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American Rifleman

US-based firearms and shooting sports magazine

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Dec 11, 2025
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honor guns onion

The phrase "honor guns onion" pulls together three distinct threads in current reporting: The Onion’s recurring satire about U.S. mass shootings and guns, a commercial firearms maker named Honor Defen...

Dec 11, 2025
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honor guns

The phrase “honor guns” appears in multiple, distinct contexts in the available reporting: as the brand Honor Defense and its “Honor Guard” pistol line (coverage in American Handgunner, American Rifle...

Jan 13, 2026
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Can I get a detailed range table (drop, time of flight, velocity, energy) for m855 62-grain at typical zeroes (25/200/300 yards)?

A detailed range table for the 62‑grain M855 is available, but it is not a single universal chart—trajectory (drop), time of flight, velocity and energy depend on barrel length, muzzle velocity and ba...

Dec 9, 2025

NRA POLICY

The National Rifle Association (NRA) is a long-established U.S. gun-rights organization that today operates both advocacy and publications arms and actively litigates and lobbies on Second Amendment i...

Feb 6, 2026

How did the XM177 and other CAR-15 variants influence Special Forces tactics in Vietnam?

altered Special Forces tactics in by enabling smaller, more mobile reconnaissance and direct-action teams to operate deeper and fight differently in dense jungle and close quarters, trading long-range...

Nov 29, 2025

Did Americans use guns to check their height after the American Revolution

No credible reporting in the provided sources supports the claim that Americans used guns as a way to "check their height" after the American Revolution; available sources discuss the prevalence, regu...