Firearm: Springfield Armory Prodigy (MSRP: $1,499) It would be interesting to get a behind-the-scenes look at the R&D at Springfield Armory. The company has been offering standard 1911s for a long time, and added the polymer-frame, striker-fired XD series more than two decades ago. Recently, though, Springfield has been adding new, …

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Yesterday a friend and I were riding our horses in a beautiful wooded canyon in this high desert country where I live. Our enjoyment was suddenly interrupted when a rather large diamondback rattlesnake began to cross the trail right in front of us. We held our horses still and yielded …

Riton Optics out of Tucson, Arizona is unveiling a new 5 Tactix 1-6×24 LPVO (low powered variable optic) that is part of the Tactix LPVO scope line, designed in collaboration with renonwned firearms training Clint Smith of Thunder Ranch. “Anyone that knows me, knows I run my gear hard, and that includes …

Alps OutdoorZ has released a Floating Gun Case to ensure your favorite long gun will never take a dive. Ideal for float-trip hunters, duck hunters, or anyone who transports their firearms on or around water, the Floating Gun Case calls on high-density floatation foam to prevent firearms from submerging if dropped in …

Israel Weapon Industries, or IWI, made its name with well-known arms like the Galil and the Tavor bullpup, and the company continues to offer modernized variants of these guns, as well as modern variants of its longtime sidearm: the Jericho. Built on both steel and polymer frames and using a hammer-fired operating system, the Jericho …

Q: I came across this photo of an M1911 pistol fitted with some sort of metal cage, presumably to catch the fired cartridge cases. Can you shed any light on this item? A: In the early days of World War I, the use of military aircraft was in its infancy, and the …

Gun control advocates are ready to start grabbing pitchforks and torches in their attempt to drive out firearm manufacturer advertisements. They fear that today’s advertising is running to a tipping point where they need to rally the villagers to chase the monster pieced together by mad gun advertisers out of …

When most gun owners and Second Amendment advocates hear about a person using a firearm to protect themselves from nearly certain injury or death at the hands of a violent criminal, they consider it to be a positive thing. In contrast, many on the other side of the Second Amendment …

“Your shooting position should be balanced, comfortable and relaxed.” If that sounds like your first pistol instructor, you had a good one. I teach this myself, except I add a few words to the end of that statement: “whenever possible.” Life-or-death engagements are seldom any of those three things, so …