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4 Home Defense Upgrades for Your Mossberg 500/590 Shotgun
A. Designed for universal fit on firearms with Picatinny- or Weaver-type rails, the Crimson Trace RailMaster CRM-201 brings welcome versatility to your home-defense scattergun. The compact unit utilizes a 5 mW red-laser sight to provide an edge over conventional sights, particularly in low-light conditions. It features the company’s Instant Activation, tap-on/tap-off system along …
Hardware: Tikka T3x Lite
I was standing—much to my chagrin—on a pair of snowshoes, in 3 feet of snow, on a severe sidehill slope in the famous Catskill Mountains, with time slipping away. There was no lack of deer sign, in spite of the recent blizzard, but there was a definitive lack of deer. …
The .454 Casull: History and Performance
In November 1959 an article appeared announcing a new and very powerful wildcat handgun round called the .454 Casull that set the handgun world on fire. The cartridge came about as a collaborative endeavor between Jack Fulmer, Duane Marsh and led by a young gunsmith, Dick Casull. Years later Casull …
Kel-Tec PMR30: A Magnum Rimfire Pistol With Extra Capacity
Don’t try to shoehorn Kel-Tec’s PMR30 into any single pistol category. Many have tried before and found the exercise frustrating and fruitless. The polymer-framed semi-automatic is a hybrid of sorts, ideal for survival, adept in the outdoors, capable of stopping criminal attacks with its .22 WMR chambering and the 30-round magazine minimizes …
STATES ISSUING NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS MONTH PROCLAMATIONS
August is National Shooting Sports Month® and more states are joining in on the celebration! National Shooting Sports Month was developed by NSSF to celebrate, share and invite newcomers and grow participation in the shooting sports. State legislatures and governors are celebrating too, issuing proclamations of their own to mark the shooting sports …
GUN CONTROL IN BERNIE SANDERS’ BUDGET RESOLUTION
As soon as Congress finishes voting on Biden’s $1,200,000,000 infrastructure package, the Senate intends to proceed to a vote on a $3,500,000,000 Budget Resolution that includes instructions to fund gun control at the state level. GOA has been monitoring the appropriations process on behalf of gun owners for several months …
First Look: Bushnell Elite Tactical DMR3 & XRS3 Riflescopes
Bushnell recently introduced two new riflescopes for the Elite Tactical lineup, the DMR3 and XRS3, that are designed to meet the demands of law enforcement and military professionals, as well as long-range and precision rimfire competitions. “The new Elite Tactical DMR3 is utterly reliable, tracks perfectly and has a huge eye box …
9 Common Questions New Shooters Ask
New shooters ask a lot of questions. Moderately experienced shooters, too often, supposedly know all about guns and if they don’t know something they’re often more reluctant to ask questions in a classroom setting. These are some of the questions I answered recently during a three-hour class for beginning women shooters …
The Anatomy of the Perfect Long-Range Bullet
Ten years ago, it was a feat to find an average-priced rifle that was capable of sub-MOA accuracy. Today, that simply is not the case. Making a rifle that can produce three- and even five-shot groups that measure less than an inch at 100 yards is more or less the …
ARTV Preview: Silencer Central, Leupold VX-3HD and The Lancaster Pistol
Getting a suppressor can be a tricky and tedious process, but Silencer Central has come up with a way to make that process easier. In this week’s feature story, we go behind the scenes at Silencer Central to see how it makes its suppressors, and how it simplified the application process. We’ll …