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First Look: SIG Sauer Ranch Rifle
SIG Sauer is joining the modern ranch-rifle trend and throwing its entry in the semi-automatic carbine category in the ring with the new SIG Sauer MCX Regulator. This new “ranch” style rifle can be had in two popular intermediate rifle caliber options: 5.56 NATO or 7.62x39mm. The new MCX Regulator is …
Army Tests New Firearms in Extreme Weather Conditions
Soldiers at the Cold Regions Test Center in Fort Greely, AK, where temperatures dipped to 35 degrees below zero in February, tested the Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) XM7 rifle and XM250 automatic rifle. The guns were evaluated in various mission-oriented tasks, under conditions our armed forces could encounter in the Arctic. …
Why the Bad Guys are Useful to Gun-Control Groups
When the horrid actions of violent criminals make headlines, President Joe Biden (D) and other gun-control-supporting politicians point an accusatory finger at the freedom enjoyed by the law-abiding. They pretend that lawfully armed citizens are the cause of crime. To such politicians and gun-control groups, the actions of violent criminals …
WY: VETO – REPEAL OF GUN FREE ZONES KILLED BY WYOMING GOVERNOR
DISTURBING NEWS! Despite passing both the Wyoming House and Senate by very wide margins, the GOA-backed bill to REPEAL GUN FREE ZONES has been vetoed by Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon! HB0125 represented historic legislation that would have restored Second Amendment Rights to Wyoming citizens and made Wyoming a safer place. …
GUN CONTROL GOVERNORS, MAYORS HAVE A REALITY PROBLEM
Several of the nation’s most ardent gun control activist governors and mayors of the largest metropolitans are staring down a divergent reality. They continue to stick with publicizing increasing gun control restrictions on law-abiding citizens as crime is going down in many – though not all – major cities, while …
Tech Wisdom: .300 Ka-Boom
My brother-in-law and I took our collective AR-15 rifles to the local sand pit last Saturday to practice shooting drills and basic marksmanship. Included were several 5.56 NATO rifles in both standard and tricked-out versions, as well as one suppressed .300 BLK. Although we knew better and made sure (we …
The Armed Citizen® March 25, 2024
Armed Citizen® Today One alleged robber is wounded and in police custody and two other robbers are missing after encountering an armed resident inside a Texas home during an attempted robbery. In the early hours of Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024, a Houston, Texas, man was getting out of his car …
NRA Files Amicus Brief Asking Supreme Court to Hear Antonyuk v. James
In response to the NRA’s victory in Bruen, which secured every American’s right to carry arms, NY passed the “Concealed Carry Improvement Act,” severely restricting carry throughout the state. The 2nd Circuit upheld many of those restrictions. Today, NRA filed an amicus brief asking the Supreme Court to hear that …
Behind the Bullet: .350 Remington Magnum
My phone buzzed—nothing truly rings anymore—and I saw it was my friend Dave calling; he was on a whitetail hunt in Maine, and I immediately hoped this would be good news. “Just put some blood on the three-fifty, good six-point buck. Just over 200 yards, and those loads worked just …
Essential Handloading Steps
Widespread wisdom declares that cartridges handloaded with attention to every detail can make a regular hunting rifle shoot as true as a target rifle. To determine if all that effort is worth it, I handloaded a meticulously prepared batch of cartridges and another lot using only the most essential steps, then fired …