Franchi USA’s Affinity lineup of semi-automatic shotguns has grown over the years with increasing popularity among waterfowlers, upland hunters and clay target shooters, providing well-built guns, made in Italy and feature a tried-and-true operating system developed by Benelli. Now Franchi offers a premium version of its Affinity-series shotgun to passionate …

President Joe Biden (D), Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other anti-Second Amendment politicians have routinely attacked law-abiding Americans’ freedom and demonized firearms manufacturers while being soft on actual criminals. They do this while ignoring all the armed citizens in this country who defend themselves and others—many using …

The 9 mm vs. .45 ACP argument has been going on for more than a century. Many believed the two World Wars answered this question after Americans used their .45s to beat the Germans and their 9 mms— twice. But in 1967, the Illinois State Police adopted the Smith & …

Blackhound Optics out of Tucson, Arizona is releasing a new line of first-focal-plane 34mm main body tube diameter optics, known as the Emerge series. Currently, Blackhound Optics has four different riflescopes in their Emerge collection, two with MOA-based reticles and two that are MIL-based. All four riflescopes have 34mm main body …

Federal Ammunition is commemorating its 100th anniversary this year, but that isn’t the only milestone the company is celebrating. On Aug. 18, United States Army Contracting Command awarded it the largest government contract in the storied firm’s history. The agreement is for Federal to produce the AA50 5.56 NATO frangible ammunition (MK311 MOD …

Springfield Armory has launched a newly updated and expanded online store designed to provide customers with an easy-to-use interface as well as a broad selection of products. The retail website makes getting just the right Springfield product or accessory faster and easier than ever. The revamped and enhanced experience is designed to ensure …

I first learned about the Tippmann Arms’ line-up of M4-22 AR-15 pattern rimfire rifles through the company’s collaboration with Tandemkross (TK) on the Redline race gun version of this platform.  I’ve been a fan of TK’s top-notch components for some time now. I’ve seen positive results with the upgrades the company provides for Ruger’s Mark …

Q. I was at a gun store and saw an Enfield No. 4 rifle that looked to be a pretty standard model to me, except it had a pointed stacking swivel. I have never seen one like this before and was wondering if you could tell me something about it. Is this some …

As we near a midterm election on November 8, a lot of anti-Second Amendment politicians have been blaming guns in general, or our Second Amendment rights in particular, for recent rises in violent-crime rates. They do this even though many of these same politicians have passed no-cash-bail policies, which let …

New York City’s Mayor Eric Adams is becoming more like his predecessor every day. Mayor Adams campaigned on being a different kind of mayor than Bill de Blasio. One that would tackle the rising crime problem plaguing the city. Instead, he’s stolen a page from Mayor Bill de Blasio and …