During the Pennsylvania Mid-Range Championship at Reade Range, part of the Riflemen’s Weekend competition, the shooter was working through the first string of a 3×600 match. Three rounds turned out to be too long to chamber properly. Rather than force the issue and turn a minor ammunition problem into a major rifle problem, the rounds…

A federal judge has ruled that major National Firearms Act registration requirements cannot be enforced against protected plaintiffs and customers for suppressors, short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns and certain “any other weapons.” The reason is almost embarrassingly simple. Congress reduced the NFA making and transfer taxes on those firearms to zero. The registration system existed to…

The Civilian Marksmanship Program plans to sell surplus M14 rifles to American collectors after converting them to semiautomatic operation. According to Firearms News⁠, the CMP may eventually receive approximately 100,000 M14 rifles, with initial sales potentially beginning in late 2026 or early 2027. The expected price has been reported as less than $2,000. That would…

Michigan deer hunters can use all legal firearms throughout the Lower Peninsula beginning September 12, 2026. The state has eliminated its Limited Firearms Deer Zone, ending the old patchwork of shotgun, muzzleloader and straight-wall cartridge restrictions that governed much of southern Michigan. That means hunters in the Lower Peninsula can finally use ordinary bottleneck rifle…

Google has apparently decided that “Garand Thumb” is close enough to several other phrases that they all deserve to be grouped together. According to Search Console, people searching for Garand Thumb are also typing: This raises an important question: What exactly is a “Grand Thumb”? What Is Garand Thumb? Actual Garand thumb⁠ is what happens…

The FN 309 MRD is a compact 9mm pistol with a 16+1 capacity, optics-ready slide, internal hammer, approximately five-pound trigger and $549 MSRP. FN also claims the pistol requires 25 percent less force to rack than the FN 509 Tactical and that its magazines require 40 percent less loading force than comparable pistols. Those are…