The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) released a new 4473 form earlier this month. It includes three changes to the paperwork completed by the purchase/transferee, and several that impact the FFL—including a prescribed method of handling privately made firearms. Firearm retailers must now use the letters PMF …

At our recent hometown gun show, I had an experience that a country boy might call “déjà vu all over again.” As usual, I had a grand time visiting with the gun folks, sold a few things, but only came home with one gun that was new to me: a 1950s-era …

Modern sporting rifles, such as AR-15s, are popular largely due their high modularity. Service rifle shooters fire iconic M16-style rifles, now with 4.5x scopes. These guns are typically equipped with match parts, aftermarket triggers and weighed down for less recoil and greater stability. Three-gun shooters prefer lighter guns for easier …

Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. is introducing the Ruger Security-380, the newest addition to its Lite Rack family of pistols. Chambered in .380 ACP, the Security-380 is constructed around a rigid, precision-machined, hard-coat anodized aluminum chassis with full-length guide rails and features a blued, through-hardened alloy steel slide and barrel. The …

As a kid who poured over outdoor magazines in the late 20th century, I became sold on the notion that serious hunters only carried magnum rifles. The first centerfire gun I ever fired was a .300 Weatherby Magnum, a rifle my grandfather purchased for elk hunting. At 19 years old, I bought …

Eagle Imports, established in 1988, was the stateside importer and representative for Bersa, American Classic, Metro Arms and MAC pistols, as well as Comanche single-shots and revolvers. It also handled Llama and S.P.S. handguns and often held exclusive importation rights with manufacturers worldwide. The company even added Grand Power models …

Of the many rifles offered by Springfield Armory Inc. today, one of its most iconic and popular lines is that of the M1A. A semi-automatic, gas-operated rifle fed from detachable box magazines, the M1A is a semi-automatic version of the M14 select-fire service rifle developed in the 1950s. After World War II, U.S. Ordnance went …

The Sound Mitigation Equipment (SME) Slimline, manufactured by Witt Machine & Tool, pairs an effective three-chambered muzzle brake with an external shroud that quickly attaches via external threading. Both made from 416 stainless steel, the brake (which can be run on the gun by itself) dampens recoil, while the shroud …

This was not the result that we had hoped for on November 8. While gun owners all over the country expected to see a massive repudiation of the Radical Left’s candidates nationwide on election night — that’s not what happened. The fantastic news is that gun owners appear to have …

In writing his famous novel, 1984, George Orwell penned the famous phrase “ignorance is strength” as part of the fictional Big Brother government’s practice of giving misinformation to the general public. Perhaps The New York Times is trying to emulate this very same method, as one recent piece from its editorial board …