We all know that SIG Sauer has the 365 and 320—many of us even remember the 226—but some might have forgotten about SIG’s 1911s. More than 20 years ago, the company known for its 226 variants released its first 1911, the GSR. The Granite Series Rail was awarded the 2004 …

Firearm: Walther PPK/S in .32 ACP (MSRP: $969) It’s genuinely hard to overstate the impact of the Walther PPK on the firearm world. The PPK designation comes from the abbreviation of the German Polizeipistole Kriminal, which translates approximately into police pistol, detective. At the time of its introduction, it was groundbreaking—a small, …

Every new or inexperienced female shooter I take to the gun range, even before picking up a firearm asks, “How badly is it going to kick?” As soon as they ask, I know there is a high probability that hitting where they aim is going to be problematic. If you have prematurely …

The Treasury Department’s latest accusation against laws protecting Americans and American businesses against “woke” discrimination would be absurd if it wasn’t so serious. Treasury officials – the same ones that illegally spied-and-lied on law-abiding Americans purchasing firearms and ammunition – are warning that laws like Florida’s HB 3 are a threat to national …

Among the many interesting facets of handgun development history are those examples that could be called the transitional models. These include older guns modified to make them compatible with emergent technologies, or newer models with features intended to suit the tastes of old-fashioned shooters. A good example of the latter …

Now, notice the careful wording there: First “lever-action rifle.” Not “first lever-action”—that would go to the Volcanic, the lever-actuated handgun patented by Horace Smith in 1854 using the self-primed “Volcanic” cartridges that allowed firearms to move beyond loose blackpowder and into the world of self-contained ammunition. This technology would eventually …

Stag Arms used to be the company that sold $650 AR-15s. These guns functioned well—and sold like popcorn at the cinema—but they were basic mil-spec carbines without any bells and whistles. In 2016, however, after the company was sold and later moved its headquarters to Wyoming, Stag’s new management dreamed big. …

Previously, I examined the different bullet grain weights for 9mm and .223 cartridges to outline how different grain weights and bullet designs play a role in terminal performance, recoil, accuracy, and sometimes reliability in your particular firearm. I am now taking a look at perhaps one of the most American calibers of them all, …

Vice President Kamala Harris (D) was supposed to “oversee” the first-ever gun-control department run out of the White House, known as the Office of Gun Violence Prevention. It was founded about a year ago, in September 2023. If Harris has done anything of substance with this gun-control office in the White …

Back in the 1980s, when Cowboy Action Shooting was just getting started, I attended one of the first matches held at Norco, Calif., in a dual role of gunwriter and competitor; when I wasn’t shooting with a pair of Single Action Armys, I was shooting with a Canon camera. During the competition, one …