Daniel Horner is– without being smug about it– probably the best multi-gun champion in the world. Since leaving the Army Marksmanship Unit a few years ago, he had been Sig Sauer’s resident champion, cleaning clocks across the globe and leaving everyone else in his events fighting for second place. Sig has already tapped Horner to… Continue reading New Sig Sauer P320-XFive DH3
Category: Firearm News
We summarize the important developments in the world of firearms in our weekly News Briefs. No filler, all news.
Teddy’s S&W Brings Just Shy of $1,000,000 at Auction
Theodore Roosevelt’s Smith & Wesson New Model No. 3 was shipped from the factory just days after the bespectacled former New York City Police Commish and Assistant Secretary of the Navy had been officially sworn in as a new lieutenant colonel in the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry in May 1898. Better known as the “Rough… Continue reading Teddy’s S&W Brings Just Shy of $1,000,000 at Auction
The Noreen ULR Is Your New Favorite .50 Cal BMG Handgun
John Browning designed his .50 caliber Browning Machine Gun round during World War I to punch holes in German tanks and airplanes from a distance. Today, the famed BMG is still getting it done even a century after the Kaiser vacated his throne. After all, 761 grains of lead on a hotdog-sized bullet are no… Continue reading The Noreen ULR Is Your New Favorite .50 Cal BMG Handgun
Full-Auto Grease Gun, BB Gun Edition
While we generally just cover firearms, this seemed like too cool of a news item to ignore. Umarex, the German company in the same group as Walther responsible for dozens of .22LR trainer designs, also has an air gun division that makes some toys for big boys. This brings us to their full-auto 1:1 scale… Continue reading Full-Auto Grease Gun, BB Gun Edition
New! S&W Competitor
Smith & Wesson is betting that folks like their new metal-framed M&P M2.0 styling enough to use it in a tactical/practical setting with the new Competitor. The 9mm Competitor comes with a 5-inch barrel, has an enhanced sear for lighter, crisper trigger let-off, and includes a flared magazine well for fast and efficient reloads. Lightening… Continue reading New! S&W Competitor
Canik Goes Miami Spice
Century Arms has embraced the South Florida vibe 110 percent– their headquarters are in Delray Beach after all– with its new “Signature Series” Canik Mete SFT pistols. These 9mm Turkish delights have been custom outfitted with a very Miami salute in the form of its skyline, flamingos, palm trees, and a retro color scheme familiar… Continue reading Canik Goes Miami Spice
Anderson Adds Quad Rail Options
Kentucky’s Anderson Manufacturing, the budget AR guys, have just introduced three new AR modelscomplete with some very old-school T-marked quad-rail foreends that emulate the now-classic chunky Rail Interface System adopted by USSOCOM over two decades ago. Now that Daniel Defense has moved on to their new RIS III system quad, and with lots of guys… Continue reading Anderson Adds Quad Rail Options
Brownells now has an in-house HK416 Upper
Offering a 416-spec compatible short-stroke piston upper receiver kit that will fit on a standard AR15 lower as well as anything 416, Brownells new BRN-4 series use new barrels, bolt carrier groups, gas pistons, gas blocks, barrel nuts, and other parts with (surplus) factory original HK416 handguards and stripped uppers. They will be offered in… Continue reading Brownells now has an in-house HK416 Upper
Fiocchi, Norma Expand Ammo Ops in the U.S.
Announced in the same week, Beretta-owned Swedish-headquartered Norma is launching a $60 million/600-job factory project in Georgia while Italy’s Fiocchi is growing its operations in Arkansas with a $41.5 million/120-job ammo primer plant (which will be just one of six in the country). It is easy to surmise that Americans want bullets and– as overseas… Continue reading Fiocchi, Norma Expand Ammo Ops in the U.S.
Vang Comp Brings Tidings of Great Combat Shotguns
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