Author: Michael Crites

Nevada’s Vang Comp has been making shotguns better since the 1990s and their custom 12-gauge service can get you about as close to perfect as it comes to a “combat shotgun.” However, nobody has ever accused them of being cheap. It is easy to go well over the $2K mark on a tricked-out Vang Comp… Continue reading Vang Comp Brings Tidings of Great Combat Shotguns

Well, it turns out that the promised “Red Wave” tsunami of Republican candidates sweeping to office in this month’s mid-term election cycle ran out of steam just shortly past the high tide mark. As the smoke clears a week later, the tabulations across the country leave the U.S. House in the likely very narrow (like… Continue reading After Mid-Terms, Looks Like More of the Same in Gun Politics

Timney has been in the trigger game for almost 80 years and, when a gunmaker elects to sell a tricked-out model of their pistol or rifle complete with a semi-custom trigger, they often just go with Timney right off the bat. While they originally started making triggers for classic bolt guns such as Remington 700s,… Continue reading Timney Gets in the MP5 Trigger Biz

Takedown .22LR rifles are just kinda cool. Minimalist designs that date back to the old Marbles Game Getter reached more widespread adoption by the time of the 1960s Armalite AR-7 and the Marlin 70 Papoose of the 1980s. Today, besides the Mountain View Arms Pack-Rifle, and Volquartsen VT2 Takedown, you can also add Henry’s rebooted… Continue reading Savage Introduces A22 Takedown Rifle

Smith and Wesson introduced the “easy to use” M&P Shield EZ models in 2019. Chambered in .380 ACP and equipped with a special reduced-weight recoil spring that allowed those without a lot of hand strength to better rack the slide, they were handy and compact single-stack pistols that included both a standard rear grip safety… Continue reading Smith & Wesson Gets an Equalizer

Texas-based Staccato just announced the new CS pistol, a 16+1 capacity 9mm single-action 2011-style pistol. While they already have a similar “carry” sized 16+1 round 2011 on the market– the Staccato C2– that pistol runs a more Commander Sized 3.9-inch bull barrel, which sets up the CS to be a more compact gun as it… Continue reading New From Staccato: An Officer-Sized 2011

The true-blue 7.62 NATO FN FAL battle rifle was in production in Belgium from 1953 (when it was born) until 1988 when it was replaced by the smaller and easier-to-handle 5.56 caliber FNC. While it was (and is still) made under license around the world, just something like one out of every seven FALs produced… Continue reading So, FN Found 400 FALs in a Warehouse

Springfield has evidently been calling in requests for new colors to the folks over at HS Product in Croatia because we have been reporting on a slew of fresh Hellcats in Robin’s Egg and Burnt Bronze. Now, they have added a Flat Dark Earth Hellcat Pro to the list as well. Of course, they already… Continue reading Springfield Armory Hellcat Pro, now in FDE

Showing they are still making at least some pistols, CZ-owned Dan Wesson is marketing a new “Heirloom” series 1911 pistol. The Heirloom 2022 is a full-size Government Issue in .45 ACP and uses all-steel components for the frame, slide, and parts. Running a standard 5-inch barrel, beavertail grip safety, and a commander-style hammer, it sports… Continue reading Dan Wesson Heirloom 2022 1911 (and CZ Lions)

The “poverty pony” has made a name for itself by making black rifles easily obtainable, selling something like 1.3 million AR lowers in the past few years alone. They are now moving into the Glock clone market with a new Gen 3 G19ish 9mm that has a lot of decent features. The Kiger 9c has… Continue reading Anderson Liger, we mean Kiger, Pistols