We certainly don’t choose the cream of the crop when looking for candidates for this column, but every now and then you find something interesting for the right price and people will inquire about carrying it as a woods or backup gun. So, on a visit to the local Cabela’s gun library, a trade came in that wasn’t exactly on our wish list: a single-action M1895 Nagant revolver made in 1902 in Imperial Russia. With a finish in about 80 percent condition and with no pitting, it looked quite a few steps up from the later Commie revolvers made after…
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The landscape of federal firearm restrictions has been profoundly reshaped by the nation’s highest court. Delivering the opinion for a unanimous bench, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch struck down a critical provision of the Gun Control Act of 1968, marking a monumental victory for cannabis consumers and the broader Second Amendment community. The ruling represents a stinging defeat for the federal government’s attempt to maintain categorical restrictions on a demographic that now encompasses tens of millions of Americans living in states where cannabis has been fully integrated into local commerce. “Whatever one thinks of these developments, the…
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Charred lodgepoles scratching a gunmetal sky reflected my mood. This morning the elk had won. No plan in mind, I climbed beyond where they’d scattered. Probing the slope’s crest from the sit with my binocular, I saw it. Among ranks of black boles with low-arcing limbs, a branch curved up. The lenses of my 7×35 Bausch & Lomb resolved it. Antler! A 4 o’clock tangle became the bull’s hump — all but hidden by the bead on my .32 Special. After the carbine spoke I scaled the scarp and found blood on hoof-gashed snow. The elk lay 50 yards on.…
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Editor’s Note: Be aware of your local and state as well as federal laws and how they apply to carrying firearms and self-defense. This article does not represent training advice/guidance. Please seek training from a professional firearms trainer for your self-defense needs. One of the more difficult aspects in the application of force is threat assessment. Very often, both the aggressor and element of danger are very obvious and there is absolutely no mistaking the risk they pose to you or others. At other times, you may instantly recognize chaos unfolding all around you but not able to identify a…
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On July 18, 1934, a gentleman named Isaac “I.W.” Wilkinson gave someone a Maxim .22LR silencer. The next week, things got weird. In mid-July of that year, there were no federal restrictions on the transfer of a silencer. It could have been purchased cash-and-carry with no need for any paperwork, no waiting period. It could have been bought at a sporting goods or hardware store, or secondhand from another individual. For that matter, if bought — like this one — in the years before Maxim went out of the silencer business, it could have been obtained mail-order. After sending cash…
Springfield Armory has just launched three new COA-equipped 1911 and 1911 DS pistol models.Following the release of the COA-equipped Echelon, Springfield Armory has just added three new 1911 and 1911 DS models to its line of COA-equipped pistols. The Aimpoint COA, and its proprietary A-CUT mounting solution, is probably the best pistol red dot currently on the market, so the more handguns that manufacturers offer for it, the better. Each of the new Springfield pistols comes with an Aimpoint COA 3.5-MOA enclosed emitter red dot preinstalled.The first new COA model is the 1911 DS Prodigy 4.25-inch, a double-stack 9mm 1911…
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The Brief: Governor Wes Moore signed Senate Bill 334, prohibiting the sale and manufacture of many striker-fired handguns in Maryland starting January 2027. The law targets pistols with cruciform trigger bars, classifying them as convertible to machine guns. This legislation effectively bans popular firearm models used by many law-abiding citizens. In response, gun rights organizations filed a federal lawsuit challenging the measure’s constitutionality. The plaintiffs argue the ban violates Supreme Court precedents protecting firearms in common use. Legal experts expect further challenges and requests for injunctions before the law’s scheduled implementation at the start of 2027. ANNAPOLIS, MD — The…
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To me, there’s nothing quite as sad as a well-made machine not being used in the role for which it was created. Life’s too short for Corvettes that only sit in climate-controlled garages, beautiful timepieces that won’t ever be strapped to a wrist, or “safe queen” 1911’s that never see trigger time. By the same token, I know far too many people who don’t carry or use the knife they want because they don’t want to muck it up or dull the factory edge. A folding knife makes so many tasks a lot easier. However, do you have the skills…
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