On a Thursday morning in September, after the conclusion of the 2021 Grand American, new Amateur Trapshooting Association President Darryl Hayes is unpacking his agenda for the organization’s future. We’re talking on the phone while he’s driving from Michigan to the Dixie Grand ATA match in North Carolina. “Trapshooting means …

The practice of hunting in England at the time the American colonies were settled was legally restricted to the gentry. Virtually all of the land was owned in large parcels by the wealthy, who preserved them from generation to generation by bequeathing their entire estates intact to the oldest son through the …

When Bond Arms was founded in 1995 by Greg Bond, a longtime tool and die maker, the double-barrel derringers had for the most part devolved into pistols of ill repute. ‘Saturday Night Special’-grade clones of the single-action, over-under Remington Model 95 derringer were being cranked out at bargain basement prices by less reputable companies. …

Kyle Rittenhouse is a patriot. That’s why GOA plans to give him a new AR-15 in the coming weeks to replace the one that was taken from him and which is probably sitting in a police confiscation locker. After GOA tweeted our plan yesterday to present Kyle with a new …

When we think of Thanksgiving today, we often imagine scenes from the illustrative art of N.C. Wyeth, Jennie Brownscombe or Norman Rockwell. Puritan Pilgrims dressed in black with high-topped buckle hats, wielding blunderbusses and welcoming small assortment of invited Native American guests. Sadly, these fanciful images are far from the …

Century Arms offers a wide variety of popular firearms, from pistols to rifles and shotguns. One of the company’s best-known products, however, is the WASR-10, with a design just about as identical to the AK-47 as you can get today. It’s not fully automatic, for example, and the company installs quality …

If Ford opted to replace the F150 with some new line of pickups, the new design better fill the category. The new series also better be loaded with innovations that aficionados of the brand really do want and need. It also should be close enough to the original beloved DNA of the …

Last year, American Rifleman staff took a look at Marlin’s modern rendition of the classic Model 1894 lever-action rifle before the company’s sale to Ruger following Remington Outdoors’ bankruptcy. Marlin made a name for itself with its lever-action rifles, and its modern Model 1895 was a top seller in 2020 as well despite the …

Gun control groups have gone apoplectic over the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha, Wis. Looking at their statements, social media and reactions, gun control is no longer just gun control. Gun control is no longer about anything close to resembling common sense and has nothing to do with actual …

While 6.5 mm Creedmoor took close to a decade to really catch on, that doesn’t seem to be the case with the 6.5 mm PRC. Both developed by Hornady, this “magnum” Creedmoor boasts higher velocities, flatter trajectories and greater downrange energy than its older brother, all without a major increase …