Preview: Dirty Bore Bio CLP
An odorless cleaner/lubricant/protectant (CLP) made from non-toxic, bio-based ingredients, Dirty Bore’s Bio CLP is strong enough to tackle thick fouling, carbon build-up and blackpowder residue inside your barrel, yet is safe for use on all metals, as well as metal and wood finishes. To use, simply spray the product into …
Ruger Defies 2021 Sales Trend
Gun sales nationwide in 2021 dropped when compared to 2020—estimated at 18,515,188 and 20 million, respectively—but Ruger’s sales grew. The company’s quarter report, issued late last month, reflects an increase in net sales to $730.7 million, up from $568.9 million. Chief Executive Officer Christopher J. Killoy told investors, “2021 was a year …
Hornady’s Zombies In The Heartland 3-Gun Match Returns
Zombies are preparing to invade Nebraska once again for the Zombies in the Heartland 3-Gun Match on June 2 to 5, at the Heartland Public Shooting Park in Grand Island, NE. Match registration has already opened and the few slots available are filling up fast. With an unusual and challenging …
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 …