Red dots - and green ones, too - have been the future of many firearm platforms in recent years; especially handguns. One of the most clever innovations that I have witnessed from an optics company in recent years is the shotgun dot. The Vortex Optics Viper Shotgun Enclosed Dot has such a clever ...
A Georgia family did the right things, then a man returned in body armor with a rifle. Here's what their defensive gun use teaches about protecting yours.
Few firearms carry as much mystique as the AKS-74U. Fielded by Soviet forces in Afghanistan starting in the early 1980s, the stubby little Krinkov bridged the gap between a submachine gun and a full-length rifle, and it became one of the most iconic compact firearms of the Cold War era. Palmetto ...
If you’ve shot a suppressed AR-15 for more than a magazine or two, you already know the tradeoff. The can makes your rifle quiet, but it also sends a chunk of that gas right back at you. Eyes, lungs, bolt carrier group, all of it. That backpressure problem, combined with a new and, in my .....
PHLster Holsters released the Enigma Micro on June 23, a beltless concealed carry rig built specifically for the small pistols a lot of people now carry as their primary gun. It is available now at phlsterholsters.com for $150, fully assembled and ready to wear out of the box. The Micro fits thre...
We spent a week pulling triggers at Staccato Vegas to determine which PCCs are worthwhile, and which to avoid The post The Best Pistol Caliber Carbines: We Put the Top 18 PCCs to the Test appeared first on Outdoor Life.
Welcome back, folks! Last time around we kicked off a four-part look at the Colt 1862 Police revolver, covering the design philosophy that produced it, the Civil War timing that hampered its sales, the factory fire that made things worse, and the conversion craze that ate up the majority of survi...
I love 1911 handguns. There is something about the short and light trigger that helps me shoot 1911 pistols more precisely than any other pistol platform. Quite simply, the 1911 pistol hits “home” with me. The craftsmanship engineered into a 1911 supersedes other semi-auto pistols by far for ...
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a Needham conversion of a Bridesburg rifle-musket with an 1863-dated lock, one of approximately 5,020 Civil War muzzleloaders converted to breechloading centerfire using the Needham side-opening system. After the war the Army was sitting on an...
Virginia’s new semiautomatic firearm and magazine restrictions face five lawsuits, with two injunction hearings scheduled before the July 1 effective date.