Traditional holsters are the best way to carry a firearm. They work great in most situations and give you a perfect platform for concealed carry. But what about those somewhat awkward and less-than-ideal occasions when you cannot carry on-body and might need to tote your handgun in a backpack, a …

One of the problems inherent in both being involved with the world of firearms for a long enough time and/or reaching a certain age is you realize you remember a “Before Times” that not everyone around you is able to recall. For instance, over the last several years I’ve seen …

According to the dictionary, a “Reflex” is an automatic or unthinking response to an external stimulus. That makes the chosen nomenclature of FN America’s newest pistol only half true. While it’s certainly a response to outside stimuli, it’s far from unthinking. We should probably start by delving into the market forces …

The Biden administration’s misuse of last year’s ill-conceived Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA) to threatening to withhold federal funding from elementary and secondary schools for their hunting or archery programs is drawing a strong rebuke from many in Congress. As we recently reported, Biden’s Department of Education cited the BSCA, which …

Armed Citizen® Today A Tulsa, Okla., homeowner shot and killed a trespasser who approached him and eventually attacked him with trimming shears, according to the Tulsa Police Department. At 10 a.m. on Sunday, June 11, 2023, the homeowner was working in his yard when an unknown man allegedly approached him. …

By most standards, the Mauser Gewehr 1898 (Gew 98) can be considered the ultimate bolt-action rifle. In the United States alone, the Springfield Model 1903, Winchester Model 70 and Remington 700 all owe design and feature elements to the Gew 98. The two-lug bolt, the charger (stripper) clip and other …

I have always had a soft spot for the M1 carbine. The ‘.30 carbine’ combines history, utility, handiness and sheer fun in a way few other long guns can match. I was excited to see a wave of surplus M1s make their way back home in the last couple of years. …

Vice President Kamala Harris (D) recently laid out the Biden administration’s laundry list of anti-Second Amendment desires, and while none of it was new, none of it was good news, either. Harris, it should be noted, was tipped to be Biden’s “leading voice” on the issue and, as such, it’s …

Firearm: Springfield Armory Echelon (MSRP: $679) Springfield Armory recently released its new Echelon handgun, a full-size, polymer-frame, striker-fired 9mm pistol built new from the ground-up. With a removable Central Operating Group that contains the trigger and striker, similar to the Beretta APX and SIG Sauer P320, the Echelon’s serialized chassis can …

Last week, we reported on the Biden Administration’s treacherous move to defund scholastic archery, hunting, and marksmanship programs under an obscure provision of the Orwellian Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA). The BSCA has proven to be the gift that keeps on giving for extreme and persecutory gun control, to the mortification of …