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New For 2024: Springfield Armory 1911 DS Prodigy Coyote Brown
Springfield Armory entered the double-stack M1911-style handgun market in a big way with its 1911 DS Prodigy, and now, there are four new models of the Prodigy, all of which feature a coyote-brown finish. The slide and frame are finished with a coyote-brown Cerakote finish, and the polymer grip module features a …
Caliber Closeup: Guide to .45 ACP Bullet Grain Weights
Previously, I examined the different bullet grain weights for 9mm and .223 cartridges to outline how different grain weights and bullet designs play a role in terminal performance, recoil, accuracy, and sometimes reliability in your particular firearm. I am now taking a look at perhaps one of the most American calibers of them all, …
Crime Prevention Research Center: Carry Laws Don’t Increase Gun Theft, Decrease Police Effectiveness
Gun-control groups campaign against right-to-carry laws by claiming that guns carried in public pose a substantial threat to public safety, and that concealed carry permitting laws lead to more violent crime, not less. Giffords, for instance, alleges that “the dangers of permissive public carry laws” include an increase in gun …
New Orleans Tries an End-run around Constitutional Carry
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry (R) assumed office on January 8 of this year and wasted no time working to protect the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding Louisianans. In February, Gov. Landry opened a special legislative session to address crime in the Pelican State. As part of this effort, Gov. Landry …
Wrong Prescription: The Surgeon General’s Lame Old Propaganda and Policies
Wrong Prescription: The Surgeon General’s Lame Old Propaganda and Policies On June 25, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued a gun control advocacy document titled, “Firearm Violence: A Public Health Crisis in America.” Hailed by the regime press as some sort of gun control breakthrough, in truth Murthy’s report is …
HOUSE OVERSIGHT CHAIRMAN CALLS OUT WHITE HOUSE GLOCK ‘BALK’
The head of the U.S. House of Representatives Oversight Committee isn’t playing games when it comes to The White House avoiding answers to questions about potential collusion with antigun groups to target GLOCK, Inc., with a frivolous lawsuit. Last week, Chairman of the House Oversight Committee James Comer (R-Ky.) fired off …
So What’s Next?
So, you have just completed a week-long, introductory, defensive-pistol class. What you have learned, if you applied yourself, are the basics of defensive-pistol shooting. You’ve been exposed to proper marksmanship, pistol presentation, reloading techniques and malfunction clearances. But, you can only do so much on the standard square range among …
First Look: RMR Shotgun Sight Mounts From Mesa Tactical
Mesa Tactical designs and manufactures tactical accessories and equipment for law enforcement, military and civilian shooters. Now Mesa Tactical is rolling out a new line of RMR-pattern, reflex-sight mounts for Benelli M2 and Benelli M4 tactical shotguns. These new reflex-sight mounts are designed to co-witness with the shotgun’s factory ghost-ring sights. …
The Viability Of The Vertical Foregrip
Chris Sajnog, former Navy SEAL small arms instructor, once wrote that the vertical foregrip (VFG) was one of the single worst things to ever happen to marksmanship. But, for many years, it seemed like the VFG was the one must-have accessory that everyone kept on their rifles—whether it was a …
VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS OWNS THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S HOSTILITIES TOWARDS FIREARM INDUSTRY
The forces pushing in on President Joe Biden and hastening him to quit the 2024 presidential campaign won. Now all eyes and attention are turned toward Vice President Kamala Harris to pick up the torch. She’s the presumptive Democratic nominee until things are finalized at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago next month, but …