There was a time when western Massachusetts and Connecticut represented the epicenter of American firearms production. Much of that production was centered on the Connecticut River Valley, nicknamed “Gun Valley,” and home to such iconic operations as the original Springfield Armory, and later Colt, Smith & Wesson and Winchester. No …

SIG Sauer Inc. is releasing a new competition-focused edition of their workhorse M400 AR-15 rifle: the SIG Sauer M400 DH3 SDI. The rifle designed around 3-Gun and Multi-Gun competition shooting with specifications and design input from champion shooter and Team SIG member Daniel Horner. The SIG M400 DH3 SID also the …

Classically, a tactician has always had to decide between the range and power of a rifle or the mobility and ease-of-handling of a pistol. In most cases, an attempt to cure the issues of each platform is met with a severe handicap of its best features. Typically, beefing up a …

Cartridge development can be a funny and fickle thing; what may seem like a sound idea can be a flop for a half-century, and the oddest of designs can become a fan-favorite for apparently no reason at all. Take, for example, the .275 Holland & Holland Magnum; it was released …

It’s one of the tiniest parts of a handgun, and yet it’s so vital that chanting it by name is a mantra for some shooters and a whole shooting school has adopted it as its name. I speak, of course, of the front sight. Though it’s evolved from being so …

On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed another anti-gun bill into law, Assembly Bill 1594. Introduced by Assembly Member Phil Ting (D-19), AB 1594 creates a private right of action against firearm industry members for failure to implement “reasonable” controls. This intentionally vague term can subject the industry to crippling lawsuits regardless of whether there is any actual violation …

There’s an undeniable satisfaction in muzzleloading. Attempts at explaining the attraction often claim it’s the added challenge of a single shot, history lesson, skill polished with longer lock times or pleasure when the balancing act between propellant and bullet weight shrink groups. It’s all that and more, but in a …

Christensen Arms of Gunderson, Utah, specializes in building precision sporting and hunting rifles including bolt-actions and AR pattern platforms. At the 2020 SHOT Show, the company launched a rimfire rifle dubbed the Ranger 22. I was at the show that year. When I saw the Ranger 22 on the rack I …

Despite the gun control law he just signed and the Supreme Court’s Bruen decision, President Joe Biden told the nation we wants more gun control. He wants to ban guns. President Biden demanded Congress reinstate the failed 1994 Assault Weapons Ban to usher in a new era of strict gun control to …

Tonight, the Winchester City Council will consider O2022-23, to repeal a restriction on carrying firearms at public events. Last year, the City Council passed an ordinance to ban firearms in certain public places. In it, was a prohibition on carrying firearms at permitted events and events that “would otherwise require a permit,” making …