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Pro Shop: Optic Accessories
Machined from 6061 aluminum billet, the Wilson Combat Omni H Tactical, Cantilever, AR Platform Scope Mount 30mm features three integral recoil lugs along with three hardened-steel mounting crossbolts to offset the recoil and abuse of the largest MSR cartridges when paired with the robust optics commonly preferred by shooters. Weighing a mere …
Preview: Hornady Lock-N-Load 17-22 Rim Thickness Gauge
Inconsistencies in rimfire ammunition brass are quite apparent, which is why competition and target shooters, dedicated varmint hunters and enthusiasts turn to a nuanced process to gain an extra edge in performance—batch-sorting rimfire ammunition. This process is made easier with a simple accessory for dial calipers from Hornady. The 17-22 …
A Change Of Name: 100 Years Of The American Rifleman
The magazine in your hands is one of the oldest continuously published in the world. As you see here and read in Editor In Chief Brian Sheetz’s column, in 2023, we are celebrating a century of The American Rifleman. Although published since 1885, the editors of the magazine back in 1923 …
Force-On-Force Training: Options & Objectives For Self-Defense
The overwhelming majority of defensive and even military or law-enforcement handgun training is conducted on a standard firing line, against an immobile, two-dimensional paper target representing a threat. Here and there, participants may have access to more advanced target systems, which turn, swing, move or otherwise attempt to simulate a …
Preview: Browning Ammunition Silver Series
For decades, a popular projectile option for hunters has been the classic soft-point bullet, and Browning has updated that design with its Silver Series. These traditionally constructed cartridges are loaded with a heavy-for-caliber projectile with a nickel-plated jacket that prevents corrosion and eases feeding into the chamber. Cartridges are sold …
If A Rifle Could Talk: Finn Aagaard’s .375
This article appeared originally in the February 2007 issue of American Rifleman. To subscribe to the magazine, visit the NRA membership page and select American Rifleman as your member magazine. The ground was dry and dust trailed behind me as I slowly walked the 100 yards along the bullet’s path. My hand gripped the rifle’s …
GOA FILES EMERGENCY REQUEST WITH SUPREME COURT IN NY CASE
A Virginia-based Second Amendment rights group is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overrule a lower court and compel New York to follow the high court’s ruling in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen. “We have said it before, and we will say it again, states must come into …
The Armed Citizen® Dec. 30, 2022
Armed Citizen® Today A Chicago, Ill., woman defended herself when an alleged robber tried to get into her car on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. Around 2 a.m. that morning, the woman was in her car when a black sedan pulled up, and a man got out. Armed with a handgun, …
Bergara Premier MgLite
Though the Bergara Premier action closely resembles one of the most popular bolt-action rifle designs of the modern era, the Remington Model 700, the Premier also includes a feature many folks are accustomed to seeing in the actions of Model 110s from Savage: the floating bolt head. This feature is …
First Look: Athlon Heras Scopes
Athlon Optics is known for its riflescopes that offer a good performance to price ratio. In the same fashion, Athlon is now unveiling a new line of first and second focal plane riflescopes, the Heras SPR. Similarly, the new Heras SPR line pushes the envelope of scope features against their price …