Birchwood Casey has released a new soft-padded case for AR-15 and AKM-pattern rifles. Called the Single Gun Case 36-inch, the MSRP is $69.99. As the name implies, this new case is designed to accommodate rifles that are up to 36 inches in length. Made of 600D polyester, the Single Gun …

The FBI released crime data for 2020 last week, using an amalgamation of data collected under two different systems. Nothing about 2020 was predictable and the nation experienced a 5.6% percent increase in violent crime, including a 29.4% increase in murders. Let’s explore this data and the theories behind the increase. The overall …

Real Avid has introduced a bench vise made exclusively for guns and gun tools. It allows the user to quickly reposition the gun being worked on to any orientation, without ever removing it from the vise. The base of the vise features an articulating ball and socket joint with the adjustable …

Stepping into a new segment of the shooting industry is often challenging, even for well-established gun manufacturers. Starting with a blank slate to develop an all-new product no one has ever seen before requires a good deal of costly research and development, along with the risk that it may be …

When “gonzo journalist” Hunter S. Thompson roared off with a motorcycle gang to write Hells Angels, he wasn’t riding a Harley. He rode a 650-cc BSA Lightning, the fastest production motorcycle sold in America in 1966. Not surprising really; by that time, BSA had been manufacturing motorcycles for more than …

Hornady inaugurated its Subsonic line back in 2018 with a single 190-gr. .300 Blackout offering, and while that product was not its first subsonic load, or even its first subsonic Blackout load, it did mark the introduction of the company’s Sub-X (Subsonic eXpanding) projectile—a bullet tailor-made for performance at velocities well …

The 2022 federal Congressional elections are 13 months away. Professional prognosticators and history will say Republicans supportive of Second Amendment rights will take back the U.S. House of Representatives from antigun Democrats. Even the Senate may swing to a firearm-favorable majority. Off-year 2021 elections in New Jersey and Virginia may …

For years, Taurus’ semi-automatic, striker-fired handguns have been the ones I’ve wanted to love; after all, models such as the G2 and G3 seem to have every feature a concealed carrier could want, including desirable size, capacity, sights, grips and, most notably, price tag. But, each time, they left me …

Every holster has its good and bad sides, features that work well, and features that leave you scratching your head. The N8 Tactical Professional G2 IWB Holster is no exception. There are several things I really like and think you will, too, and one that I wondered what they were thinking. Let’s …

Penetration is a critical aspect of terminal performance. As the great African professional hunter and gunwriter Finn Aagaard once wrote, “Killing power is a matter of biology, not math and physics, and is influenced almost totally by shot placement, accompanied by sufficient penetration.” The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is …