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The Rock Island Armory PRO Match Ultra is a super-sized version of Browning’s eternal classic, the 1911. Competition-oriented, the PRO Match has a 5” Bull Barrel and a rail-free dust cover pushing weight forward for stability. The big steel double-stack frame holds sixteen rounds of versatile .40 Smith & Wesson, a round favored by both competitors and police agencies.

As we draw closer to NRA’s annual meeting in two weeks, Ruger has announced another new weapon, and it’s a welcome addition to their pistol lineup: The Security 9 compact, Model 3818.

Linking to an article announcing that the New Zealand parliament, on its third and final reading, passed The Arms (Prohibited Firearms, Magazines, and Parts) Amendment Bill by a 119 to 1 vote, Hogg said, “When your government is not owned by gun manufacturers.”

Finance company WalletHub released this week a new report that purports to have ranked all 50 U.S. states based on their “dependence” on the gun industry. Topping the list are Idaho, Alaska, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Arkansas. The states least dependent on the firearms industry, according to the report, are Delaware, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, and New Jersey.

“I’m the only candidate calling for a mandatory national ban and buyback of military-style semiautomatic assault weapons,” he recently wrote in a Chronicle op-ed.

The Springfield Armory Defender Series offers their proven, reliable guns at a discounted rate for a limited time. The first pistols available in the Defender Series are the XD 4” Full size and XD 3” Sub-Compact both in 9mm.

A man in Salt Lake City was killed by law enforcement on Monday after attempting at least two armed robberies, shooting from his pickup while driving, and shooting at police vehicles in pursuit.

Rolling your own is cheaper than buying new ammo. You may even get a more accurate and reliable round. The bad news? If you don’t get it right, every time, you can blow up your gun. You have to start with the correct procedures and data. Lyman reloading handbooks have the latest data on modern [...]

An important question is seldom asked: What does it take for an opponent to jam my gun? In this context, we do not mean a firing jam or malfunction but knocking the gun out of battery or causing it not to fire when it is needed.