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Included in the FY 2023 Appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security, there was funding included to secure the Southern Border of the United States. Democrats in the Senate proposed a program to ensure the top priority for U.S. border control was satisfied and well-funded. According to the Chairman of …

A Chicago, Ill., man defended himself when a group of alleged burglars attempted to rob him at gunpoint on Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. The man was sitting in his parked car shortly before 6 a.m. that morning, when a Kia rolled up and parked nearby. Three strangers got out of …

The last time Savage Arms focused on the M1911 design, the company was on the opposite side of it during the 1907 U.S. Army Pistol Trials, where the company’s Model 1907 Savage pistol, chambered in .45 ACP, underwent a thorough test against what was then the Model 1907 designed by John Browning …

In 1957, Davide Pedersoli launched the business bearing his name in Italy, at first specializing in the production of over-under and side-by-side shotguns for hunting. Word of the quality coming out of his factory quickly spread, though, and a few years later, Val Forgett, Jr. was knocking at the door. It was …

Smith and Wesson has just added another pistol to its new M&P 2.0 metal-framed series product line, the Performance Center M&P M2.0 Competitor. The Performance Center M&P M2.0 Competitor is an out-of-the-box, match-ready 9mm pistol made from stainless steel and aluminum. Its 5-inch stainless steel barrel and slide with aggressive lightening …

FN developed its 509 pistol platform as an entrant for the Army’s Modular Handgun System trials, and while the company’s design wasn’t adopted by the military, it proved to be an incredibly popular option on the commercial market. Since its introduction, 17 different models have come available available under the 509 banner. As a …

Q. I recently acquired a Model 629 Smith & Wesson revolver. It has the 83⁄8“ barrel and S&W wood stocks. The yoke has “G23” over “42995,” and on the right side, it is marked with “AYF3198” over “M-629-1.” If I didn’t know it to be a 629, I would swear it was …

ATF Budget hikes, Gun Registration, Gun Confiscation and More … The Swamp wants to fill our stockings with gun control this Christmas. They’re about to vote on a $1.7 TRILLION, 4,155-page omnibus that was drafted at 1:30 in the morning that would give the ATF a massive budget hike, and …

The new Recon 38 modular gun safe from Shakopee, Minn.-based Steelhead Outdoors sports a flat textured black finish with graphite colored logo and handle, along with custom blacked-out hardware. The Recon 38’s construction, like other safes made by Steelhead Outdoors, has a fully dry insulation system, so there’s no need …

John Moses Browning’s venerable single-action semi-auto has has over a century of evolution and is still standing strong. The gun that beat the Savage Model 1907 to become the US Military’s M1911 is now being given the Savage treatment, with twelve different models, chambered in your choice of 9mm or 45 …