Para USA is expected to introduce a 9mm version of the Black Ops Recon pistol at the 2014 SHOT Show. The new guns will be similar to the existing Black Ops Recon pistols currently chambered in .45 ACP. The new Black Ops Recon 9 will feature: 18 round magazines [Read More…]
Recenly our friends at TPM Outfitters really did us a favor by showing up at out KRISS Vector demonstration with an H&K UMP to use for comparison. I mentioned that they surprised me by bringing an MP5-N I commissioned them to build for me and I was absolutely [Read More…]
Walking along the streets of south west London, just north of Buckingham Palace, a person will take a step into glamour and glance at the official store fronts of such luxury brands as “Louis Vuitton”, “Gucci”, and “Rolex” to name a few. It is among these [Read More…]
SHOT Show attendees pricing went up significantly for SHOT Show 2014. It looks like the exhibitors will be hit in 2015. This email was sent out to SHOT Show exhibitors … Dear SHOT Show Exhibitor: The year 2013 has been a year like no other with record-breaking [Read More…]
TrackingPoint has announced a new .338 Lapua Magnum chambered addition to their Precision Guided Firearm line up. The TrackingPoint XS4 has a range of 1,200 yards. It features a 27″ Krieger barrel, Magnum Surgeon action and McMillan A5 adjustable stock. [Read More…]
The Arkenstone blog published this propaganda photo by the Iranian insurgent group Jaish ul-Adl (“Army of Justice”) that operates in the South East of the country. There is not much information about this group online. They formed last year and seem to be a [Read More…]
Nosler will be introducing a new long range hunting cartridge at SHOT Show next month. The 6.5mm cartridge is named the 26 Nosler and is capable of shooting a 129 grain high-BC bullet at 3400 fps. This gives a Point Blank Range (range of which no adjustments for [Read More…]
SIG has a new AR-15 featuring Magpul furniture and “Muddy Girl”, a camo scheme which sort of cuts the difference between the traditional-black black rifle finish and the in-your-face-bright-neon-pink finish. Forbes’ Vice blogger Susannah Breslin [Read More…]
Heckler & Koch has applied to the German government for permission to sell a new civilian-legal version of the H&K G36, one that is much truer to the original than the sporterized HK SLR. In Europe the gun will be called the HK243 and in the USA it will be [Read More…]
Many shooters have a tendency to neglect protecting their hearing while on the range or hunting. Whether this is because of being unable to hear range commands or the inability to hear movement while in a deer stand, duck blind, or other hunting activities. Most of use [Read More…]
Just like their Firearms/Ammunition, Remington has a cutlery selection that will accommodate everybody’s tastes and needs. If the situation calls for hunting, fishing, camping, shooting, fire/rescue, Police, Military, Tactical, Weapon maintenance, disaster prep [Read More…]
Gallery of Guns captured on video two Mossberg shotguns with Kryptek brand camo patterns. One is a 930 shotgun designed for goose hunting that has an extended 12 round magazine and the Kryptek Yeti pattern. The gun can also be had in plain black. The second [Read More…]
Turkey’s gun laws, which allow semi-automatic shotguns but not semi-automatic rifles, lead to all sorts of rifle-patterned shotguns that the Turks use for both hunting and plinking. All Outdoor has reviewed the Akdal 1919 12 Gauge AR-15-patterned shotgun … [Read More…]
I has taken over two years, but finally the Anschütz MSR RX22 is hitting US shores. The gun is being imported by Steyr Arms and being sold for $895 for the standard black and desert colored models (below), and $995 for the precision model (top). From the press [Read More…]
Tiffany Piper is an accomplished junior NRA action pistol shooter, hailing from New Zealand as a four-time National Champion. Piper is sponsored by Leupold & Stevens, Inc. and travels the world shooting competitively. When Piper isn’t shooting, she’s horse [Read More…]
I’ve always loved the reliable old lever action rifle. Of course back in those days what kid didn’t? Our heroes were a very young Clint Eastwood in Rawhide and of course John Wayne and all of his westerns. There were others of course like Chuck Connors in the [Read More…]
Sturm, Ruger & Co. announced the release of the new SR-762 rifle. The new rifle is chambered in 7.62 NATO (aka 7.62×51) and uses a two-stage piston system like the one used in the SR-556 rifles. The 16.12″ barrel is chrome lined and threaded for the [Read More…]
Zlatoust Machine Building debuted their new KSO-9 “Krechet” semi-automatic carbine recently at the Moscow 2013 Arms and Hunting Show. Based off the Russian Kedr submachine gun, it’s chambered in 9x19mm and features a Picatinny quad-rail, a compensated [Read More…]
Two years ago I decided to practice what I was preaching and switch to exclusively using 1x zoom scopes or red dots (no magnification) when hunting small game. This was a fun and challenging experiment but there were many situations where the jackrabbit was just out of [Read More…]
The .600 Nitro Express. What a round! Used primarily for big game hunting, it’s not for the faint of heart, nor someone with a fear of loud noises. This Heym “Express” model is a bolt-action repeater which can hold 3-5 rounds depending on the caliber. [Read More…]
RIA reports that hot on the heels of a joint venture with Steyr and Glock, Kalashnikov is negotiating a joint venture with Beretta … Russia’s nascent small-arms holding Kalashnikov Concern is in negotiations with Italy’s Beretta on the establishment of [Read More…]
The FAMAE Firearms Family is a product of the Chilean state-owned manufacturing company Fábricas y Maestranzas del Ejército and the Swiss Arms company, formerly Sig Sauer. The Chileans have licensed the original Sig540 design to outfit their armed forces. This [Read More…]
The Russian state-owned defense giant Rostec is selling 49% of the new Kalashnikov Group to private investors for $77 million USD. At that price I think the Russian oligarchs who purchased the 49% stake got a very good deal. I must admit I did not see this [Read More…]
Colt has added two new bolt actions to their high-end Colt M2012 line. The M2012MT308T is chambered in .308 Win. and the M2012LT308G is chambered in .260 Remington. They will both retail for $2,795. From the press release … Colt, in conjunction with Cooper [Read More…]
Right out of left field, with no fanfare, no press releases, nothing, Remington has launched a website dedicated to their as yet unannounced Remington 2020 scope that has been developed in collaboration with Tracking Point. The Remington 2020 is similar, both in [Read More…]
Wincheter’s new Long Beard XR is designed to extend the effective range of turkey hunters. The company claims the new Long Beard XR 12 gauge rounds will get twice as many pellets in a 10″ circle out to 60 yards. It will be available in 3″ and [Read More…]
In 1921 the Ithaca company created a smooth bore handgun from their standard model shotgun the Flues. These handy little handguns were christened the Auto & Burglar. That name came from the intended use for this double barrel. It was considered a gun for the good [Read More…]
One thing that never fails to amaze me on this blog is that whenever one of our writers (myself included) or a staff member either posts a review or product announcement from Heckler and Koch, said article generates 60 plus comments in a day and of course the inevitable [Read More…]
This review was written by Dr. Jim and Mary Clary. The CVA Optima V2 was introduced at the 2013 SHOT Show in Las Vegas. Although it has the same name as previous Optima muzzleloaders and the stock and barrel are essentially the same, the new Optima V2 borrows its [Read More…]
The Peace Research Institute of Oslo have produced a visualization of the imports and exports and military and civilian weapons and ammunition. I have seen many of these types of visualizations before, but this is the first one I have seen that allows you to filter out [Read More…]
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