This article, “Ruger’s New Vaquero: Made For The Cowboy,” appeared originally in the November 2005 issue of American Rifleman. To subscribe to the magazine, visit the NRA membership page and select American Rifleman as your member magazine. Bill Ruger’s bread ’n butter gun was unquestionably his first—the .22 Auto. But he sensed something significant in …

The fight for civil rights in America is not limited to black Americans. Nor is the American Revolution limited to the 1700s. Case in point: The Battle of Athens. This was a pitched physical confrontation lasting two days in 1946, but with roots stretching back into the 1930s. It is part of an overall pan-racial …

To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions; -Article I, Section 8, Clause 15 USA Constitution A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall …

The human body is a remarkable mechanism; it is advanced, yet animalistic when it needs to be. If we study our physiological response to stress, this becomes incredibly apparent. When a threat appears, adrenaline courses through our veins to assist us in fighting it off or fleeing the area. As …

Holosun, the company well known for its durable electronic red dot and holographic sights for pistols and long guns is now releasing the first members of its new line of duty grade tactical LED lights, the P.ID family. The name of this new line of tactical lights is an abbreviation …

It’s no secret that many gun makers wish they had beaten Glock to the popular-polymer punch and first come out with their own highly sought-after striker-fired pistol. Hindsight is always 20/20. To make up for this misfortune, however, many of those companies and some new ones created their line of …

Aftershocks from the historic collision of COVID-19 and social unrest are not over, and the rumblings are still being felt by firearm companies. The industry’s finest have harnessed a variety of approaches to avoid chronic raw material shortages in the future—which will undoubtedly reduce the magnitude of the next event—but …

The SIG Sauer P365, the first in what became a marketplace of modern micro-compact 9 mm Luger pistols, has been upsized once again to create SIG’s P365-XMACRO. With a lengthened frame and slide, the XMACRO variant takes advantage of the innovative stagger-stack-magazine concept to carry a full 17 rounds on …

With critical issues like decades-high inflation and skyrocketing fuel prices under the Biden administration capturing much of the campaign emphasis, guns weren’t really a central issue in the midterm election; however, one of the few candidates who made his anti-gun ambitions a highlighted part of his campaign was roundly defeated, …

Armed Citizen® Today A Milwaukee, Mich., mother and homeowner defended her children when an alleged intruder made his way inside her home on Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. While in the shower that morning, she heard her 12- and 14-year-old children screaming from the living room. Upon hearing the noise, the …