Two of the most iconic words in the world of gun collecting are “Colt Walker.” Only 1,000 of the revolvers were ever made for the US military, and only 100 more were made for civilians. Of those, only about 10% survived. That scarcity has propelled ...
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Florida Man Pulls in .50-Cal Rifles While Fishing With Grandson
Fishing can find you inner peace, creative ideas, engaging conversation, or in the case of one grandfather and his grandson, a Barrett .50-cal rifle. More specifically, two of them. Duane Smith and his grandson, Allen Cadwalader decided to try out ...
RBT Chief Heads to Capitol to Fight ATF Attacks on FRT Devices
Amid legal threats, warnings of pending confiscations circulating on the internet, and a raid on a supplier conducted by federal agents, the President and CEO of Rare Breed Triggers, Lawrence DeMonico, is formally stepping away from his day-to-day ...
The ATF’s Renewed War on Forced Reset Triggers
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives has taken another swipe at one of its favorite Second Amendment targets: forced reset triggers, or FRTs. These triggers, which the ATF is convinced are machine guns, have been a source of ...
Washington State Gun Laws: Standard-Capacity Magazine Sales Banned
Gov. Jay Inslee signed a package of three Washington state gun control bills into law yesterday (March 23) as many expected he would — one bans the sale of standard-capacity magazines in the state, and another prohibits residents from building ...
The Guns of the Ukrainian Army
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine rages, a firearms enthusiast might be excused for wondering what small arms make up the guns of the Ukrainian Army. Let’s take a look at the weapons now on the front lines. Guns of the Ukrainian Army: ...
Kel-Tec, Police Depts, Gun Shops Sending Ukraine Firearms, Body Armor
The outpouring of support for the Ukrainian struggle against the ongoing Russian invasion continues in the United States, including American companies, law enforcement agencies, and individuals sending Ukraine gun donations and much-needed shipments ...
Expansion Ammo Preps Huge Texas Plant to Fight Ammunition Shortage
As the country’s major ammo manufacturers insist they can do little to quell the never-ending ammunition shortage and continually surging prices, one young company, Expansion Ammunition, is looking to help make shooting affordable again. Expansion ...
Stone Blinds and Bows: How Ancient Hunters Killed Reindeer in A.D. 600
Bowhunting for reindeer takes a good amount of skill and stealth in the 2020s. Ancient hunters 1,700 years ago in what is present-day Norway had to have Marine Scout Sniper-level skills. Now, there is well-preserved physical evidence of exactly how ...
Indiana Joins Alabama and Ohio as Newest Constitutional Carry States
UPDATE - March 22, 2022: Gov. Eric Holcomb signed the Indiana constitutional carry bill (House Bill 1296) into law on Monday, granting residents the right to legally carry a concealed firearm without possessing a permit, paying a fee, or receiving ...
WTF is FRA? The Origin Story of Free Range American
The best ideas are born in the mountains around a campfire, over coffee, before or after a hunt, a fishing trip, or a range day with friends. Free Range American is no different. It’s a community of like-minded adventurers, born — it turns out — from ...
2 Million Rounds Headed to Ukraine from American Ammunition Manufacturers
Support for Ukrainians fighting against the Russian invasion of their country is pouring forth from all over the United States, including the ammunition industry. Two major US ammo producers have pledged to support the resistance — with bullets. ...
Build an Indoor Archery Range in Your Basement and Shoot Year-Round
My obsession had resulted in a collection of holes punched into various parts of our home. The need to bend the limbs back was constant. My bride and I were dirt poor and fresh-out-of-college newlyweds. I worked as a teacher and my wife as a ...
Is There Still a Reason for the 10-Gauge Shotgun to Exist?
Everyone should get a 10-gauge shotgun before they’re gone. Well, not everyone. Let me qualify that a little bit. The following people should grab a 10-gauge: Waterfowl hunters should get one if they want to go after geese and swans at ...
The ‘Freakin’ 12-Gauge’: The Only Gauge You Really Need
Don: “Hey, Napoleon. What did you do last summer again?” Napoleon Dynamite: “I told you! I spent it with my uncle in Alaska hunting wolverines!” Don: “What kind of gun did you use?” Napoleon: “A freakin’ 12-gauge! What do you ...
