Review: Mantis Blackbeard
The most cost-effective way to improve marksmanship and gun handling is through dry-fire practice. It’s a time-honored way to work on your fundamentals and has proven itself through many grandmaster shooters to be an invaluable tool. And with today’s ammunition prices where they are, there’s even more incentive to engage …
Flashback – Joe Biden: ‘We Don’t Have Time To Prosecute Everybody Who Lies’ On ATF Background Checks
As the unconstitutional Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives attempts to cover for Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, amid a gun scandal, as if the man didn’t have enough scandal to deal with, I thought it would behoove us to go back in time to October 2014, the year following …
Pro-Gun Members of Congress Demand Answers from ATF on Mass Suppressor Application Denials
Recently, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) – under the direction of Joe Biden and Merrick Garland – has been on a tear of upsetting settled understandings and changing enforcement policies. But pro-gun members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives have taken note and …
Trudeau’s Gun Control: A Brief Respite for Law Abiding Canadians
Two years ago, Canada’s Liberal Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, announced a sweeping, immediate ban of thousands of firearm models and variants, imposed unilaterally through Orders in Council. The rationale was that these previously lawful sporting and hunting guns were “military grade assault weapons,” a term that doesn’t exist in Canadian law. Although the transfer, transport …
American Freedom Should Not Be Infringed
This year, the Supreme Court of the United States will issue its ruling in the case of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen. At stake in this case is a simple question: Does the Second Amendment guarantee all law-abiding Americans the right to carry concealed firearms outside the home …
Review: IWI US Galil ACE Gen II Rifle
The Galil rifle has a rich history that dates back to the 1960s, when the Israel Defense Forces sought to replace its existing FN FAL battle rifle in use since the 1950s. Fairly long and heavy, the FN FAL was not exactly ideal in sandy locales or tight urban quarters …
Review: Armscor VRF14 Firearm
When manufacturers figured out how to fit a firearm into the niche in regulations that allowed for a smoothbore firearm that wasn’t a short-barreled shotgun (SBS), the shock (if you’ll pardon the pun) was immense. But, with the exception of the Mossberg 590M Shockwave, the end result was a tube-fed …
First Look: CAA MCK Gen3 Pistol Conversion Kit
CAA USA designed and developed the well-known MCK/Micro Conversion Kit for a variety of different pistols. Now they are coming out with the third generation of the MCK, the MCK Gen3, which incorporates all the latest technologies and wish-list features from their customers. MCK GEN3 Features MCK “Car Wash System” cleaning …
First Look: TruEarz Hearing Protection
The new TruEarz ear plugs from WildEar are an alternative to wearing bulky muff-type hearing protection, or smaller in-the-ear ear plugs that block all ambient sounds. This includes the sounds that you want to hear, such as conversation or the sound of game. TruEarz’s specially-designed acoustic filters reduce sounds evenly across a …
Franchi Momentum Elite Varmint
This week, we’re taking a closer look at the Momentum Elite Varmint, from Franchi. A varmint-focused variant of Franchi’s flagship hunting rifle, the Momentum Elite Varmint is built on a round, push-feed receiver, with a spiral-fluted and chromed three-lug bolt. Its single-stage Relia trigger is adjustable for pull weight between 2-4 pounds, with a clean …