We were glassing a small herd of whitetail deer in an alfalfa field about 250 yards. away when my hunting buddy said, “I think I can see antlers on the deer on the right. What do you see?” “It’s a buck alright, and he’s got a fairly good four-by-five-point rack,” …

Montpelier gun banners worked their way around the Governor’s veto of S.30 and advanced a new gun bill, S.4, that incorporated the Governor’s suggested change.  This essentially put a band-aid on a catastrophe.  S.4 is still a horrible bill, and underscores what anti-gun majorities in the Vermont Statehouse view as their priority. S.30 originally began as a …

Christensen Arms is a company with roots in aerospace design that has used its manufacturing abilities to create well-crafted, turn-bolt rifles. The Ridgeline Scout is one such rifle from the company that offers carbon fiber components to provide the end user with a durable, lightweight take on the quintessential hunting rifle. …

Q. My Model 1891 Mosin-Nagant rifle was made by Remington in 1917 for Imperial Russia with stampings of an ordnance bomb in the wood above the magazine, and a “P” below the trigger. The unusual feature is the absence of a serial number. Do you know of other non-numbered Remington Mosin-Nagants? …

The SIG Sauer P320 rewrote the rulebook for the modern defensive pistol. Its innovative design is based on a combination of a Fire Control Unit, or FCU, which holds all the workings of the gun, and a grip module, which holds the FCU and connects everything to the rest of …

I often wonder how much real thought goes into the selection of a personal defense gun by most people.  In a lot of the defensive pistol classes we see people with guns that are too small, guns that don’t fit their hands, or guns that they obviously don’t understand.  In …

Firearm: Springfield Armory Hellcat Pro (MSRP: $634) Springfield Armory’s brand-new Hellcat Pro should look rather familiar. It expands the popular Hellcat pistol line to bring a slightly larger version to market, being more the size of a compact than a subcompact pistol. The Hellcat Pro features a 4.8-inch height, 15-round …

Too often, Hollywood portrays firearms as objects imbued with some sort of scary aura, as if they are inherently violent in their nature. Worse than that, many of these actors and actresses routinely campaign against your Second Amendment rights while simultaneously enjoying the luxury of armed security. How many times …

If you listen to the Los Angeles Times, the worst thing any homeowner can do is purchase a firearm for defense of themselves and their family. On January 31, the Times published an op-ed by Dr. Steven J. Sainsbury, a hospice and geriatric physician from San Luis Obispo, Calif., titled “Thinking of buying a gun …

The metamorphosis of the concealed carry handgun during my lifetime has been remarkable. In 1995, North Carolina passed Concealed Carry. I took a certification class and obtained my permit. In those days, there were few choices for small, truly concealable guns with adequate power, and none of them had capacity …