I have a tremendous amount of personal experience with the M14 rifle. I first handled one and saw it demonstrated at Camp Perry, Ohio, when I was only 13. I lived with one in my room for four years as a cadet at West Point. I qualified with it, drilled with it, paraded with it, competed with it, trained with it and trained cadets in following classes how to shoot it. Read More

GLOCK launched its first-ever .22 LR caliber pistol, the G44. The G44 has a unique hybrid steel-polymer slide, mirroring the iconic G19 frame. It features GLOCK Gen5 enhancements such as the ambidextrous slide stop lever, reversible magazine catch and the GLOCK Marksman barrel (GMB). Read More

At the end of 2019, American Rifleman editors and contributors got together and discussed the guns, ammunition, optics and gear that emerged from the marketplace over the past year. Read More

The "U.S. Carbine, Caliber .30, M1" was the most produced American infantry arm of World War II. And it's back. Again. As this is written, my cheek is gleefully stained with linseed oil... Read More

New for 2020, Rock River Arms is introducing a new addition to its line of semi-automatic, AR-style pistols chambered in 9 mm Luger: the BT92152. Read More

There were at least four grizzly bear attacks on people in the state of Montana alone in fall 2019, so those out and about in lands roamed by Ursus arctos horribillis need to be prepared. Read More

I was recently presented this idea for a series of posts to this blog, this being the first. The idea is to spend a few paragraphs on my favorite handgun and do it a decade at a time. Read More

The versatility of pistol-caliber rifles and carbines is undeniable, and their popularity has skyrocketed as of late. Read More

The M1911A1 is still the main handgun of the U.S. military and will remain so for some time to come. Our latest approved, but as yet unissued, service pistol, Beretta's 92SB-F... Read More