Located in West Valley City, Utah, Desert Tech launched its specialized lineup of bullpup bolt-action rifles in 2007. In 2014, the company shifted gears with proof-of-concept models of the cartridge-convertible semi-automatic Micro Dynamic Rifle (MDR), but it would be another three years before the system was ready to ship. From …

Montana Governor Steve Bullock (D) has been very active during the long 2020 campaign season.  First, in May of 2019, he jumped into the race to be the Democrat nominee to face off against President Donald Trump (R) this November.  After several months, however, and failing to break 1% of …

Shooting is a perishable skill—that’s a simple and often painful fact. For me, nothing disappears faster than handgun-shooting skills, and it was a horrible time for that to surface. Due to major surgery—with a less-than-acceptable outcome—I had been in a forced hiatus from competitive shooting for a couple of years. …

Some of the most interesting conversations take place around a warm rifle as we wait for the barrel to cool. One day on the range as I was sitting back in my chair, enjoying a cigar, the collective group of long-range shooters that I pal around with (affectionately referred to …

Most of us are spending a lot of time indoors that would otherwise be excellent shooting weather or are unable to get to the range. Editor-in-Chief Mark Keefe asked if I would share some thoughts on dry fire to perhaps help shooters get some repetitions in while stay-at-home orders are …

Michael Bloomberg failed to win much Democratic support in his expensive quest (spending an estimated $1 billion of his personal fortune) to secure the 2020 nomination for president, but the former New York City mayor is continuing to push his unrelenting gun-control agenda with lots of money. He has plenty …

This article, “Winchester’s First Self-Loading Rifles,” appeared originally in the May 2003 issue of American Rifleman. To subscribe to the magazine, visit the NRA membership page here and select American Rifleman as your member magazine. Realizing that American sportsmen would eventually recognize the intrinsic merits of self-loading hunting rifles and shotguns, the Winchester …

Last week we discussed how being involved in a criminal attack can have a negative effect on our ability to hear things going on around us.  And that is just one of the physical changes that can occur when we are confronted with what is called the Fight or Flight Syndrome. There …

Many of you know from my articles, we are forbidden in Venezuela, since 2012, by the thugs in power to carry guns. This is part of the plan to subjugate 25 million people and have total control: out of FEAR. In my case, those gun laws also forbid ANYTHING capable …

Fabrique Nationale (FN) was once synonymous with small, high-quality concealable pistols. At the dawn of the 20th century, FN was a major player in the formative semi-automatic carry pistol market and was the European benefactor of John M. Browning’s design genius. The FN 1900 was the debut vehicle for the …