Hornady has just announced several new and expanded ammunition lines for 2023, ranging from 7.62x39mm subsonics to the company’s new 7mm PRC cartridge. Whether your goal is long-range precision or maximum effect on target, Hornady makes some of the best ammo out there. Now the company has announced expansions to several of its existing ammunition […]
Reloading big-bore cartridges from .416 Rigby to .505 Gibbs. The big-bore cartridges have such a wide variation in design, construction and birth dates that it requires a bit of examination to best understand how to approach them as a handloader. For example, the .416 Rigby dates from 1911, the revered .375 H&H from 1912, the […]
These electronic ear plugs for shooting don’t just provide protection against hearing loss, they make shooting much more enjoyable. The danger that even a one-time exposure to excessive noise could result in permanent hearing damage is undeniable. According to The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) any noise level at or above 85 decibels […]
Since its introduction, the 10mm Auto has been putting magnum power into semi-auto pistols. In recent years, it’s had a bit of a resurgence in popularity. What are seven dependable 10mm Auto pistols for hunting, defense and target shooting? My introduction to the 10mm Auto came in the fall of 2014. I wanted to try […]
Problem is, with a recent upswing in popularity, the market is filled with options that make experimentation somewhat cost-prohibitive. In most cases. There are still deals if you know where to look. And we’ve dug up 11 of them, all less than $1,000 and solid in performance. While many of these are available in other […]
There’s no need to go full-sized in a defensive smoothbore with bullpup shotguns around. We give you six of the best to guard hearth and home. Gun design is fairly rote. By that I mean, there is an excepted configuration to a particular style of firearm, which is generally adhered to. Sure, there are tweaks […]
Aftermarket handgun grips can help improve your shooting, and LOK Grips are some of the best available. Within the past decade, there’s been a significant trend toward both modularity and ergonomics—not just in relation to rifles, but all the way down to pocket pistols. The ability of the individual to quickly fit a gun to […]
Zastava has undoubtedly dominated the American AK market this past year, but is that because of their superior quality? Or was it simply because their ZPAP rifles were the most consistently available? The ZPAP M70 The Yugoslavian pattern AK, or M70, has gone through a series of developments both as a military service rifle and […]
These are as carbine hard as the men who used them living off the land as they were fending the back forty. Quite a résumé! And they’ve only grown better with time. In their present modernized form, the lever-gun is equally as adept an instrument for guarding the suburban homestead as they are a do-anything […]
There are a lot of Glock-like 9mm pistols out there, but among them, the all-metal Armscor STK100 stands out as something different. The marketplace is full of 9mm pistols with capacious magazines. So, why Armscor? Why the STK100? Simple: no polymer. The STK100 not only looks like a Glock (let’s just get the “G word” […]
