Category: Firearm News

The Army last week announced two contracts, each for roughly $500 million, to FLIR and Leonardo for delivery of what is termed the Family of Weapons Sights-Individual. In a nutshell, the new FWS-I, when paired with the equally new ENVG-B night vision/thermal goggle, allows the user to link the sight on his rifle, carbine, or… Continue reading Army drops a Billion for Sci-fi sights

Sig Sauer finally introduced a 30-round extended magazine for their P320 series pistols. Of course, budget aftermarket magazine makers ETS and ProMag have been doing so for the past couple of years, so the fact that Sig finally figured out folks like to go 30+ on their polymer pistols is a “water is wet” kinda… Continue reading Sig Has a 30-round P320 Stick

Sig introduced the Foxtrot, a compact weapon-mounted light for pistol use, a minute ago and it has faced a ton of serious competition from the likes of Inforce, Streamlight, SureFire, O-Light, and tons of Wish.com level light makers. Now trying to go the extra mile, Sig has the Foxtrot 2. What makes it so great?… Continue reading Sig Sauer Improves Their Foxtrot WML

According to about every firearms industry survey and trade group, female gun ownership is on the rise as the number of women hunters, target shooters, and gun owners have skyrocketed in recent years. Lots of gunmakers have tried to cash in on this, selling cringe-worthy hot pink and Tiffany blue-flavored guns, along with the whole… Continue reading Walther Adds a Female-Centered Version of the PDP

When it comes to Mini Revolvers, the go-to name for the past few decades has been North American Arms of Provo, Utah. Based there since Dick Casul formed it back in the 1970s, it has shifted owners (and names), settling both on NAA and President Sandy Chisholm about 30 years ago. Now, Chisholm is headed… Continue reading NAA Owner fades to Florida, leaves company to the Elves

Last week we brought you the news that Minnesota-based Federal Ammunition is celebrating their 100th anniversary by reissuing retro Monark and Hi-Power branded shotgun shell boxes filled with modern Top Gun #8 shot 12 gauge loads. Well, with that anniversary hitting a crescendo this week, they have added three rifle and two pistol ammo boxes… Continue reading More retro Federal ammo boxes

In more Turkish polymer pistol news, Florida’s SAR USA– the folks that have been bringing Sarsilmaz pistols across the Atlantic for a generation– has a new compact 9mm with lots of goodies and a (kinda) budget price. The new SAR9 Compact X is a very Glock 19-sized polymer-framed striker-fired pistol with a 4-inch barrel. Using… Continue reading New SAR9 Compact X

Springfield intro’d their new Garrison line of forged-frame 1911s last year in .45ACP and is doubling down this year with two 9+1 shot 9mm pistols in the same series. They have a lot of features for the ~$800 asking price including a match grade barrel with a fully supported ramp, skeletonized hammer, extended beavertail grip… Continue reading Springfield Armory adds 9mm variants to the Garrison Series

In news that really should be a surprise to no one, Sig Sauer came out on top at the end of the Army’s Next Generation Squad Weapon program. The important points… NGSW is meant to replace the 5.56-caliber M4 and M249 in front-line use. Sig beat second-place competitor True Velocity/Lone Star/Beretta for the contract. Over… Continue reading Sig Sauer grabs the big, messy NGSW enchilada

Formed in Sweden in 1902, Norma is a well-known European ammo maker that in recent years has been acquired by Beretta along with RUAG and others. During the great ammo shortage in the past couple of years, Norma has shipped over 400 containers of ammunition from RUAG Ammotec factories in Europe to the U.S. and,… Continue reading Norma sets up operations in Savannah