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Handloads: An Easy Load For A .25 ACP Heirloom
Pistols chambered for the miniscule .25 ACP were often carried as backup firearms, as was the case with one belonging to Edward Obarowski, Sr., during his time with the New York Police Dept. After his son and my longtime friend, Ed, inherited it, we scoured shelves for whatever ammunition we …

Lodgewood Mfg. Restores, Recreates Historical Arms
While there are many custom shops in the firearm industry, only a scant few focus exclusively on antique arms. Lodgewood Mfg. is one of those, but, unlike many who are winding down after decades in the business, the young husband-and-wife team of David and Danielle Stavlo is just getting started. …

First Look: Freedom Munitions X-DEF .357 Mag. Ammunition
Freedom Munitions is expanding its popular line of X-DEF defense ammunition to include .357 Mag. cartridges loaded with either 158- or 125-grain bullets. X-DEF 357 Mag Hollow Point ammunition, like the other products in the X-DEF line, has been designed from the ground up by Freedom Munitions with optimum penetration and …

Review: We The People Freedom Platform Holster
If you’ve hung around the gun world for a while, you’ve probably encountered something called a “convertible” holster. No, you can’t drive it with the top down. But it can be just as cool. A typical convertible holster offers at least one, often more options as to how to wear …

Redding Reloading Equipment Adds Die Set for 360 Buckhammer
Redding Reloading Equipment has introduced a 3-Die Set for the 360 Buckhammer. A straight-wall cartridge based on the legendary .30-30 Winchester, the 360 Buckhammer will be at home in the deer woods across many regions of the United States. These die sets provide the capability to produce high-quality loadings for hunting- …

Lodgewood Mfg. Restores, Recreates Historical Arms
While there are many custom shops in the firearm industry, only a scant few focus exclusively on antique arms. Lodgewood Mfg. is one of those, but, unlike many who are winding down after decades in the business, the young husband-and-wife team of David and Danielle Stavlo is just getting started. …

New For 2023: Dillon Rifle Company ‘The Beast’ TAC 501
While the Dillon Rifle Company is a newcomer to the firearms world, as you may have guessed, the “Dillon” part of the name is that Dillon, as in Dillon Aero and Dillon Precision, two businesses whose histories go back decades. The Scottsdale, Ariz., company was started by Dillon Aero Vice President Chris Dillon. The company put itself …

BIDEN BUDGET WOULD GROW ATF 50% LARGER THAN OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
On March 9th, 2023, President Biden put forward his budget proposal for fiscal year 2024, which includes over $1,900,000,000 for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF).[i] That’s a 13.6% increase over the 2023 budget.[ii] ATF’s budget to enforce unconstitutional gun laws was “only” $1,258,600,000 in FY 2017,[iii] when President Trump …

CORNYN-MURPHY GUN CONTROL’S DISASTROUS CONSEQUENCES
According to President Biden, “over $231 million will fund state… extreme risk protection order (ERPO) programs.”[i] This is being accomplished through the Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program, which was created by the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act or Cornyn-Murphy compromise to weaponize Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants into an unconstitutional “red flag” gun …

The Armed Citizen® March 10, 2023
Armed Citizen® Today A licensed-to-carry bystander shot and wounded an active shooter in an El Paso, Texas, mall after the shooter killed a teen and began aiming at other mall goers on Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. That evening, the alleged shooter was part of a group of teens at the …