Firearm: TriStar American Classic II (MSRP: $811) For fans of the 1911, there are innumerable options available. Lightweight, all-steel, Officer, Commander, Government models; 9 mm, 45 ACP, 38 Super and many other chamberings; there’s a lot of possibilities out there for the concealed-carry practitioner who prefers the 1911 platform. Many, …

Springfield Armory is releasing a new version of the XD-M Elite 4.5” OSP 10mm in Magpul OD Green which will be distributed exclusively by Sportsman’s Warehouse. Just like the original pistol, the Magpul OD Green XD-M Elite 4.5″ OSP 10mm has 4.5 inch match grade, Melonite finished barrel for optimal ballistic …

My first experience with O.F. Mossberg & Sons guns occurred in 1967 when my friend, Rayvon Bennet, and I decided to do some dove hunting after school. It was a different time and we kept our cased guns in our school lockers until after class and headed out from the …

Apparently in response to a threatening letter from five anti-gun U.S. senators, United Parcel Service (UPS) decided to accelerate President Joe Biden’s (D) new and arguably unconstitutional rule concerning the shipping of firearm parts and so-called “ghost guns.” While the Biden rule doesn’t take effect until August 24, UPS has already changed …

On July 11, Joe Biden held an event at the White House to celebrate what his administration called “the most significant gun violence legislation to have been signed into law in 30 years.” The ink on the so-called “Bipartisan Safer Communities Act,” passed over the NRA’s objection, is barely dry. And the same can be …

Norma Precision AB of Sweden originally introduced the 10mm Auto cartridge in the early 1980s working with Col. Jeff Cooper and other entities who were seeking a powerful “magnum grade” semi-automatic handgun cartridge. Sonny Crocket, the character in Michael Mann’s TV series Miami Vice, popularized the 10mm Auto cartridge with the …

The Wesson name became an indelible part of firearm history when Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson established Smith & Wesson back in 1852. His great grandson, Dan Wesson II, worked at that company from 1938 to 1963. Then his family sold their interest in the firm to Bangor Punta …

If you spend enough time at gun shows and public shooting ranges, you’ve likely run into your fair share of scope-mounting abominations. It seems nothing gets it worse than military surplus rifles, mainly because they lack basic provisions to get the job done and invite improvisation. Nonetheless, sometimes the old …

The U.S. Senate recently voted 48-46 to confirm President Joe Biden’s (D) nominee, Steve Dettelbach, to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). While the vote was largely along party lines, Republican Sens. Susan Collins (Maine) and Rob Portman (Ohio) joined 46 Democrat senators to confirm Dettelbach. Sens. Richard …

Columbia has submitted a draft ordinance to Attorney General Alan Wilson’s office asking if it violates the state’s preemption law. The draft ordinance victimizes gun owners who have suffered the loss or theft of their property, if they fail to report a lost or stolen firearm within a certain period of time …