Those Italian shotgun experts in Gardone have flexed their way to another interesting modern design with classic styling: the Ultraleggero. A 12 gauge double-barreled over-and-under design whose selling point is that it uses a steel receiver and barrels but still hits the scales with a fighting weight in the 6-pound range, as you may have… Continue reading Beretta Goes Ultralight, or we should say, Ultraleggero
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Are Credit Cards Tracking Guns and Ammo Sales Now?
All you have to do is tune in to any national media source to see gun control orgs nationwide sing the praises of a decision by a Swiss financial industry standards group to establish a new merchant code, or MCC, for credit cards use in relation to those who sell of guns and ammunition. Groups… Continue reading Are Credit Cards Tracking Guns and Ammo Sales Now?
Beretta says 28 Gauge isn’t Dead
British gunmaker W.W. Greener first marketed 28-gauge shotguns back in the 1880s and they were exceedingly popular in Europe for taking small, nimble game such as quail, pheasant, and rabbit. While over on this side of the pond the smaller .410 bore filled this role while larger 20-, 16-, 12-, and 10-gauge shells took care… Continue reading Beretta says 28 Gauge isn’t Dead
Foundation: Shadow Systems Makes a More Affordable Elite Series
Shadow Systems of Plano, Texas has been beating the drum of better Glock clones since 2016 with their (now discontinued) MR918 series and its follow-on DR/MR920s in Combat and Elite formats, the latter of which had all the Gucci high-speed features like compensators, gold barrels, and window-cut slides. The thing is that their Elite series… Continue reading Foundation: Shadow Systems Makes a More Affordable Elite Series
Sig Sauer Debuts the MCX Spear LT series, now in 7.62×39
Launched almost a decade ago, the MCX series from Sig Sauer was originally developed for Special Operations use. Since then, it evolved into two different paths, one military, which saw adoption this year by the Army and SOCOM as the XM5 and Rattler, and the other a consumer avenue exemplified by the MCX Virtus and… Continue reading Sig Sauer Debuts the MCX Spear LT series, now in 7.62×39
Beretta has a new 92: The 92X Performance Carry Optic
Beretta has slowly been transitioning everything 92 series related to the new 92X format since it was introduced a couple of years ago. The newest entry in this is an Italian-made 92X Performance model built to comply with the USPSA’s Carry Optic division standards. Logically dubbed the 92X Performance Carry Optic, the new gun is… Continue reading Beretta has a new 92: The 92X Performance Carry Optic
FN Compensates…with the new FN 509 CC
FN USA has a new model FN 509 series gun that competes nicely against Sig Sauer’s new and popular compensated carry guns, namely the P365 Specter Comp and the P365 XMacro. Sort of a shrunken version of the company’s FN 509 LS Edge long slide, the new FN 509 CC (Compensated Carry) Edge one-ups Sig… Continue reading FN Compensates…with the new FN 509 CC
Ruger Goes Small in a Battle Rifle Caliber
Ruger long made an SR-25/AR-10 style 7.62 NATO-chambered rifle, the SR762. However, like most guns in that caliber, it was heavy, pushing almost 9 pounds unloaded and without optics, even with a short 16-inch barrel. Well, the company is back with something much more interesting now in the Small-Frame Autoloading Rifle or SFAR. Introduced in… Continue reading Ruger Goes Small in a Battle Rifle Caliber
James Yaeger has passed
A controversial figure in the firearms industry, James Yeager and his Tennessee-based Tactical Response training school was polarizing to many. Love him or hate him, Yeager announced his fight with ALS earlier this year and it was announced last week that he passed. The news brought tributes and salutes from across the larger gun community… Continue reading James Yaeger has passed
Taurus (Gently) Stretches the GX4 to Make the GX4xl
Taurus is getting to be about as bad as Sig Sauer when it comes to making very incremental changes to an existing model (look! it’s brown now!). Not content to let its excellent little sleeper micro 9mm GX4 pistol just continue finding its way into people’s hands, the company just released a new and improved… Continue reading Taurus (Gently) Stretches the GX4 to Make the GX4xl