Wyoming has long been thought of as a promised land for hunters and sportsmen, with the town of Cody as its Mecca. Situated in a quintessentially Western environment squarely between vast yellow planes and jagged green country, and home to such renowned gunmakers as Best of the West and Gunwerks, Cody is about …

The NRA recently filed a lawsuit challenging the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) overreach in redefining who is “engaged in the business” of selling firearms. The case, titled Butler v. Garland, was filed on behalf of two individual members—Don Butler and David Glidewell—in the U.S. District Court for the Northern …

The Treasury Department’s latest accusation against laws protecting Americans and American businesses against “woke” discrimination would be absurd if it wasn’t so serious. Treasury officials – the same ones that illegally spied-and-lied on law-abiding Americans purchasing firearms and ammunition – are warning that laws like Florida’s HB 3 are a threat to national …

Springfield Armory is launching a Coyote Brown version of the Prodigy AOS pistol, which will be available in 5- and 4.25-inch-barrel versions with either standard capacity or 10-round magazines. The 1911 DS Prodigy represents a modern take on the proven 1911 platform, providing shooters with double-stack capacity and a modern feature set. …

Lead bullets have been a mainstay for competitive shooters for as long as there’s been competitive shooting. That’s because cast or swaged lead bullets have some advantages over jacketed or plated slugs. Left: The polymer coating can melt and create a bit of a mess in ported or compensated barrels, …

The United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has awarded Federal Ammunition with a one-year, $3.6 million contract to supply SOCOM with 7.62 NATO rifle ammunition. “This contract award for long-range rifle ammunition for SOCOM continues our long-standing support of the U.S. military,” said Federal’s President and CEO Jason Vanderbrink. “This proven load …

When it comes to the M1911 platform, the classic name associated with the design is Colt, and the company is still producing match-grade guns today. Watch our “American Rifleman Television” Rifleman Review segment above to see the details on this classically styled Colt Gold Cup National Match M1911, which pays homage …

Among the many interesting facets of handgun development history are those examples that could be called the transitional models. These include older guns modified to make them compatible with emergent technologies, or newer models with features intended to suit the tastes of old-fashioned shooters. A good example of the latter …

These articles appeared originally in the March and April 1957 issues of The American Rifleman. To subscribe to the monthly magazine, visit NRA’s membership page. In the fall of 1897, when I was just a young National Guard sergeant shooting on my company rifle team, my old coach, Captain William DeV. Foulke, …

U.S. competitive shooter McKenna Geer, who recently qualified for the U.S. team heading to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games in August, had her account restricted on Instagram by Meta last week for what the company described as sharing content that “impedes our ability to foster safer communities.” U.S. Paralympic shooter …