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NRA's American Rifleman (Official)

NRA's American Rifleman (Official) Never thought about owning a lever-action? Online Hunting Ed. Ben O'Brien shows just how much fun it can be.

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Online Hunting Editor Ben O'Brien tries out the Winchester Model 1892 Deluxe edition in .45 Long Colt. Lever action rifles, though pioneered in the cowboy days, still offer a huge amount of fun to modern shooters, and the Winchester is no exception. ...
Riley Hubbard
Riley Hubbard
the only lever ive shot is a .22 but i think i still like levers than auto-loaders
14 hours ago
Jeff Bounds
Jeff Bounds
Try putting a scope on it... Other than that, good gun, i got one.
13 hours ago
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NRA's American Rifleman (Official) Cowboy action shooters, if you need a coach gun, Pioneer Arms might have you covered.

Source: americanrifleman.org
Cowboy Action Shooting (CAS) has grown to such size that a number of companies now offer excellent replicas of Old West guns. One of the most difficult guns to simultaneously replicate and optimize for competition is the side-by-side shotgun. ...
Julie Norton
Julie Norton
Thank you!
Fri at 8:09am
NRA's American Rifleman (Official)
NRA's American Rifleman (Official)
No problem, Julie. I guess you could say that we aim to please (yuk yuk yuk).
Fri at 1:06pm
Matthew Knighten
Matthew Knighten
nothing is as cool as the old side by side w/exposed hammers
Fri at 5:19pm
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NRA's American Rifleman (Official) Is there any content you'd like to see? Comment and let us know.

Thu at 1:52pm
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NRA's American Rifleman (Official)
Thanks for the thoughts, Rik and Aaron.
Fri at 1:05pm
George
George
lefty guns as they come out...
7 hours ago
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NRA's American Rifleman (Official) Philip Schreier goes to Afghanistan to get the real report on how American firearms are performing in combat.

Source: americanrifleman.org
In April, the NRA received an e-mail from Capt. Arslan Chaudhry of Task Force Warrior in Bagram, Afghanistan, asking if it would consider sponsoring a 5K Race to honor the memory of two Task Force soldiers who had been killed in action. ...
NRA's American Rifleman (Official)

NRA's American Rifleman (Official) An interesting new approach to a big game cartridge, the Sako .370 Magnum, has got me wondering. What's the most unusual cartridge you've shot, readers?

Source: americanrifleman.org
The partnership between Federal Premium Ammunition and Sako rifles goes back to the introduction of the .338 Federal cartridge in 2005. I first spotted a prototype of the cartridge on the desk of Federal’s former director of new products during a July 2005 visit to the Minneapolis-area factory. ...
Wayne Drummond
Wayne Drummond
M-16 with a M-203 grenade launcher underneath it, 30 round banana clip, taped to reverse to another clip in one second.
Thu at 9:15am
Jerry Bowman
Jerry Bowman
During my stint in the USMC/ Vietnam era firing the M79 grenade launcher and the LAAW which was a light tank and anti-personnel weapon. But I loved the M60 machine gun the most.
Fri at 10:32pm
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NRA's American Rifleman (Official) A full write-up on the SIG Sauer 556 classic, courtesy of the NRA staff.

Source: americanrifleman.org
Recognizing a strong demand for a variant of the Swiss SIG SG 550 series of rifles in 5.56x45 mm NATO, SIG Sauer—the U.S. subsidiary of SIGARMS in Switzerland—developed a semi-automatic variant manufactured here in the United States. ...
Cj Thrasher
Cj Thrasher
Oh yea 5.56 x 45m! On my christmas list!
November 18 at 5:16pm
Keith Bosley
Keith Bosley
Cj Thrasher The Weapon Is SO AWESOME!! Alot Better Then The m16A2 or M4 It Doesnt Jam So Easy Sand Rain Mud It Still Puts It Down RANGE... Gives Me That Energy Flow That Makes You Feel Real Good!!! Look Into This Weapon and Compare it to the M16A2 AND M4!!!!!!!!!!
Fri at 8:57am
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NRA's American Rifleman (Official) A new twist on an old classic: The Colt New Agent.

