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Redding Reloading Equipment has introduced a 3-Die Set for the 360 Buckhammer. A straight-wall cartridge based on the legendary .30-30 Winchester, the 360 Buckhammer will be at home in the deer woods across many regions of the United States. These die sets provide the capability to produce high-quality loadings for hunting- …

While there are many custom shops in the firearm industry, only a scant few focus exclusively on antique arms. Lodgewood Mfg. is one of those, but, unlike many who are winding down after decades in the business, the young husband-and-wife team of David and Danielle Stavlo is just getting started. …

While the Dillon Rifle Company is a newcomer to the firearms world, as you may have guessed, the “Dillon” part of the name is that Dillon, as in Dillon Aero and Dillon Precision, two businesses whose histories go back decades. The Scottsdale, Ariz., company was started by Dillon Aero Vice President Chris Dillon. The company put itself …

On March 9th, 2023, President Biden put forward his budget proposal for fiscal year 2024, which includes over $1,900,000,000 for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF).[i] That’s a 13.6% increase over the 2023 budget.[ii] ATF’s budget to enforce unconstitutional gun laws was “only” $1,258,600,000 in FY 2017,[iii] when President Trump …

According to President Biden, “over $231 million will fund state… extreme risk protection order (ERPO) programs.”[i] This is being accomplished through the Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program, which was created by the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act or Cornyn-Murphy compromise to weaponize Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants into an unconstitutional “red flag” gun …

Armed Citizen® Today A licensed-to-carry bystander shot and wounded an active shooter in an El Paso, Texas, mall after the shooter killed a teen and began aiming at other mall goers on Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. That evening, the alleged shooter was part of a group of teens at the …

Contrary to what one sees in the movies and television, defensive handgun cartridges rarely cause a dynamic physical reaction on the part of those hit. I have seen men hit at fairly close range with the .45 ACP and with the .357 Mag. and in either case, there was no …

In light of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) recent ventures into making laws instead of just enforcing them, two U.S. Congressmen are calling on ATF Director Steve Dettelbach to answer some questions in front of a committee in the U.S. House of Representatives. Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Thomas Massie …

Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover have decided to pause plans specifically designed to track purchases in gun stores. This comes after Discover previously announced it intended to move forward with the implementation of a new merchant category code (MCC) created for tracking any purchases made through stores that sell, among other things, …

On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing and sent House Bills 4138, 4142, and 4143 straight to the floor. The House then voted 56-53 to pass them. These further criminalize private transfers of firearms by expanding Michigan’s permit-to-purchase and registration system to all firearms. The committee once again suppressed opposition by only allowing one …