Bob Morrison Leaves Lasting Legacy At Taurus

August 03, 2011

Pictured left to right: Tony Morrison, Bob's son, former NFL Hall of Famer Jack Youngblood, Bob Morrison and the Insider at the NRA's Sporting Clays Team Challenge in 2003, which we won—thanks in large measures to Bob's shooting.

The Armed Citizen® July 28, 2011

July 28, 2011

“You’re not supposed to knock old people down...I’m too old to be going through all that!” said 83-year-old James Brooks after a hair-raising burglary incident. It began when a man knocked on the door, claimed to have lost his cell phone and inquired whether Brooks had seen it.

Grandpa Gets One More Blast

July 27, 2011

Holy Smoke offers live-ammunition with cremated ashes.

Magnum Autos

July 26, 2011

We live in a time of fast-moving innovation. Applied technology has conditioned us to believe that anything is possible. Certainly this trend is applicable to the world of firearms. I mean this in the sense that new makers and technologies challenge existing stereotypes as to the size, weight, shape and performance of particular kinds of guns. In other words, it is not outside of reason to want a feathery-light magnum revolver. When enough folks said this, Smith &Wesson came up with the scandium-aluminum alloy that made it happen. But it sometimes happens that what the market wants is just a little beyond what technology can provide and the result is not so good.

Bring on the Zombies

July 26, 2011

Recently, I was in the range trying out the new Aimpoint PRO when I wondered if my scope/rifle combination would work against a zombie horde. Since Champion introduced its new VisiColor Zombie targets at the Outbreak Omega 4 zombie shoot in July, I decided to find out.

Jumbo Down!

July 25, 2011

From the field: American Rifleman Editor-in-Chief Mark Keefe hunted this bull elephant for five days in the Caprivi region of Namibia before finally taking him on July 23, 2011.

The Armed Citizen® July 21, 2011

July 21, 2011

Denard Joe was stopped in his 
car at an intersection when a man wearing a red bandana tapped on the window and pointed a gun at him. Big mistake. Joe, a concealed-carry permit holder, drew a handgun and opened fire through the window, striking his assailant twice in the chest.

Beware Of Labels To Categorize Guns

July 19, 2011

Labels are dangerous. Labels make it all too easy to stereotype, which results in misconceptions and preconceived notions. That said, labels are used in gun business for good reasons, primarily to make it easy to differentiate the many different types of firearms.

Survey Says NRA Is Top Organization

July 19, 2011

The NRA is the most widely supported shooting sports organization in America, according to a recent survey conducted as part of Southwick Associate’s monthly Hunter Survey. More active hunters and shooters claim membership in the NRA than any other organization.

A Lot of Gun… A Long Way From Here

July 18, 2011

As this is written, I am less than 24 hours away from a very long airplane ride that will put me, with stops and layovers, in the fabled Caprivi Strip in Namibia three days from now. The rifle I am taking—the Kimber Caprivi—is named for that strip of land in Northeastern Namibia that linked what was formerly German South West Africa to the Zambezi River and Germany’s former colony on the East African coast, Tanganyika. Named for German diplomat Leo von Caprivi, who negotiated a deal with the British for the land in 1890, the Caprivizipfel in German remains one of the wildest parts of Africa, chocked full of African game, including those of the dangerous variety.