Earlier, your NRA-ILA reported that Canada’s three prairie provinces have opposed the federal government’s “assault weapon” confiscation law and refused to allow provincial resources to be used in enforcing the gun ban and so-called “buyback” of legally acquired firearms. By the end of September, officials representing the Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba governments …

Kshama Sawant, Seattle City councilor and member of the “revolutionary Marxist organization” Socialist Alternative Party, has been an enthusiastic proponent of drastic cuts to local law enforcement funding, calling the police a “racist, violent institution.” In a 2018 speech, she explained her “view that the Seattle police have had a long record of …

The markings on the reticle inside a rifle scope tell you many things. The first (and most important) is they show you where you’re aiming. Some scopes, however, have reticles that are set to do much more than that. These scopes have angular units of measure marked on the reticle that …

Hera Industries is rolling out the H7 Series of rifle stocks, a new and technologically advanced take on a chassis system for your bolt-action precision rifle. An aftermarket chassis system offers many benefits to anyone who needs maximum performance from their rifle. A chassis provides improved ergonomics for more comfort and …

Browning Ammunition has announced the introduction of its all-new Silver Series line of rifle ammunition for deer and big-game hunters. Silver Series ammunition celebrates the timeless tradition of big-game hunting with a modern version of the classic soft-point bullet. Heavy-for-caliber projectiles with precision-plated bullet jackets deliver hard-hitting energy capable of taking on the …

“What’s your effective range?” the guide asked all the hunters. I watched as faces shifted, some to certainty, some toward muddied unease, and some toward outright panic. If this is never a question you’ve asked yourself before you took to the field, you should consider it. Yes, you should be confident …

Opening day of Wyoming’s pronghorn antelope rifle season saw Yours Truly festooned in blaze orange, crawling through the sage brush with guide Mike Lilygren, in an honest attempt to close the gap between us and a decent buck. We were participating in the Lander One Shot Antelope Hunt, a friendly competition …

Not many years ago, had consumers envisioned a compact, polymer-frame semi-automatic pistol in 9 mm Luger that weighed slightly more than 20 ozs.—yet was full-featured, holding 15 rounds in the magazine, mounting a miniature illuminated red-dot sight and being available in a variant equipped with a detachable muzzle device—they might …

During bright, daylight hours, the human eye can distinguish the color green far more easily than red. Viridian has been putting this fact to good use for many years in its line of firearm-mounted laser sights, and the company is now extending that advantage to its series of unmagnified “red-dot” …

This article, “Sight In Your Hunting Rifle,” appeared originally in the May 2006 issue of American Rifleman. To subscribe to the magazine, visit the NRA membership page and select American Rifleman as your member magazine. Zeroing a hunting rifle may well be one of the most critical, yet controllable, aspects of hunting. Incredibly, though, a …