Archive for John Zent

Review: Leica Geovid HD-B

The latest binocular from Leica reveals much about how the optics market is changing to keep pace with the current-day shooting culture. Read more of this full review from Editorial Director John Zent.

October 30, 2013

Ed Weatherby on Weatherby

NRA Editorial Director John Zent recently sat down with the president of Weatherby, Ed Weatherby, to discuss guns, the company's history and the "Weatherby Mystique."

September 27, 2013

Winchester's AAssistant Coach

By providing shotgunners a practical and affordable tool for visualizing misses, TrAAcker shotshells can help them learn to master lead and hit more birds.

September 26, 2013

Trigger Time at the NRA Annual Meetings

By John Zent

Plink ... plink-plink, plink.

May 05, 2013

A Time for Worship and Prayer

By John Zent

An unprecedented audience that came to worship and pray early on Sunday morning during the NRA Annual Meetings in Houston was enriched by a host of inspiring messages. The NRA Prayer Breakfast has grown to where many attendees echoed speaker Joe Gregory's sentiments, "Our most important meeting here is this one ... and we can avail much through prayer."

May 05, 2013

Jumping Targets

Jumping Targets

March 13, 2013

Kimber Rimfire Compact Conversion

Kimber advances the cause of prep and practice for owners of compact 1911 carry guns with its new Rimfire Compact Conversion Kit. Boasting a 4" heavy-contour barrel in an aluminum slide, the conversion conveniently the owner's .45 to an easy-shooting, economical .22 LR. The kit is engineered to fit Kimber's popular Compact and Pro Carry Series models and clearly makes those guns more versatile and valuable. Complete with a .22 magazine, the kit will be available this spring directly at KimberAmerica.com.

January 16, 2013

Winchester AA TrAAcker Shotshells

Winchester AA TrAAcker Shotshells

January 04, 2013

Iver Johnson .22 Supershot Sealed Eight

Iver Johnson produced a variety of low to mid-range revolvers, including the Sealed Eight, which had a unique safety system—counterbored cylinders.

April 19, 2012

NRA Publications Outstanding Achievement Awards

NRA Publications staff members were recognized for their outstanding achievements during a reception at NRA Headquarters, Jan. 25, 2012.

January 26, 2012

Book Review: The Illustrated History of Firearms

The Illustrated History of Firearms is an authoritative history, matchless reference and handsome showpiece for shooters, hunters and collectors.

November 07, 2011

Nikon M-223 Series Riflescopes

Nikon’s M-223 series scopes provide good value and can definitely serve long-range AR shooters.

October 26, 2011

Nikon's M-223 Riflescope

Nikon’s M-223 scope is designed for the .223/5.56x45 mm cartridge.

October 25, 2011

The Decision to Defend

Recently a neighbor asked my advice on purchasing a home-defense shotgun—his first gun in fact, and the first one he would shoot since the .22s of his Boy Scout days. Actually, he wanted me to accompany him to an upcoming local gun show, and if not for a sales meeting scheduled for that weekend, it would have been fascinating to hear a newcomer’s take on the gun show scene.

August 29, 2011

The Shrine of Gun Design

I recently returned from a trip to Odgen, Utah, that included an afternoon touring a veritable shrine for anyone interested in gun design. As museums go, the John M. Browning Firearms Museum is fairly small, the lighting is stark and the presentation rather plain. But none of that matters given the importance of what’s on display, which amounts to a family-album-intimate retrospective on Browning’s prolific and hugely influential career.

August 29, 2011