Let’s get this out of the way up front. I believe the 1911 pistol is just about the finest handgun ever made. A well-built, custom 1911 represents mechanical elegance, history and performance all rolled into one. In my opinion, a pistol of that caliber deserves to be carried in nothing less tha...
Big Horn Armory has introduced the Model 89 CAT 5, a tactical take on its big-bore lever-action platform chambered in .500 S&W Magnum. The CAT 5 blends traditional lever-gun design with more modern features, including a 16-inch threaded barrel and a modular fore-end developed in collaboration...
ATF eForms users have reportedly been banned after exploiting a vulnerability, as a flood of NFA applications add new strain to the system.
The Tiger II tank, officially designated as Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B and introduced in 1944, was Germany’s most advanced heavy tank of World War II. Known as the Königstiger (King Tiger) by the Germans and often referred to as the Royal Tiger by Allied forces, it was designed to dominate...
FORT WORTH, TX – A federal district court judge in Texas has ruled that an injunction blocking enforcement of the federal post office carry ban applies to all current and future members of the Second Amendment Foundation and the Firearms Policy Coalition. The decision follows a previous rul...
The captive-piston (integrally silenced) ammunition concept is often assumed to be a Soviet invention; in fact, it dates back to 1902 in the United States (US Patent No. 692,819). Fast-forward to the Cold War, when the KGB carried out extensive clandestine espionage and counter-espionage worldwid...
Wyoming passed three new pro-gun laws in 2026. Here’s a plain-English breakdown of HB 39, HB 96, and HB 98—and what they mean for gun owners.
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a Richard William Davis manufactured Browning 1919A6 belt-fed machine gun built from a new-made sideplate and military surplus components. The A6 variant was developed during WWII in response to Germany’s MG34 and MG42, giving American t...
It’s easy to get overwhelmed by all the new developments in self-defense technology these days. Options that represent cutting-edge features one day quickly become “standard equipment” the next. Take handgun-mounted optics. Not that long ago, having a red dot atop your pistol put you in som...
The OL gun team has tested and carried dozens of concealed-carry guns over the years, these are our top picks The post The Best Concealed Carry Guns of 2026, Tested and Reviewed appeared first on Outdoor Life.