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New For 2024: Heritage Mfg. Roscoe Revolver
Known for its line of affordable .22 rimfire single-action revolvers and rifles, Heritage Manufacturing has greatly expanded its catalog over the past year, adding rimfire and centerfire lever-action rifles and a double-barreled shotgun. New for 2024, the company is adding its first centerfire revolver, the Roscoe. The Roscoe is a classic “snub-nose” revolver, like the sidearm of choice …
CHICAGO EDITORIAL BOARD: ‘WORRIFYING’ THAT LAW-ABIDING GUN OWNERS ARE DEFENDING THEMSELVES
Last weekend, Chicagoans witnessed a weekend that saw at least 71 people shot. Tragically, nine of the victims died from their injuries. Just two weeks ago, Chicagoans survived a weekend that saw at least 44 people shot. Tragically, at least eight of the victims died from their injuries. In a city where …
Why the U.S. Supreme Court Stopped an ATF Bump-Stock Ban
In what amounts to a victory for the rule of law, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the U.S. Congress writes federal law, not the bureaucracy. That is the basis for the high court’s ruling in Garland v. Cargill, written by Justice Clarence Thomas. To a majority of the justices, this …
One Million Gun Sales for 58 Months Straight
May marked the 58th month in a row that the number of firearms sold—as reflected by the volume of National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) requests processed by the FBI—exceeded one million. The news wasn’t all good, though. The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) estimates, based on NICS figures, that sales …
Targeting Firearms Exports
Joe Biden wants your guns. For now, however, a pro-gun House of Representatives stands in the way of the legislation it will take to get them. But if Joe Biden can’t pass new laws to ban the guns Americans already own, he will use his army of bureaucrats to reinterpret …
Practicing Precision and Transitions
A common complaint among shooters is that range limitations make practicing transitions from target to target difficult. At indoor ranges, this is especially true. The situation isn’t new; it has existed for over a century. Even in the early 20th Century, many shooters in urban areas, including the police, were limited …
The Colt Python Goes Blue!
We have been asking for a blued Python for quite some time now, and Colt has finally delivered. I was fortunate enough to have received an advanced copy from my friends at Colt. Since then, I’ve run about 150 rounds of various .357 Magnum and .38 Special through it. All was well. To be honest, being …
First Look: Federal Punch Ammunition in .25 ACP
Federal Ammunition is adding a solid 45-grain .25 ACP load to its popular Punch Personal Defense product line. Punch draws from Federal Ammunition’s decades of experience designing some of the world’s most-trusted defensive handgun loads. The Punch line features ultra-effective bullets for terminal performance along with quality brass and sealed primers to …
Stevens Model 334 Walnut
This week on #SundayGunday, we’re taking a closer look at the Stevens Model 334, a bolt-action, all-purpose hunting rifle designed to get the job done without the added expense of additional features the average hunter can do without. Stevens Arms, originally founded in Chicopee, Massachusetts in 1864, started out as its own …
Review: Beretta APX A1 Full Size Tactical
The Beretta APX A1 Tactical is a second-generation iteration (available in both Full Size and Compact versions) of the company’s APX pistol line that launched in 2017. The original models, which Beretta now refers to as A0 pistols, were offered in 9 mm Luger and .40 S&W and were intended to win the U.S. Military’s Modular …