Source: www.americanrifleman.org
The concealed carry handgun market continues to grow. Some of these guns are completely new, but others rely on established design principles and styles. Nobody ever found a better platform to imitate or modify than the sound, sturdy--and very popular--Government Model 1911. ...
Di
Di
..they ALL wanna be a Colt1911 ;)
November 17 at 2:51pm
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NRA's American Rifleman (Official) Happy 138th birthday, NRA. If you think you know someone who should join, forward them our new video. Here's to many more years.

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Matthew Knighten
Matthew Knighten
freedom and guns aint we grate
November 17 at 9:36pm
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NRA's American Rifleman (Official) Most Weatherby shotguns are admired for their beauty, but it seems there's finally one that can be admired for it's price, as well. The PA-08.

Source: americanrifleman.org
After I put the new PA-08 shotgun together, I called Weatherby's PR man, Aaron Smith. "Aaron, I'm going to ask you a question and you have to tell me the truth," I said. "Did you pick out the PA-08 you sent me or just send one from the warehouse?" "I've never seen it before. ...
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NRA's American Rifleman (Official) Industry Insider Blogger Cameron Hopkins on the ins-and-outs of any collector's dream: buying a "machine gun."

Source: americanrifleman.org
Free at last, free at last, I thank God I'm free at last. Free at last, free at last, I thank God I'm free at last.For more than a year now, I’ve been a free man. I moved to Nevada from the original Nanny State, the place where no gun is a good gun—California. ...
Keith Bosley
Keith Bosley
NO Scott They Fight And Believe In The 2nd admenment The Constitution In PPL to have that right to Have any WEAPON US Americans want to Have and they are everywhere even in europe Fighting for that right!!!!
Fri at 9:05am
Aaron Hankins
Aaron Hankins
Scott, I agree with you, and I guess I wasn't entirely clear; I do realize that it has to be piecemeal and you move when you have the advantage. I'm hoping that McDonald moves us forward and we start to challenge some of these other draconian laws that are unconstitutional.

I think you and I agree, but, if the opportunity presents itself for ... Read Morethe NRA to fight to repeal the NFA laws, reform the BATFE, ect, then it should happen. I know they pick their battles at times, and I want them to know, as a member since my teens, and now a 20s something, I am the future of their organization.
Fri at 9:19am
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NRA's American Rifleman (Official) The Beretta M9 just celebrated its 25th year as a U.S. military pistol. Happy birthday, M9.

Source: americanrifleman.org
A U.S. military contract truly did seem an impossible goal for a foreign company in 1978, the year Congress issued its directive to the Dept. of Defense instructing it to search for a new 9 mm handgun to replace the M1911A1. ...
Robert Powell
Robert Powell
I have a 9mm Ruger P89.Nice weapon.Low recoil and all,but it still don't have that thump a 45 has.I let my fiance have it for a house gun.She likes it.
November 17 at 11:26am
James Gang
James Gang
Nothing's better than the reasuring double tap of a 45.
November 17 at 7:32pm
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NRA's American Rifleman (Official) Get your bookmarks out: An exploded-view diagram of the Beretta 92F, for all the tinkerers and engineers out there.

Source: americanrifleman.org
The Beretta Model 92SB-F pistol was adopted in 1984 as a U.S. government military standard pistol. Its official designation is the M9 pistol or PDW (Personal Defense Weapon). More recent imports of this ...
NRA's American Rifleman (Official)

NRA's American Rifleman (Official) Let us know if you've shot any interesting firearms lately.

November 12 at 12:36pm
Jake Bliss
Jake Bliss
not that interesting, but I just bought a mosin-nagant m91/30 a few weeks ago. man that thing shoots!
November 13 at 3:30am
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NRA's American Rifleman (Official)
Looks like you guys have got a good group of firearms to keep you busy.
November 13 at 5:33am
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NRA's American Rifleman (Official) Industry Insider Blogger Cameron Hopkins discovers just how dependent on hunting the Firearms Industry is.

Source: j.mp
There are not too many jobs where you can use “I’m going hunting” as a valid excuse for missing work, but the Insider has shamelessly skipped several deadlines recently because I was ...
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