The FBI has finally confirmed that Christopher Wray’s “Tommy Gun” gift to Merrick Garland was a $268.16 replica. The 21-page FOIA response answers whether the gun was real but sheds little light on how it reached DOJ headquarters in Washington, D.C.
The NRA has put the state of Maine on formal notice of its intent to sue over conservation funding deficiencies. Here's what I know so far. Read the original story: NRA Puts Maine on Formal Notice of Intent to Sue Over Conservation Funding Deficiencies
Welcome back, folks! We have reached the end of the road on the Colt 1862 Police. Part I covered the history and Samuel Colt’s final years, Part II tackled variations and how to sort the Police from its near-twin the Pocket Navy, and Part III laid out specifications, dating, and the afterma...
CTV reported that most source-identified “crime guns” traced by the RCMP came from within Canada. But an unclear denominator, incomplete Ontario and Quebec data, and the RCMP’s broad definition of a crime gun make that conclusion far less comprehensive than it sounds.
When I was a kid, I always watched the credits of action movies until the end. I was waiting for one credit in particular - the movie armorer. The existence of such a job seemed too good to be true, since it encompassed all of my favorite hobbies: guns and movies.
The Springfield Echelon VIS mounts most optics straight to the slide, no adapter plate needed. Here's why it works, plus two holsters built for it.
Luke C talks with Earle Pope, owner of Chestnut Mountain Manufacturing, at GunCon 2026 about the company's OKP-7 reproduction optic — a faithful recreation of the classic Russian-pattern reflex sight right down to the real Russian manual (obviously translated into English, too). Built ...
Private Dwayne Hicks sat in an expansive classroom alongside the rest of his platoon of newly minted boots. Each Marine had a well-used Pulse Rifle sitting on the table in front of them. The weapons were clean enough to be used as surgical implements and smelled vaguely of CLP. Gunnery Sergeant M...
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a cased pair of Uberti Hamilton-Burr flintlock dueling pistols manufactured for the United States Historical Society in 1976, one of 1,200 sets produced. These replicate the pistols used in the July 11, 1804 duel between Alexander Hamilton and...
Federal law largely exempts flintlocks, muskets, and black powder replicas from modern firearm regulations — even in 2026. The post As America Turns 250, the Guns That Won the Revolution Sit Outside Modern Gun Control – Mostly appeared first on The Truth About Guns.