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In 2020, Springfield Armory introduced its first centerfire bolt-action rifle design with the aptly named Model 2020 Waypoint. While the initial Waypoint design was intended to be more of a precision platform, Springfield has since come out with several field-ready variants of the Model 2020, including the Boundary. Watch our “Gun of the Week” episode above to see the details of this bolt-action design. “Springfield Armory has come out with a few different iterations of this design, and the Boundary is really designed, in some ways, to be a little bit more of the traditionally sort of designed rifle,” American…

On June 4, 2026, the Appellate Court of Maryland ruled that law enforcement cannot stop and search a person merely because they see a gun—or the outline of one printing from a concealed holster. This case is Steven Hicks v. State of Maryland. This decision marks a post-New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen (2022) evolution in how law enforcement interacts with armed citizens in the Old Line State. The Second Amendment, after all, protects an individual right to keep and bear arms. In Bruen, the U.S. Supreme Court acknowledged that the right to lawfully carry firearms extends…

As they say, the 2026 Annual Members’ Meeting in Houston is a wrap. More than 73,000 freedom-loving Second Amendment supporters—the highest number since the COVID pandemic—joined us for three days of celebrating freedom. If you didn’t attend, you missed the crown jewel—the exhibit hall! Not just another gun show, the exhibit hall featured more than 540 exhibitors over 14 acres of exhibit space, showcasing the latest in guns, gear and gadgets. Building on last year’s Annual Meeting, Voices of the Second Amendment included 34 social-media providers live from the exhibit floor to more than 30 million followers. This year, the…

There are a lot of cool barrel-swap systems in the firearm world, but most are expensive, and sometimes a whole new rifle is required. The SwitchLug by West Texas Ordnance is designed for popular rifles, and it’s a modern system that doesn’t require buying new rifle. Instead, it’s a simple lug change on the action, and it’s about as easy of a barrel change as possible. West Texas Ordnance & The Lore of the LugWest Texas Ordnance, Inc. (WTO) was founded by Marine Clayton Smith and his wife in 2009 after active duty; the SwitchLug system was patented and then…

I funded my extended stay in college by working at a local gunshop on weekends and semester breaks. For five or so years I saw thousands of guns come through those doors. I had the privilege of shouldering a handful of rifles I knew I’d never own. Some of them lived behind bars or velvet-lined cases. Before leaving for my first “real” job, I managed to walk away with a few good ones: a slick Winchester Model 70 featherweight in Jack O’Connor’s beloved .270 Win. and, my personal favorite, a Savage Model 99F in .308.There were plenty others I would…

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Exuberance was the defining spirit of the 2026 NRA Annual Meetings. More than 73,000 attendees packed the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston to celebrate 250 years of America, concurrent with 155 years of their NRA. Helping them along was an exhibit hall filled with the latest and greatest from industry stalwarts and up-and-comers alike. While major releases, like Springfield’s Saint Victor 9 mm PDW and Model 2020 bolt-action pistol, dominated the conversation, no category was left unrepresented. Competitive shooters, concealed carriers, hunters and everyone in between had something to take a gander at, from the latest firearms and…