One of the purest forms of marksmanship, there’s a good reason that Service Rifle has been a popular discipline for many years—shooters are challenged to shoot bullseye-style targets from the standing, sitting and prone positions. Typically fired as a four-stage match, many shooters are intimidated by the standing leg of the match, as …

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 …

Standing miles upon miles from the nearest road, I stared in awe at Taj Shoemaker’s rifle as he shot to check its zero prior to heading afield with a brown bear client. It was so magnificently ugly that it was beautiful and, of course, it was dead nuts on target. …

President Biden dropped any pretense at “moderation” in his first address to a joint session of Congress since assuming the presidency. However much he tried to pad the early parts of his speech with bland, feel-good rhetoric, his remarks on gun control demonstrate that he is radical, out of touch, ill-informed, and …

If I was forced to choose—and thank Heaven that I am not—just one bore diameter to cover the entire range of the world’s big game, it would have to be the .375-inch bore diameter. Though it does few things perfectly, it truly does everything, and is possibly the most flexible bore …

The quality and affordability of the CZ Scorpion line of pistols and rifles led to their immediate popularity. As a result, a robust aftermarket of parts quickly appeared from companies such as Manticore Arms, HB Industries and Magpul. Unlike other pistols and rifles based on a submachine gun design, Scorpion factory magazines are very affordable, averaging …

The world of long-range rifle shooting has undergone a metamorphosis in recent years. Not so long ago, it was the “nutty uncle” of the shooting family. In polite company, the practitioners sat alone in the corner and mumbled to themselves about the Coriolis effect, ladder tests and standard deviation. Then, something …

The ink was barely dry on the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2008 District of Columbia v. Heller decision before lower courts began deliberately and systematically undercutting it. Judicial defiance has ranged from misreading the scope of the right enunciated by Heller to undermining decades of fundamental-right jurisprudence. For over a decade, attorneys sought only a …

As soon as an independent Czech state was formed from the ashes of the Austro-Hungarian Empire following the First World War, it quickly became known as a nation with worldwide influence in firearm design. During the Cold War, despite being behind the Iron Curtain, the Czechs resisted the hegemony of …

Flashback to 1986, Dade County, FL. What came out of the now infamous Miami Shootout was the development of a new standard for ballistic performance. Called The FBI Test Protocol, this new rating system required upgraded penetration and wound cavity standards, including a standard that all defensive rounds must penetrate ballistic …