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Editor’s Choice: Henry Homesteader
Henry is departing from its usual lineup of lever-action rifles and single-shot shotguns in 2023, announcing instead the company’s first-ever pistol-caliber carbine. The Henry Homesteader is a unique design that utilizes a two-piece stock and a solid-body, one-piece receiver that accepts detachable box magazines. The base model uses Henry’s proprietary …
Review: Accufire Incendis
While thermal imaging is a handy feature to have on your everyday rifle, it often comes at the cost of abandoning your daytime optic. As conventional daytime optics offer better clarity and usually have a greater magnification range, most shooters aren’t willing to make that sacrifice and opt to leave …
Preview: Ergo Delta Grip For Ruger LCR & LCRx Revolvers
The triangular shape of Ergo’s Delta Grip is designed to promote more natural point shooting through better hand-wrist alignment with Ruger LCR and LCRx revolvers. The one-piece grip is comprised of a rubber surface with two zones of texturing and finger grooves molded over a rigid polymer core. Clearances on …
Did the Mainstream Media Just Endorse an NRA Program?
The National Rifle Association has long led the way when it comes to firearms education, training and safety for people of all ages. The mainstream media, however, conveniently ignores this at every turn, but it seems even this might now be changing. Reporters from CNN and other outlets extolled the …
Things To Consider
Too often, when we think about personal defense, our minds go directly to guns, ammo and other gear. Some get all excited when they acquire the latest handgun with those fancy new sights, while the poor guy who is still packing the 1911 gets labeled as a “Fudd,” and nobody …
First Look: Kimber KDS9c Pistol
Kimber has just released the new KDS9c handgun, a new 1911-pattern double-stack 9mm handgun with a 15-round magazine that is optimized for personal protection and EDC (everyday carry). Although this new pistol works off the same action as the classic 1911 pistol and uses a higher capacity double-stack magazine, the new …
Get A Grip: Understanding Shotgun Buttstocks
Each industry has jargon, and the firearm trade is no different. Peruse companies’ press releases, catalogues, websites and related videos/podcasts, and you’ll encounter a plethora of flowery language and likely, unfamiliar terminology, scattered as freely as rice at the tail end of a wedding ceremony. Why? To sell products. Does …
New For 2023: Anderson Mfg. AM-15 Dissipator
The “dissipator”-style AR-15 has its roots in the first attempts to make the M16 service rifle more handy and it has a small, but vocal group of aficionados. For 2023, Anderson Manufacturing is releasing its version of a dissipator AR that combines both modern and retro elements. In its most basic form, …
Product Preview: TargetTack Variety Pack
Made in the U.S. from recyclable materials, the patent-pending TargetTack offers shooters a reusable pin system, and a variety pack is available from the company that offers both its 1“– and 3“-long pins. These tacks are brightly colored and highly visible to allow shooters to place paper targets on various …
The Armed Citizen® August 4, 2023
Neighbors called a homeowner in Shelby County, Tenn., to inform him that several men were milling around his vehicles. The homeowner went outside to investigate and saw two men in his driveway and two other men in a white sedan parked in the middle of his street. The unknown men …