MARTINEZ, CALIF. — The Second Amendment Foundation has sued Contra Costa County over carry restrictions that, by the group’s account, exist nowhere else in the country. The federal complaint, filed June 17 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, challenges Sher...
The high-end auction houses always have some sort of interesting firearm up for auction - sometimes it’s a rare piece of history, sometimes the gun belonged to a notable figure from the past, and sometimes, it’s a set of diamond-encrusted, gold-plastered Smith & Wesson No. 1 revol...
XS Sights has released a tritium Standard Dot front sight for the Ruger SP101 with fixed rear and the Ruger LCR in .38/.357, and the headline feature is that it comes pre-drilled. No mill work, no drill press, no gunsmith required. The pinhole is already there, and the kit ships with everything y...
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a cased consecutively serialized pair of Colt 1849 Wells Fargo Pocket revolvers, serial numbers 99999 and 100000, likely produced December 31, 1854 and January 1, 1855 respectively. That detail alone is enough. Two guns, one number apart, stra...
It’s one of the most memorable monikers for a fighting force around, and its legend stems from a brutal battle fought more than a century ago. The term was reportedly adapted from the German Teufel Hunden, and applied to American Marines following the Battle of Belleau Wood during World Wa...
Many shooters don't fully understand the pros and cons of carrying a pistol with, or without, a manual safety The post Safety vs No Safety for Concealed Carry Guns: Here’s What Shooters Need to Know appeared first on Outdoor Life.
I recently heard someone say that handguns have no place in military combat. History shows us otherwise. For the tanker, artilleryman, radio operator or medic whose hands are too busy at designated tasks to hold a rifle, the pistol makes enormous sense. Behind the lines when unpleasant surprises ...
Glock helped push American handguns from revolvers and steel-framed pistols into the polymer, striker-fired era. This is how Glock changed the market.
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a Smith & Wesson No. 3 First Model American manufactured 1870-1872. This was Smith & Wesson’s first large-frame cartridge revolver and their answer to Colt’s dominance in military revolvers. The Model 3 American was revolut...
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a Merrimack Arms Southerner derringer manufactured 1866-1869 with double struck “SOUTHERNER” marking. Merrimack Arms & Manufacturing Company operated in Newburyport, Massachusetts during a brief window after the Civil War. The...