By Gary Brown, Conklin, Mich. Growing up in rural southeast Missouri in the ’50s and ’60s, it was very natural for me and my friends to explore and hunt all of the neighboring farms and woods. Starting with slingshots, BB guns, homemade bows and arrows—and eventually store-bought bows, single shot …

This article, “Pro Rifle Handling: Practice With The Big Boys” by Joe Coogan, appeared originally in the February 2006 issue of American Rifleman. To subscribe to the magazine, visit the NRA membership page and select American Rifleman as your member magazine. When I glanced to my left, I recognized murder in motion. The brush cracked, …

The clamshell stock design of the Diamond Pro Grip contains two traditional M1911-style stock panels with four screw holes and is constructed of a proprietary compound for shooter comfort. The monolithic unit is sleek and provides rubberized, molded-in finger grooves to cover and enhance the host gun’s frontstrap. Angled serrations …

It was 1889 when Amadeo Rossi founded the firearm manufacturing company that bears his name—known better today as simply Rossi—in São Leopoldo, Brazil. The city, established roughly 60 years before the factory opened its doors, is located in the country’s south and was the first to aggressively invite German immigration. It’s …

The recent heroics of an Indiana man to neutralize a murderer in a mall shows the folly of New York’s new law restricting where law-abiding citizens can legally carry a firearm with a state-issued permit. The U.S. Supreme Court’s Bruen decision struck down New York’s “may issue” pistol permit law. In response, …

28 days ago, 14 House Republicans voted with Nancy Pelosi and the gun-grabbers to pass the most dangerous (Red Flags) gun control bill in decades. These are the 14 TRAITORS: Liz Cheney (WY), Fred Upton (MI), Mike Turner (OH), Steve Chabot (OH), Anthony Gonzalez (OH), Chris Jacobs (NY), Brian Fitzpatrick …

The Staccato XL is the largest variant within the double-stack Staccato handgun lineup, and it provides a competition-ready platform that pairs extra capacity with M1911-like controls and ergonomics. Staccato is the successor to STI International, a company that made its name by offering double-stack variants on the classic M1911 design. …

Q. About 20 years ago I bought a Springfield rifle, and at that time I was told that it had an Allin conversion. Recently I watched a television segment on guns that showed a Springfield rifle with an Allin conversion, but that gun opened to the top, whereas mine opens to …

We’ve all seen it happen, either in person or on social media… the concerned citizen comments that maybe it is time that he/she bought a defensive gun. Then, like a flash from some superhero, a firearm aficionado jumps in with a one hour (minimum) dissertation on all things that go bang.  …

Bond Arms Inc., a Texas-based company known for its modern double-barreled derringers, is releasing two derringer models, the Stinger and Stinger RS. These new derringers are chambered either for calibers 9mm Luger or .380 ACP and are designed to be slimmer in profile than other classic Bond Arms double barreled …