First Shots: Springfield Armory Model 2020 Waypoint Rifle
Springfield Armory released the Model 2020 Waypoint rifle to much fanfare and anticipation, as long-range precision shooters were eager to get their hands on a rifle with many custom features but not the custom rifle price tag. The Waypoint rifle doesn’t disappoint. It comes with a Trigger Tech trigger, adjustable from …
The Anti-Gun Cabinet Continues to Grow
Former California Attorney General Xavier Becerra was confirmed as the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services by a 50-49 vote Thursday. Becerra’s tenure as the California attorney general was rife with anti-Second Amendment actions, as he spent years defending California’s overly burdensome gun-control laws in the courts, including the state’s arbitrary ban …
New Hampshire: Senate Passes Legislation to Fix Handgun Purchase Process
Yesterday, the New Hampshire Senate held a floor vote on pro-gun legislation that fixes the handgun purchase process in the Granite State. Thanks to your strong support, this bill passed and will advance to the Senate Finance Committee for review this session. Senate Bill 141 resolves New Hampshire’s longstanding problem with …
Dry-Fire Tips To Build Positive Habits Into Your Shooting
It looks like 2021 is going to be a year where we will have a bit of an ammunition drought. Both ammunition and components have become tough to find—and even as the supply starts to come back, people will still likely buy and store all the components they can find. The …
The Baby Browning: A .25 ACP Pocket Pistol for Personal Protection
Ever since I began my study of defensive handguns, I’ve been fascinated with pocket pistols. These are the smallest of the small semi-automatics designed to be discreetly concealed for up close-and-personal defensive situations. I believe my preoccupation with petite pocketables can be traced back to one gun in particular: the Baby …
New for 2021: CMMG Mk9 Radial Delayed Blowback
CMMG built its business by offering quality, dependable pistol-caliber carbines, and the company has now come full-circle by updating its oldest model, the Mk9, with the revolutionary Radial Delayed Blowback operating system. Traditionally, pistol-caliber carbines have incorporated a direct-blowback operating system. While this offers a simple, trouble-free mechanism, blowback operation as …
Head to Head: .270 WSM vs. 7mm Rem. Mag.
Here are a couple of magnum cartridges in two very popular bore diameters, each of which have a devoted group of followers. In fact, these two are the most popular magnum cartridges among the .270 and 7mm cartridges, and with good reason; both offer sensible ballistics which can be managed by most …
First Look: Phoenix Weaponry Billet AR-15 Handstop
The handguard of an AR-pattern firearm is a prime location for all sorts of accessories, from lights and lasers to all sorts of other gear. The Picatinny rail system is one of the standard mounting systems out there, however, all those rail slots added extra weight to an AR, and …
Why Staying Alert is Key for Personal Defense
Maintaining one’s alertness involves keeping an eye on not only what’s happening, but also on any person or object that appears to be out of place. In personal-defense classes, we talk to the students about awareness. Some instructors love to use the term “keep your head on a swivel.” Then, there …
The White House Says They Want to Repeal Gun Makers’ “Liability Shields”
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said last week that President Joe Biden is “looking forward” to “repealing gun manufacturers’ liability shields.” Firearms manufacturers do not have “liability shields” that aren’t also afforded to any other industry. Nevertheless, President Joe Biden (D) peddles this falsehood. What Psaki is referring to is Biden’s …