Editor’s Note: Springfield Armory provided the Master Class 10-8 Performance 1911 pistol used by the author in this review. The opinions and evaluations expressed here are the author’s own. I must admit something: I’m a Fudd at heart. I love carrying a full-size 1911 .45 ACP in a leather holster. It’s a classic setup that’s hard to beat. But like ...

Feral hogs are a year-round problem across much of the U.S. where they tear up pastures, destroy crops and multiplying faster than most landowners can keep up with. When I had my own land to protect, I needed a rifle that could handle them at close range in thick cover, day or night. I settled on the Springfield Armory M1A ...

The argument can be made that the Germans make the world’s best engineers. By way of evidence I would submit the StG44 assault rifle, the Me 262 jet fighter, and the Panther tank. While, in each case, the exigencies of around-the-clock bombing certainly took a toll on these revolutionary weapon systems, one cannot help but be impressed with the sheer ...

I have always appreciated gear that solves a real problem without unnecessarily complicating things. In the world of long-range shooting and hunting, there is already enough information for shooters to manage between environmental conditions, ammunition selection, ballistic data, wind calls and ranging targets. Anything that helps streamline that process while remaining lightweight, intuitive, and reliable immediately gets my attention. The ...

The Brief: Sheriff deputies in Spartanburg, South Carolina, determined that a homeowner acted in self-defense when he fatally shot an intruder. The incident occurred around 2 a.m. after an individual forcibly breached an exterior door, prompting the resident to defend his home with a personal firearm. Investigators confirmed that physical evidence corroborated the homeowner’s account. Under South Carolina law, occupants ...

When I was 10 years old, I read Jeff Cooper’s articles in Guns & Ammo magazine in which he extolled the 1911 “.45 automatic” as the ultimate gunfighting/self-defense handgun. What he wrote made a great deal of sense to me. All these years later, it still does. The flat 1911, even in full-size like this Springfield Armory Mil-Spec model, can ...

This is part two in our interview series with an ex-criminal who walks us through his process.. After the first talk I had with the guy I call Dee, the ex-criminal who walked me through how a street predator tests you before he moves, a lot of you wanted more. So did I. Because that first conversation was about the ...

Home defense remains one of the leading motivators for firearms purchases. At various times and places, our personal security and the safety of our loved ones can feel threatened even within our safe spaces or the sanctuary of our residence. Hornady’s cutting-edge VEXIS vein-reading technology offers half-second, touch-free access to the Night Guard safe, ensuring ultra-fast (yet secure) access to ...

The Brief: An armed robbery attempt at a Chase Bank in Cedar Hill, Texas, ended when a customer shot the suspect. The suspect entered the bank with a knife and threatened employees. An armed customer fired at the suspect, who fled outside, collapsed, and later died at a hospital. No bystanders or bank staff were injured. The customer remained on ...

When we wrote about the national debt hitting $40 trillion, the warning wasn’t that some number on a screen was going to blow up the economy on a Tuesday afternoon. The warning was that we keep piling debt onto a system that is already under real strain, and eventually the people who buy that debt start demanding to be paid ...