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The recent publication of my feature, "Perfect Fitz" in the January, 2010 issue of "Shooting Illustrated" was quite a thrill. I wrote the article several years ago—while still working in NRA Member Services—with the goal of having it published in one of NRA publications.

The modifications J.H. FitzGerald made to wheelguns more than 80 years ago paved the way for the modern snub-nose revolver.

Here's just about everything you need to know to have a blast with the most enjoyable type of shooting—plinking.

The final week of December turned out to be possibly the best of 2010 for preemptive law relating to the ownership of specific types of guns, with courts in two states ruling city and county laws were contrary to state firearms statute.

Colt redesigned its famed New Agent, adding a double-action trigger and removing any unnecessary parts in a self-defense gun for extremely close quarters.

You ask, we get answers.

There are few places in America with a deeper-running—or more notorious—history with firearms than Lincoln County, New Mexico. It was in the late 1870s that a range war pitting two violent factions raged across the canyons and deserts of the Tularosa range and Sacramento Mountains.

A tricked-out new AR at a surprisingly reasonable suggested retail price? Why, yes.

Does the gun matter?