologies has launched a consumer-based line of ammunition that’s now available through the company’s factory-direct outlet.
New For 2025: Ruger RXM
Ruger and Magpul collaborated to produce one of the industry's latest modular handguns. The RXM uses a steel chassis and Magpul-produced grip frames in a Glock-pattern, striker-fired design.
I Have This Old Gun: Wheellock Carbine
One of the more unique firearm mechanisms seen in history is the wheellock, which used a spinning, serrated wheel to create sparks from a piece of iron pyrite.
New For 2025: Taurus 608 Competition
Taurus expanded its revolver line with a match-ready 608 chambered for .357 Magnum that is billed as the company's "first competition-ready revolver."
GAIM Introduces Virtual Reality To The Shooting Sports
GAIM Immersive Technology introduced its VR shooting simulators, a system designed for improving marksmanship fundamentals in a fun, safe and engaging way.
Rifleman Q&A: 00 Buckshot In 20 Gauge?
"I’ve been asking my local retailers for 20-ga. 00 buck shotshells. Their response is “good luck finding that.” Were these shells ever made available by any company?"
Preview: Delta 14 AR 15 Takedown Pin Set
The design of AR-15 receiver sets is such that most exhibit some degree of looseness when fit together using typical captured-detent takedown pins. Delta 14 has addressed that issue ...
Review: Stevens 334 Walnut
A tool for task completion, the Stevens Model 334 bolt-action rifle serves hunters with a simplistic design topped with a few modern niceties.
The Armed Citizen® Dec. 9, 2024
Read today's "The Armed Citizen" entry for real stories of law-abiding citizens, past and present, who used their firearms to save lives.
The Browning Model 1936
This Browning Model 1936 was never actually manufactured. Only a few were made, chambered for the French 7.65 Long, for French government trials.
Preview: Strike Industries NGSW Wire Management Kit
Selected by the U.S. Army for specific use with the XM157 optic aboard its Next Generation Squad Weapon competition winners (the M7 and M250 rifles), to unobtrusively secure the former’s potentially bothersome cables out of the way.
Review: OA Defense 2311 Compact
Despite having been made popular by John Moses Browning over 100 years ago, his sacred M1911 design has soldiered on into the modern era, and companies like OA Defense are taking to the classic military platform in all-new ways, improving functionality by nearly tripling the design's capacity with double-stack mags, adding optic-mounting capabilities and more.
New For 2025: POF-USA LMR & P15 BASE Rifles
POF-USA's LMR and P15 BASE rifles are designed to get the company's patented rifle technology into the hands of more users than ever before.
Preview: Athlon Midas TSP1
The unmagnified Midas TSP1 from Athlon Optics features an etched-glass reticle and a nitrogen-purged, one-piece aluminum chassis.
Gun Of The Week: KelTec KSG410
Watch our Gun Of The Week video this week to learn about an American-manufactured bullpup pump-action shotgun in .410 bore made by KelTec CNC Industries of Cocoa, Fla.
The Armed Citizen® Dec. 6, 2024
Read today's "The Armed Citizen" entry for real stories of law-abiding citizens, past and present, who used their firearms to save lives.
All In The Grip: Angles, Contours & Texturing In Modern Handguns
After thousands of rounds sent downrange, the author has some insights on the nuances of handgun design and marksmanship, and it all revolves around the gun's grip.
In Memoriam: Richard Beebe—1941-2024
Richard Beebe, the driving force behind Redding Reloading Equipment for 50 years, passed away at his home in central New York on October 31 surrounded by his family.
Rifleman Review: Taurus Judge Executive Grade
Taurus added its popular Judge revolver to its Executive Grade series of guns, which means that this particular model has a better fit, finish and feel than most other guns you'll see from Taurus.