American Rifleman

Packing the Smith & Wesson Model 69 Combat Magnum

Outfitted with a snubby 2.75" barrel, this five-shot, .44 Mag. K-Frame can be comfortably carried...

Federal Opens Ammunition Custom Shop

Federal will now load ammunition ideally suited to your center-fire rifle or shotgun—within guidelines set...

Hornady Launches New Reloading App

The “Hornady Handbook of Cartridge Reloading” is now available in app form on Apple and...

An Old Friend: Colt New Frontier .22/.22WMR

The author reflects on one of his early gun purchases in the 1970s, a Colt...

3 High-Performance Cartridges from Norma Ammunition

This company makes high quality ammunition to fit a wide variety of shooting sport needs.

Handloads: .44 Magnum

A lightweight .44 Magnum revolver is handy and easy to carry. Recoil is brutal, though,...

Tested: Springfield Armory’s Hellcat

Springfield Armory’s wild new entry into the full-featured, micro-compact pistol market, the Hellcat, holds one...

Tested: Taurus G3 and TX22 Pistols

New for 2019, this pair of semi-automatics is well made, reliable and loaded with features.

Tested: Walther CCP M2 Pistol

Walther created the modern, semi-automatic, concealed handgun market with the introduction of its model PP...

Tested: Winchester’s 350 Legend

Its design will make the 350 Legend particularly enticing for hunters in “straight-wall” states, but...

Field Tested: Federal Hydra-Shok Deep Personal-Defense Ammunition

Times have changed when it comes to the topic of personal-defense handgun ammunition. It used...

Fear & Loading: Marines Retiring More Than Just M9s

According to the Navy’s 2019 and 2020 budget-estimate report, some Glocks and Colts are also...

A Look Back at the Weatherby Rifle

While businesses evolve with marketplace changes, Weatherby adapts modern demands to a remarkably successful product...

The Underappreciated .32 Magnums

The choice of carry handgun is often a trade-off between size, ammunition capacity and terminal...

Federal Presses Its "New Look Of Authority"

Why being number one in sales and shooter credibility isn’t good enough.

Archives: The M1911A1 and The M9

From the 1985 American Rifleman, shortly after the adoption of the M9 as the new...

Loading Mossberg .410 Shotguns for Home Defense

Can .410 bore shotguns serve as effective close-range defensive options? Take a look at these...

Tested: Kimber K6s Revolver

Introduced in 2016, production of Kimber's revolvers is now humming, and new models of the...

So, Are Magnums Dead?

Cartridge preferences are shifting these days, and there are more magnum cartridges out there than...

Tested: The New Magnum Research 429 DE Cartridge

This new bottle neck round blends the features of two popular handgun hunting cartridges for...

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