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Beware Online Gun Purchases

Dear Todd: As a long-time reader and subscriber to your magazine, I value it as the only “source of serious, objective evaluations” of firearms...

Gun News, Good and Bad

Over the past three years, historic numbers of Americans legally purchased a firearm. According to Larry Keane, senior vice president and general counsel of...

What Are Popular Revolver Calibers?

Many new shooters aren’t as familiar with revolvers as shooters of, ahem, more experience. But revolvers remain as simple, easy-to-maintain firearms for hunting, carry,...

New Shooter’s Guide: What Are Double-Action-Only Triggers?

If you're new to shooting, you might have questions about terms used to describe trigger operation on handguns. We'll clear up one of those...

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...

Rebellion In The Lower Courts

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the Protect Illinois Communities Act in January 2023, and it is among the nation’s worst gun-control laws. It bans...