The AR-15 platform has become the most popular rifle in America and so has found a home with hunters. For proven big-game cartridges like the .308 Winchester family, a hunter had to move up to the larger, heavier, AR-10 or AR-L (AR-Large) style of rifle. But the joy wears off soon enough …

Federal has expanded its hunting loads to feature Hornady ELD-X hunting bullets. These offerings will be loaded in Federal’s Anoka, Minnesota factory. The full lineup will soon be available in ten centerfire cartridge options from .243 Winchester to .300 Winchester Magnum. “Continuing the tradition of Federal Premium—which means loading the most popular bullets—we …

Walsh, seen above instructing his daughter, was a legendary competitive shooter, and Hatcher was a technical editor and founder of the “Dope Bag.” You can learn more about both, as well as more about our 100th anniversary, at americanrifleman.org/tar100. Mark, when do these magazines go out?” asked the then-new executive director of NRA …

It’s unfortunate that Hugo Schmeisser’s renown comes from having his surname erroneously appended to the superb World War II German MP38/40 submachine gun, a firearm he really had nothing to do with. Sadly, this subordinates the inventor’s more important achievements, which includes the development of the superb Great War-vintage Maschinenpistole 18 and, on …

While O.F. Mossberg & Sons is likely best known for its pump-action Model 500 shotgun and derivatives, the company’s been making semi-automatic shotguns since the 1980s. In 2005, Mossberg introduced its 930, marketed as being reliable, affordable and one of the best values in semi-automatic shotguns yet made. While few can argue …

There isn’t much Republicans and Democrats in Congress agree on these days, but a Joint Resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives to disapprove the Biden Administration’s pistol brace rule passed out of the House Tuesday with bipartisan support. The measure received the backing of 217 Republicans and 2 Democrats, Reps. …

Ninety years ago, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis described a novel business regulation in a case then before the Court as one that “involves a vast extension of the area of control” exercised by the state. In an often-cited reference, he urged the Court to uphold the scheme. “Denial of the …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 19, 2023 Washington, D.C. – Gun Owners of America issued the following statements following a raid last week by IRS agents on a gun shop in Great Falls, Montana. The feds seized ATF Forms 4473 from the store, which contain personally identifying information of firearm purchasers, as well …

Armed Citizen® Today An unwelcome intruder in an Athens, Ga., home was treated for wounds and booked into an Athens-Clarke County Jail on burglary charges after encountering an armed homeowner early on the morning of April 11, 2023. Just before 6 a.m. that Tuesday, the 16-year-old son of the homeowner’s …

As NRA-ILA has often pointed out, as ignorance recedes, so does support for gun control. Recent polling in Tennessee conducted by co/efficient shows that when voters are confronted with the reality of “red flag” gun confiscation laws, they prefer vigorous enforcement of existing mental health laws and detainment for those proven to be …