Recently, I made the acquisition of a previously owned Ruger Vaquero chambered in .45 Colt from a friend with the intention of making it my everyday carry gun in the field and on the farm. Unfortunately, I didn’t look it over as well as I should have, nor did I …

Following up on the success of the 12-ga. VRBP-100 and VR80, Rock Island Armory (RIA) has now introduced a 20 gauge to its catalog of box-fed, semi-automatic, tactical shotguns—the VR82. Designed around the manual of arms of the AR platform, the shotgun can chamber either 2¾” or 3″ shells, and …

Henry Repeating Arms has donated a custom series of 55 “Miss Milah’s Miracle” edition rifles to raise funds for 4-year-old Milah Schevenius of Decatur, Ind. She was diagnosed with bilateral Wilms’ tumor at only 3 years old, a rare occurrence affecting less than 10 percent of all children’s kidney cancer cases. …

On February 28, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF”) denied approximately 850 Form 1 applications for prospective makers of suppressors. These denials were apparently made due to a change in ATF policy regarding certain devices that ATF claims are in reality suppressor “parts kits.” ATF’s Form 1 …

When it comes to Joe Biden and his plans to gut the Second Amendment, one saying may spring to mind:  There’s nothing new under the sun.  Last week’s State of the Union (SOTU) Address showed that to be abundantly true. With Biden’s approval rating steadily dropping at an alarming rate—alarming for him, …

Gun owners have made undeniable progress in shifting public opinion away from bans on the firearms gun-control advocates hate. Consider, in 1959, Gallup asked the public, “Do you think there should or should not be a law that would ban the possession of pistols and revolvers, except by the police …

Today, the South Dakota House passed pro-self-defense measure, Senate Bill 212, by a 61-8 vote.  This bill now joins two other pro-gun measures, Senate Bill 195 and House Bill 1162, that have been sent to the desk of Governor Kristi Noem for her signature.  Please contact Governor Noem and ask her to …

A. Manufactured to U.S. military specifications, Boyds Hardwood M1A Gunstock is constructed from solid, top-grade American walnut and designed to accept Springfield-brand receivers. Some fitting of the action is required. Options include walnut with an oil finish, unfinished walnut, black textured paint or green non-textured paint. Stocks are cut for a liner, but …

Taurus is known for making handguns for defense, hunting, and sport shooting. Now they are releasing the latest model in their growing G-series line of personal defense handguns, the Taurus G3XL. The G3XL is a sleek EDC 9 mm that is designed to deliver the accuracy and confidence of a full-size …

Weight. That’s one of the reasons the United States military is so interested in the polymer-cased True Velocity ammunition. But how much a cartridge weighs—about 30 percent less than a similar brass-cased cartridge—makes little difference to most of us in the civilian world. I measured them on my RCBS scale, and the …