Connecticut manufacturer Mossberg has a well-earned reputation for making affordable, top-quality shotguns, and while the company takes pride in this fact, its underrated pistols and rifles are often overlooked. One of these underappreciated product lines is the Patriot series, a family of bolt-actions that has served hunters and casual target shooters well …

Though its active official service life was less than a half-dozen years, Britain’s Pattern 1851 “Minié” rifle musket was an important step in the evolution of military longarms. It was the first gun of its type to be general-issue in an important conflict. The gun’s unofficial “Minié” honorific, while technically correct, rather …

It took me a long time to write this piece. I spent the first three months waiting for my writing permit, which by law should have taken 50 days, but which was delayed while the staff at the Federal Department of Print went on strike. Despite asking, I never did …

NRA-ILA Executive Director Randy Kozuch released the following statement: “The White House Office of so-called ‘Gun Violence Prevention’ is yet another distraction, crafted to divert America’s and the media’s gaze from the Biden crime wave and their soft-on-crime policies destroying our communities. Instead of confronting the real challenges and holding …

I have just finished reading “The Newhall Shooting: A Tactical Analysis”, by Mike Wood (Gun Digest Books) and found it quite interesting and informative. For those who don’t recall the incident, four California Highway Patrolmen were killed in a gunfight with two hardened criminals in Newhall, CA, in 1970. While Wood does …

There is no denying the versatility of the SIG Sauer P320 platform. One of the major reasons for the success of the firearm is that from the fire control unit, one can build out all kinds of different P320s, from full-size to compact, with just a change of the grip …

Cold Steel has just unveiled The Republic, a new fixed-blade field knife built around a 5-inch-long, S35VN-steel, drop-point-profile blade. The Republic is ideal for hunters, campers, anglers, backpackers or anyone who needs a dependable general purpose fixed blade knife while out in the field. The S35VN blade of The Republic is …

Mission First Tactical has just launched the new ACHRO 22L EDC backpack. The name of this new every day carry backpack is inspired by the word “achromatic, meaning something without color. The name is a reference to idea of being a “gray man,” who is discreet and does not attract any …

In the 1970s, Maj. Richard J. Keogh, a retired U.S. Army ordnance officer, was visiting his sister in Ireland, where she had returned some years previously, having been raised in Massachusetts. The Keogh family had emigrated to New England from Ireland in the early 20th century, and it contained a …

The concept of a handgun that chambers both the .410 bore shotshell and .45 Colt cartridge has been around for a while, beginning with the Thompson/Center Contender in the late 1960s. Several designs followed in both single-shot and revolving form. The most well-known of the latter type is the Taurus Judge. …