Firearm News Briefs

Georgia-based black rifle icon Daniel Defense is switching gears to make a series of unique, "once-in-a-lifetime rifle builds" with their custom first-come-first-served Limited Series.

While Wilson Combat has sold tons of custom AR platforms in the past several years and has a top-of-the-line Tactical Hunter series that can do almost anything, their new Ultralight Hunter aims to do the same but save the weight.

Based on the old Korth Ranger, the new Korth NXS as imported by Nighthawk Custom takes it to the next level. Like a 50-ounce eight-shot .357 magnum with a 6-inch 416R steel barrel kinda level.

Ruger waited until after SHOT Show to announce they have a new model of their Ruger American Rifle chambered for the popular new 7mm Precision Rifle Cartridge.

In light of the recent ATF brace ruling– which is set to be published any day– Big Horn Armory has recently removed the stabilizing pistol brace from its AR500 Pistol to comply.

We spent a week lurking around the corners of SHOT Show in Las Vegas and have compiled a list of the coolest, most niche, and interesting things we saw.

With 816,000 net square feet of exhibitors at the 45th Annual Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show, you know there was a lot of cool gun stuff other than the guns themselves.

The 45th annual Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor Trade Show spanned over four days in Las Vegas last week, and American Firearms was there, slow-crawling 13.9 miles of aisles of exhibitors to bring you the best new guns.

Sig is shipping XMacro mags for $59 a pop — complete with extension sleeves to fit standard P365X and P365XL grips as well as an XMacro grip module.

The new Daniel Defense Pro Chassis System, which borrows heavily from their Delta 5 Pro rifle, "gives marksmen a competitive option for their Remington 700."

Arizona-based Ammo, Inc. says they are kicking off .50 cal BMG production in a big way at their newly opened 185,000 sq. ft. factory in Wisconsin.

Texas-based Black Collar Arms, the mavericks that brought the world the Pork Sword, has a new offering along the same pattern but in either 8.6 Blackout or .375 Raptor, the new Pork Sword Stalker

Daniel Defense has announced its third generation of sound moderators, apparently phasing out the WAVE line with the new SoundGuard series of suppressors.

The Council to Advance Hunting & Shooting Sports and Outdoor Foundation crunched the data, and it points to a more demographically diverse pool of hunters and target shooters than ever before.

After looking to replace their sidearms for some time, both the Australians and Canadians (in a historic one-two punch) gave Sig's P320 the nod, announced within days of each other.

After looking to replace their sidearms for some time, both the Australians and Canadians (in a historic one-two punch) gave Sig's P320 the nod, announced within days of each other.

Sig has returned the P226 X-Five to production and updated it for today's market with the provision for optics and improved sights.

While the original Henry Repeating Arms Company vanished shortly after Abraham Lincoln saw his last play, the Imperato family revived it in the 1990s, and it’s officially turning 25 (again).

The new Glock 45-ish Dagger-S features an extreme carry cut RMR slide, threaded barrel with a black DLC coating, and a 17+1 magazine capacity with full-sized grip, is a crossover type pistol that surely someone out there wants.

The Hellcat Pro is an optics-ready, 15+1 micro 9 pistol that Springfield Armory is now offering complete with a Shield SMSc 4 MOA optic installed for $840.

EAA's new MC P35 OPS Optic, a semi-custom MCP35 that adds a direct-mount optics cut with an RMS/RMSc footprint along with accessory rails & a flat-profile trigger.

The National Association of Sporting Goods Wholesalers, kind of the smaller, quieter brother of the NSSF, has crunched the data and found that sales of "Micro 9" pistols are steadily climbing the charts.

From a hillside outside of Jackson, Wyoming, a team of extreme long-range shooters and spotters were able to (eventually) lob a round into the 8-inch bullseye of a target set up some 23,322 feet, or just over 4.4 miles, away.

Those Italian shotgun experts in Gardone have flexed their way to another interesting modern design with classic styling: the Ultraleggero.

Well, the truth is, as always, a little bit of both and a lot of neither.

Beretta has a new 28-gauge model of their A400 Upland series of over-and-unders. Of course, they are $1,800, but we are talking Beretta and over/unders here, so you knew this wasn't a topic for the poors.