California Wants to Let People Sue Gun Shops, Spits Shade at Youth Rifle
California Gov. Gavin Newsom appears to be following through with a promise he made last year: to introduce anti-gun legislation based on the Texas Heartbeat Act, an anti-abortion law that went into effect in September, hoping to eventually put the ...
Send Lawyers, Guns, and Money: Hunter S. Thompson and Firearms
Hunter S. Thompson has become a lot of things to a lot of people since his death in 2005. While he was alive, it wasn’t much different. He was a public figure so controversial, that went so against the grain of civilized society, and was so litigious ...
Washington State’s High Capacity Magazine Ban Moving Forward
A so-called "high capacity" magazine ban is moving steadily through the Washington state Legislature. If successful, Senate Bill 5078 would make Washington the 10th state to impose a magazine capacity limit, and there's just one chance left for the ...
The Most Expensive Shotguns of All Time
The concept of a shotgun is fairly simple by firearm design standards. At its most basic, a shotgun is a hammer, trigger, chamber, a smoothbore barrel or two, and a stock. It's kind of amazing to think that a contraption consisting of little more ...
Meet Olympic Biathlete ‘Lanny Oakley,’ Who’s Gone Full Tactical
When biathletes Lanny Barnes and her twin sister Tracy decided to retire from the Olympics, they were experts at shooting under extremely demanding conditions — a skill set that didn’t translate into traditional employment opportunities, but fit ...
Guide to Buying a First Bow and Arrow for Kids
There are many reasons a kid might get a fire under their butt about archery. Maybe they watched Hawkeye, Brave, or one of the Hunger Games movies and want to give it a try. Maybe they watched some of the archery competitions from the 2020 Olympic ...
Ohio Gun Laws: Bill Would Protect Gun Rights During Riots, Emergencies
A piece of legislation that could codify the protection of gun rights during states of emergency in Ohio was approved by a committee this week and will be sent to the House for a vote. The bill, HB 325, would declare firearm possession, ...
ATF Compiling ‘Form 4473’ Database With Nearly a Billion Records So Far
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF) recently revealed it has collected and maintained 920,664,765 firearm sales records to date that include American gun buyers' personal information. Nearly 95% percent of them are ...
Good Excuses to Buy a New Bow This Year
Well, it’s a new year, and for most of us, the recent calendar flip means new plans, hopes, dreams, and commitments. Perhaps “buy a new bow” is penciled in somewhere on your 2022 to-do list. I say “penciled” just in case your mind isn’t made up. If ...
The Most Expensive Rifles Ever Sold at a Gun Auction
Recently, we published a story about the most expensive firearms ever sold at a gun auction. With a staggering total price of more than $14 million, the guns on that list are incredible, but they all had one thing in common: They were all handguns. ...
GOEX Plant to be Revived: American Black Powder Is Back in Business
It turns out the 220-year history of GOEX making black powder in the United States has not ended; it is merely suffering a temporary production gap. After a hiatus, the GOEX plant will begin production again this year after operations were shut down ...
Rash of LA Train Robberies Continues: 82 Firearms Stolen, Possibly More
For months, Union Pacific Railroad cars passing through Los Angeles have been repeatedly robbed by thieves who have made off with millions of dollars in merchandise, including TVs, appliances, and clothing. After local officials have, apparently, ...
These Brits Debunk the Deadly M1 Garand ‘Ping’ Myth
The beloved M1 Garand Rifle carried the deadly end of American foreign policy from U.S. shores into Europe and the Pacific in World War II and into the forests of Korea the following decade. But the iconic rifle is typically discussed ...
Gun Owners Required to Buy Liability Insurance Under New San José Law
Gun control advocates have been talking about it for years, and now it looks like one city will become the first in the United States to require its gun-owning residents to buy liability insurance to exercise their Second Amendment rights legally. If ...
Gun Sales 2021: 5.4 Million Americans Bought a Firearm for the First Time
The results of the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s (NSSF's) annual surveys of gun retailers are in and, as it turns out, Americans bought a helluva lotta guns in 2021 — and a large percentage of them did so for the very first ...
