The following was excerpted from the November 1966 issue of The American Rifleman. It has been digitized as part of American Rifleman’s 100th anniversary celebration. What does a 50-foot NRA range for .22 rifles in Oklahoma have to do with the combat effectiveness and survival in Vietnam? For R.S. Hildreth, almost everything. Hildreth …

Timney Triggers offers more than a dozen different drop-in trigger designs for AR-platform rifles, but very few are as refined and rugged as the DH3, which was developed with input from renowned competitor and firearm instructor Daniel Horner. Also called the Daniel Horner Signature Trigger, the DH3 is a drop-in …

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) wants a new constitutional amendment. “Today Governor Gavin Newsom proposed a 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution to enshrine fundamental, broadly supported gun safety measures into law. While leaving the 2nd Amendment unchanged and respecting America’s gun-owning tradition, the Governor’s proposal guarantees common sense …

Armed Citizen® Today An alleged intruder in a Lubbock, Texas, house was detained at gunpoint and held for police by an armed homeowner on April 5, 2023. That day, a woman whom police described as having “a very strong odor of an alcoholic beverage” opened the door of a stranger’s …

Burning powder, hot particles and noxious gases have been jetting into shooters’ faces since the first brave souls thrust red-hot wires or matches toward the touchholes of thick-walled, cast-metal tubes packed with powder and projectiles. By the beginning of the 20th century, locked-breech lever, bolt- and single-shot rifles using metallic …

Firearm: Taurus TX 22 Compact (MSRP: $399.99) While we absolutely think that pretty much anything centerfire beats .22 LR in the defensive realm, there are a number of shooters out there with limited hand or grip strength and/or aversion to recoil. For those people, carrying a pistol in .22 LR …

Freedom Munitions is expanding its XDEF line of defensive pistol ammunition with the introduction of a new .38 Special caliber offering for .38 and .357 Magnum revolvers (and certain Coonan semi-automatic pistols). The .38 Special cartridge has been around for over a century, and got its start as a blackpowder round, …

When dealing with two similar calibers like the 9×21 mm (right) and the 9 mm (left) one must be particularly cognizant that the ammo used matches the caliber stamped on the barrel to lessen the possibility of potential damage to yourself and/or your firearm. I am hoping you can assist …

At first blush, you might think this gun looks a lot like another compact from Staccato, but we assure you, it’s not. The Staccato CS seems much like its older sibling, the C2, but it’s a completely different gun, and some would say it’s the better mousetrap, for several reasons. …

Long before plastic pistols came on the scene, the M1911 was “winning world wars” and protecting citizens on the home front with its familiar styling and authoritative .45 ACP chambering. But it wasn’t without fault—Browning’s design was indeed cumbersome and a bit heavy, even by yesterday’s standards. Colt took a …