Shooting industry trends often play out like a gold rush. A manufacturer picks up a firearm concept that has usually been floating around for some time and gives it a few well-thought-out adjustments. The gun strikes that magical, just-right balance of desirable features, a reasonable price point and a brand …

Few names communicate instant confidence in a company’s products, and Smith & Wesson is a member of that elite group. The firm has maintained that status by building solidly on a foundation of quality, lifesaving reliability and long-lasting value. Even the modern innovation it brings to its latest guns exhibit the kind …

We’ve always known the ATF is tyrannical, unconstitutional and hell-bent on destroying our Second Amendment rights. But it’s even worse than any of us could have imagined. Just this week, it’s been revealed that the ATF is maintaining a database of 920,664,765 firearms purchase records, including 54 million from last …

During oral arguments in the case of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh explained to the lawyer representing New York state that core individual rights cannot survive if they are to be subjected to the personal judgments of their opponents. “If it’s …

If you ask the average defensive or competitive shooter “What shooting skills would you like to further develop?” a popular response is “To increase my speed and accuracy.” What if you were to discover that speed and accuracy have nothing to do with the shooting process? How would this shocking …

s we turn the page on 2021 and step into a new year, let’s take a few minutes to look back at what this year had to offer in one of the fastest growing defensive handgun categories: the ‘Micro Nine’ carry pistol. But to appreciate what these guns have to …

The Millennium G2 was one of Taurus’ most successful handgun lines, and in 2019, the company modified its design to create a new pistol, the Taurus G3. Like the previous Millennium G2 line off of which it was based, the G3 is a polymer-frame, striker-fired, recoil-operated handgun with added features and a slightly larger …

If you didn’t know better, you might look at the Trijicon RMRcc and think, man, there’s something a little different about that RMR. You would, of course, be right—it’s the same length as a standard RMR, but .06-inch thinner and .03-inch shorter. Now, I don’t know about you, but I’m not sure …

I am often asked by hunters who are planning their first dangerous game hunt—whether it be in Alaska, Australia or Africa—which is the right dangerous game cartridge for them. While the answer to that question may be subjective, and could easily be tailored to both the shooter and the game animal being …

Seeing this event was like watching gun-control activists’ twisted narratives unraveling before your eyes. In downtown Detroit, there were hundreds of women lined up to learn how to defend themselves with a handgun. They want their freedom; their independence; their right to live without fear. For 10 years now, Rick …