Tag: News

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

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

Switzerland’s B&T has been marketing a neat little 9mm SBR style gun dubbed the SPC— the Special Purpose Carbine– in Europe for a minute. The fortune cookie-length story behind it is that it was developed for a police tender and designed to be familiar to both MP5 and AR users, having two different charging handles–… Continue reading B&T’s new SPC9 is an SPC Model for the Masses

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