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Online Version  Steel-Case Ammo: Bad For Your Gun? Steel cartridge case use in handguns (as well as long guns) has been the source of controversy since their inception. One of the biggest misconceptions is since steel is harder than brass or aluminum, it must be harder on the gun as it travels through the cycle of operation. Read More GLOCK Introduces a New Addition to the Crossover Design: The G45. The G45 is a new addition to the 9X19 family of pistols featuring the latest in design and engineering seen in the 5th Generation of GLOCK pistols. The GLOCK 45 combines the fast handling of the GLOCK 19 compact-sized slide with the full-size frame as a compact Crossover. Read More The NEW Caliber Adaptable Bushmaster ACR. The Bushmaster ACR series adds the ability to change calibers to the world's most versatile MSR platform. Tool-less, rapid takedown allows you to instantly change stocks, handguards, barrels, and calibers in the field. It's FREEDOM to adapt to anything. FOR THE FREE. Read More SnapSafe-The Security of a Welded Safe With None of the Hassle SnapSafe modular safes are easy to assemble and move anywhere. Simply unpack them piece by piece and assemble them close to your desired location. The SnapSafe modular assembly system locks the walls together from the inside, making them as solid and impenetrable as conventional, welded safes. Read More 10 Budget-Priced .22 Rifles Under $200 Firearm fans often get wrapped up in the latest and greatest, focusing their attention on tricked-out precision rifles complete with high-dollar optics... Read More Review: Walther CCP M2 Man, the engineers at Walther Arms just can't leave good enough alone, can they? Fresh off the success of the company's CCP pistol... Read More Purpose-Built Defensive Ammo: Find It and Use It I have to confess that, somewhere along the line, I became an ammo snob. Now this wasn't something that I had done intentionally; it just happened. Read More The Thompson at Anzio: Last Stand of S/N 169807 By January 1944, the Allied advance in Italy had come to a grinding halt. Four months earlier, landings in the south along the Ionian and Tyrrhenian Sea coasts... Read More Maxim Defense PDW Brace: Shortening an AR Pistol AR-15s with pistol braces have become immensely popular in recent years, thanks to the compact package offered by these designs. There are all kinds of brace types... Read More Range-Ready Steel: Choosing Safe & Durable Targets Steel, the iron-and-carbon alloy strong enough to relegate cast iron to backseat status, was first created nearly 2,000 years ago. Since the beginning... Read More I Carry: S&W Model 638 in a Kramer Leather Pocket Holster Welcome to another episode of "I Carry," Shooting Illustrated's weekly video series covering the guns and gear needed to put together a potential everyday-carry kit. Today, we have a Smith & Wesson Model 638 .38 Spl. revolver in a Kramer Leather holster. Read More Range Review: DoubleStar ARP7 AR-15 pistols were once a niche platform, dismissed as mere range toys with limited "real-world" applications, but that has changed now. Military operations overseas have proven that a short-barreled AR-15 is an excellent gun for fighting in tight quarters... Read More New for 2018: Ruger Custom Shop 10/22 Competition Offering shooters another option for use in the growing market of Rimfire Challenge competitions, Ruger debuted its first-ever Custom Shop 10/22... Read More Hands-on With the Sharps Bros. 224 Valkyrie Livewire AR-15 "Let me build you a rifle." That's what John Sharps, of Sharps Bros., said to me at NRA Annual Meeting earlier this year. We had met to chat about some lower receivers... Read More Self-Defense Against a Knife: Tips & Tactics from an Expert In recent years, curbside stabbings in Jerusalem, slashings in New York and an edged-weapon assault injuring eight at a shopping mall in Minnesota are clear examples of a disturbing trend... Read More First Look: Super Vel 10mm SCHP Ammo In the early 1980s, Col. Jeff Cooper of Gunsite Academy fame worked to develop a cartridge that provided greater stopping power than the 9mm and better ballistics than the slow .45 ACP. Read More National Rifle Association * 11250 Waples Mill Rd * Fairfax, VA Please do not reply to this e-mail. Thank you.