NRA Gun of the Week: Smith & Wesson M&P45 Shield Pistol

Ruger may be celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2024, but the first firearm designed and built by William Batterman Ruger, the semi-automatic Savage Model 99 conversion seen to the left, came some 10 years before the Standard Model debuted in 1949.

On April 19, Windham Weaponry announced it is back in business, although a company spokesman confirmed the effort to re-open began Jan. 1.

While sport shooting and hunting are still undertaken in many countries around the world, our staffers don’t often have the opportunity to test new guns in places as far away and mystical as Australia, but that’s exactly where Executive Editor Evan Brune went with the new rifle that is the subject of this month’s cover story.

Sticky Holsters now offers versions of its holsters with a trimmed down front edge that accommodates a slide-mounted micro red-dot.

Harnessing the power of the 10 mm Auto in a compact format with generous capacity, EAA’s Witness2311 is an affordable and shootable way to ride the current 10 mm wave.