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April 22, 2026

The Ruger American Rifle comes with a dual-bedding block system, a free-floated barrel, a special adjustable trigger the shooter can set from 3 to 5 pounds, and includes Weaver scope mounts with the package.

The art of the rifle … 3

The Jeep was almost sliding down the rocky, shale-strewn mountainside at a steep 15-degree angle when Larry Wieshuhn stood on the brake. […]

This homeowner is demonstrating a tactical method that keeps the offhand in a “cocked” position to the side of the head. This allows the flashlight to be moved and illuminate objects and persons without pointing the gun immediately at them.

Nothing is more terrifying to a homeowner than a “hot” burglary. That’s what detectives call incidents where cold-blooded cretins, crawling out of their skins with drug addictions, creep a house with the occupants home, generally asleep. […]

Tracy McAndrew is a new handgun shooter and loved the GSG M1911 .22LR. Even though the gun is a full-sized 1911, she found it fit her smaller hands comfortably.

One gun theory

Gordon Hutchinson

An old chestnut states “Beware the man with one gun.” […]

After observing the author fire over 80 rounds, Jeff Lewis found Final Finish bullets, which start off coarse and use progressively finer coatings to polish out the bore in most popular rounds, reducing the time and money spent using standard ammunition.

Breaking in the .22-250

Gordon Hutchinson

I was more than a little frustrated, and embarrassed to boot. […]

As a result of the design improvements in tactical handgun ammo, there are many excellent self-defense rounds on the market that (according to the manufacturers) now overcome the problem of failure to expand.

The much maligned “9”

Gordon Hutchinson

It happened again at an afternoon barbecue a few months ago. A new acquaintance commented he was looking at buying a new pistol. […]

The Ruger LCP in .380 ACP moved the earth when it was introduced, and caused a nationwide shortage of its ammo, a short 9MM round. The most frequent request heard by Ruger from its customers was to take the LCP to the next level, and make it in full-sized 9MM. The result: a palm-sized version of the LCP is called the LC9.

Pocket Rocket — Ruger’s new LC9 Compact Pistol

Gordon Hutchinson

A couple of years ago, at the Louisville NRA convention, I wandered over to the Ruger booth to watch Randell Pence, national sales manager for Ruger Firearms, doing a land-office business. […]

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