This 6″-barreled, .22 LR-chambered Smith & Wesson kit gun belonged to one of my firearm mentors. Jack DuVall was one of the founding members of my local gun club and was a warm and wonderful man. When his wife passed away, arthritis in his knees made it difficult for him to …

Armed Citizen® Today After crashing his car late at night in Chicago, Ill., a 29-year-old licensed concealed-carry holder immediately had to deal with a trio of armed robbers who drove up to the scene. The armed man was driving just south of the West Loop at 9 p.m. on Nov. …

The mistake happens constantly. More so than with any other firearm, Kalashnikov-type rifles tend to be misidentified. Despite the fact that the world of the Kalashnikov is diverse and complicated, they all tend to be lumped-together and referred to as “AK-47s.” Whenever news coverage from a foreign conflict zone shows militants armed …

While Stag Arms is well-known for its innovative Modern Sporting Rifles, the company has recently stepped into the precision bolt-action hunting rifle world with its new-for-2023 Pursuit Bolt Action. Not your average M700-type chassis rifle, the Pursuit bolt-action seeks to bring AR modularity to the turn-bolt world and adds to the company’s line-up …

I’ve been infatuated with the Scout-Rifle concept since Jeff Cooper began writing about it in the early 1980s. It was 30 years later before I had the means to thoroughly investigate it, and when I did, I tried every scout-like rifle I could find and used them every way I …

One trend I spotted at the 2023 SHOT Show was the increasing popularity of single-action, metal-framed 9mm pistols with double stack magazines. Staccato has built their reputation on that sort of pistol, Beretta rolled out a single action version of the iconic Model 92 pistol, Dan Wesson rolled out the DWX (for real), and Springfield Armory was …

Welcome to another American Rifleman Gun Of The Week video, and this time, we’re on the range with an incredibly versatile single-action revolver built by Pietta. This Davidson’s Exclusive version is not only offered in a bunch of barrel lengths, it’s also available in multiple calibers and can be easily converted between several …

It would be nice if I were able to report that the people who run our sprawling federal government are taking seriously their oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States, but, unfortunately, I can write no such thing. Once upon a time, American presidents established offices …

If you think that the American media’s relentless attacks on the right to keep and bear arms represent a credible threat to the Second Amendment now, just wait until they come to realize that, instead of merely proselytizing against your rights, they can turn your support for them into a “thought …

Since the U.S. Supreme Court decided New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen in 2022, the lower courts have been either trying to apply, or to resist, its directive to decide the validity of restrictions on the basis of the text of the Second Amendment and historical analogues from the …