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  • Free Books- Part 327
    by Greg Ellifritz on October 23, 2025 at 6:35 pm

    Amazon has a tremendous number of FREE ebooks on their website.  You can find thousands of free kindle books on Amazon’s site every day.  These books can be downloaded to a Kindle reader or a […]

  • Weekend Knowledge Dump- October 17, 2025
    by Greg Ellifritz on October 17, 2025 at 10:15 am

    Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   Down And Dirty – American Handgunner Ken Hackathorn’s thoughts on shooting from the […]

  • Weekend Knowledge Dump- October 10, 2025
    by Greg Ellifritz on October 10, 2025 at 10:48 am

    Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   The Champion: Remembering Marty Hayes We lost yet another firearms instructor this […]

  • October Prime Day Deals
    by Greg Ellifritz on October 7, 2025 at 3:05 pm

    Amazon had such success with its Prime Days earlier this year that they decided to run some promotions again.  Here are some of the current best bargains I’ve found on items I think my audience […]

  • Weekend Knowledge Dump- October 3, 2025
    by Greg Ellifritz on October 3, 2025 at 10:02 am

    Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   Concealed Carry in the Era of Terror Revisited — Citizen-Defender Feeling like the […]

  • Free Books- Part 326
    by Greg Ellifritz on October 2, 2025 at 4:58 pm

    Amazon has a tremendous number of FREE ebooks on their website.  You can find thousands of free kindle books on Amazon’s site every day.  These books can be downloaded to a Kindle reader or a […]

  • Weekend Knowledge Dump- September 26, 2025
    by Greg Ellifritz on September 26, 2025 at 10:58 am

    Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   Franklin Armory KILLS the NFA SBR Rule with Antithesis The big news in the gun industry […]

  • Defending Police Departments and Government Buildings from Active Killer Attacks
    by Greg Ellifritz on September 24, 2025 at 11:15 am

    Written by: Greg Ellifritz   You’ve probably seen the news about the sniper attack on an ICE detainment facility in Dallas this morning.  A different ICE facility was attacked by 10 people back […]

  • Don’t Be a Crime Scene Tourist
    by Greg Ellifritz on September 19, 2025 at 2:22 pm

    *In the last couple weeks, most of you have likely witnessed video of at least two murders (Charlie Kirk and Iryna Zarutska).  I intentionally avoided watching both videos.  Do you think it’s […]

  • Weekend Knowledge Dump- September 19, 2025
    by Greg Ellifritz on September 19, 2025 at 10:41 am

    Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   Shooting Strong with Changing Vision Is your vision changing?  If so, this article from […]

American Rifleman
  • LEO Trade-Ins: The Sleeper Surplus Market
    on October 23, 2025 at 1:00 pm

    Although much of the budget-priced military surplus market has dried up, there are still affordable options among the long guns and handguns retired from law enforcement service.

  • Henry Repeating Arms Expands Spirit of the Corps Rifle Series
    on October 23, 2025 at 12:00 pm

    After much demand, Henry Repeating Arms is back with two attention-getting lever guns in honor of the U.S. Marine Corps and its 250 years safeguarding the globe.

  • Rifleman Review: Heritage Mfg. Roscoe
    on October 22, 2025 at 1:00 pm

    In recent years, Heritage Mfg. has expanded its centerfire offerings, and the Roscoe is one of the latest new models, a retro-styled revolver chambered for .38 Special that's capable of dedicated […]

  • Chiappa Expands Rhino Revolver Lineup
    on October 22, 2025 at 12:00 pm

    Chiappa Firearms is updating its unique line of Rhino revolvers with several new models, giving consumers an all-new 10 mm Auto chambering, as well as complete stainless-steel construction.

  • Review: TandemKross Manticore X
    on October 21, 2025 at 2:00 pm

    In 2024, TandemKross (TK), best known for its high-quality competition upgrades for rimfire platforms, launched the first ever lower-receiver assembly designed for the rimfire Ruger 10/22 platform.

  • Rifleman Q&A: Surreptitious L.C. Smith
    on October 21, 2025 at 1:00 pm

    American Rifleman staff recently received the following question about markings on a possible L.C. Smith shotgun. Read what we learned:

  • USA Clay Target League Breaks Participation Record—Again
    on October 21, 2025 at 12:00 pm

    The fall season is underway for the USA Clay Target League, and the number of student athletes participating speaks volumes about the growing popularity of shooting sports among high school- and […]

  • Hunting For The Perfect Partner: Ruger/Dead Air’s Centerfire RXD
    on October 20, 2025 at 1:00 pm

    The result of a joint venture between two giants of their respective industries, the new RXD30Ti exemplifies just how beneficial a well-designed hunting suppressor can be in the field.

  • The Armed Citizen® Oct. 20, 2025
    on October 20, 2025 at 12:00 pm

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

  • AI Summaries Reducing Firearm-Related Web Traffic, Sharing Incorrect Information
    on October 19, 2025 at 1:00 pm

    "[T]here are increasing concerns about how frequently AI systems invent false information—AKA hallucinations—with error rates in some tests reaching as high as 79 percent.”

