Ballistics can be an intimidating topic, and if you aren’t technically minded, the subject can be completely overwhelming. Luckily, you don’t really need to understand complex ballistics to enjoy rifle shooting or to hit targets at long ranges. Modern technology and ballistic solvers can do the math for you. Ballistician …

If desirable round placement is defined as ‘hitting what you’re aiming at, in the amount of time allocated to make that shot,’ then when it comes to shooting performance, most firearms instruction is focused on prepping for that shot. A stable firing stance, positive grip, sight alignment and a good …

TALON Grips has acquired ArachniGRIP, the company that created the patented SlideSpider stick-on grip for pistol slides. ArachniGRIP co-founder Bob Biedenbach returned to the shooting sports ,only to discover his reduced hand strength and arthritis made controlling a pistol slide troublesome. After working with Don Hoekendorf, range master and other founder …

Beretta has been making firearms longer than any other company on the planet. Headquartered outside of Milan, Italy, they have been making firearms for both the royalty and the common folk for literally centuries. The breadth of their product line is almost limitless, from world-class sporting and tactical shotguns to …

The current war in Ukraine has populated the internet with an abundance of images that have piqued the curiosity of firearm and militaria collectors worldwide. Photos with captions like: “Russians fighting with 19th century muskets” are disingenuous at best when the accompanying illustration is of a soldier with a bolt-action …

Hunters are deeply immersed in their tools. Guns, ammo, optics, knives, even our trucks, are all tools we need. Tents, cots, camp stoves and maybe a little bourbon for campfire watching. Blinds, treestands, trail cameras, camo, decoys, boats, canoes, boots, waders—like the road, the stuff we need goes on forever. Yet, here …

Firearm: TriStar American Classic II (MSRP: $811) For fans of the 1911, there are innumerable options available. Lightweight, all-steel, Officer, Commander, Government models; 9 mm, 45 ACP, 38 Super and many other chamberings; there’s a lot of possibilities out there for the concealed-carry practitioner who prefers the 1911 platform. Many, …

SIG Sauer Inc. is releasing a new competition-focused edition of their workhorse M400 AR-15 rifle: the SIG Sauer M400 DH3 SDI. The rifle designed around 3-Gun and Multi-Gun competition shooting with specifications and design input from champion shooter and Team SIG member Daniel Horner. The SIG M400 DH3 SID also the …

Classically, a tactician has always had to decide between the range and power of a rifle or the mobility and ease-of-handling of a pistol. In most cases, an attempt to cure the issues of each platform is met with a severe handicap of its best features. Typically, beefing up a …

Christensen Arms of Gunderson, Utah, specializes in building precision sporting and hunting rifles including bolt-actions and AR pattern platforms. At the 2020 SHOT Show, the company launched a rimfire rifle dubbed the Ranger 22. I was at the show that year. When I saw the Ranger 22 on the rack I …