Article first appeared at American Rifleman. The semi-automatic firearm is so standard now that many accept it as the way firearms have always worked. Truth is, getting a workable semi-automatic was as groundbreaking as the repeating firearm or center-fire primer. Like so many innovations, the semi-automatic firearm is older than …

Article first appeared at American Rifleman.   Want to know the top carry guns in the country today? Don’t ask the gunmakers—they’ll only tell you about their guns. American Rifleman‘s Joe Kurtenbach talked to six top makers of concealment-style holsters to find out the popular guns. He was surprised to …

Article first appeared at Cheaper than Dirt. With the great and growing abundance of concealed carry permits, as Americans exercise their rights and commons sense, and with a political climate that currently nurtures such progress, armed citizens are flexing their political muscles and choosing to be responsible for their own …

Article first appeared at Cheaper than Dirt. Lawful Gun Carriers Must Forfeit Other Rights If you thought your Second Amendment rights were safe with the election of a new President, you may have to rethink your position. Rulings such as this, especially given the first decision and the Justice Department’s …

Article first appeared at Cheaper than Dirt. Perhaps you heard what recently happened to our friends at Full Armor Firearms in Houston. After 13 burglaries in five years, including one earlier this month, owner James Hillin asked two of his employees to stay overnight in the store. During the night, two …

I’ll be up front on this one: The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is an unconstitutional agency. We don’t have prohibition, I don’t know where the central government claims constitutional authority over tobacco and they certainly have no business restricting or regulating arms per the Second Amendment. Still. The …

Article first appeared at Shooting Illustrated. The new MSR-10 Long Range is one of four models in the new AR lineup from Savage Arms. The MSR-10 Long Range features a compact frame with a non-reciprocating side-charging handle and comes chambered in either .308 Win. or 6.5 Creedmoor. The rifle features …

Article first appeared at Shooting Illustrated. Beretta developed the new 9 mm PX4 Compact carry with a number of features in order to give shooters a lightweight, hammer-fired concealed carry gun. The PX4 Compact Carry features a rotary barrel design, as well as a 16-round capacity. The frame includes a …

Article first appeared at Shooting Illustrated. Sometimes, you can’t leave well-enough alone, you know? The AR-15 platform is both blessed and cursed with modularity—it is very easy to change parts out as whim or need strike. Even in the realm of custom or semi-custom rifles, it’s not uncommon to see …

Article first appeared at Shooting Illustrated. Bullets predated firearms by centuries. Two millennia ago, sling bullets cast from clay, stone and lead were used in battle, and in the second century A.D. the Romans took it  further with whistling bullets. Those were made by casting 1-ounce lead balls and drilling …