Article first appeared at NRAmedia.org NRAmedia – Armscor had what may prove to be one of the most popular new guns available once it actually hits the market. Crowing “we succeeded,” the company has managed to pull off an M1911-style pistol in .22 WMR—that’s right, a GI-style .22 Magnum rimfire! Called …

Article first appeared at NRAmedia.org NRAmedia – Dan Hanus, formerly a gun builder with the U.S. Marines’ Precision Weapons Section, brings hard-earned experience to BPI’s custom shop—where super-accurate builds start with only those barrels that pass his stringent quality checks (right). Beginning in 1971, the Connecticut Valley Arms Co. sold affordable …

Article first appeared at NRAmedia.org NRAmedia – The U.S.-made Thompson Submachine Gun was developed by Gen. John T. Thompson, who envisioned a “one-man, hand-held machine gun” in .45 ACP for use in the ongoing trench warfare of World War I. But the war ended before prototypes could be shipped to Europe. …

Article first appeared at NRAmedia.org NRAmedia – Just as other public activities, such as working out at a gym or dining at a nice restaurant, are attended with their own sets of social rules and acceptable behavior, visitors to gun shops should be aware of proper in-store etiquette in order to …

Article first appeared at NRAmedia.org NRAmedia – SCCY Industries recognized a need for a simpler version its CPX-1 design. That seed germinated into our latest NRA Gun of the Week, the CPX-2, a configuration that dispenses with the manual safety while maintaining all other characteristics of its predecessor. Chambered for 9 …

Article first appeared at NRAmedia.org NRAmedia – Since its founding in 2001, Alexander Arms has, time and again, challenged the status quo of firearm and cartridge design. Its first creation, the .50 Beowulf, was a specialized, rebated-rim, .50-cal. cartridge with short-range stopping power unequalled by other AR-15-compatible cartridges. The 6.5 mm …

Article first appeared at NRAmedia.org NRAmedia – Tennessee recently became the seventh state to proclaim an official state firearm since 2011, after Utah designated the M1911 its official state pistol. Which six other states have made similar resolutions, and which were their chosen firearms? Read more about them here: Alaska: Pre-’64 Winchester Model …

Article first appeared at NRAmedia.org NRAmedia – Is the .40 S&W dead? I know, it sounds like an inflammatory newsstand gun magazine blurb from the 1980s. But it’s a topic that is been circulating around the firearm industry as of late. For most of the past couple decades, .40 S&W has …

Article first appeared at NRAmedia.org NRAmedia – It just keeps going and going. Every time I think that demand for the M1911 pistol has started to bottom out, I find out I’m wrong. The pistol invented by John Moses Browning, rendered into a production gun by engineers and machinists at Colt …

It truly is amazing how many businesses are fearful of having armed employees.  However, at least one Atlanta business owner, after noticing the alarming rise in crime rates in the Atlanta metropolitan area, decided that he would arm his employees rather than hiring a private security firm. Lance Toland, owner …