In defending home and hearth from varmints and pests (both two and four-legged), a handgun is nice, but a good semi-automatic rifle is a changer. The ability to put multiple rounds on target accurately and in short order, at a distance, can often mean the difference between life and death (for …

The military has long made use of verbal commands and hand signals in combat, and such means of communication can be equally useful for the armed citizen faced with a life-threatening emergency. When considering a personal-defense plan, people rarely consider the need to communicate with others who may be on …

This article, “Col. Colt’s Revolving Rifle in the Civil War,” appeared originally in the March 2004 issue of American Rifleman. To subscribe to the magazine, visit the NRA membership page here and select American Rifleman as your member magazine. Above: Two basic patterns of the Model 1855 Colt revolving rifle were acquired by the U.S. government. The wartime procured …

Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed House Bill 2310 with a vote of 15-0. It allows those who have already taken online firearms training prior to January 1st, 2021, to use it towards their carry permit application for a limited amount of time. HB 2310 previously passed the House with …

This article, “Exploded View: Lee-Enfield No. 4 Rifle,” appeared originally in the April 2004 issue of American Rifleman. To subscribe to the magazine, visit the NRA membership page here and select American Rifleman as your member magazine. In 1939, the British soldier was still armed with the same rifle his father, or perhaps even his grandfather, carried. The Short, …

Q: I recently purchased an M1 carbine manufactured by Quality Hardware that has a bayonet lug. Is this part original to the gun or was it added later? A: It was added later. More than 6 million M1 carbines were made over the course of the war, with production starting in mid-1942. …

Having tried and failed to impose a national firearm licensing and registration scheme on an unwilling American public for more than half a century, gun control advocates have spruced up the policy for the 21st century. In a paper titled “A Decentralized and Encrypted National Gun Registry,” a group of …

After first being exposed to suppressors over a decade ago, I’ve since found it hard to enjoy extended time at the range without one. The truth is, a good suppressor will limit noise pollution and recoil, which are two of the necessary but often unpleasant side effects of our much beloved trigger …

After shooting deaths shot up 75% in Chicago, Governor Pritzker announced that he was dispatching 500 more National Guard troops to fight “the dark forces of racism” in D.C. Washington D.C. may be suffering from “the dark forces of racism” since it’s currently in the hands of the party of …

American troops went to war in Korea carrying many of the same weapons that served the U.S. military during World War II. They soon found themselves in combat against North Korean troops carrying their own World War II-vintage small arms. The North Koreans used Soviet-made small arms, the same types …