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First Look: Viridian HS1 Laser Hand Stop for AR-15
The AR-15-type rifle continues to sell in record numbers and is easily and quickly adapted to serve a variety of roles for the American gun owner. The popularity of the AR is due to a number of factors. Its modular construction makes changing features on the gun fast and easy, …
Trump Administration Fixes Policy Concerning Suppressors
Last month, the Trump Administration fixed a U.S. Department of State policy on suppressors that had kept American suppressor makers out of the international market for these hearing-safety devices. According to the NRA-ILA: “The Department of State has rescinded its April 18, 2002, firearms sound suppressor policy. This policy … …
Thompson/Center’s New Competition Rimfire Rifles
Rimfire rifles, and the games they play, are increasing in popularity. Savvy gun makers are cranking out competition models, and the latest is a joint effort between Thompson/Center and the Smith & Wesson Performance Center. The Guns The Performance Center T/CR22 is a blowback-operated .22 LR rifle built on a …
Head to Head: .38 Super vs. 9 mm
The Underwood .38 Super ammunition tested for this article performed exceptionally well. Underwood is an often-overlooked manufacturer of high-quality ammunition. Many believe the .38 Super is a “magnum” 9 mm and that it’s significantly more effective from a terminal-performance standpoint. With common FMJ ammunition you can expect a .38 Super to …
When Government Encourages Victimhood, You Have an Alternative
According to a report from the Minneapolis Star Tribune, the number of officers in the Minneapolis Police Department has been reduced 10 percent since May and the department “could lose as much as a third of its workforce by the end of the year.”Some on the city council have sought …
Hatsan Introduces the Hydra Rifle
Utilizing the company’s patented Versi-Cal Technology (VCT), Hatsan has released its aptly named Hydra airgun. The Hydra is so named thanks to its interchangeable caliber system, which allows the user to trade between calibers with a single thumb screw. The VCT system couples a caliber-specific receiver and barrel into a single …
Accuracy vs. Precision: Sharpen Your Shooting Skills
If you have been involved with shooting in any capacity for any amount of time, you have likely heard the words “accuracy” and “precision” used a lot, probably even interchangeably. But do you really know the difference between accuracy and precision? Let’s take a deeper look at what these two …
Contrived Data at Odds with Lived Reality
Social science research is not as clear-cut as the hard sciences; research findings require interpretation and explanation. The findings have to be plausible. When the explanations are not grounded and experienced reality conflicts with the findings, the validity of the research should be questioned. Case in point: the latest research …
Nighthawk Counselor
When you get a chance to review a Nighthawk pistol like the Counselor, you don’t say no. And so that is how I ended up testing the personal pistol of the Nighthawk’s CEO Mark Stone. The Counselor is an aluminum-framed, officer’s-sized Model 1911 chambered in 9 mm Parabellum. Nighthawk took …
Los Angeles Clippers Owner Gives Millions to Bloomberg-Backed Group
Billionaire Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer recently donated $7 million to the Bloomberg-backed gun-control group Everytown for Gun Safety. This multi-million dollar donation from one billionaire to another is just another example of how some elites now and then step out of their gated communities—security details all around them—to …