BB Guns can be a whole lot of fun when you’re not able to make it to the range with your family and friends. Crosman has been in the business of making high-quality BB guns for 100 years and while the original pump-action BB guns are still around, Crosman is [Read More…]
[SHOT 2022] New Air Gun Models From Umarex Umarex USA is a major producer of air guns. Their booth at SHOT Show 2022 was loaded with new models across multiple product lines. The Emerge air rifle is a break barrel model that feeds from a 12-shot magazine. It is [Read More…]
Today at SHOT 2022’s Industry Day at the Range, Umarex unveiled their brand new Primal 20. Airguns have been carving themselves a niche in the hunting market and Umarex is one of the big names in that area. Their newest offering is a 20-gauge slug firing airgun. [Read More…]
Airgunners and pellet slingers, this one is for you. Among a few other product lines, Turkey’s Hatsan Arms produces a wide array of pellet guns. With a 8th July press release, Hatsan’s US division has announced a new full-auto .30-cal airgun: the Blitz. [Read More…]
SIG’s MCX Virtus Patrol Rifle is a premium series of 5.56/300BLK gas piston firearms intended to compete in the higher end of the AR-heavy modern rifle/carbine market. Available in FDE or gray, it weighs in at just under 8 pounds with a full-length 16-inch barrel [Read More…]
I don’t have an airgun, but I have a few friends with FX Airguns and they tell me how accurate they are, even at fairly long distances. That’s not how I remember the airguns from my childhood! You had to use fairly large targets – or go a lot closer [Read More…]
In February, TFB reported the introduction of the Umarex-made Ruger 10/22 Air Rifle. It seems like a seamless way to transition youth from shooting pellet guns in the back yard to shooting .22 LR at the range. The Ruger 10/22 already has a large following, so this [Read More…]
USA Shooting’s podium potential in Airgun events has increased with the announcement that Podium LLC is continuing its partnership with America’s shooting team. Podium has been a team supplier since 2015 but now has moved to official sponsor status with an increased [Read More…]
Twelve open airgun athletes will compete for Team USA at the 2018 International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Championships later this summer after winning an intense two-part selection match that was finalized today at the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU) [Read More…]
Umarex has released an image of an upcoming new product that will be introduced during the IWA 2018 arms exhibition held in Nuremberg, Germany. This is a .50 caliber CO2 revolver which Umarex markets as a home defense gun. It is called HRD 50. This revolver has 11 [Read More…]
Earlier we reported about the Umarex announcement of their agreement with Glock of manufacturing licensed airsoft and BB Glock replicas. Now, Umarex has added the Glock branded airguns to their website and released videos showcasing these new pistols. Let’s take a [Read More…]
If you are looking for a high quality airgun in pistol form, HatsanUSA has a new offering that might be of interest. The new Sortie is a semi-automatic air pistol that is available in .177, .22 and .25 caliber. The guns use 14-round rotary magazines for the .177 caliber [Read More…]
UMAREX has announced that they will be launching licensed airsoft and BB copies of Glock pistols. According to the UMAREX’s press release, this is the first time ever Glock licenses an airsoft production. The UMAREX guns will carry original Glock markings and will [Read More…]
HatsanUSA makes some great airguns for hunting and target shooting. One of its newest offerings is a semi-automatic BB pistol called the Riptor. The Riptor has the general look and feel of a traditional handgun, and it is powered by 12 gram CO2 cartridges. It is a [Read More…]
Umarex announced new ammunition for airguns and muzzleloading. Utilizing PolyCase ARX technology the Umarex ARX SpeedBand and SpeedBelt bullets are to bring a new era of terminal performance to the air rifle and black powder hunter according to Umarex. Manufactured [Read More…]
Our recent segment on the American Suppressor Association and the subsequent support of the Hearing Protection Act was well received. As a reminder, even though we are all feeling the positive vibes from a promising pro-gun political climate, now more than ever we all [Read More…]
The Olympics are in full swing in Rio, and Team USA brought home their first gold early on. The first medal of the 2016 Olympics was also the USA’s first gold and went to 19-year-old Virginia Thrasher in the women’s 10-meter air rifle event. Not only did [Read More…]
Birchwood Casey designs and manufactures some of the greatest steel targets – and targets in general – on the market. Whether you need something for your air rifle or are interested in some up-close-and-personal trigger time on steel plates with frangible [Read More…]
If there’s one thing I enjoy changing up when I head to the range it’s my targets. And if there’s a company out there with a wide variety of targets available, it’s Birchwood Casey. If you have access to a shooting spot that allows steel targets, [Read More…]
While everyone was focusing on the SIG MPX, MCX, and the Legion handguns at the SIG booth, the company had a whole section of new airguns that they are producing. Not airsoft like a number of companies add their name to, but actual .177 caliber CO2 powered airguns. [Read More…]
Harkening back to the days of true Gentleman, boutique can manufacturer Boris Palatnik offers a CO2 powered ball bearning cane gun for sale. The cane gun holds 12 steel balls that fires semi-automatically at up to 600 FPS. Boris claims the ball is sufficient for [Read More…]
Hatsan USA is offering new .30 and .35 caliber airguns for the American hunter. Called the “Carnivore”, the new airgun line will produce 75 (.30 cal) and 95 (.35 cal) foot pounds of energy, with 860 and 730 ft/s velocity, respectively: ” HatsanUSA Goes [Read More…]
Oleg Volk has reviewed the Crosman MAR177 .177 upper receiver attached to a standard AR-15 lower receiver, resulting in something that is legally a gun (the lower receiver) but fires pellets using air. It is a pre-charged repeater designed for competition training. [Read More…]
Yes, ammo is coming back in stock at reasonable prices, but sometimes a product just catches my eye. The product this time is the Crosman MAR177 PCP conversion kit, which transforms your AR into a Pre-Charged Pneumatic air rifle. The “Modular Adaptive [Read More…]
This post was written by Dr. Jim & Mary Clary. GAMO has been designing and building high powered air rifles for adults for over 50 years. They have their own factory located in Spain where the air rifles are made. In that way, they can control the integrity and [Read More…]
I did not realize that physics would allow spudguns to achieve the level of power achieved by Sureshot’s guns cannons. Most of Sureshots guns operate by injecting Methylacetylene-Propadiene gas into an expantion chamber and then igniting it. The BL-415, which uses [Read More…]
Scott Pilkington, who owns Pilkington Competition Equip. LLC, has invented an AR-15 PCP air gun upper. The BF-17 is powered by CO2 with a gas is tank is inside the handguard. Interestingly enough the upper is a real A2 upper that they then modify and fit the air gun [Read More…]
Gamo have released a new .117 pellet called the PBA ARMOR. The PBA stands for “Performance Ballistic Alloy” which is a non-lead alloy. The alloy used in these pellets is harder than the alloy used in the PBA/Raptor pellets, hence the name. New ARMOR [Read More…]
Gunpundit has spotted photos of the Veritas Mark IV in Denver. The Veritas Mark IV is a paintball/airgun gun that shoots .68 Caliber paintballs filled with a pepper spray type substance. The gun is patterned after and the same size as the M and accepts most AR-15 [Read More…]
Benelli USA is now importing the Stoeger X Series air rifles. The rifles come in a variety of models, finishes and scope options. They are all .177 in caliber and have a break barrel action. X5: Scoped, hardwood, 16.5″ barrel. The “Made in China” is [Read More…]