Shadow Systems has introduced what they are calling the Foundation series of G17, G19, and G45-sized pistols, which will help get there improved Glock clones closer to the price of the real thing.

The new MCX Spear LT is lighter at about 7.5 ish pounds, accepts standard AR-15 trigger packs, is Coyote FDE only, and is offered in 7.62×39 as well as the staple .300 BLK and 5.56 formats.

Beretta has been transitioning everything 92 series related to the new 92X format and the newest entry is an Italian-made 92X Performance model.

FN USA has a new model FN 509 series gun that competes nicely against Sig Sauer’s new and popular compensated carry guns, namely the P365 Specter Comp and the P365 XMacro. Enter the new FN 509 CC.

Ruger's SR-25/AR-10 style 7.62 NATO-chambered rifle, the SR762, was heavy, pushing almost 9 pounds. The company is back with something much more interesting with the Small-Frame Autoloading Rifle or SFAR.

A controversial figure in the firearms industry, James Yeager and his Tennessee-based Tactical Response training school was polarizing to many. He announced his fight with ALS earlier this year and it was announced last week that he passed.

The “new” Remington, technically an outfit called “RemArms” on paper rather than Remington Outdoors (which dissolved in 2020), is making its first new rifle model, and we have some more details.

Not content to let its excellent little sleeper micro 9mm GX4 pistol just continue finding its way into people’s hands, Taurus just released a new and improved (?) version that is 0.64-inches longer and an ounce or two heavier.

Springfield Armory is taking aim at the (rather expensive) single-action, double-stack 1911-format pistol market with their new 1911 Double Stack Prodigy series.

A few years ago Ruger almost single-handedly gave new life to the 5.7x28mm caliber with their Ruger 57 pistol, so it should be no surprise that Ruger has struck again with a new LC Carbine in 5.7.

With Kalashnikovs now more popular than ever in the U.S., Rob Ski over at the AK Operators Union sat down recently and held a class on the platform covering basic accuracy troubleshooting from iron sights to optics.

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office in Florida, the 10th largest county law enforcement agency in the country, has adopted the APC9 for, among other things, school resource officers.

Volquartsen just introduced the ENV-HMR, a .17 HMR variant of their small game/varmint style backpack gun — the ENV .22.

SAAMI, the folks who standardize and publish specs and drawings for cartridges and chambers, has now done the same thing for barrel threads and suppressor sockets.

The "BlasTech DL-44 Heavy Blaster" wielded by Harrison Ford as Han Solo was estimated to sell in the $300K-$500K range, but went for a whopping $940K which, after costs and fees, winds up being $1,057,000.

RemArms has announced a "new" gun that has been in development for the past year: the Remington 700 Alpha 1

For some time, Smith & Wesson has been debuting these comically large "X-frame" revolvers chambered in huge calibers that make .357 and .44 Magnums look like popguns. Well, the company has added a new Model 350, chambered for Winchester's new .350 Legend rifle cartridge.

When Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney called out S&W for declining to participate in a no-win public beating, Smith & Wesson President & CEO Mark Smith dropped one heck of a statement on social media over the matter.

CZ-USA is bringing a new precision rifle shooting rimfire trainer, dubbed the CZ 457 VPT MTR, to this side of the Atlantic where PRS shooting is booming.

Tweaking the concept of importing Turkish Commander-sized M1911A1 variants a bit, SDS Imports is now shipping an updated version of the Tanker that is both more retro and more modern at the same time.

Comparing the most recent NSSF figures– those from April 2022– with the same month in 2021, a few interesting things emerge about the industry.

Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey, publicly announced his school resource officers will be more “tactical” in both uniform and equipment this upcoming school year to include carrying Kel-Tec SUB2000 carbines with them.

Sig Sauer on Thursday confirmed persistent internet rumors about a cool new version of the P365 dubbed the X Macro with 17+1 capacity change, putting it on par with the Glock 17 but coming in a lot smaller.

For the past 36 months something has happened that has never occurred before in U.S. gun history: every single month has seen over 1 million guns sold.

Ohio’s Faxon Firearms has announced their new Sentinel line of AR-10s chambered in the new gee-whiz 8.6 Blackout round.

EAA has answered the call for gun nerds and late last week announced a new model of their MC P35, the "PI" as in Magnum, P.I. A Commander-ized Hi-Power ala the Argentine-made FM Detective.

