Although the 2021 session of the Texas Legislature convenes on January 12, gun control advocates financed by New York billionaire Michael Bloomberg and Beto “Hell Yeah, I’ll Take Your Guns” O’Rourke wasted no time in announcing their declaration of war on your Second Amendment rights in the Lone Star State.  Monday was …

Primary Weapons Systems (PWS) literature clearly delineates the process behind the development of its AR platforms; a marriage between the simplicity and reliability of the AK platform combined with the controls, shape and ergonomics of the AR-15. Even a cursory glance at PWS AR bolt-carrier group leaves little doubt. The AK-like operating …

MasterPiece Arms (MPA) is set to offer its version of the popular pistol-caliber carbine (PCC): The AR9 PCC. MPA’s latest semi-automatic carbine is derived from the the AR-15, and as such, the AR9 PCC provides its operators with the familiarity of the AR and the benefit of a companion carbine that …

The Problem Due to the current state of affairs, you are out of work and have plenty of time to practice with your handguns to maintain and improve your handling and marksmanship skills. However, there are two problems with this scenario. The first is you can only dry fire so much …

A record number of Americans have exercised one of the most important rights affirmed by the founders of this great nation: the right to keep and bear arms. The FBI NICS office conducted 3,305,465 background checks last month – breaking the record for the month of October by nearly a million checks. Each …

With all the drama surrounding the unfolding national election, here at least is some comic relief: mega-gun control funder Michael Bloomberg continued his 2020 streak of burning through huge mountains of political cash with little or nothing to show for it. As we noted at the time, Bloomberg’s own failed bid …

Americans are still divided over the reported results of the 2020 election, but one issue that is bringing the country together is a shared disgust of opinion polling. Several “mainstream”polling firms, and the legacy media outlets that tout their bogus findings, have disgraced themselves with wildly inaccurate predictions that managed …

Last year, Walther Arms launched the Q5 Match series of 9 mm Luger pistols. The polymer-frame version, simply called the Q5 Match, was designed to meet customer requests for a tricked-out competition gun based on the duty-size PPQ pistol. The comfortable grip frame was left unaltered, but the slide was lengthened to …

If you’re a firearm enthusiast, you would either eagerly add a Winchester’s Model 1873 to your collection or already have one in your gun safe. Volumes have been written about the classic, including here at American Rifleman. Winchester Repeating Arms temporarily discontinued the model a few years back, but in 2013 it reintroduced …

This article, “Ruger’s Most Shootable Sixgun,” appeared originally in the September 2003 issue of American Rifleman. To subscribe to the magazine, visit the NRA membership page here and select American Rifleman as your member magazine. The plain facts of the Ruger Bisley’s introduction to the American shooting public are well-known. It came along in 1986, a variation of the New Model …