Article first appeared at Shooting Illustrated. There’s been much hullaballoo over the use of red dot sights like the Trijicon RMR, ShieldMiniSight, Leupold DeltaPoint, and SIG Sauer Romeo on handguns. Some credible trainers claim they’re the best thing since sliced bread for defensive use. Other equally credible trainers have found …

Article first appeared at Shooting Illustrated. The AR rifle platform is no longer viewed as just a short range proposition. With AR rifles now available in a variety of chamberings suitable for long range shooting, there is a greater than ever need for optics mounts that allow the shooter to …

Article first appeared at Shooting Illustrated. Keeping the dot as small as possible will aid accuracy, while a larger dot fosters faster shooting. I spend at least one day every week shooting several hundred rounds through other people’s rifles as accurately as I can. That means I use all manner …

Article first appeared at Shooting Illustrated. Modern semi-automatic handguns are remarkably reliable tools. Still, they’re mechanical devices made by man and can suffer breakage that renders them totally inoperable. Or, more commonly, they can suffer a temporary stoppage rendering the gun inoperable for that often crucial moment. Most shooters have …

Article first appeared at Shooting Illustrated. Firearms have been a part of American pop culture ever since Annie Oakley and Buffalo Bill’s traveling roadshows. From the early days of the western dime-store novel to the earliest silent movies and on through the tough-guy detective stories and the action-adventure movie, guns …

Article first appeared at Shooting Illustrated. In 1974, in the wake of its tremendously successful 7.62 NATO-caliber MAG 58 (Mitraleuse a Gaz, or machine gun by gas), Fabrique National (FN) of Belgium, embarked on a new venture to design a smaller, lighter and more portable weapon chambered in 5.56 NATO …

There is no doubt that many will question the use of the term “complicit” in this article. However, following the attacks by Islamic jihadists in Paris last November, it is now being reported that one of the weapons that was used in those attacks was purchased at a Phoenix, Arizona …

This is the kind of elitist mindset that Communist, gun grabbing congressmen have. They think they are to have rights, but no those that they serve. In the recent gun control “sit in,” at least 26 of the Democrats that attended actually own guns. In a report by Heat Street, …

Apparently, we, the gun owners of America, make people like poor delicate Isadore feel unsafe in his own home. Oh, Muffin. *hands Isadore a tissue* First of all, I’m a Concealed Carry Permit holder in the state of California. To get my permit (which honestly, I never should have needed in the …

Article first appeared at American Rifleman. With the anniversary of America’s entry into World War I approaching the century mark, only a few veterans of that conflict are still with us. It is rapidly slipping from the public’s consciousness, and many probably could not even tell you why it was …