One of the most universally derided things about the AK platform is the trigger, so CMC Triggers has been flirting with Kalashnikov USA to produce a drop-in trigger pack for AKs.

Georgia’s Masterpiece Arms newest Gucci pistol is the DS9 Open Competition Pistol, a 9mm race gun intended for use in USPSA and IPSC Open Division matches.

SiCo has dropped the, uh, iffy, lever cam system on its Osprey line of handgun and PCC suppressors in favor of a new, more reliable button interface to index the can to the host platform.

As the pistol caliber carbine gives you added stability to hit your mid-range targets more accurately and consistently, Maxim recognized this demand in the industry and answered with their first handgun-caliber firearm, the MD9.

A nice new offering from Smith & Wesson is the new 9mm M&P® M2.0 Compact Optics-Ready Spec Series Pistol Kit. Beyond a heap of cool features, it also has a Bull Shark Gray Cerakote finish on the slide with a matching grip frame.

Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1808, a rebooted federal "Assault Weapon Ban." The bill barely made it through in a 217-213 vote with some defections on each side.

KelTec last week announced they are setting up a 33,000 sq. ft. satellite industrial space in Rock Springs, Wyoming which will allow them to increase production and work on some of their historic backlogs.

Larry Vickers of Vickers Tactical fame let the cat out of the bag last week by posting images of semi-auto G3 and HK33K rifles from Turkey's MKE that are apparently inbound to the U.S.

RIAC appeared last week at San Diego’s Comic-Con International to promote the upcoming auction of the “BlasTech DL-44 heavy blaster pistol” — Han Solo’s blaster from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.

No, it's not a new line of power tools available at your local big box home improvement store, the Dicken Drill is now the most popular handgun drill in the country.

Springer now has a variant of the 4.5-inch XD-M Elite series pistol with a slide finished in Magpul's particular flavor (H-232) of OD Green Cerakote.

To paraphrase Ali, grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand, and Nighthawk Custom makes really nice 1911s; the latest is a collab with Turnbull Restoration dubbed, logically, the Turnbull VIP.

The Accelerator from Tandemkross promises a universal thumb ledge to help with accuracy, especially in rapid fire.

Sig Sauer went big last week and opened what they call the "Sig Experience Center" in New Hampshire on the grounds of the Sig Academy training campus.

Anderson Manufacturing, whose racehorse logo adorns the sides of their components and firearms, produced an amazing 439,559 “miscellaneous firearms” in 2020, more than anyone else in that category.

NICS ticked past the 2.5 million mark for last month, down a little from June 2021 (3 million) and a lot from June 2020 (3.9 million), but NSSF's analysis shows sales up 8% Y/Y.

SAAMI just standardized the .30SC with a 100-grain bullet traveling at a velocity of 1,250 fps, a 115-grain bullet traveling at a velocity of 1,150 fps, and a Maximum Average Pressure of 52,000 psi.

Q issued a recall on the handful of Fix rifles and Mini-Fix pistols due to problems with the bolt assembly.

Wilson Combat’s newest X-frame model is the EDC X9, a 15+1 9mm defensive handgun with a 3.25-inch subcompact barrel and slide assembly.

Tisas USA is now sending a 10mm-chambered 1911 to the American market. Branded the D10, it is generally a GI-style 1911 but with a list of semi-custom features

Sig has been working with Horner to bring a production version of his 3-gun race rifle, the aptly-named M400 DH3 (get it?) to market.

The U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has posted that American hunters cannot bring home game birds harvested while hunting in any one of at least 63 hot zones in Canada.

Besides the standard black stock, Mauser now offers the M18 in a Savanna tan stock with black grip inserts for $850.

While Century had marketed a 9mm blowback pistol caliber Draco as the NAK9, it used a Glock mag. Now, they have the Draco 9S, which runs CZ Scorpion EVO 3 mags.

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.

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.

The First State is a governor’s signature away from joining the same club as California, New Jersey, and New York by enacting a statewide ban on “assault weapons” and “large-capacity magazines.”

Now a year down the road from CZ's acquisition of Colt, CZ subsidiary Dan Wesson keeps wading deeper into traditional Colt waters with two new 1911s.

