Using either a heavier or lighter spring may be OK for competition, but for personal protection it’s best to stay with the factory-provided version or a spring of the same rating. The urge to modify our stuff to make it work better is a very natural one. From cars to …

Vudoo Gunworks, a boutique riflemaker located in St. George, UT, is bringing a new ultra-light crossover rimfire precision rifle to market: The Carbon Sinister rifle. This new rifle is ideal for shooters who are looking for a single rimfire rifle to do it all—one that can hold its own at …

Holosun is releasing their new line of enclosed emitter slide mounted electronic red and green dot sights. With these new optics, Holosun is giving its customers the choice between a full-size electronic dot optic meant for standard-size handguns, or a reduced-size unit intended for contemporary slimmer subcompact defensive carry pistols such …

The MCA-22 Rimfire Chassis is a collaborative design effort by Luth-AR in conjunction with Roth Performance. The MCA-22 Rimfire Chassis works with your Ruger 10/22 barreled action to grant you a rifle with a both a lightweight (it only weighs 2.09 pounds) and fully adjustable stock that is affordable and ambidextrous. The MCA-22 …

As a young man—too young to hunt but old enough to soak it all up like a sponge—I’d grab whatever hunting literature I could, amassing a collection of brochures and Dad’s old issues of American Hunter. I lived right down the road from Ralph’s Gun Shop in Germantown, New York, and …

This article appeared originally as “Achieving Fusion” in the November 2005 issue of American Rifleman. To subscribe to the magazine, visit the NRA membership page and select American Rifleman as your member magazine. For years, scientists have been chasing the Holy Grail of energy independence by attempting to create cold fusion. They say it will change …

Made in America, the new Battleworn limited-edition eyewear collection from GATORZ is designed for patriots. Inspired by the Star-Spangled Banner, GATORZ Eyewear has taken two of its most popular protective frame options, the Specter and the Magnum, and laser-engraved 15 stars and stripes on the side of the frames, creating …

The Blakeslee cartridge box (above) was tailor-made for reloads of the seven-shot’s rimfire cartridges. Christopher Spencer is seen here at around age 27, after he had completed work on his masterpiece. Mid-nineteenth century America was an age of inventors, and compulsive tinkerer Christopher Miner Spencer was one of its most …

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.” A 56-oz., 15″-long pistol chambered in 5.7×28 mm FN that feeds from …

It’s more likely than not that American gun owners have at least one firearm bearing a famous name from the industry giants of the 19th century. Samuel Colt, Oliver Winchester, Eliphalet Remington, Horace Smith, Daniel Wesson. Today their names live on in the form of iconic designs, whether they’re family heirlooms or …