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New Shooter’s Guide: What’s A Double Action/Single Action Trigger?

Some elements of firearms terminology can be confusing for new shooters. One of the more problematic are descriptions of trigger operation. But we can...

Single Action Vs Double Action: What’s the Difference?

New shooters might rightly ask, "What Are The Differences Between Double-Action and Single-Action Triggers?" There are a lot, in fact. We'll cover the basics...

Concealed Carry Continues Growth

John R. Lott, Jr., president of the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC), has released the group’s annual report of Concealed Carry Permit Holders Across...

Sharing Downrange with CO

Downrange to Denver? Sure Hello, I’m a happy subscriber and would like permission to send the September and October “Downrange” columns to the Broomfield and...

Armed Citizens Stop Attacks

John Lott, Jr. has done an interesting study of how often armed citizens like ourselves intervene to stop mass shooters. Bottom line: The rate...

Assessing Pistol Recoil Energy

Re “Firing Line,” July 2022 Todd: Finally cycled through my gun subscriptions and read the July 2022 Issue. Surprised to see my tirade about recoil....
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New Shooter’s Guide: You Have Your Concealed Carry Permit – Should You Carry?

Well, you did it. You got your License to Carry, CCW, CHL or whatever they call it in your state. Perhaps you did that...

Curious About the 5.7×28

Re “22-Caliber Hi-Capacity Pistols: Ruger, KelTec, and Armscor,” October 2020 I bought the original 5.7x28 pistol when it came out quite a few years ago...

Lots of Gun Law Changes

If you’ve been looking at recent gun-law news, you might be shocked at the pace at which things are happening. I’ve been surprised at...

Solving a Big Shotgun Failure

Re “Self-Loading Shotguns: We Test 3 Affordable Turkish Brands,” March 2021 I have a follow-up to your review of the Toros Copolla T4. I bought this...

Fruits of Bruen

A couple of issues ago (August 2022), I wrote in this space about the earth-shaking effect that the Supreme Court’s Bruen decision would have...

The Commonly Owned AR-15

As I write this in late July 2022, the House of Representatives is poised to pass another ban on semi-auto rifles similar to the...

Who Do You Want as the Next US AG?

President Trump has fired Attorney General Pam Bondi. Many gun-rights groups didn’t like Bondi, who they say came in with a weak 2nd Amendment...