Article first appeared at Shooting Illustrated. I am lying behind my Knight’s Armament SR-25 on a cold, wet autumn night. Rain-soaked fatigues and fogged optics are minor burdens compared to my other troubles. My sniper buddy crouches low over me, watching the big picture around us through his night-vision goggles while …

Article first appeared at America’s 1st Freedom. The editors of Cosmopolitan magazine are at it again, pushing an anti-gun attitude along with some stale talking points for its audience of young women. You may remember the March edition of the magazine featured a whole section dedicated to the proposition that …

Article first appeared at America’s 1st Freedom. You’re an associate professor at an idyllic state university, where a majority of the 14,000-plus students are studying engineering, aerospace and business. You teach creative writing because you love language; on your web page, you write, “Poetry is how I make sense of …

Article first appeared at American Rifleman. Created only in a limited production run of 1,150 units, the Montana Rifle Company’s beautifully crafted American Legends Rifle is available exclusively at 2016 Friends of NRA events throughout the country. Built on Montana Rifle’s robust, Mauser-style, controlled-round-feed Model 1999 action, this American-made rifle …

Article first appeared at American Rifleman. Not everyone who enjoys the shooting sports is graced with a Herculean physique. Those enthusiasts who have a more compact structure are usually looking for quality rifles and shotguns that feature a shorter length-of-pull (LOP), aren’t too heavy to swing, and produce a moderate …

Article first appeared at American Rifleman. By October of 1941, Operation Barbarossa was in full swing. From Latvia to Crimea, the entire western boundary of the Soviet Union was crumbling beneath the feet of 4 million Axis troops. As the Panzers rumbled eastward, the heart of Soviet industrial production collapsed …

Article first appeared at American Rifleman. Imagine what the history of American firearms would have been without John Moses Browning. We certainly wouldn’t have commemorated the 100th anniversary of the Model 1911 pistol, to this day widely considered to be the world’s most popular handgun. Today there are dozens of companies …

Article first appeared at American Rifleman. Best known for its multi-layer, synthetic IWB holsters, Alien Gearhas applied its ingenuity to a paddle-style OWB rig. The new Cloak Mod holster, much like the company’sCloak Tuck series, re-engineers a familiar holster style in order to maximize functionality and versatility. The Cloak Mod …

Article first appeared at American Rifleman. Excerpted from Arms and the Man, Vol. 50 No. 1, April 6, 1911. Up to March 29, 1911, the official military hand arm of the United States was the Colt’s .38 caliber revolver. But on that day, as a result of the movement of …

Article first appeared at American Rifleman. So, you don’t have $2,000 to spend on a switch-barrel, piston-driven Ruger SR-556? No problem, as Ruger’s AR-556 is a direct-gas impingement carbine that offers most of the features AR buyers are looking for at a little more than a third of the price. …