Vortex Optics has just launched its first eyewear, featuring two styles of glasses that offer protection from both the sun and the dangers of the range. When you’re around gunfire, you need to be wearing ballistic eye protection. Everyone who shoots steel targets with handguns has felt some shrapnel come back at them before. When
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If you want to install the fire control parts and see down into the receiver, just slide the narrow part up into the magwell and clamp the big part in your vise. Handling an AR-15 lower—while also assembling it, tightening something or just making it behave—can be a hassle. Midwest Industries (MI) has a solution,
A look back at the Greener, because nothing gets a young shotgunner’s attention like touching off both barrels—simultaneously! The first shotgun I ever fired was a 20-gauge J. C. Higgins single-barrel single shot. It belonged to the wife of a close family friend, one of two hunting and shooting mentors I had as a kid.
Photo: Rock Island Auction Company. If you’re a fan of double-action/single-action 9mm service pistols, you owe a lot to the Walther P38. The Walther P38 was the Wehrmacht’s less expensive replacement for the iconic P08 Luger pistol. The P08 was reliable and well-liked by the German Army, so you might assume that a cheaper gun
When too much still isn’t enough, it may be time to consider a big-bore AR-15. Just what is a big-bore AR-15? Before we can determine that we must clearly define our task. To me, it first means it’s the AR-15 not the AR-10 or other amalgams, derivatives or evolutions. So, despite our esteemed editor’s suggestion,
A look at the new Bear Creek Arsenal Grizzly pistol, the company’s first polymer handgun. Bear Creek Arsenal is mostly known for its AR-15s and AR components, but the company broke into the handgun market a couple of years back with its Genes1s and Genes1s II pistols. Both of those are full-size 9mm Glock-style handguns,
The special edition Ruger Super Blackhawk from Lipsey’s exemplifies the meaning of hand cannon, especially when loaded with heavy Buffalo Bore .44 Magnum ammo. The author hits the range with a Ruger New Model Super Blackhawk Bisley, a .44 Magnum revolver with some serious heft. Back in the early ’80s, a friend showed up at
Looking for a new iron or piece of kit to enhance the one you already own? Check out these 7 new bits of guns and gear to grow your firearms wish list. The New Guns And Gear: Staccato C Tailored for all-purpose use, the Staccato C strikes a balance between carry convenience and duty/home defense
One of the first boxes of the Mann Load from Doubletap Ammunition in 2010. The packaging has changed a bit since then. A look at the Doubletap Ammunition Mann load, an excellent defensive .45 Auto load bearing the author’s name. On a typically beautiful high desert morning in October of 2010, I was riding from
A quick look at the .30-378 Weatherby Magnum, a lightweight long-ranger. The .30-378 Weatherby Magnum is the .378 Weatherby Magnum case necked to .30 caliber. It was created by Roy Weatherby in the 1950s, upon request by the U.S. government, which wanted to determine how well various types of armor plating stood up to penetration
Photo: Wikipedia. The author takes a look at the ultra-powerful .408 CheyTac and compares it against other anti-materiel cartridges like .50 BMG. The .408 CheyTac is an odd cartridge, in that it has almost no practical civilian use and doesn’t fit any military need well enough to result in widespread adoption. Like many niche calibers,
The author analyzes the thin line between justified self-defense and criminal recklessness. On April 21, 2014, 32-year-old David McLaughlin, a dedicated letter carrier for the United States Postal Service in Indiana, found himself in a harrowing situation. McLaughlin discovered a man attempting to burglarize his home. Acting out of fear and a primal instinct to
Here you see the shoulder strap and the compression straps, which you can also use to lash a tripod or other gear to the case with. The author takes a look at a serious waterproof rifle case from Alps OutdoorZ. We’ve all got gun cases. Some of us have plenty: the tacti-cool one with 17
Moisture is your enemy, but these gun safe dehumidifiers will help keep your firearms happy, dry and rust-free. Having a gun safe dehumidifier is a good idea in general for any gun owner, but it’s a downright necessity if you live in an extremely humid environment or if your firearm collection includes items of significant
The half-inch crew is a serious bunch, possessing the energy to get the job done when the chips are down, but they mean business on both ends of the barrel. Photo: Massaro Media Group. Some shooters love lots of recoil and big slugs, if that’s you, it may be time to get a .50-caliber rifle.
Chrome-lined barrels may glitter, but are they gold? The author weighs their pros and cons to measure their utility. In my time as a gun writer, I’ve come in contact with just about every corner of the shooting public and their unique cultures. Just like anything we obsess over, barrels are one of those topics
WILMINGTON, Del. (March 25, 2024) – Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced the filing of a motion for summary judgment in its lawsuit challenging Delaware’s confiscatory ban on all unserialized, self-manufactured firearms, items and materials that may be used to self-manufacture constitutionally protected arms, and the distribution of any files that may be used to
Handloading remains financially viable, but costs sure have gone up. Photo: Massaro Media Group. The cost of reloading components just took a significant uptick, is bullet building still worth it? I was checking the availability of a particular powder that my .300 Winchester Magnum enjoys very much, when I did a double take. While available,