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Fiocchi: Ammunition With Italian Flair
Perhaps the best way to begin an article on an Italian ammunition maker is to tell those who don’t know how to pronounce its name: Fiocchi is pronounced “fee-o-kee.” But, then again, many shooters already know this, as Fiocchi has been making ammunition in the U.S. now for nearly 40 years. After …
Product Preview: 7th Edition Ammo Encyclopedia
From the team that brings you the annual Blue Book of Gun Values comes the Ammo Encyclopedia, the shooter’s definitive guide to centerfire, rimfire and shotshell cartridges. Now in its seventh edition, this guide is designed to be the go-to resource for current and obsolete ammunition. In its latest guise, the book includes …
Pro-Gun Senate Bill Seeks to End Discrimination in the Financial Marketplace
Operation Choke Point was just the beginning. That Obama-era scandal featured federal regulators who used their authority to lean on the banks and payment processors they oversaw to pressure them into severing ties with legal but politically-disfavored businesses. At the time, this concept was still considered shameful and overreaching enough …
Return Of The Rifleman: The Next Generation Squad Weapons Program
The U.S. Army’s latest multi-billion-dollar, high-tech small arms program is moving forward and, and it represents nothing less than an entirely new direction in U.S. military small arms development. In April of last year, the Army announced that it had selected the winners of the Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) competition: an …
Defending Yourself While In Your Vehicle
It’s a fact of life that we live a large part of our lives inside of our vehicles. From a daily commute to grocery runs to heading out for a night on the town, a vehicle of some sort is a part of our daily lives. Which can be a …
Trudeau’s Liberals in “Humiliating Climbdown” on Bill C-21
In the face of a furious backlash against changes proposed to Bill C-21, Canada’s Liberal government has dropped two expansive amendments to the bill. Gun rights groups, opposition politicians and ordinary Canadians opposed the bill because it would not only criminalize mainstream hunting and sport shooting firearms lawfully owned by millions …
Biden’s Meandering, Sometimes Incoherent, SOTU Inevitably Includes Attack on 2A
Joe Biden gave another State of the Union (SOTU) speech last week, and, as most anticipated, it included an attack on our right to keep and bear arms. Biden has hammered away at this theme throughout his term in the White House, and there was nothing in his latest broadside …
Georgia Has a Few Things to Say
The governor’s office in Georgia reached out to America’s 1st Freedom. They wanted to talk about what their state has done for gun owners and manufacturers. They hoped we would interview Bert Brantley, deputy chief of staff for Gov. Brian Kemp. I had the opportunity to see and briefly meet Gov. Kemp …
New: Remington Range Handgun Ammunition
According to Remington, the company’s new Remington Range handgun load delivers “shot-to-shot consistency and serves as the ideal choice for everyday plinking.” Remington Range joins the Remington Range Clean family, another recently introduced product that minimizes exposure to lead on the firing line. In addition, Remington Range ammunition is loaded …
First Look: New Firearms From Stoeger
Stoeger Industries is rolling out several new firearms for 2023, including a variety of striker-fired semi-automatic pistols as well as a semi-automatic shotgun that’s competition-ready out of the box. To begin with, Stoeger is adding four new models to the STR-9 pistol line. These new pistols are all optics-ready right out …