Rubber Dummies by Mr Target are self-sealing when shot with ball ammunition and repaintable. Each can provide thousands of rounds of realistic practice. We all need something to shoot at when practicing our skills. Almost everyone begins, then continues, shooting traditional targets. Whether printed paper stapled or clamped to a …

After nearly two years, gun-ban advocates still haven’t been able to accept the U.S. Supreme Court’s Bruen decision, which, among other things, affirmed the right of lawful Americans to carry a firearm outside the home for self-defense. In fact, many would like to see concealed carry outlawed, despite the fact that doing …

I can still remember the first time I witnessed someone reloading their own ammo. It was a friend of mine with a small, single-stage Lee Precision press and barely enough room to operate it. He lived in a meager apartment with his wife and young child, but was somehow able …

As if we need further evidence of the growing popularity of pistol-mounted red-dot sights in general, and of the enclosed-emitter variety in specific, Riton has entered the market with its 3 Tactix EED sight. The firm has offered open-emitter models for a few years now, starting with the 3 Tactix PRD in …

While the semi-automatic pistol market continues to yield innovative and truly new models from time to time, we currently live in an era of copious copies and clones of existing models and designs. In recent years, the Glock Gen3 G19 pattern pistol has become one of the more popular subjects …

Many in the mainstream media and in Hollywood have long painted a stereotypical portrait of the American gun owner: He is supposed to be an old, balding, poorly educated white guy, possibly with a Southern accent. But, while the anti-Second Amendment legacy press may be more interested in politically useful …

When you’re choosing a firearm instructor, you are choosing someone to teach you how to potentially save your life and the lives of those close to you. So, choosing the cheapest one available makes as much sense as choosing the cheapest skydiving instructor. The minimum amount of training needed to …

Give an American a new set of laws, and before the ice melts in your drink, someone will have an idea to work around it. With the numerous and varied laws regarding what makes a legal deer cartridge in many of the Midwestern states, a good number of cartridges have …

The terrible violence currently occurring in Israel and the Gaza Strip is terrifying, but sadly, it is not surprising. For the past century, the Palestinian territory has been rife with social upheaval, economic opportunity and disaster, and religious and ethnic wars and revolts, attacks and counterattacks. The conflict continues today …

This article, “100 Years With The Perfect Cartridge” appeared originally in the in the September 2006 issue of American Rifleman. To subscribe to the monthly magazine, visit NRA’s membership page. No less than Mr. .270 himself, Jack O’Connor, once said, “The .30-’06 has a wider range of usefulness than any other American cartridge.” …