No charges will be filed against Elisjsha Dicken, the 22-year-old armed citizen who stopped a mass murderer at an Indiana mall earlier this year. The announcement came during a press conference on Dec. 21, where Greenwood Police Department Chief James Ison released new details about the perpetrator, and praised Dicken as “a …

Mention the name ‘Weatherby’ when having a discussion about rifle cartridges, and almost invariably you’ll hear about the belted cases and the signature double-radius shoulder of Roy’s creations. Some are of Holland & Holland diameter—for that case was the basis for most of the Weatherby cartridges—and some are smaller, such as …

First came the Clinton administration-era lawsuits. And gun makers were almost bled dry. Until the PLCAA was passed and signed by President George W. Bush in 2005. Then came the Obama administration’s Operation Choke Point in 2013. And the financial-services sector was used to strangle gun makers and dealers. Until the Trump administration ended …

There are so many legendary firearms that capture the hearts and minds of shooters and collectors. Among the most iconic of those firearms is the Colt Single Action Army. Few guns evoke the spirit of the Old West as does a Single Action Army. For this reason, reproductions of the Single Action …

Whenever I advise new shooters on how to choose their first handgun, I stress that proper fit is the most-critical aspect, second only to reliability. To drive the point home, I liken it to a glove that must accommodate both of their hands at the same time. The better the …

Most of us are taught to place that critical focus on the front sight of a handgun because in the United States, most institutions responsible for disseminated shooting knowledge are rooted in the classic and traditional discipline of bullseye shooting. In bullseye shooting, precision and accuracy are paramount, so everything is …

Rimfire firearms don’t immediately come to mind when one thinks of SIG Sauer, a company that prides itself on its tactical guns. But while .22 LR firearms aren’t a major part of SIG’s DNA, it hasn’t ignored them, either.  The SIG 522 rifle, for instance, followed the lines of the legendary …

Ruger’s newest rifle combines a 7.62 NATO chambering with an AR-15-size platform to create what might be the ultimate sport-utility rifle. For the past decade or so, the launch of a new AR-platform firearm has been hyped by the manufacturer with all sorts of claims about how it is faster …

While the sun may have long set on the golden age of the duty-sized, double-action revolver, after wonder-nines and then striker-fired polymer pistols took center stage, one of the last vestiges of the revolver world still holding out are pocket revolvers. Pocket-size revolvers, often referred to as snubnose revolvers, usually …

Clockwise from center-top: 1930s Yugoslav officer’s pistol; September 1944 pistol assembled during the first days of liberation when FN had no power, with parts left in the white; pre-war French municipal police pistol for Toulouse; pre-war, gold-engraved presentation pistol as owned by President Martinez from El Salvador; pre-war RPLT Danish …