Few people would consider the AR-15 to be beautiful. Granted, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, as the saying goes, but there’s very little to stir the soul in drab, black aluminum and polymer. It doesn’t evoke memories like a wood-stocked bolt-action rifle, nor is it an elaborately …

This article, “The Versatile 12 — The Long And Short,” appeared originally in the July 2005 issue of American Rifleman. To subscribe to the magazine, visit the NRA membership page here and select American Rifleman as your member magazine. Not Magnum, But Short Few have seen—much less shot—a shotgun chambered for the cute little 2″ shell. With the increased …

The only thing gun controllers despise more than Americans owning firearms is working and middle-class Americans owning firearms. Last week, the San Jose, Calif. City Council voted 10-1 to adopt a requirement for gun owners to purchase liability insurance, and 8-3 to adopt a tax on gun owners, despite overwhelming citizen opposition. The …

SilcencerCo has gained a reputation for some of the best-made multi-use suppressors on the market, and for 2022, the company has introduced a new addition to its lineup of adaptable suppressors that maintains an acceptable decibel reduction for several calibers: the Harvester EVO. Made specifically for hunting and sporting, the Harvester …

Including both the company’s Minuteman plate carrier and a pair of 1/4″-thick, 10″x12″ armor plates, the Predator Armor Level III+ Plate Carrier Package provides a turnkey body-armor solution. Designed to exceed the National Institute of Justice’s 0101.06 Level III ballistic-resistance standard, the bundle’s two curved, shooter’s-cut, tempered-steel plates have a …

About 5.4 million people became first-time gun buyers last year—or roughly 30% of all firearms purchased were bought by first-time gun owners, according to new survey results released by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF). While this number alone is noteworthy, it’s not the only one. Of the more than five million …

Despite ballistically superior rimfires hitting the market each year, the .22 WMR cartridge not only hangs on, but continues to thrive as every year manufacturers introduce new firearms chambered in this magnum rimfire. For instance, Henry Repeating Arms’ Magnum Express, which I was able to put through its paces not too …

Following the launch of its A-TM folding stock for the platform, Samson Manufacturing is enhancing Ruger’s Mini-14 and Mini Thirty platform yet again with its Hannibal Rail, which provides an optic-mounting solution that sits forward of the gun’s action on top of the handguard. For the first time, owners of Ruger Mini-14 and Mini …

Desert Tech has made its name by creating original bullpup rifle platforms in popular centerfire chamberings, but the company’s latest product out in 2022 is aimed at converting a classic rimfire rifle into a bullpup system with a simple stock swap. The Desert Tech Trek-22 bullpup stock is designed to shorten …

It was 1816 when Eliphalet Remington founded what is America’s oldest gunmaker. From those modest beginnings—filling orders for flintlocks that impressed so many at a shooting competition—the company has evolved, grown, changed hands, branched out into a variety of other products and, ultimately, sold off in pieces. Throughout the years …