On Friday evening, a judge in the Centennial state gave law-abiding gun owners something to celebrate. He ruled that the city of Boulder’s ban on possessing and transferring commonly-possessed “assault weapons” and ten-round magazines was preempted by state law and struck them down. This was an NRA-ILA supported case. The …

The necked-down .357 SIG cartridge allows for greater powder capacity than a straight-wall case of similar length behind a 9 mm projectile. That enables it to propel 125-grain bullets at velocities surpassing the .357 Mag. SIG is the commonly used shorthand for SIG Sauer, the firearm-manufacturing company with Swiss and German …

Last June, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) and his wife shared their vision for police reform. The mayor spoke of the need to fundamentally change the nature of policing, including reallocating “functions within policing right now that [could] be done better by civilians.” His wife, Chirlane McCray, told the …

Who can you trust? We live in the era of fake news, spin, and shifting narratives. Everything seems to be political. Maybe that’s the wrong question. Maybe we should be asking, “who do you trust?” Recently published research has the answers. Anti-gun activists want you to trust doctors with no constitutional law …

It was on a mule deer/elk combination hunt in northwestern Colorado last October that I first became acquainted with the 6.8 Western. I’d heard some scuttlebutt regarding the cartridge: It was fast, it used long, sleek, heavy-for-caliber bullets and it was plenty accurate. But I must admit to being a bit …

The U.S. House Representatives, with the urging and support of Joe Biden, passed two bills on Thursday – H.R. 8 and H.R. 1446 – that would usher in a sweeping overhaul of how firearms are bought and sold in the U.S. Neither would impede criminals, who overwhelmingly obtain their firearms outside normal channels of …

Modern Ruger semi-automatic pistols, and to that group I shall include the just-introduced MAX-9, don’t quite fall into the late Rodney Dangerfield’s “I don’t get no respect” category, but I think it is fair to say that they do not receive the full faith and credit they deserve. While Ruger has its …

The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic fallout has brought about a marked increase in government spending. On March 11, President Joe Biden signed a 628-page, $1.9 Trillion spending package. Moreover, House Democrats have made clear that they will revive congressional earmarks. As a single-issue gun rights organization, NRA does not …

Christensen Arms has a new take on the precision bolt-action platform as embodied by the Modern Precision Rifle (MPR) chambered in .300 Win. Mag. The same Christensen Arms quality and attention to detail in providing highly accurate, rugged and reliable bolt action hunting rifles was turned toward improving the precision chassis-based …

Smith & Wesson is poised to offer its Model 648 for 2021 with a revamped iteration of the original design first introduced in 1989. For 2021, the 648 will include stainless steel construction, eight-round capacity and chambered for .22 WMR. The Model 648 is built on the legendary company’s K-Frame, a …