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Data Reveals More Than 28.1 Million MSRs In Circulation
The National Shooting Sports Foundation released the 2023 edition of its “Firearm Production in the United States and Firearm Import and Export Data” report this month, and it found there are more than 28.1 million modern sporting rifles (MSRs) in circulation. The study includes data from 2021, the most recent …
The Rifleman Report: An Increasingly Dangerous World
It seems the world is at a more precarious juncture than at any time in recent memory—conflict rages in eastern Europe and the Middle East—and some are even suggesting that we could be on the eve of World War III. So it’s no small comfort to know that the domestic …
Tips & Techniques: Thumbs Up For Better Rifle Shooting
This is one of those cases where what seems most natural—wrapping your thumb around the wrist of the stock—is not necessarily what is best. There are three reasons why you see shooters with their firing-hand thumbs pointed forward along the tang or even resting on the outboard side of the …
EVERY REPUBLICAN STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL WARNS AGAINST TARGETING LAKE CITY ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT
Every single Republican state attorney general shared the same message for President Joe Biden and his Office of Gun Violence Prevention. Don’t degrade military readiness or think about using Lake City Army Ammunition Plant as a pawn in a gun control game. The Republican attorneys general wrote in response to a letter …
Could This Be the Next State to Get Constitutional Carry?
Constitutional carry has spread to more than half the states in the nation over recent years and South Carolina may be the next state to get bureaucrats out of the way of our freedom. H.B. 3594, an NRA-supported “Constitutional Carry” bill, was debated on the South Carolina Senate floor last …
The Armed Citizen® Jan. 29, 2024
Armed Citizen® Today An armed church employee in Kansas defended his fellow church attendees from that was “acting viciously toward people arriving for service” on New Year’s Eve, according to a local news report. As members of the church attempted to enter the building, they were confronted by a husky …
What is 6 mm GT?
New brass from Lapua will help “legitimize” an up-and-coming competition wildcat cartridge, the 6 mm GT. Lapua also announced it will number .300 WSM among its offerings of highest quality brass cases for handloading. Both will be available in 2024. Lapua 6 mm GT and .300 WSM brass will be …
First Shots: KelTec KSG410 Shotgun
The KelTec KSG upset the apple cart when it was introduced in 2011. The design is a reflection of KelTec’s way of building guns, with extensive use of polymers, dual-magazine tubes and bullpup action. KelTec has expanded the pump-action KSG line since then, and is now adding a model chambered in .410-bore. The …
First Look: New Pistols From Shadow Systems
Texas-based Shadow Systems is launching two new 9mm semi-automatic compensated variants of its existing MR 920 and XR 920 pistols. These two new products follow in the footsteps and previous success of the DR920P, which also uses an attached compensator. Shadow Systems is best known as a handgun company that builds and …
WAR: The Winchester Automatic Rifle
One of the most iconic American military firearms of the 20th century is the Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR). Developed by the legendary John Moses Browning, the BAR was first fielded in the closing weeks of World War I when, even during that brief period, it proved to be the best firearm of its …