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Review: Kestrel KST1000 Shot Timer
The shooting sports have changed, so isn’t it fair to reason that the tools we use to score them should as well? After watching countless arguments erupt because a Range Safety Officer wasn’t close enough to catch the last shot, or seemingly endless episodes where I found myself scrambling for …
First Look: Mission First Tactical Leather Hybrid Holsters
Mission First Tactical (MFT) is adding an option for a black leather holster to its Hybrid Leather holsters, which includes outside the waistband (OWB), inside the waistband (IWB) and appendix (AIWB) holster options. These holsters not only suit the three main preferred methods of everyday carry, but they also are designed …
Why Shoot Pistol Drills?
I hit the range the other day with four drills to run through. I recognize that, on a really good day, my handgun shooting might rise to the level of merely awful, rather than its usual horrific. I also realize that shooting skills are quite perishable, and it’s often a …
The Texas Rangers: 200 Years Of Justice
Members of Company B, Texas Rangers, Frontier Battalion preferred the Colt Single Action Army, but also relied on various models of Winchester lever-actions. This year, the Texas Rangers, the state’s premier law enforcement agency, is celebrating its 200th anniversary. It is a long and interesting history that stretches from the …
Editor’s Choice: Holosun DRS-TH
Holosun’s Digital Reflex Sight-Thermal (DRS-TH) is unusually compact (3.7″x2.2″x3.5″) and lightweight (18.5 ozs.) given its capabilities, which include Fusion Thermal Overlay technology displayed on a 1.25″x0.98″ window at a refresh rate of 50 frames per second and with a digital zoom of up to 8X. Modes are White Hot, Black …
The Armed Citizen® June 16, 2023
Armed Citizen® Today A man and woman sitting inside a vehicle near a park in Kelso, Wash., were assaulted by two men, forcing the male driver of the car to defend himself and his companion on April 27, 2023. At about 4:30 p.m. that Thursday, the man and woman were …
ARMED VETERANS ALLIANCE URGE CONGRESS TAKE ACTION ON PISTOL BRACE BAN
Dear Speaker McCarthy, Leaders Schumer and McConnell, and Leaders Jeffries and Scalise, Congress must repeal the unconstitutional and discriminatory pistol brace ban by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) that hurts our nation’s disabled population, especially America’s disabled veterans who sacrificed their bodies to defend our nation. …
Maine: Pro-Gun Lawmakers Block Waiting Period Bill
This week, the Maine Senate and Maine House held floor votes on LD 60, legislation to impose a 72-hour waiting period on all gun sales in Maine. Thanks to the strong response of NRA members and Second Amendment supporters, the bill was defeated. NRA-ILA would like to thank all lawmakers who defended …
Indianapolis City Council Attempts to Enact Gun Control
In a blatant attempt to violate preemption, the Indianapolis City Council has advanced an “unenforceable” gun control package. The ordinance raises the age to buy a firearm from 18 to 21, ends constitutional carry, and bans many common semi-automatic firearms. In 2011, NRA worked with the General Assembly to pass …
Evolution of the Precision-Rifle Cartridge
Left to right: 6 mm PPC, .260 Rem., 6.5 Grendel, 6.5 Creedmoor, 6 mm Creedmoor, 224 Valkyrie, 6 mm ARC, 6.5 PRC, 7 mm PRC and 300 PRC. It could be argued that the 6 mm PPC, which was created in the mid-1970s by Dr. Louis Palmisano and Ferris Pindell, …