Although the 2021 SHOT Show was canceled due to COVID-19, it didn’t stop manufacturers from rolling out fresh ammunition offerings for the new year. Those introductions were fairly limited, however, as manufacturers try to catch up with the surging demand that occurred during the last year. This year there wasn’t the same level of effort …

Following a year filled with the COVID-19 pandemic and widespread civil unrest, Americans are in no rush to enact further gun controls. According to data from a January Gallup poll, 42 percent of Americans are satisfied with the current gun control laws. The poll also found that 9 percent of Americans …

In this week’s episode of American Rifleman TV, we continue going through our picks for the top 10 machine guns of all time. We start with No. 4, the Browning M2 .50-cal. heavy machine gun, and No. 3, the German MG42 general purpose machine gun. On “Rifleman Review,” we take a look …

HR127, known as the Sabika Sheikh Firearm Licensing and Registration Act introduced by Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18], is, without a doubt, the most tyrannical gun control bill ever proposed. Like all gun control measures, this bill would hit the poor and minority communities the hardest. Its massive scope would also …

Firearm: FN America FN509 Compact MRD (MSRP: $799) The FN509 Compact MRD from FN America is an underappreciated gem of a concealed-carry option. With 12-round capacity, a slide cut for multiple optics using one of the better-designed plate systems and a host of carry-friendly touches, it’s somewhat surprising the FN509 Compact doesn’t …

Steel-plate and chain mail armor have long been associated with the knights of the Middle Ages. But, archaeological and written evidence indicate that primitive armors, such as leather and bone, go back at least 4,000 years. A few centuries later, the introduction of bronze and iron metallurgy provided better protection. …

Bushnell has announced a new reflex sight—the RXS-100, which has a bargain price with MSRP at $99.99. Designed with user-adjustable brightness settings and multi-platform versatility, the new RXS-100 red-dot optic is compatible with optics-ready pistols, and is also an option for rifles, shotguns and other firearms. The Bushnell RXS-100 reflex …

Timothy “Big Tim” Daniel Sullivan (1862-1913) (right), a New York City politician, in 1911, pushed the Sullivan Act through the City’s legislature-an unconstitutional infringement on our rights. “I grew up at a time when people were not afraid of people with firearms. I used to travel on the subway from …

While attending matches and teaching classes, one of the most common scoring issues I find is how barrel strikes and other potential shoot-through situations are handled. In some areas of the country if a bullet skims or bounces off a barrel, it is scored as a Mike; in other areas, …

The Heckler & Koch SP5 pistol is a semi-automatic-only version of the MP5—the go-to submachine gun for military and law enforcement special operations teams in the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s. No firearm bridges the gap between reality and fantasy quite like the Heckler & Koch MP5. In 1980, when SAS operators stormed …