Widespread wisdom declares that cartridges handloaded with attention to every detail can make a regular hunting rifle shoot as true as a target rifle. To determine if all that effort is worth it, I handloaded a meticulously prepared batch of cartridges and another lot using only the most essential steps, then fired …

On Saturday, the Department of Justice put out a press release stating that they were launching the National Extreme Risk Protection Order Resource Center, aka Red Flag Law Gun Confiscation Center. This came just hours after the criminals in Congress passed another unconstitutional $1.2 trillion omnibus bill that steals our …

Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer wants America to know that today’s high court isn’t pragmatic. For good measure, he declares that he is, especially when it comes to interpretating law. That’s not just conjecture. That’s laid out in the title to his new 250-page book, “Reading the …

The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024, which was unveiled at 2:32 AM the day before a vote, is a dream come true for anti-gun politicians and the bill even subsidizes the gun control lobby. Further, its expedited timeline is an outrage, not giving gun owners enough time to analyze the …

Plato defined rhetoric as “the art of ruling the minds of men.” Gun-control advocates—especially those in the media and government—have artfully employed rhetoric for decades to evoke emotional responses, alter attitudes and shape perspectives about guns. They have managed to frame the debate over gun ownership in America by laying …

A resolution by the Pima County, Ariz., Board of Supervisors to impose a $1,000 fine on any gun owner who doesn’t report the theft or loss of a firearm within two days is drawing pushback from the Goldwater Institute, a conservative and libertarian public policy think tank located in Phoenix. …

TAG Precision has just unveiled the new Fiberlok series of handgun sights which use of a clever installation system to hold the fiber optic insert in place. Fiber optic-based sights are popular choice because the fiber optic inserts can gather ambient light from many different angles and make the sight appear …

Walther has put its superb Performance Duty Pistol (PDP) platform through countless iterations since the gun replaced the PPQ as the company’s flagship back in 2021—including a substantial overhaul to create the woman-friendly F-Series—but none are more feature-packed than the PDP Pro SD. Available in both full-size and compact (shown) …

Acknowledging the proliferation of classic High Power, or P35, handgun clones on the market, Mec-Gar USA—the respected OEM supplier and retailer of Italian-made pistol magazines—is upping the ante for the resurgent Browning/Saive design with a new 17-round offering and a retrofit +2 baseplate for its existing 15-round model. Only the …

This article appeared originally in the March 1974 issue of American Rifleman. To subscribe to the monthly magazine, visit NRA’s membership page. Disclosure of details of the M1 carbine development came as a technical “last testament” from Edwin Pugsley, an all-time figure in firearms development. He died Nov. 19, 1975, at 90, …