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  • No, CZ Is Not Discontinuing the CZ 75: Here’s What Is Actually Ending

    The CZ 75 is not being discontinued. Three specific CZ 75 models are ending production during 2026: That is significant news. These are classic metal-framed, hammer-fired pistols that helped build CZ’s reputation in the United States. It is not the death of the entire CZ 75 family. The CZ 75 SP-01, CZ 75 SP-01 Tactical,…

  • National Shooting Sports Month Ends Today: Your Training Shouldn’t

    August 31 marks the end of National Shooting Sports Month. The guns will remain in the safe. The ammunition will remain stacked in the basement. The expensive optic will remain mounted on the rifle. The question is whether any of us will be better shooters next month. Gun owners spend an extraordinary amount of time…

  • CDC Restores Defensive Gun Use Data After Anti-Gun Activists Tried to Bury It

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has restored its estimate that Americans use firearms defensively between 60,000 and 2.5 million times each year. That enormous range is not new. It comes from research the CDC previously referenced on its own website. What is new is that the information has returned after disappearing for several…

  • Glock Gen 6 Reliability: The Internet Panic Was Mostly Nonsense

    Glock officially launched the Glock 17 Gen6, Glock 19 Gen6 and Glock 45 Gen6 in January 2026. Seven months later, the answer to the question everyone keeps asking is becoming painfully boring: The Glock Gen 6 appears to work like a Glock. It is not perfect. No YouTube torture test can prove every production pistol…

  • The M1 Carbine Is Better Than the M1 Garand and Everyone Knows It

    The M1 Carbine Is Better Than the M1 Garand and Everyone Knows It There, I said it. The M1 Garand is the legend. The M1 Carbine is the one you actually want to shoot, carry, hunt with, and keep around as a practical home-defense rifle. That is the part that gets people mad, because the…

  • CMP Trench Guns: The Winchester 1897 Shotgun Story Hiding Behind the M14 Circus Everyone is screaming about the CMP M14 rifles, but the better collector story may be the CMP trench guns. Yes, the M14 announcement is big. Military Times reported⁠ that CMP received special authorization to sell more than 100,000 surplus M14 rifles, which…

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