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While the NRA has its well-deserved cross to bear when it comes to being a lightning rod both among anti-gun types and many gun enthusiasts on the other side of the aisle, the group’s politics and practices aside, its recent Annual Meetings and Exhibits in Houston, aka “The NRA Convention/Show” had a lot of new… Continue reading From the NRAAM 2022 Show Floor

As you may know, a set of Remington revolvers– serial numbers 1 and 2– presented to Ulysses S. Grant, the Civil War heavyweight champion and 18th President, were recently rediscovered after falling off the grid for a couple of generations and went to auction. They were estimated to run between $1-$3 million but bidding soon… Continue reading U.S. Grant’s Wheel Guns Worth $5 Million

Beretta has a lot of cool products that they just carry overseas or sell to LE/Mil channels including the AR-70/90 and the PM-12 SMG. So, when they have a big push to release a new gun and an updated edition of their Tactical Toblerone APX pistol rolls out, it is a kind of whom-whomp kind… Continue reading Beretta has a New Optics-Ready Full-Sized APX

A 2-1 panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals said California’s ban on most adults aged 18-to-20 being able to buy semi-auto rifles didn’t jive with the Second Amendment. Adopted in 2018 but only put into limited effect last year, the ban has been in court ever since, and the pro-gun crowd won… Continue reading California Under 21 Rifle Ban Struck Down

Sig Sauer’s big claim to fame with their Cross series of bolt-action rifles a couple of years ago was that they were light– like 6.5-pounds kinda light– while still providing a superb platform for precision work. The thing is, the guys who shoot PRS matches, and spend the big bucks to do it, don’t really… Continue reading New Sig Cross PRS

The rebooted Bushmaster Firearms, saved from the dustbin of Remington Outdoors’ bankruptcy last year by Nevada’s Franklin Armory, keeps introducing everything except what the people really want– a return of the ACR modular rifle. The newest entry in their black-rifle-that-is-not-an-ACR category is a variant of the Bravo Zulu series chambered in .350 Legend. The new… Continue reading Bushmaster Rolls Legend

Sig Sauer just wrapped up their weekend-long “Freedom Days”show in Phoenix, Arizona at the Ben Avery Shooting Center. The concept is simple: Sig brought 50 different models of their guns, charged $80 for a day pass, and everyone got a chance to run 5-10 rounds through all the above while an instructor was on hand… Continue reading Sig Freedom Days: A SHOT Show for the People?

Ruger introduced their east-takedown PC (“Pistol Caliber”) Carbine in 2018 as kind of a follow-up to its old PC-9/PC-40 Police Carbine of the 1990s. In its basic format, it weighs 6.8 pounds. In its AR Chassis format, which was introduced in 2019, the weight went up to 7.3 pounds. Notably, as Magpul tends to do,… Continue reading Ruger Adds Magpul to the PC Carbine Mix

The Army last week announced two contracts, each for roughly $500 million, to FLIR and Leonardo for delivery of what is termed the Family of Weapons Sights-Individual. In a nutshell, the new FWS-I, when paired with the equally new ENVG-B night vision/thermal goggle, allows the user to link the sight on his rifle, carbine, or… Continue reading Army drops a Billion for Sci-fi sights

Sig Sauer finally introduced a 30-round extended magazine for their P320 series pistols. Of course, budget aftermarket magazine makers ETS and ProMag have been doing so for the past couple of years, so the fact that Sig finally figured out folks like to go 30+ on their polymer pistols is a “water is wet” kinda… Continue reading Sig Has a 30-round P320 Stick