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A pistol compensator flattens muzzle rise and speeds up your second shot, but it costs muzzle blast, holster fit and ammunition margin. Here is how to decide in 2026.
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Confidence Under Duress is Your Right! Langdon Tactical offers hundreds of products—from accessories, to custom trigger work, to tactical firearms training, to CCW Safe self-defense coverage—but what they’re really providing is a whole that’s far greater than the sum of its parts: Confidence Under Duress. That’s why this October Langdon Tactical is celebrating your right…
Three Prize Packages Up For Grabs, With a Winner Chosen Every 10 Days in September. “Buck down!” Is there anything more thrilling than those two little syllables? Up until now, the answer has been “no”…but Steyr’s about to change all of that with the Buck Down! giveaway. Well, giveaways, plural—because there are three of them,…
NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA Incorporated 1871 11250 Waples Mill Road – Fairfax, VA 22030 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sept. 10, 2018 Contact: nragomedia@nrahq.org; (703) 267-1595 MEDIA ADVISORY: NRA Carry Guard Expo in Richmond CANCELLED Ahead of Forecasted Landfall of Hurricane Florence RICHMOND, Va. – The National Rifle Association has cancelled the second annual NRA Carry Guard Expo, which was scheduled…
From the Special Forces playbook right to your shooting diary. Larry Vickers of Vickers Tactical gets a lot of questions, which is only natural: As a retired US Army 1st SFOD- Delta combat veteran, combat marksmanship instructor, and industry consultant, Vickers offers the kind of battle-tested intel that can be tough for those among us…
The legendary Austrian firm speaks American English all month long. This September, Steyr Arms has some wunderbar news for Americans: They’re offering three ways to help you translate their famous precision engineering into your own outstanding shooting skills. Even better is that despite their European roots, they’re ready to make that translation easier (and better)…
You got your permit, your gun, and your training…now what? You’ve purchased your concealed-carry (CCW) gun and learned how to use it, but your journey as an armed citizen is just beginning—now you need to work on your strategy to keep your handgun concealed from everyday view. There are a couple of reasons why that’s…
You stink. Being human has lots of advantages: opposable thumbs, excellent color vision, and intelligence. What we’re missing, unfortunately, is much of a sense of smell—something that just about every game animal has in spades. To your buddies, you don’t smell like much at all, but to a deer? You might as well have jumped…
Accuracy at a distance is both simpler and more complex than you think. Is the ability to accurately shoot at 500, 600, 700 yards and further an innate ability, or a skill that anyone can learn if they apply themselves? We as a society thrill to the stories of long-range snipers like Carlos Hathcock, Lyudmila…
When the wilderness gets wild… If you spend enough time in the outdoors, sooner or later you’re likely to come across a critter you aren’t happy to meet. The good news is that your worries are probably unfounded when it comes to most of them. The bad news is that there’s one you’re probably not…
You’ve got 25 chances to win from August 1st through August 25th! If you’re one of those people who “never win anything,” have we ever got a giveaway for you—the 25 Days of Concealed Carry Giveaway! From August 1 through August 25, we’re offering a new giveaway worth about $3,500 every single day, for a…
Capacity Never Trumps Reliability GENESEO, ILL. (8/01/18) – The next generation of the most popular pistol ever produced by Springfield Armory is now available in the most popular caliber with the introduction of the XD-S Mod.2 in 9mm. Since the release of the XD-S Mod.2 in .45 ACP earlier this year, Springfield Armory has engineered…
Carrying a concealed firearm in public is your right—and it’s also a matter of extreme seriousness and responsibility. There are a number of considerations that one needs to bear in mind and, sadly, there’s a lot of misinformation out there. For those who are new to the world of concealed carrying, here are some of…
