American Rifleman

Read today's "The Armed Citizen" entry for real stories of law-abiding citizens, past and present, who used their firearms to save lives.

Colorado experimenter Don Bower has developed a series of wildcat cartridges and modifications to the Contender pistol that extend its range to 500 meters, with accuracy many refuse to believe ...

The new Demun line of miniature, “pistol-style” crossbows from Barnett are surprisingly potent given their extreme compactness, and the AccuStrike Pro is both the family’s most powerful and most feature-packed member.

Building on the .45 Colt/.410 bore Brawler introduced in 2024, Rossi USA is expanding its line of break-action handguns to include chamberings in 5.56 NATO and .300 Blackout.

Sure, the skilled use of your firearm is vital to the success of any big-game hunting adventure, but you’ll first need to find your quarry, and Winchester’s new Supreme line of optics includes a pair of reasonably priced spotting scopes that can help put you on the trail of your target animal.

Welcome to another American Rifleman Gun Of The Week video, and this time, we’re checking out a revolver fit for all the private eye wannabes and film noir fans out there. This is the Roscoe from Heritage Manufacturing.

Read today's "The Armed Citizen" entry for real stories of law-abiding citizens, past and present, who used their firearms to save lives.

As the war in Western Europe began reaching its inevitable conclusion, German efforts to expedite arms production led to some of the most unusual submachine guns in its arsenal.

For 2025, your American Rifleman staff engaged with the latest optic products available for the year, with a few of the most interesting noted here.

The Gun Storage Check Week campaign’s slogan is “Make Sure It’s Secure,” and it’s the ideal time for parents to make sure firearms are not accessible to children during their summer break from school.

Unlike other Rossi lever-actions chambered for pistol cartridges, the Rossi R95 is chambered for the all-American .30-30 Winchester rifle cartridge.

The latest model to join the CZ USA family of firearms is the Shadow 2 Carry, a handgun the company says was “born from sport, tailored for EDC.”

Research released on March 31 by the Outdoor Stewards of Conservation Foundation (OSCF) found there are 73 million people outside the traditional white male demographic who—despite having never tried target shooting before—have a strong interest in doing so.

The .270 Winchester isn’t a military cartridge, and nobody ever claimed it was a target cartridge; it is a straightforward hunting cartridge. During the past 50 years, I’ve hunted quite a bit carrying a .270 Win. rifle, and, to tell the truth, no cartridges have come along that significantly better it for hunting.

It’s rather incredible to realize how rapidly the American firearm industry brings to market significant new products. So, in this issue, we recap coverage of some of the most noteworthy from past months, and we present a few others that have only recently become available.

For each of the past 23 years, the editors of American Rifleman have convened to select our top picks for the past year’s best and most innovative products. Here are the most recent winners.

Read today's "The Armed Citizen" entry for real stories of law-abiding citizens, past and present, who used their firearms to save lives.

Here are the top 10 gun manufacturers, by volume in descending order, based on the recently released 2023 Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Exportation report from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Compatible with a wide variety of pistols, Crucial Concealment’s Universal Light Holster is an optics-ready Kydex model designed for inside-the-waistband carry.