Lead Star Arms Prime Race-Ready AR-15
Multi-gun matches are won and lost on the equipment the competitors bring to the line. If you are going racing, then you want to take race guns. That is where Lead Star Arms excels as a builder of race-ready AR-platform rifles. Lead Star Arms has several models to choose from …
Utilizing the Element of Surprise
The combat element of surprise has been utilized for thousands, if not millions, of years. The important lesson learned early is that it works. It works for a simple reason: The opposition wasn’t expecting that particular maneuver, weapon or reaction. When introduced to the battle in a contest that may …
It’s Quieter Online
The nine-month to a year wait for ATF approval to legally possess a suppressor has been reduced in dramatic fashion—to 90 days, likely less—thanks to the Dec. 23 launch of a new electronically available Form 4. Some experts are confident the figure will be a few weeks as the anticipated …
Hi Power Enhancements
A. Machined from solid 416 stainless steel bar stock heat-treated to a Rockwell hardness of 39 to 43 and boasting a tensile strength of 180,000 psi, Bar-Sto Precision Machine’s Browning Hi Power/SA-35 Semi-Fit Barrel features a 1:16-inch twist. The machining, boring and rifling processes are performed in-house to maintain critical, accuracy-enhancing tight tolerances …
First Look: ESS Ultimate Sniper Drag Bag
If you have a precision rifle, you should probably have a high-quality bag to safely transport it. A cheap padded bag from the local discount store is not going to do a good job of protecting your rifle from bumps, dings and drops. Elite Survival Systems has a solution for you …
Marlin Reborn: Ruger Resurrects A Legend
I like it when Chicken-Little predictions about new technology eclipsing old ways are proven wrong. Nothing tickles me more than the fact that 90-plus percent of readers still opt to keep receiving print copies of American Rifleman two decades after know-it-alls cried that print was dying, if not already dead. A close …
Editor’s Choice: Smith & Wesson CSX
Smith & Wesson has decided to go old school with its new CSX pistol. The aluminum-frame, external-hammer-fired, single-action 9 mm semi-automatic has a 3.1″ barrel and holds either 10 or 12 rounds depending on the magazine you choose. The grip angle is 18 degrees, and Smith includes interchangeable, textured backstraps …
Loading Bench: Hit The Mark, Weather Or Not
Velocities can suffer when the mercury drops. Certain propellants, though, can keep velocities even across wide swings in temperature. When the thermometer heat ups, propellants tend to launch bullets at somewhat faster speeds than during cold temperatures. Years ago, hunters rarely considered that the propellant they handloaded into their rifle …
Preview: Peters Paper Shotshells
With Remington Ammuniton’s return to the market, “paper or plastic?” is no longer a question just for the grocery store. Along with its plastic-hulled shotshells, Remington has revived the classic Peters brand and its paper-hulled shotshells, which provide shotgunners with a classically styled ammunition source that’s more environmentally friendly than …
GOA URGES SCOTUS TO HEAR CHALLENGE TO UNCONSTITUTIONAL CALIFORNIA MAGAZINE BAN
WASHINGTON, D.C — On Friday, Gun Owners of America (GOA) and Gun Owners Foundation (GOF) filed an amicus curiae brief which urges the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case involving California’s magazine ban. “Unless anti-gun radicals like Gavin Newsom and Rob Bonta are held accountable for their blatant violations of …