Mark A. Keefe, IV was appointed editor of American Rifleman magazine in 2000, and was promoted to editor-in-chief of American Rifleman, americanrifleman.org and "American Rifleman Television" in 2003. He started out as a volunteer at the National Firearms Museum in 1988 and became a curatorial assistant there in 1990. He joined the American Rifleman staff in 1991 as an assistant technical editor. An NRA Life member, Keefe is a shooter, hunter and gun collector, specializing in British Lee-Enfield rifles. An Eagle Scout, Keefe taught rifle shooting, shotgun shooting and archery at Goshen Scout Camps while in college, becoming an NRA Certified Instructor in Rifle, Shotgun, Muzzleloading Rifle and Muzzleloading Shotgun. Keefe earned a bachelor of arts in History from the University of Maryland in 1989.

Keefe has written hundreds of bylined and non-bylined articles on virtually every facet of the shooting sports, ranging from firearms reviews to legislative issues. In 2003, he was awarded the Man-At-Arms Cup for "outstanding service in the field of arms and armour" for making American Rifleman, once again, an important reference for arms collectors. An avid waterfowler, upland bird hunter, varminter and deer hunter, Keefe has hunted all over the continental United States, Africa, Alaska and Canada. In 2002, Keefe created the format for "American Rifleman Television" and currently directs and supervises its editorial content.

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Brownells—Selection. Service. Satisfaction
— by Michael O.Humphries
The connection with some companies is over as soon as the purchase is completed. Not so with Brownells, which views a purchase as the beginning of a relationship.

A Matter Of Perception:
Recoil & Benelli’s ComforTech
— by Mark A. Keefe, IV
With the ComforTech stock system, recoil energy doesn’t go away, but Benelli’s engineers have changed how it is transmitted to the shooter—and may just have found a cure for “gun headache.”

Facts About Recoil
— by Wm. C. Davis, Jr.
To help illustrate the American Rifleman article on Benelli Comfortech, "A Matter Of Perception" (July 2007, p. 40), we present here an article written by Ballistic Editor William C. Davis for the NRA Firearms Fact Book, which provides some facts about recoil and formulas for calculating recoil energy and velocity.

One-On-One With NRA-ILA’s Chris Cox
— by NRA Staff
Chris W. Cox has been Executive Director of NRA Institute For Legislative Action for five years, and he and his team have been incredibly effective in preserving your Second Amendment rights. We caught up with Chris to see how things stand and what fights we face in the future.

His Majesty’s Government Models
— by Robert G. Maze
During World War I and World War II, British and Commonwealth troops came to appreciate the virtues of John M. Browning’s masterpiece—the Colt Government Model and its military cousins, the M1911 and M1911A1.

Centennial At Camp Perry: 1907-2007
— by Philip Schreier
The home of the National Rifle and Pistol Matches, Camp Perry, Ohio, celebrates 100 years of service to American marksmen. It is a historic event in American shooting, and a special exhibit there celebrates a century of excellence in competition.

Cream Of The Crop: The 2007 Golden Bullseye Awards — by Brian C. Sheetz
For the fifth year, we look back over the past year’s best products and award the most deserving the NRA Publications Division’s highest honor. This year, we add a new Pioneer award for a pivotal individual to our slate of Rifle, Shotgun, Handgun, Optic and Accessory of the Year.