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Review: Springfield Armory XD 3.8 Inch Compact Pistol
Springfield Armory’s family of XD semi-automatic pistols has been well-documented in these pages, and guns of the XD(M) line have been reported on since 2008.
Stag Arms Pleads Guilty To Federal Firearms Violations
Connecticut-based Stag Arms, LLC, and the company’s owner and founder, Mark Malkowski, have both pled guilty in federal court to violating federal firearms law.
Fear & Loading: Early Gift for Colt Fans
A memorandum of understanding signed last week by the union led to court confirmation of the company’s plans to exit bankruptcy protection, and paves the way for the firm to resume “business as usual.”
Product Preview: Galco Metropolitan Holster Handbag
Women constitute the fastest-growing segment of today’s gun community. And considering that estimates of females who carry a handbag on a daily basis are somewhere in the vicinity of 95 percent, the purse presents a convenient carry option for ladies interested in self-defense.
Product Preview: Lyman Ultimate Case Prep Kit
The Lyman Ultimate Case Prep Kit places more than a dozen cartridge case preparation tools in one convenient bundle.
Review: Ruger New Bearcat Revolver
The Bearcat was introduced by Ruger in 1958. It was discontinued in the 1970s when the company transitioned all of its single-actions to a transfer-bar-safety system.
Fear & Loading: CCW No Longer Honored in Virginia?
Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring (Dem.) announced concealed carry permits from 25 states currently honored in the Old Dominion will no longer be recognized by the state as of Feb. 1. The Washington Post broke the news this week and the list of states no longer on its reciprocity list includes neighboring Pennsylvania and North Carolina.
Lone Wolf Distributors Custom Compact Timberwolf Pistol
Lone Wolf Distributors (LWD) is an American company well known to Glock fans in the market for high quality upgrades and custom components for their favorite semi-auto pistols.
A Look Back at the Winchester Model 61
Originally intended to be a modernization of an old classic, this slide-action rimfire is now a classic of its own.
Book Excerpt: Gun Control in The Third Reich
The seemingly benign gun-registration laws of the Weimar Republic were used by the Nazis to disarm their political opponents and the nation’s Jewish population. Searching for arms was one of the pretexts of the “Night of Broken Glass,” and here, in their own words, Jewish victims of Reichskristallnacht speak.
Henry Repeating Arms Donates "Fight Like a Kid" Golden Boy Rifles
This Serial No. “KELLEN01” Henry Golden Boy is the first of 42 rifles produced to raise funds for an Alabama toddler's cancer treatments.
The Armed Citizen® Dec. 21, 2015
The owner of a clothing store in Milwaukee used a semi-automatic rifle to fend off three armed intruders.
Tested: Hornady ELD-X Bullet
Hornady’s ELD-X bullet is better, faster and more accurate thanks to the application of new diagnostic technologies employed during its development.
NRA Gun of the Week: Inland M1A1 Paratrooper Carbine
American Rifleman’s Associate Editor Kelly Young examines a new production, Inland M1A1Paratrooper Carbine this week on NRA’s Gun of the Week.
Review: Nighthawk Custom .45 Pistols
A decade ago we covered the “new kid on the block” of M1911 makers. Here we review two of the now-well-established firm’s latest top guns. Like their stablemates, they are accurate, well-appointed firearms made by people who really, really know what they are doing.
The Armed Citizen® Dec. 18, 2015
Two guns didn’t help a bad guy get the better of an armed citizen in Cincinnati.
Holiday Awareness and Defense
In the defensive Color Code, we refer to a state of relaxed awareness as Condition Yellow. The simple fact is that it is very difficult to remain alert and aware of all that is going on around you in the easiest of times. During the holiday season, it is even more difficult.