A shooter of smaller stature, Ann Marie Haviland can still handle about a dozen shots of .270 Win. off a bench from the Savage Model 110 Ultralite thanks to its effective recoil pad. I must move within social circles with those who are cognizant of effective ballistics, because hunters regularly …

Once cases are properly sized and belled the next step is priming. It’s a simple operation. But if military surplus cases are in the mix (whether rifle or pistol) an additional step is required. Military cases normally use a crimped-in primer, and that crimp must be removed or a new primer will …

Writing good history is about honest interpretation. Historical events can be muddled and complicated, even contradictory, as people are involved and people can have competing interests and emotional motivations that are hard to fathom through time. People involved in the events also might have had an interest in hiding the …

Last year, a coalition of retired federal law enforcement officers and the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association sued the Garden State for denying their right to carry under the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA). That lawsuit just forced a policy change in the state that should allow more law …

“Trust but verify.” Those words were spoken by NRA Honorary Life Member and 40th President of United States Ronald Reagan. He was talking about the Cold War, but I’m choosing here to apply it to new firearms. Modern firearms manufacturers are very good, indeed, at producing firearms that work well …

I was sitting over a hot prairie dog town in Wyoming, evaluating the then-new Sauer Model 100 bolt rifle, with multiple rifles available to the group of us writers in both .223 Remington and its older brother, the .222 Remington. The Sauer 100 is an accurate rifle, and we were having no trouble stacking those …

Traditional shotgunners have largely taken a tall, weight-forward stance to swing the shotgun fluidly and to combat the gun’s tremendous recoil. In days past, nearly every American who was brought up in the hunting and shooting lifestyle learned to shoot a shotgun this way to better hit moving targets such …

A two-handed shooting grip is always superior for defensive handgun use. But in real-world defensive encounters, you just might have to shoot with one hand. John Correia is a gun trainer who analyzes real-world defensive shootings that were caught on video for his YouTube channel, Active Self Protection. From Correia’s research, …

Jen Psaki, the new White House press secretary, does not enjoy answering questions, but when required to do so, she has two stock replies. The first is, “I’m going to circle back.” Psaki circles back on everything, perhaps bringing a new meaning to the term “spin.” The second is to …

We write about NICS numbers regularly because they provide a ready-made finger on the pulse of American gun owners. As we saw last year, NICS numbers confirm what we’re all thinking. Politicians talking about banning commonly owned firearms? NICS numbers rise. Bureaucrats releasing prisoners as a virus rages? NICS numbers …