Is any weapon more versatile than a defensive shotgun? You’d be hard-pressed to come up with something else that can shoot such an amazing variety of ammunition and be tailored to very specific purposes. Gun owners overwhelmingly support the idea of shotguns for home defense, and I imagine there are …

SK Customs in introducing an extremely limited offering of 21 individual Glock G45 pistols chambered in 9mm to commemorate the United States Mint’s launch of the newest American Eagle Silver Dollar. This release is the second iteration of SK Customs double set of limited edition Glocks which feature the words “In …

FTI, Inc, the company behind Tetra Gun Care products, is releasing a new generation of cleaners and lubricants to replace the original Tetra Gun Action Blaster and Tetra Gun Spray. The new formulations keep their original names with an added “II” next to their names to differentiate this new generation from original, …

Mossberg International has recently discovered a potential safety issue with certain Mossberg International Model SA-410 shotguns that may lead to personal injury and/or damage to the shotgun. The company is voluntarily initiating a product safety recall to protect the safety of its customers to address the slight chance of a user …

Making the change from someone who owns a defensive pistol to someone who carries a defensive pistol on a regular basis can be a daunting task. Most of us are not used to carrying a pound or more of metal or plastic around our waistband, so finding and using a …

The New York State Legislature adjourned over the weekend without passing Senate Bill (SB) 2814, titled the “Big Five African Trophies Act.” If enacted, SB 2814 would have banned the importation, transportation, and possession of five major African wildlife species, including the African elephant, lion, leopard, black rhinoceros, white rhinoceros, …

In 1922, a Minneapolis businessman named Charles Horn was searching for a company to produce paper containers to hold BB shot. Horn worked at the American Ball Company at the time, and he wanted to begin selling air rifle shot but hadn’t found a company that could produce the tubes that he …

This feature article appeared originally 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. Time was, a gun with two barrels was thought quaintly old-fashioned. A generation steeped in the sheer firepower so well demonstrated in World War …

“Always point the muzzle in a safe direction.” That statement is one of NRA’s three rules for safe gun handling. For the purpose of properly illustrating the major handgun stances, we’ve bent that rule in the images that appear in this story. The guns used here were all unloaded, and …

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.” Field Editor Justin Dyal’s experience with the iconic High Power pistol stretches …