Think you understand shotgun choke? Take our 10-question quiz to find out. The answers are at the end, but don’t peek ahead. We’ll know! Choke is the minute constriction built into the inside of a shotgun’s barrel, but where within the barrel is it located? Immediately in front of the …

Bill Wilson started Wilson Combat nearly 40 years ago, primarily doing custom work on M1911 handguns for competition shooters. As his name became known and his business became more popular, he started selling his own parts and eventually making complete Wilson Combat M1911 pistols. The company continued to branch out even further, …

Throughout the Cold War era until the fall of the Soviet Union, the Automatic Kalashnikov family of rifles are remembered as the defining arms of the Soviet Union and communist forces. However, Kalashnikov was not the only designer in Russia to have a successful design adopted by the military, as …

Recently, the Louisiana House passed Constitutional Carry legislation, House Bill 596.  Its passage, as well as the Senate’s passage of Senate Bill 118, mark the success of a Constitutional Carry measure passing in both chambers of the Louisiana Legislature, all but ensuring a version will hit Governor Edwards’ desk.  Both measures …

On May 4th, the South Carolina Court of Common Pleas ruled in favor of Attorney General Alan Wilson, agreeing that the City of Columbia’s anti-gun ordinances violate the state’s preemption law. Back in 2019, Columbia passed ordinances to ban home-built firearms, to allow for Second Amendment rights to be suspended …

When The New York Times tells America they publish “All the News That’s Fit to Print,” what they’re really saying is that it’s only the news that fits their narrative. The New York Times ran a recent piece that attempted to broad-brush paint the entire firearm community as trying to …

It was obvious that, with anti-gun Democrats in control of the White House, the Senate and the House of Representatives, we would not see any real advancement of gun rights coming out of Washington, D.C. In fact, all we have seen is the confirmation of radical anti-gun extremists to the …

For New York City’s Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio, the gun is the problem, not the criminal. That’s why he focused on New York City’s crime problem by restricting law-abiding citizens’ ability to purchase firearms for self-protection. The mayor announced major “crime reduction” plans twice before and missed by a …

The aptly named Wildcat, shown topped with a Leupold DeltaPoint Pro, is full of surprises. Unconventional stock lines contribute to a comfortable shooter interface, red-accented controls offer multiple magazine-removal options and unique construction allows for straightforward disassembly of major components, and eases cleaning and maintenance chores. Blowback-operated rifles chambered for …

Beretta’s Bobcat is one of several pocket pistols that have as their most salient feature a tilt-up barrel that springs up by actuating a lever, thus allowing the chamber to be loaded or unloaded without racking the slide. With its small gripping surface, retracting the slide when the hammer is down …