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EGW Upgrades For 1911, 2011 Pistols
EGW has been in the business a long time, providing its customers with the desired upgrades to enhance the performance of your firearm. George Smith and his team are based in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, and have been designing and manufacturing world class parts and accessories for rifles and pistols since 1991. …
Skills Check: The Par 5 Drill
For us, “Drill Practice” is isolating an individual part of a skill and focusing intently on improving or mastering. The goal with good drill practice is to maximize overall improvement while minimizing overall effort. Success equals consistency over time. To help get the most out of your range time, change …
Working With Mini Shotshells
When someone asks a store clerk for 9 mm ammunition, generally the clerk can zero in on the customer’s needs by asking a couple questions: Target or defense? OK then, 124- or 147-grain projectiles? And, away the happy customer goes with a box of cartridges. Not so fast with shotguns. …
All-Around Excellence: Leupold’s 2-10X Mark 5HD
Leupold & Stevens can claim credit for a number of the optics industry’s most transformative innovations, and, as a result, the Oregon-based company has had an outsized influence on the state of the contemporary riflescope landscape. Primarily a maker of surveying equipment and water-metering devices up until that time, the company’s …
100 Years Of The American Rifleman
In July 2023, American Rifleman celebrates 100 years of continuous publication under its current name. In that time, we’ve borne witness to the American Century, comprised of historic conflicts, economic upheaval, political turmoil and technological development not seen before in the entirety of the human experience. Our May 1942 issue cover shows …
Gauging Your Progress
From talking to new shooters, I find that many do not take the time to establish a goal for a particular practice session. They just load up with firearms and ammunition and shoot in whatever manner happens to come to mind. Practice sessions can be far more productive when we …
Benelli M2 Field
This week, we’re taking a closer look at the Benelli M2 Field. A semi-automatic boasting Benelli’s trademark Inertia Driven System, the M2 Field can take on any task a hunter may throw at it. To these ends, it comes in a variety of finishes, including Realtree Max-7, Mossy Oak Bottomland, and Gore Optifade Timber (the model above). For …
Review: Glock 22 Gen 5
The fifth-generation 9mm Glock pistols made their debut during 2017. Four years later, the fifth-generation Glock 22 pistol followed suit in 2021 with a bit less fanfare. This is the latest variant in Glock’s line of 15-round capacity .40S&W duty pistols which has been around for nearly 30 years. In the past, …
First Look: XS Sights R3D Sights for the Kimber K6
XS Sights is now offering their R3D night sights for the Kimber K6 snub-nose revolver as an upgrade to the factory sights. R3D night sights have a front sight with a bold green or orange coating around a central tritium vial. XS Sights refers to this as their “Glow Dot” and …
Gun Review: Tokarev USA TX3 12HDM
Guns have two enemies: rust and politicians,” the old saying goes. It’s a joke, but, like all good jokes, it also tells truth. Since the rest of the pages of this publication thoroughly explain the first threat, allow me to focus on the latter: environmental hazards, especially humidity and salt, …