SHOT Show 2018: Aguila 28-Gauge Shotgun Shells

In The Evolution Of Gun Making, Peter Smithhurst, retired senior curator of the Royal Armouries, explores the cases of two military muskets, the French Model 1777 and the Russian Model 1808.

The positive role firearm owners and their enthusiasm for the shooting sports play in the economy shows in a report released by the Sportsman’s Alliance Foundation in early 2025.

Overshadowed in history by the Springfield M1903, the U.S. Model 1917 was nonetheless an important infantry rifle beginning in World War I—and a little-known “Carbine” variant would, much later, arm Chinese, North Korean and North Vietnamese troops.

Read today's "The Armed Citizen" entry for real stories of law-abiding citizens, past and present, who used their firearms to save lives.

Bersa USA’s announcement that it was exhibiting at the IWA Outdoor Classic Exhibition in Nuremberg, signals yet another step forward for a company following a path other famed firearm firms have taken to find success—moving some or all manufacturing to the United States.