Stop by and say hi to us at the Raahauges Shooting Sports Fair this weekend!

Western Shooting Journal is at the Raahauges Shooting Sports Fair in California this weekend, and we’re giving out a great deal. Order a year-long subscription at our booth for $29.95, which is half-off the cover price for 12 issues, and you’ll get  a FREE Ken Onion folding clip knife, AND a FREE pair of shooting […]

Smart Gun App Controls the Trigger

Following TrackingPoint’s “smart rifle,” which has tracking and digital optic technology to create for a more precise shot, a California-based company has built a different type of smart gun technology  (can be seen in the James Bond “Skydance” movie). Yardarm has introduced its Safety First technology, which allows gun owners to remotely engage or disengage the trigger […]

NRA Life of Duty Memorial Day Tribute: Honoring the Fallen

Today, we honor the countless heroes who have paid the ultimate sacrifice to answer our country’s call to arms. Please take a few minutes to watch our Memorial Day Tribute featuring Norman St. Germain – Seaman First Class, USS Gambier Bay who spent 47 hours in the shark-infested waters of Leyte Gulf after his ship […]

Hollywood Firearms Follies

Reprinted from our May print edition, this article will make you laugh. Glaringly inaccurate portrayals of firearms in Hollywood movies by Wendy Cunningham WE HAVE ALL BEEN THERE, sitting at the Cineplex, popcorn bucket in one hand, ridiculously large pop in the other, ready to settle in for a solid two hours of serious gun […]

Western Shooting Journal stops by the NRA annual convention in Houston

We had a great time at the NRA’s annual convention last weekend, met lots of new people and reconnected with many in the industry. Saw so many new products and organizations I couldn’t possibly remember them all, but here are a few photos of some of them below. The city of Houston was very accommodating […]

Mike Raahauge, owner of Raahauge Hands-on Shooting Sports Fair, passes away

It is with great sadness that we report the passing away of Mike Raahauge, one of the legends in the firearms community.  He died at age 72 of esophageal cancer diagnosed in August.  His Raahauge Shooting Enterprises puts on one of the biggest gun shows in the country every year, which uniquely features the ability […]