SHOT 2023: Gun Tests Visits Shoot Like A Girl
At the SHOT 2023 media day, Angela Salzmann, sound engineer for our Gun Tests video crew, got a quick lesson in how to get...
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....
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...
Worrisome Questions From SCOTUS
I am uneasy after hearing oral arguments in the Supreme Court case, Garland v. VanDerStok, and reviewing a transcript from the October 8, 2024 session....