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Behind Enemy Lines: Guns of Vietnam’s SOG Warriors
This article, “Deep Behind Enemy Lines: Weapons of Vietnam’s Covert Warriors,” appeared originally in the April 2015 issue of American Rifleman. To subscribe to the magazine, visit the NRA membership page here and select American Rifleman as your member magazine. It’s unlikely that any other U.S. military unit ever fielded such an array of …
Review: Langdon Tactical Elite 92G RDO
The last few years have been particularly kind to Beretta 92 fans. Beretta launched the M9A3 and 92XÂ platforms. Wilson Combat and Langdon Tactical Technology each collaborated for well-received special-edition pistols that thrilled fans and introduced the platform to many new shooters. However, 92 fans collectively took a look at the …
First Look: Apex Tactical Action Enhancement Trigger for Springfield Armory Hellcat
The Springfield Armory Hellcat revolutionized the subcompact 9 mm market. Offering the highest standard capacity magazine in its class, along with a compact size and a model that could mount a red dot sight, it rewrote the rule book when it came to small, compact 9 mm pistols and became an extremely …
Mandate, Ban and Confiscate: The Biden Plan for Our Semi-Automatic Rifles
Photo credit: Credit: Photo by Gage Skidmore courtesy of Creative Commons CC BY-SA 2.0 Let’s give credit where it is due: Joe Biden has consistently argued that American citizens don’t have a right to buy and use semi-automatic AR-15 and AR-10 rifles. He’s also made it extremely clear that if …
Early Semi-Automatics: Winchester’s First Self-Loading Rifles
This article, “Winchester’s First Self-Loading Rifles,” appeared originally in the May 2003 issue of American Rifleman. To subscribe to the magazine, visit the NRA membership page here and select American Rifleman as your member magazine. Realizing that American sportsmen would eventually recognize the intrinsic merits of self-loading hunting rifles and shotguns, the Winchester …
Smith & Wesson Launches ‘Gunsmarts’ Education Campaign
Smith & Wesson has launched a new multi-media marketing campaign—Smith & Wesson Gunsmarts—tailored to welcome new gun owners into the firearms community and highlight the key resources available to those who have just purchased their first pistol, rifle or revolver. The outreach effort comes at a time when many retailers are …
Head to Head: .375 Ruger vs. .375 H&H Magnum
We had stalked the eland herd for hours, until they left the security of the thicker portion of the concession for the open plain. We’d then leopard-crawled from termite mound to termite mound, keeping the bull with the wonderfully long horns and dark ruff in sight. “We’re out of cover. …
The Effects a Criminal Attack Can Have on the Heart
Last week we discussed how being involved in a criminal attack can have a negative effect on our ability to hear things going on around us. And that is just one of the physical changes that can occur when we are confronted with what is called the Fight or Flight Syndrome. There …
Review: Heckler & Koch SP5 Pistol
More SUBSCRIBE This year, Heckler & Koch introduced a product long sought by American gun buyers: a pistol that replicates the look of the legendary MP5 submachine gun made by the company that invented it. The SP5 is made at HK’s Oberndorf factory in Germany and, with the exception of …
Ammo Shortage May Last Until 2021
More SUBSCRIBE Vista Outdoor CEO Christopher Metz’s quarterly earnings call, which took place earlier this month, indicates the current ammunition shortage may continue at least until 2021—perhaps longer. “July firearms background checks were another triple-digit month, and we have said many times that ammunition sales typically take multiple months to …