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Gun Notches

The stubble-faced, black-hat-wearing outlaw sneered as he carved another notch in his Colt. When completed, he rubbed his thumb over it and sniggered.
Read Full Article Alan Garbers
Pistol With A History

When Joseph W. Marshall, then 78, passed away in Seattle in May 1988, the headline on his obituary in the old Post-Intelligencer newspaper was a bland...
Read Full Article Dave Workman
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Gun Cleaning ... Why Bother?

Too much of a good thing is still too much. The same can be true when it comes to gun cleaning. In this episode of the Gun Cranks, things get dirty as Brent...
Read Full Article Brent Wheat
Pull Start Fire

I’ve forever been one of those weirdos who prides himself on always starting a campfire with a single match, even during a North Dakota blizzard, without...
Read Full Article Brent Wheat
Ruger Rifle Magpul Makeover

Telling my Ruger American rifles apart by merely glancing at them would be a bonus. I was accumulating Ruger Americans faster than a crazy cat lady. Did I...
Read Full Article Jeff "Tank" Hoover
Intervention, Vel Non

It was almost midnight, and I was watching a skinhead pin a girl in a short black dress up against the railing of a bridge. He wasn’t hitting or groping...
Read Full Article Jeremy Clough
Lee Speed Sporter

Two just-commissioned second lieutenants were celebrating their graduation from Sandhurst, 1910, with a pint at the local pub. They were speculating on...
Read Full Article Dave Anderson
Playing Catch-Up

Good guns can be made better and I offer you two recent examples, each from a legendary American handgun brand.
Read Full Article Massad Ayoob
Glove Up!

I’ve finally come around — I believe in gloves for shooters. Not only do they save wear and tear on my hands, but they’ve provided a few more...
Read Full Article Clayton Walker
Streamlight Protac 2.0 Rail Mount...

Talk about upping your game from the original 1.0 version! Streamlight went for broke as this beast checks all my boxes — power (2,000 lumens), a simple...
Read Full Article Brent Wheat

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Handguns, Rifles & Shotguns

Beretta APX

Beretta came relatively late to the polymer striker-fired “service pistol” market, but their Apex in this format has drawn raves from most reviewers.
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Ruger .416 Hawkeye
Ruger .416 Hawkeye African

The Ruger .416 Hawkeye African shares the same elegant homage to express rifle conventions with a black ebony forend tip, twin stock crossbolts, single-leaf...
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Double Ought!

Taylor’s & Co. imports the Pedersoli “Wyatt Earp” double-barrel sawed-off shotgun emblazoned with Wyatt’s name (or not, depending on your preference).
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Hawke Endurance 1000 Laser...

The waterproof and lightweight Hawke Endurance 1000 Laser Range Finder works out to 1000 meters.
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Before The .44 Magnum

Smith & Wesson changed the face of sixgunning with the introduction of the .357 Magnum in 1935. Twenty years later in the closing days of December 1955 the...
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The “Play Like You ...

It’s axiomatic — we “play like we practice,” and therefore should be “building our repetitions” with the same gear, even the same clothing, and...
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Podcasts

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Why Not A...

We ask the question: Why not a shotgun?  If you look at the “popular press,” the shotgun doesn't exist despite millions of people who use them every...
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Don't Buy a...

Mitch Rosen is one of the original top-tier holster makers, and in today's episode, he talks about his company and what you need to know in order to buy the...
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New Revolvers...

Tom McHale, editor of American Handgunner, discusses some of the new revolvers recently released at the 2023 SHOT Show.
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