The Effects of Barrel Length on Your Rifle
Philip Massaro A dear friend and I were discussing the proper barrel length for an African dangerous game rifle, one especially designed for hunting the jesse thickets of Zimbabwe and similar jungle-like terrain. His idea was that a short barrel would be ideal, as the shot distances for the biggest beasts are …
New: Hoppe’s Ready Roll Gun Cleaning Kit
New from Hoppe’s is the Ready Roll portable gun cleaning kit. The Ready Roll is available either as a stand-alone kit ($34.99) or as a pre-loaded kit with Hoppe’s gun cleaning tools included ($52.49). Whether its used as a rollup kit or placed inside a bucket as a portable cleaning …
Anti-Gun Attorneys General Want Chipman
Less than two weeks after 69 U.S. House members encouraged U.S. Senate leaders to block President Joe Biden’s (D) nomination of David Chipman to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) because he is an “enemy of the Second Amendment,” 17 Democrat state attorneys general are encouraging Chipman’s confirmation. The attorneys …
The International Harvester M1 Garand: A New Rifle for the Nuclear Age
At the conclusion of World War II, the M1 Garand had garnered a well-deserved reputation as the best standardized service rifle of the conflict. Large numbers of Garands were in inventory after Victory over Japan Day, and it was assumed they were sufficient to meet the needs of our armed forces for …
Supreme Court Upholds Sanctity of the Home, Rejects Expanded Police Power in Gun Seizure Case
In 1969, Chester Dombrowski, an off-duty Chicago police officer, had a single-vehicle accident while driving under the influence. Officers who responded to the scene did not find his service firearm on him. After the intoxicated (and later comatose) Dombrowski was taken to hospital and the wrecked car was towed, police …
Gun Controllers Seek to Ban Accurate Firearms, Inaccurate Firearms, and Everything In-between
On May 18, Bloomberg Law reported that the Biden Administration was in the “final stages” of drafting a regulation to curb the use of pistol stabilizing braces. These commonly-owned items attach to the rear of many configurations of popular semi-automatic pistols and help stabilize the pistol on a shooter’s arm so that …
Australia’s “Common Sense” Gun Control Snares Nerf Blasters?
We all know that among modern firearm prohibitionists, the term “gun control” is out. As a writer for the New York Times recently explained, the word “control” has a “ring of repression” to it. True, he admitted, “It’s accurate: The legislation in question entails more government control over who can purchase …
Review: FALKOR Defense CSS 6.5 mm Creedmoor
Venturing off the standard path in search of something new with firearms is not always the easiest path to follow. FALKOR Defense’s .300 Win. Mag. Petra AR is proof the company is willing to take on most any challenge. FALKOR recently decided to up the ante with its CSS bolt action rifle, …
Scope Jack: A Better Way To Level Your Optic
Leveling a scope when mounting to a firearm is an absolute must for precision shooters. Errors introduced by canting a rifle to an off-kilter scope increase with distance, and adjustments to elevation affect windage and vice-versa. Those who rarely or only occasionally mount scopes are perhaps best served in taking …
Critical Lawsuits Where NRA-ILA is Leading the Battle
While most American gun owners know that NRA Institute for Legislative Action (ILA) is at the tip of the spear when it comes to lobbying against legislative assaults on the Second Amendment, many are unaware of the countless hundreds of hours NRA-ILA devotes to another battleground: America’s judicial system. NRA-ILA’s …
