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In 1919, Edwin Pugsley, an engineer at Winchester Repeating Firearms Co.—who, in later years, would become its vice president, bring the Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) to fruition and help develop the M1 carbine—came up with one of the firearm industry's greatest slogans. As part of an international Winchester marketing campaign, he penned this immortal headline: "The Gun That Won The West." Read More
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PWS is now offering their advanced BDE suppressors in four caliber options – 7.62, 9mm, .22, and 556. These suppressors offer revolutionary sound control all while remaining lightweight and tough. Easy to clean, easy to install, easy to maintain – these suppressors will make shooting even better than it was before. Read More
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The Winchester Wildcat is a lightweight rimfire rifle that is perfect for plinking and small game hunting. Featuring a precision button-rifled chrome-moly steel barrel and a recessed target-style crown for enhanced accuracy. The Wildcat accepts a range of magazines compatible with the 10/22. Read More
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The 7mm Precision Rifle Cartridge from Hornady delivers long, heavy for caliber bullets in a standard long action. Read More
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In the aftermath of the Second World War, the Czechoslovak Army decided that the time had come to retire the rifle it had adopted two decades earlier: the old vz.24 in 8x57 mm Mauser. It was certainly a rugged and reliable design in every category, but the manually operated bolt-action service rifle just did not have much of a future in the atomic age. Read More
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When one looks at the principal arms being used by the militaries of major powers in the mid-19th century, a certain sameness emerges. Granted, rifled arms and breechloaders were enjoying an increased presence, but most infantrymen at the time continued to carry smoothbore muzzleloaders, many of which had little to differentiate them performance-wise from their predecessors with exception the substitution of percussion for flintlock ignition. Read More
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Watch American Rifleman staff on the range in the above video to learn about an iconic lever-action rifle—the Marlin Model 336 Classic in .30-30 Winchester. This is a modern gun that, following the production pause after Remington's bankruptcy, is now being made once again, thanks to Ruger. Read More
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Earlier this year, Smith & Wesson introduced its first rifle chambered for a pistol cartridge in more than half a century with the Folding Pistol-Caliber Carbine (FPC). Looking to match the FPC's innovative styling and features, the company has released its second 9 mm rifle for the year with the Response, a firearm that offers its own twists on the pistol-caliber AR-15 format. Read More
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On Friday, Oct. 13, an explosion at the chemical compounding building at a Hornady Manufacturing facility west of Grand Island, Neb., claimed the life of one worker. A nearby hospital treated two others for non-life-threatening injuries—concussion symptoms and smoke and fume inhalation. Read More
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In his 1895 poem entitled "The Young British Soldier," Rudyard Kipling cautions the new recruit against blaming his rifle for his own poor marksmanship, and mentions the name of the longarm that secured the British Empire of the Victorian period... Read More
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Remembered as the "Gun That Won The West," the Winchester 1873 is one of the most iconic American rifles ever made, and Uberti USA is recognizing the design's 150th anniversary with a tastefully embellished 150th anniversary edition. Watch our American Rifleman "On The Range" video above to see the details of this latest offering. Read More
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Pistol-caliber carbines have become more popular in recent years, and Speer Ammo is taking advantage of the platforms' longer barrel lengths with a specially developed defensive ammunition. Read More
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Q. I recently acquired a used Mossberg 835 shotgun in 12 gauge. The 24" barrel is rifled, ported and has a 3.5" chamber. The owner's manual says not to shoot rifled slugs in this barrel, only sabot slugs. Why is that? Read More
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Heckler & Koch's piston-driven, AR-15-type rifles have taken the military, law enforcement and civilian worlds by storm, with the 5.56 NATO-chambered HK416 becoming a favorite of military special operations units and an "Infantry Automatic Rifle" version adopted by the Marine Corps as the M27. Read More
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In the early 20th century, the semi-automatic handgun was in its infancy, and as a result, many different designs were seen as inventors and users refined their idea of what the concept ought to look like. The M1907 Roth-Steyr was one of the earliest semi-automatic martial pistols adopted, and it was used by the Austro-Hungarian cavalry. Watch our "American Rifleman Television" I Have This Old Gun segment above to learn about this unique pistol. Read More
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Designed for female hunters by female hunters, the Sofia Adventure Pant is one of new company Ditale Outdoors' inaugural offerings. Read More
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Read these amazing stories which highlight accounts of law-abiding gun owners in America using their Second Amendment rights for self-defense. Read More
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