The Gun Mag

Review by Larry S. Sterett | Contributing Editor UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand. ©2010. Published by Random House, Dept. TGM, New York, NY. Price: $27. Available at most bookstore now in paperback. This 498-page hardbound volume deserves to be read by everyone. Written by the author of Seabiscuit, it is a World War II story of […]

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Review by Larry S. Sterett | Contributing Editor GUN BUYER’S ANNUAL 2015. Published by Harris Publications, Inc., Dept. TGM, 1115 Broadway, New York, NY 10010. Price: $9.95. Available at most bookstore and newsstands. This 178–page softbound magazine-size tome is reminiscent of the type published two-score or so years back, such as the 1973 GUNS ANNUAL. […]

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Review by Larry S. Sterett | Contributing Editor ARMED & SMART – A Beginner’s Guide to Concealed Carry, by David Bahde, Paul Markel & Terrill Hoffman. ©2014. Published by 2nd Amendment Media, Whitman Publishing, LLC, Dept. TGM, 3101 Clairmont Road, Atlanta, GA 30329. Price: $16.95, plus postage. Available in most bookstores. This 192-page color illustrated […]

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By R.K. Campbell | Contributing Editor The success of the Colt 1911 Government Model handgun was the result of more than a decade of painstaking development. The .45 Automatic Colt Pistol cartridge was developed in a shorter period with input from many of the great minds of the day including General John T. Thompson. The […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor Legal action against the City of Seattle is almost a certainty following the unanimous adoption of a special tax on firearms and ammunition sales within the city that critics say violates Washington state’s longstanding preemption statute. Alan Gottlieb, founder of the Second Amendment Foundation and chairman of the Citizens Committee […]

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by John Markwell | Contributing Editor With the great success of Wilson Combat AR-platform rifles chambered for 5.56/.223 and other calibers compatible with that receiver size, it was only a matter of time. That time is now here with the introduction of the Wilson Combat 308 AR series of rifles. Billed simply as the 308 […]

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“It’s a hot summer for the gun industry,” CNN Money headlined an early July report. Background checks for gun sales spiked 11% in June compared to last year, making it the busiest June ever in the history of the National Instant Check System (NICS), citing the FBI’s background check data. Last month the FBI conducted […]

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by James C. Fulmer | Past President, NMLRA Every organization that is to last more than a generation needs endowments. An endowment is simply money or even property given to a person or institution to provide an income. Many endowments have restrictions placed on them so the money can only be used for specific needs […]

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by Tanya Metaksa Latest developments—Federal; Judicial; Obama Administration; Alabama, California, Florida, Illinois, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia 114th Congress Pro-gun bills awaiting votes: On May 15, the US House passed the Defense Authorization Act, the budget bill for the Department of Defense—HR3979. Included in this bill was an amendment by Rep. Mike Rogers […]

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by Tom Givens | Chief Firearms Instructor, SAF-TD Ammunition made in the US is of very high quality. American manufacturers, however, turn out tens of millions of rounds of ammunition each day. Any product that is made by the millions per day will suffer from defective, out of spec, or damaged specimens and these will […]

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by J.B. Wood | Contributing Editor In the old days, they would refer to a person like this writer as “numbers-stupid.”   In modern, non-offensive, politically-correct speech, I’d be “mathematically-challenged.” I have to be careful with things like dimensional data. So, I looked up “Pico” in my dictionary. The definition is a numerical prefix meaning “one […]

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  by Art Merrill | Contributing Editor For the beginning handloader primers are both simple to understand and yet slightly more complex than they first appear. Rifle and pistol primers are the same physical size, so what makes them different? Can we substitute one for the other? What secret ingredient goes into making Match grade […]

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by TGM staff US Rep. James E. Clyburn (D-SC), the Assistant Democratic Leader in the House, on July 14 introduced a measure titled the Background Check Completion Act, following the revelation by the FBI that Dylann Root, the alleged shooter in the Charleston church mass murders, was allowed to buy a handgun because of the […]

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The top three finishers at the National Pistol Championships at Camp Perry are all veteran shooters and all have had military marksmanship training. The National Pistol Champion was Keith A. Sanderson, a pistol coach at USA Shooting’s Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, CO, whose aggregate in the 2700 event was 2655-122X. Sanderson has served […]

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by Scott Smith | Contributing Editor I have been competing in action shooting sports for 20-plus years. Over that time I have competed in USPSA, IDPA 3-Gun, bowling pin and PPC matches. All of these matches are fun and enhance various shooting skills. One thing I have noticed with all of these competitions is the […]

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Colorado movie massacre gunman James Holmes was found guilty on July 16 of multiple counts of first degree murder and attempted murder, a verdict that enables prosecutors to seek the death penalty for the former graduate student who killed a dozen people and wounded 70 at a midnight premiere of a Batman film in 2012, […]

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An apparent breakdown in the National Instant Check System is being blamed for a handgun purchase made by accused Charleston, SC, church gunman Dylann Roof about two months before the deadly shooting that left nine people dead and ignited a wave of indignation over the Confederate battle flag. The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times […]

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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has advised people to be on the lookout for fraudulent National Firearms Act (NFA) tax registration forms being used to sell NFA firearms. The scam involves use of the fake Form 4 to obtain a deposit but the firearm is never delivered, according to ATF. According […]

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by Dave Workman | Senior Editor Concealed carry across the United States has soared over the past seven years, while the murder rate has declined, and a new report from the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) suggests that one reason the number of permits and licenses has increased is because Barack Obama is in the […]

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by Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor Death forced its way into a motel room in Albuquerque, NM, on June 30, during an apparent robbery attempt of a traveling couple. But because the guests were legally armed and willing to fight for their lives, death found the would-be intruder. The couple included a former CNN […]

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