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When you least expect it, a little serendipity can come into your life, as it did with American Rifleman's Brian Sheetz during a chance visit to his local pawn shop. He ended up walking away with a gem of a rifle at a fraction of the cost he might otherwise have expected to pay. A quick check at Gunbroker.com shows a few Marlin Model 882s for sale starting at $300. Watch the video to see how little this pawn-shop find set back our editor.
Wilson Combat has long been known for its custom work on 1911-style designs, but the company also develops its own firearms, and one of its latest in-house creations is the new Bulwark.
In early 2021, it took the ATF about 280 days to process a Form 4 NFA transfer. In August 2026, using the recently implemented eForms system, that wait time had dropped to only nine days.
The ROSE Program is a shooting program created specifically for women. It aims to create a community of women in shooting that can learn about shooting and self-defense.
Despite being early adopters of several semi-automatic rifles for military use, the French army took several decades to work out a standardized semi-automatic rifle for general service use. The rifle that finally came to being was the MAS-49.