While the “Peacemaker” was originally available with a 7.5-inch barrel, some were shortened to 4.75 inches for a variety of reasons. On the internet, there is a popular meme of Sean Bean as Ned Stark from “Game of Thrones” facing a fierce wind, clad in a wolf–skin cloak and saying, …

Prior to SHOT Show 2023 at Gunsite in Arizona, Shooting Illustrated magazine’s Executive Editor, Jay Grazio, chatted with Jared Fox, the captain of the CZ-USA pistol team about the new Dan Wesson DWX 9 mm pistol. (Watch the video above.) With several standard 1911 parts used in it, competitive shooters and gunsmiths …

The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) has recently acquired a surplus supply of .30 Carbine, .30-06 M2 ball and .22 Long Rifle ammunition that will soon become available to CMP customers. The cartridges are currently in the cataloging and assessment stage by staff members. “The CMP plans to make the ammunition available to …

OK, let’s get the obvious part out of the way right off the bat. Yes, the Shadow Systems MR920 is (loosely) based on the Glock G19. It’s a polymer-frame, striker-fired 9 mm handgun with a 4-inch barrel, 15-round capacity and a bladed-safety trigger; that’s a pretty familiar pattern, no? I think it’s …

Safariland is known for making high-quality duty-rated retention holsters for law enforcement, military and armed citizens. The all-new SafariVault from Safariland continues that legacy, with the strongest holster body Safariland has ever produced and an adaptable design for use with optics and lights. “The needs of our law enforcement partners continue …

Winchester continues its tradition of innovation with the launch of its E-Tech environmentally friendly shotshell that utilizes wads made from biopolymers that are certified as home compostable. Designed for those that want to limit their use of plastics, E-Tech is loaded with BioAmmo’s one-piece four-petal shot wad. Over time, the plant-based wads will …

Perhaps the best way to begin an article on an Italian ammunition maker is to tell those who don’t know how to pronounce its name: Fiocchi is pronounced “fee-o-kee.” But, then again, many shooters already know this, as Fiocchi has been making ammunition in the U.S. now for nearly 40 years. After …

From the team that brings you the annual Blue Book of Gun Values comes the Ammo Encyclopedia, the shooter’s definitive guide to centerfire, rimfire and shotshell cartridges. Now in its seventh edition, this guide is designed to be the go-to resource for current and obsolete ammunition. In its latest guise, the book includes …

Operation Choke Point was just the beginning. That Obama-era scandal featured federal regulators who used their authority to lean on the banks and payment processors they oversaw to pressure them into severing ties with legal but politically-disfavored businesses. At the time, this concept was still considered shameful and overreaching enough …

The U.S. Army’s latest multi-billion-dollar, high-tech small arms program is moving forward and, and it represents nothing less than an entirely new direction in U.S. military small arms development. In April of last year, the Army announced that it had selected the winners of the Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) competition: an …