Tag: News

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 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

While many of the big-name pistol makers have quietly exited the .40 S&W market– for instance, Sig hasn’t cataloged a new .40-caliber pistol for the past two years– CZ is showing they are firmly stuck in 2002 with the new TS 2. A competition-centered double stack familiar to IPSC, USPSA, 3-Gun, and Steel Challenge shooters,… Continue reading CZ still making .40 S&W competition guns

Minnesota-based Federal ammo, part of the huge Vista Outdoor empire, is celebrating 100 years in business by changing the packaging on its Top Gun 12 gauge No.8 shot target loads. For this year, the loads will be shipped in one of four different Monark and Hi-Power branded 25-shell boxes. They are priced at $10.99 a… Continue reading Federal goes retro on shotshells

Israel’s IWI has had a bunch of success marketing their Galil Ace model rifles around the world with at least a dozen countries having adopted them for military use in the past decade. They even signed lucrative licensing deals with countries as diverse as Chile, Ukraine, and Vietnam to make them locally. AK-based with better… Continue reading IWI Intros a Sniper Rifle Variant of the Galil Ace

Magpul has been killing it in the dependable 50- and 60-round drum business in the past few years. Sure, these types of mags have been around for decades, but Magpul’s actually work, so there’s that. The three newest in the collection– all priced at a “they cost what they cost” $124– are 50 rounder 9mm… Continue reading Magpul has three new 9mm drums

Going back to at least 2014, Oregon’s Noveske shop sold what they called “Chainsaw” parts, limited runs and availabilities of blemished and cosmetically imperfect receivers or handguards sold as a part. However, this week they announced a temporary retirement of the name, saying that moving forward blems would be known as the B-Line, a name… Continue reading Noveske teases a new, possibly more affordable AR line

If you have a cool million or three just lying around and some space in your gun safe, a pair of vintage Civil War-era cap-and-ball revolvers that had vanished for decades is now up for grabs. Rock Island is auctioning a matched set of engraved Remington New Army revolvers presented around 1863 to then-Major General… Continue reading Grant’s ‘Lost’ Revolvers up for Auction