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  • The Benefits of Online Firearms Training (and How to Get the Most Out of Your Class)
    by michael seeklander on August 21, 2025 at 2:17 pm

    I know what you are thinking…ONLINE shooting classes?! How does that even work? Trust me, I can teach you more about gun handling with an unloaded gun in your living room than most shooters get out […]

  • Randomizing Training
    by michael seeklander on March 16, 2025 at 2:08 pm

    Guest Post by Matt Little (Graybeard actual) www.https://greybeardactual.com “I am always doing that which I cannot do in order that I may learn how to do it.” — Pablo Picasso I’ve been […]

  • “David” Fitness Protocol
    by michael seeklander on August 31, 2024 at 9:24 pm

    (Practical (Shooting) Fitness Programming) By: Mike Seeklander Key Concepts First, let me start by saying that I am not a current, certified fitness trainer or coach. I have been in the past, but do […]

  • Carry Optics – Time to Find the Dot! 
    by michael seeklander on June 22, 2024 at 9:43 pm

    Set up and training with your first carry optic handgun. A repost from the Tactical Journal. So you have decided to put an optic on that pistol and try the new carry optics divisions in IDPA and […]

  • The FUNDAMENTAL Program Drills
    by michael seeklander on December 2, 2021 at 9:20 pm

    I get this question all the time: “Mike, I am a defensive shooter and will be practicing on an indoor range, what drills should I do in this circumstance” and I always answer that a drill is […]

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  • The Best Instant Coffee
    on October 23, 2025 at 2:25 pm

    Instant coffee has a poor reputation among American coffee drinkers. (The rest of the world is not as hesitant about including it in their regular beverage routine.) And for good reason, if you ask […]

  • Podcast #1,090: Chasing the White Whale — Into the Depths of Moby-Dick
    on October 21, 2025 at 2:24 pm

      If you went to high school in America, you probably read Moby-Dick — or, more likely, you skimmed the CliffsNotes and wondered why this dense, whale-obsessed novel was considered a classic. […]

  • The Hidden Fatigue of Switching — And How to Fix It
    on October 20, 2025 at 1:58 pm

    Spend a day toiling as a knowledge worker, and you can leave the office feeling mentally fried. You may not have been that busy, nor done work that was even that cognitively challenging, and yet your […]

  • James Bond Stoicism
    on October 19, 2025 at 4:43 pm

    There's plenty of Stoic philosophy to be found within the pages of Ian Fleming's famous spy novels. Here are the 4 primary ways.

  • Odds & Ends: October 17, 2025
    on October 17, 2025 at 1:27 pm

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  • How to Buy and Use a Burner Phone
    on October 16, 2025 at 3:24 pm

    Using a burner phone takes more than just buying a cheap flip phone. To stay off the grid, you must understand how and when to use it (and dispose of it).

  • Podcast #1,089: The 6 Practices of the Ultimate Morning Routine
    on October 14, 2025 at 1:23 pm

      There's been a lot of talk about morning routines in the last few years. But the idea is hardly new; famous men from Thomas Aquinas to Benjamin Franklin structured their mornings to accomplish […]

  • What Lonesome Dove Can Teach Us About the 4 Tensions of Friendship
    on October 13, 2025 at 2:39 pm

    “Woodrow,” Gus McCrae says, lying in a bed dying, “quite a party.” It’s one of my favorite lines from my favorite novel, Lonesome Dove. Why? Because it perfectly captures one of […]

 

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  • Down for the Count
    by David Codrea on June 9, 2022 at 6:05 pm

     What are people still doing coming here? And no, I don't see the majority coming from links at the new site.Go HERE.

  • Success of Sorts
    by David Codrea on May 6, 2022 at 4:39 pm

    It's not pretty. It's not sophisticated. There's plenty of room for improvement and helpful features.But by God, after several days of inventing new cuss words and letting my inner ADD make me no fun […]

  • 'I Find Myself to be Exorbitantly Superannuated for This Feculence'
    by David Codrea on May 5, 2022 at 4:05 pm

    Trying to set up the new site has been an exercise in pure frustration. It sure adds a whole new dimension to "A man's gotta know his limitations."Nothing about it is intuitive.  You'd think if you […]

  • Blog Update Sitrep
    by David Codrea on May 3, 2022 at 3:38 pm

    I'm workin' on it. I should be able to do a test post at the new place by the end of the week.It's been nice having less hectic days at the keyboard, especially with Spring yard work demands, but I […]

  • ‘Be a Victim’ is No Way to Run the Republic
    by David Codrea on May 2, 2022 at 9:40 pm

    No doubt, there are reasons why citizens should think twice about confronting those committing criminal acts, but prominent among those is that the same “law” that fails to “secure the […]

  • Silence from Black Leaders on Biden ATF Nomination is Deafening
    by David Codrea on April 30, 2022 at 3:23 pm

    You’d think with all their talk about “equity,” more angrily outspoken members of the Congressional  Black Caucus, representatives like Maxine Waters and Sheila Jackson Lee, would be demanding […]

  • Armed American Radio Redux
    by David Codrea on April 30, 2022 at 3:04 pm

    David Codrea explores Ukraine disarming citizens for weapons storage? WAT? [Listen]Thursday's Hour 2 program, where we discussed the (thus far unreported by anyone else) Ukraine gun storage order...

  • Donald Trump Jr’s 2A Task Force Needs Closer Scrutiny by Gun Owners
    by David Codrea on April 29, 2022 at 2:01 pm

    Fleshing out the details of the “group,” its organization and specific efforts it intends to make is important because getting visitors to register and donate seems to be the purpose of the 2A […]

  • I'll Be On Hour 2
    by David Codrea on April 28, 2022 at 7:57 pm

     TODAY on #AAR Hour 1, 4-5p ET (1-2p PT) @HT_GunWriter Lee Williams, Hour 2, 5-6p ET, (2-3p PT) @dcodrea. Good hard-hitting talk radio! Make sure to tune in or watch live at […]

  • EXCLUSIVE: Ukrainian Territorial Defense Ordered to Turn in Arms 'for Storage' Purposes
    by David Codrea on April 26, 2022 at 4:39 pm

    The disarming of citizen soldier volunteers (especially when a war is still in full swing) is a good indicator that if and when the situation in Ukraine “normalizes,” the plan is to return to […]

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