Let’s be clear – guns like the SIG MCX, GLOCKs, the H&K SP5 and AR-15’s are all awesome. Everyone interested in personal protection, shooting sports or just collecting should have some combination of a modern pistol and a semiautomatic rifle and have the [Read More…]
Arizona-based Riton Optics, specialising in rifle scopes and red dots, were initially founded 7 years ago and have now announced they have moved into a new 10,000 square foot production facility with room for further expansion. Here’s Riton’s full [Read More…]
One year ago SIG Sauer announced that they had delivered the 100,000th M17/M18 Pistol to the United States Armed Forces. Time flies and SIG Sauer has now announced that they have delivered another 100,000 Modular Handgun System pistols, for a total of 200,000. For the [Read More…]
Shadow Systems has been busy in the great state of Texas. While most in the firearms industry are just trying to keep up with demand during the chaos of 2020, Shadow Systems has managed to grow. They are still going strong and have recently made two big announcements. [Read More…]
Geissele Automatics, initially known for their heavenly triggers and sturdy rail systems for the AR-15 platform, has steadily diversified their retail offerings into optics mounts, optics and even complete rifles. And I’m a fan – all my guns sport G triggers [Read More…]
SIG SAUER has been doing a lot of big things recently, and their momentum doesn’t appear to be slowing. Their Custom Works division looks to be singing along nicely, with new offerings like the Nightmare and Equinox series’ recent releases along with the [Read More…]
Some good news for our Canadian readers, Walther Arms have announced a new partnership with the Gravel Agency to act as their civilian and law enforcement representatives in Canada. The Quebec-based manufacturer’s agency specializes in representing and distributing [Read More…]
Okay, which one of you is buying all the ammo? No seriously. As if 2020 isn’t bad enough – viruses, unrest, elections – the lifeblood of the one thing that keeps me grounded in this crazy world has dried up. Forget trying to buy 5.56x45mm, 300BLK or 9mm, [Read More…]
Sweden’s Spuhr i Dalby AB have announced that the Swedish armed forces have ordered an undisclosed additional number of their adjustable stocks for their G3-pattern Ak 4 rifles. This follows the last order in October 2019. We recently covered the history of Håkan [Read More…]
Our friends at Dead Air Silencers are hosting a unique adventure opportunity next month. Dubbed “The Good, The Bad And The Quiet, teams of two to five people will unearth clues with a chance to win a prize package with six Dead Air Silencers, a DDM4 AR-15 pistol and [Read More…]
AmmoMan.com and the AmmoMan School of guns have just announced that they will be launching the 2.0 version of their Shot Group Analyzer. The Shot Group Analyzer is an online tool that any shooter can use to get a quick assessment of their accuracy. The Shot Group [Read More…]
Winchester has just completed its first historic ammunition delivery for the United States Warfighter by means of shipments of both 5.56x45mm NATO and 50 BMG ammunition departing to various armed forces locations across the globe. The Lake City Ammunition Plant has been [Read More…]
SIG Sauer have announced that they will be expanding their operations to another New Hampshire site. The new location offers over 200,000 sq/ft of space at the Crossroads Industrial Park in Rochester. SIG Sauer will be moving their Dover, New Hampshire operations to [Read More…]
Textron Systems, one of the three vendors in the running for the US Army’s Next Generation Squad Weapon program held a media panel earlier this week. The panel was lead by Wayne Prender, who is Textron’s Senior Vice President, Applied Technologies and [Read More…]
Good afternoon readers and thanks for joining us for another edition of Silencer Saturday brought to you by Yankee Hill Machine, manufacturers of the new R9 suppressor. Last week we got a peek at impressively quiet, integrally suppressed, bolt action 9mm rifle from [Read More…]
On 14th September it emerged that C.G. Haenel’s MK556 had been selected by the German Bundeswehr, beating the entries from Heckler & Koch to replace the G36 as the Bundeswehr’s service rifle. A day later the German Ministry of Defence confirmed that [Read More…]
A lot of shooters never come in contact with gunpowder, but all reloaders do. Depending on what kind of brand you are using, you may be in for a little bit of change since Hodgdon Powder Company has bought several brands from Western Powders. You can find the details [Read More…]
Firearms Manufacturer Q LLC announced today that it was issued a Cease and Desist by the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms. The ATF’s letter notified Q that the Honey Badger pistol is now considered a Short barreled rifle (SBR) and ordered them to immediately [Read More…]
In a shocking ruling issued Monday, September 28th, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania issued an opinion holding that the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) of 2005 is unconstitutional under the 10th Amendment. This ruling comes from a lawsuit that [Read More…]
Over the weekend the world’s oldest firearms company celebrated their 494th birthday. Beretta was founded in 1526 and have been in business continually ever since. The company has been responsible for dozens of iconic designs ranging from their pistols and fine [Read More…]
AGM Global Vision is an Arizona based night vision and thermal optics development company. They design and distribute a wide range of professional-grade thermal and night vision optics, and have a team with over 65 years of collective experience in the night vision and [Read More…]
The story about America’s oldest gunmaker continues. In our article published a few days ago about the Remington assets being divided Roundhill Group, LLC was mentioned as one of the successful bidders. Today it was made official that they have purchased Remington [Read More…]
Long Live the Lever Gun! Earlier this week we covered how the Remington firearms company was being divided up amongst various bidders in massive asset liquidation. Chief of interest among those potential acquisitions was the sale of the Marlin brand to Sturm Ruger. [Read More…]
Social Commerce company GoWild has gained traction in the year 2020 in the way of increasing eCommerce engagement, active users, and overall revenue. This growth has piqued the interest of Otis Technology who is heavily invested in the firearms maintenance industry and [Read More…]
Long-lived firearms manufacturer Remington Arms has been divided up amidst its bankruptcy auctions which started shortly after its second bankruptcy filing earlier this year with the intent to sell assets. The Remington asset bids have recently been revealed with some [Read More…]
Glock is no stranger to a good lawsuit. For many years now, this titan of the handgun world has made repeated headlines for a smorgasbord of litigation. They’ve filed suit against others, they’ve been sued, and numerous times members (or former members) of [Read More…]
Firearms dealers are having a crazy year. Whether you have a front-line brick-and-mortar storefront, a range that also sells products, you’re an online retailer, a home-based FFL, a distributor like RSR Group or pretty much any other gun-related business, [Read More…]
Additive Manufacturing (AM) or 3D printing, although now over 30 years old, is still a relatively new family of processes. Indeed it is not yet fully integrated in many industries, and in firearms manufacturing, we tend to see it sparingly, mostly for niche products. [Read More…]
Heckler & Koch released a statement earlier today addressing the Bundeswehr’s selection of the C.G. Haenel MK556 over HK’s HK416 and new HK433 rifles. The statement was released in German, below is a machine translation: Heckler & Koch was informed [Read More…]
Competition in the firearms and firearms accessories market benefits consumers. It stands to reason, right? One of the best ways for a company to earn your business and make you a customer is to put out superior products. If they produce something that you want to buy [Read More…]
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