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| Above, the 100th anniversary issue of American Rifleman. |
From Wikipedia:
The National Rifle Association of America was chartered in the State of New York on November 17, 1871 by Army and Navy Journal editor William Conant Church and Captain George Wood Wingate. On November 25, 1871, the group voted to elect its first corporate officers.
The National Rifle Association (NRA) magazine, American Rifleman, is a bit younger. It is celebrating 100 years of continuous publication this month.
But it had been around a lot longer. It was originally published in 1885 as The Rifle and then Arms & The Man.
The magazine became American Rifleman in 1923 by editor Thomas G. Samworth. The magazine proved to be popular among NRA members. In 1925, its circulation reached 10,700. In 1927, it changed from a semi-monthly magazine to a monthly magazine. In 2010, its circulation reached 1,902,185.
Two U.S. presidents appeared on the cover of American Rifleman: Ronald Reagan in 1983 and Donald Trump in 2017.
Congratulations to American Rifleman for reaching this milestone.
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