For this American Rifleman TV feature, we pulled the bullet on Hornady’s 6.5 mm Creedmoor cartridge to see what’s inside and why it performs as well as it does. What began as a mission to create an inherently accurate round for family-owned ammunition manufacturer, Hornady, has grown a 6.5 mm …

CMMG has expanded its lineup with the addition of the Mk57 .22 LR AR Conversion Kit. Now, you can transform a CMMG 5.7x28mm upper receiver group into a .22 LR by swapping the bolt-carrier group and pairing with an AR-15/Mk4 lower receiver. Add in a dedicated CMMG .22 LR magazine, and you are …

Not satisfied with restrictive gun control measures already enacted by the New Mexico Legislature, like the ban on private firearms transfers and a red flag gun confiscation law, the Albuquerque City Council is poised to consider three additional gun control measures in September: Resolution R-20-68 urges the New Mexico Legislature to …

Above: Dry firing a .22 can peen the breech face so that a cartridge has difficulty—or is impossible—to chamber or extract. We all know that dry firing a rimfire cartridge firearm can damage the chamber edge to the point of rendering the firearm inoperable. With an inexpensive tool and the …

I recently saw a post on social media in which a guy was explaining that you should just reason with a person who has just committed a home invasion by breaking into your house. At first I thought it was a joke—and I really hope that it was. Now, don’t …

Springfield, VA – Gun Owners of America (GOA) Senior Vice President Erich Pratt released the following statement on Kyle Rittenhouse’s citizen-involved shooting: “Based upon publicly available video evidence, it appears that Kyle Rittenhouse was acting in self-defense. And despite fake news media reports, it is clear that Kyle was not …

Years ago, when I first began martial arts training, I read a book called Living the Martial Way, by Forrest Morgan. Even though the martial arts featured in the book were not of my liking and have lost considerable popularity in today’s mixed martial arts world, Morgan still laid the foundation …

Primary Arms Optics is adding a new scope to its SLx lineup: the 1-6x24mm SFP riflescope with the patented ACSS Aurora 5.56 M Reticle, perfect for those accustomed to the metric system. The scope features the new metric-based ACSS reticle, which provides the user with an intuitive holdover system with built-in ranging and wind …

Slug accuracy can be significantly improved by the addition of a red-dot optic and the use of quality projectiles. For sheer accuracy, shotgun slugs stink. Nonetheless, if you choose a shotgun for home defense, as with any other firearm I believe you should know your maximum-effective range with it, just …

March for Our Lives founder and gun-control activist David Hogg deleted a tweet in which he asked his one-million followers if they’d be interested in hearing his thoughts on the 2020 campaign via a video every day until the election. The answer was clearly not the one he wanted. Of …