Bird Flu putting a crimp in Canadian bring-homes

The U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has posted that American hunters cannot bring home game birds harvested while hunting in any one of at least 63 hot zones in Canada. This is due to restrictions by APHIS aimed at preventing the spread of a highly pathogenic… Continue reading Bird Flu putting a crimp in Canadian bring-homes

New Mauser Savannah M18

Mauser has been marketing their entry-level M18 series of bolt-action hunting rifles for the past couple of years. They have a lot to like, with synthetic furniture 21.75 or 24.5-inch threaded cold hammer-forged barrels, a sub-MOA guarantee, the ability to use Remington 700 LA-style mounts, and offered in a huge range of popular hunting calibers… Continue reading New Mauser Savannah M18

NYSRPA v Bruen in a nutshell

The U.S. Supreme Court decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen to strike down New York’s so-called “may issue” concealed carry permitting scheme is kind of a big deal. The biggest (and really only) gun rights case to be heard by the high court since 2010, the basics of the matter… Continue reading NYSRPA v Bruen in a nutshell

And Just Like That, the Biggest Gun Control Measure of 28 Years is Now Law

Introduced on June 21, a Tuesday, the “Bipartisan Safer Communities Act” was advertised by the 20 Senators– 10 Democrats and 10 Republicans– that worked it out as largely an expansion of Medicaid and CHIP to accommodate mental and behavioral health for youth and schools. However, with some 81-pages, it is much more complicated than that–… Continue reading And Just Like That, the Biggest Gun Control Measure of 28 Years is Now Law

CMMG Dissent Buffer-less AR

Missouri’s CMMG has announced a new AR pistol format that drops the need for a receiver extension or buffer tube. The new series, dubbed the Dissent line, will be available in 5.56, .300BLK, and 5.7x28mm, with each model sporting a 6.5-inch free-floated barrel with a 5.5-inch M-LOK handguard. Overall, this means a very compact PDW-style… Continue reading CMMG Dissent Buffer-less AR

More on the PSA JAKL

Palmetto State Armory has been busy doing R&D on their new and very curious JAKL series of 5.56 AK/AR hybrids. We caught up with them at the NRA Show in Houston and found the platform to be novel.

FN Makes the Five-Seven Optics-Ready

Because optics are everything these days, FN has finally introduced a version of their Five-Seven pistol that is MRD compatible, unimaginatively dubbed the FN Five-Seven MRD.