Tag: News

Single-action 1911-format pistols with a double-stack (rather than single-stack) magazine are not a new thing. Heck, it could be argued that’s all the Browning Hi-Power is, just with a few tweaks. Para-Ordnance back in the 1980s and 1990s made a name in the above format long before STI International’s VIP and 5.0 series race guns… Continue reading Springfield Armory 1911 Doublestack: Meet the Prodigy

A couple of years ago, Ruger almost single-handedly breathed new life into the 5.7x28mm caliber by announcing their new Ruger 57 pistol. Until then, the FN-designed round was primarily used in FN’s Five-Seven pistol and P90/PS90 PDW/PCC platforms. Likewise, the only ammo on the market was a few FN-branded loads made by Fiocchi. Skip to… Continue reading Ruger Launches 5.7 Carbine series

With Kalashnikovs now more popular than ever in the U.S., Rob Ski over at the AK Operators Union sat down recently and held a class on the platform covering basic accuracy troubleshooting from iron sights to optics. Stuff like this is gold and the guys over at AKOU probably know more about how Kalash work… Continue reading Holding class on AK Accuracy

While the market for sub-guns with law enforcement died out alongside Rainbow Six sales, they have seen a resurgence as pistol caliber carbines have proved their worth in making accurate engagements in the gap between 15 and 100 yards. Tampa, Florida’s B&T USA— the American branch of Switzerland’s Brugger & Thomet AG — has had… Continue reading B&T USA APC9 Gets some LE Love

Iowa’s Volquartsen, known for their rimfire race gun line and accessory business, has been marketing a neat small game/varmint style backpack gun for the past couple of years– the ENV .22. Expanding that concept, the company has just introduced the ENV-HMR. Featuring Volquartsen’s in-house aluminum 17 HMR receiver with an integral 0 MOA Picatinny rail… Continue reading Volquartsen ENV, now in .17HMR

In news that bodes well for all things silencer and silencer-related, SAAMI, the guys who standardize and publish specs and drawings for cartridges and chambers, has now done the same thing for barrel threads and suppressor sockets. This is important as it will help keep everyone referring to the same spec when it comes to… Continue reading SAAMI Standardizes Suppressor Threads

We’ve talked about the Rock Island Auction for the sale of the only surviving “BlasTech DL-44 Heavy Blaster” wielded by Harrison Ford as Han Solo in Star Wars: A New Hope in past weeks. Crafted from a C96 “Broomhandle” Mauser by Bapty prop house in the UK, Rock Island acquired it and marketed it logically–… Continue reading Highest price for a Blaster, ever

Back in 2020, the lumbering jumbo jet that was Remington Outdoors burned in hard after running out of gas, and, following a federal bankruptcy hearing, the highest bidders salvaged its singed remains. While Federal got its ammo business, Ruger came away with Marlin, Franklin Armory (for some reason) bought Bushmaster, and Palmetto took several lesser-known… Continue reading Remington promises a New(er) Rifle

For the past few years, Smith & Wesson has been debuting these almost comically large “X-frame” revolvers chambered in massive calibers that make .357 and .44 Magnums look like popguns. These guns include the Model 460 (so named as it is in .460 S&W Mag) and the Model 500 (.500 S&W Mag). Well, the company… Continue reading New S&W Legend 350 Wheelgun

Called before Congress to take a no-win public beating from Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney– who is locked in a “cage match” of a reelection campaign– Smith & Wesson declined and let Daniel Defense and Ruger take a spin in the barrel (both of which had the memes to show for it). This resulted in Maloney calling… Continue reading Smith & Wesson Talks Smack on Second Amendment