Guns & Ammo is a magazine dedicated to firearm

Firearm

A firearm is a weapon that launches one, or many, projectile at high velocity through confined burning of a propellant. This subsonic burning process is technically known as deflagration, as opposed to supersonic combustion known as a detonation. In older firearms, the propellant was typically...

s, hunting

Hunting

Hunting is the practice of pursuing any living thing, usually wildlife, for food, recreation, or trade. In present-day use, the term refers to lawful hunting, as distinguished from poaching, which is the killing, trapping or capture of the hunted species contrary to applicable law...

, competition shooting, reloading, and other shooting-related activities in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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The magazine primarily offers reviews on guns, ammunition, scopes, and shooting gear; as well as gunsmithing tips, historical articles, gun collecting, self-defense and alerts on gun rights. In addition to those departments, each issue contains a few featured articles and personality profiles of people in the firearms industry as well as press releases of new products. It has a readership of 5.8 million per month and is published on a monthly basis.

History

Guns& Ammo was founded by Robert E. Petersen

Robert E. Petersen

Robert Einar "Pete" Petersen was an American publisher and founder of the Petersen Automotive Museum in 1994.Petersen was born in East Los Angeles, California and served in the Army Air Corps in World War II...

 in and has featured writers such as Craig Boddington

Craig Boddington

Craig Boddington is a professional hunter, author and Marine.- Biography :Born in Kansas in 1953, as a teenager, when not involved with hunting and shooting, he spent a lot of time pursuing Boy Scout activities. At 17 years of age he became the youngest person to become Activities Director at his...

, Jeff Cooper

Jeff Cooper

John Dean "Jeff" Cooper was recognized as the father of what is commonly known as "the Modern Technique" of handgun shooting, and one of the 20th century's foremost international experts on the use and history of small arms....

, Abe Walsh

Abe Walsh

Abe Walsh is an American author, most notably known for magazine articles chronicling his hunting, fishing and back-country adventures...

, Patrick Sweeney

Patrick Sweeney (gunsmith)

Patrick Sweeney is an American gunsmith , originally from Detroit, Michigan. According to an interview with Shotgun World magazine, he is a well-known author in the field of gunsmithing. Retired from gunsmithing, his writes full-time...

 and Massad Ayoob

Massad Ayoob

Massad F. Ayoob is an internationally known firearms and self-defense instructor. He has taught police techniques and civilian self-defense to both law enforcement officers and private citizens in numerous venues since 1974...

. Former National Rifle Association

National Rifle Association

The National Rifle Association of America is an American non-profit 501 civil rights organization which advocates for the protection of the Second Amendment of the United States Bill of Rights and the promotion of firearm ownership rights as well as marksmanship, firearm safety, and the protection...

 president, Charlton Heston

Charlton Heston

Charlton Heston was an American actor of film, theatre and television. Heston is known for heroic roles in films such as The Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, El Cid, and Planet of the Apes...

authored a gun rights column for the magazine titled "From the Capitol" until 2007.