This article, “Kimber’s Warrior,” appeared originally in the December 2005 issue of American Rifleman. Kimber America has since brought to market the Warrior II, an upgraded version of its original gun reviewed here. To subscribe to the magazine, visit the NRA membership page here and select American Rifleman as your member magazine. Buy All-American! Bring …

Now in their 20th year, the Golden Bullseye Awards are chosen annually to recognize the firearm industry’s best new offerings. Here is this year’s winner as selected by the editors of “The World’s Oldest And Largest Firearm Authority.” Best known for essentially creating the firearm-mounted laser sight industry back in …

There are two important numbers to consider when talking about the advantages of bullpups. In the case of the new Springfield Armory Hellion, that’s 28.5″, which is its overall length, and 16.25″, which is the length of its barrel. To put those numbers into perspective, the gun’s length overall is about …

Spencer & His Rifle At age 11, Christopher Miner Spencer went to live with his maternal grandfather, Josiah Hollister, a veteran of the American Revolution. It was there that young Christopher learned the rudiments of wood- and metalworking. By age 14, Spencer was apprenticed to the Mount Nebo Silk Manufacturing Co., …

The Assembly Judiciary Committee is scheduled to meet on Wednesday morning to consider five new gun control bills, which Gov. Phil Murphy proudly refers to as gun package 3.0. Wait, what happened to the previous two gun control packages? You mean they didn’t work? Legislative Democrats and the Governor told …

The California Legislature continues to fast track firearm related legislation, making bills eligible for floor votes as early as this week. Additionally, the legislature is continuing their underhanded tactics of “gutting and amending” bills. This means they replace the entire text of a bill with new language picking up in …

Anderson Manufacturing has just unveiled their next generation of affordable AR-10 pattern rifles, the AM-10 Gen 2 series, during the 2022 NRA Annual Meetings and Exhibits event in Houston, TX. The Anderson Manufacturing AM-10 Gen 2 series rifles are all chambered in .308 Win. and are designed to perform while also …

As most of you know, I am a student of Old West history. However, my main area of focus is the frontier era following the Civil War, and I’ve never done any sort of in-depth study of percussion and muzzle-loading guns that predate the early cartridge revolvers. Recently though, while …

CMMG is introducing the Dissent line of large format, AR-style pistols. These new guns offer increased portability thanks to their buffer-less design that uses the company’s patent-pending Compact Action. The Dissent is available chambered in 5.56 NATO, .300 BLK and 5.7×28 mm. Each model sports a 6.5-inch free-floated barrel that is …

This week, we’re taking a closer look at the Heritage Manufacturing Rough Rider Black Tactical Cowboy. An Old-West style revolver with some very modern features, the single-action rimfire boasts a stretch of Picatinny rail atop its receiver for the addition of an optic, carbon-fiber grips and a threaded muzzle for the addition …