Author: Michael Crites

The NSSF tracks and reports monthly gun, ammo, optics, and hunting knife imports from overseas by crunching data from the U.S. International Trade Commission. This data runs a couple of months behind because, well, the government runs a couple of months behind. However, by comparing the most recent figures– those from April 2022– with the… Continue reading Shotgun & Ammo Imports Way Down

A somewhat bellicose Florida lawman, Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey, publicly announced his school resource officers will be more “tactical” in both uniform and equipment this upcoming school year to include carrying Kel-Tec SUB2000 carbines with them. A video released by Ivey’s office shows the folding carbines worn across deputies’ plate carriers in stowed condition.… Continue reading Florida School Cops Now Wearing KelTecs

Sig Sauer on Thursday confirmed persistent internet rumors about a cool new version of the P365 dubbed the X Macro. Now we aren’t talking about just a new color or some minor tweak, but a big change. Like 17+1 capacity change, putting it on par with the Glock 17 but coming in a lot smaller.

A story in three numbers: 1,848,307 vs. 1,279,300 vs. 1,233,115. That’s the number of NSSF-adjusted FBI NICS background checks that led to likely over-the-counter gun sales at licensed firearm dealers in July 2020, July 2021, and July 2022, respectively. That is a year-over-year decrease for the past three years, dropping 41.3 percent from 2020 to… Continue reading Gun sales drop to…new normal

Ohio’s Faxon Firearms has announced their new Sentinel line of AR-10s chambered in the new gee-whiz 8.6 Blackout round. The guns will be available in an 8-inch barreled pistol, 12-inch pistol, and 16-inch carbine formats, all with Nitrided 4150 CMV 1:3 twist (not a misprint) barrels. Built on 7075 billet aluminum receivers, they all have… Continue reading Faxon Announces 8.6BLK AR-10 Models

Florida’s EAA has hit the sweet spot when it comes to Browning Hi-Power clones in the past couple of years, introducing both classically-styled and more modern takes on the vintage platform that FN walked away from only a half-decade ago. One of the missed opportunities the Belgians never took was shortening the Hi-Power akin to… Continue reading EAA goes Detective, err, we mean PI

One of the most universally derided things about the AK platform and its spinoffs is that the trigger, by nature of being designed with loose tolerances in mind, is creepy and mushy. Well, CMC Triggers (yes, Bill Wilson of Wilson Combat’s outfit of all people) has been flirting with Kalashnikov USA to produce a drop-in… Continue reading CMC & K-USA Bring the World an AK trigger pack

Utah’s SilencerCo has long marketed the Osprey line of handgun and PCC suppressor series (in 9mm and .45ACP variants) with a quick-indexing lever cam system that helps to align the can and keep it from backing off when in use. The thing is the lever kind sucked. Well, they have finally addressed that with the… Continue reading SiCo Drops the Osprey Lever, Adds a Button

We brought you a sneak peek at Maxim Defense’s MD9 pistol from Houston back in May and the company has now announced it is shipping, along with some more details about the PCC which stands as Maxim’s first handgun-caliber firearm. As the pistol caliber carbine gives you added stability to hit your mid-range targets more… Continue reading More on the Maxim MD9

A nice new offering from Smith & Wesson is the new 9mm M&P® M2.0 Compact Optics-Ready Spec Series Pistol Kit. Having lots of nice features– optics ready with S&W’s C.O.R.E. system, suppressor-ready with an extended threaded barrel and tall sights, a flat face trigger, and two 23-round extended magazines along with a 15-shot flush-fit mag–… Continue reading S&W Swims with the Gray Shark Spec Kit