Missouri's CMMG announced a new AR pistol format that drops the need for a receiver extension or buffer tube. Dubbed the Dissent line, it will be available in 5.56, .300BLK, and 5.7x28mm.

Rumors dropped recently from Larry Keane, one of the big bosses over at NSSF, that the White House was aiming to put the crimp on the practice of selling surplus U.S. Army 5.56 ammo on the commercial market.

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.

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.

Springfield Armory keeps banging the drum of their oldest product because, like Ruger and the Mini-14, the Springfield M1A just kind of never goes out of style.

Arkansas-based Nighthawk Customs, besides making bespoke 1911s of their own, imports a lot of exotic hardware from Europe. They just announced they are bringing in a shipment of Korth’s new NXR Hunter models in .44 Mag.

Turnbull just announced a series of mounts for the Trijicon RMR/SRO pattern, allowing users to throw an Ade Stingray, Holosun 407/507, Swampfox Kingslayer/Liberty/Justice, et. al. on their Winchester.

The latest NICS figures from the FBI say that last month a stout 2.3 million background checks were performed by the platform.

With figures like Travis Haley and Chris Costa being so 2008, a British commando-type by the name of Christian Craighead is the new tactical demi-god, and has teamed up with Washington’s Zev Tech to make a special edition OZ9 pistol.

In what looks kind of like a disagreement between FN America and FN Herstal (i.e., Belgian FN), the latter debuted the new 15+1 capacity 9mm FN HiPer last week.

CZ-USA this week announced two new models of the CZ 457 bolt-action rimfire rifle oriented to left-hand users. The two new variants are a .22LR LH Varmint with a 20-inch heavy-profile barrel and an LH American model with a 24-inch light-profile barrel in either .22WMR or .22LR.

At the recent NRA Annual Meetings and Exhibits in Houston, aka “The NRA Convention/Show” had a lot of new products that were exhibited to the public for the first time. Notably, many of these companies had skipped SHOT Show earlier this year due to COVID concerns.

Ruger rolled out the stainless Model 1895 last year, and this week they will be at the huge NRA Show in Houston, touting the more compact Model 1895 Trapper.

The new VP-12, a Turkish-made VEPR clone that is now being brought in by Tennessee’s SDS Imports at an asking price of around $400, could be the sleeper hit of 2022.

Two Remington revolvers– serial numbers 1 and 2– presented to Ulysses S. Grant went to auction last week. The estimated value was $1-$3 million, but bidding soon went off the charts, hitting $5.17 million.

The newly announced APX FS (Full Size) A1 9mm isn't terrible as it is optics ready for micro red dots, offers a 17+1 capacity, and a size that splits the difference between the Glock 17 and Glock 19.

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.

The newest kid on the block when it comes to the Springfield Emissary is a 9+1 capacity 9mm variant with a 4.25-inch barrel and a Commander-length slide.

Sig recently updated the P229 to make it optics-ready with a lightened PRO-style slide and flush-fit 15+1 round mags, an update from the old 13-rounders that go back to the unsung P228.

The rebooted Bushmaster Firearms keeps introducing everything except what the people really want– a return of the ACR modular rifle, the newest entry being their Bravo Zulu rifle.

The rebooted Bushmaster Firearms keeps introducing everything except what the people really want– a return of the ACR modular rifle, the newest entry being their Bravo Zulu rifle.

IWI US has announced their popular series of Masada 9mm pistols and will soon have a thinner brother join the lineup sometime later this year, dubbed the Masada Slim.

Sig Sauer just wrapped up their “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

Ruger just released three different variants of the PC Carbine complete with a Magpul Backpacker stock, with options in “Stealth Gray,” Olive Drab, and Flat Dark Earth.

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.

Sig introduced the Foxtrot, a compact weapon-mounted light for pistol use, a minute ago, and in the face of a ton of continued competition has just launched the Foxtrot 2.

Sig introduced the Foxtrot, a compact weapon-mounted light for pistol use, a minute ago, and in the face of a ton of continued competition has just launched the Foxtrot 2.

Walther just announced a fresh new take on targeting female gun ownership, with a redesigned "F" model of the red-dot-ready PDP series 9mm pistol.

NAA and President Sandy Chisholm has put the company in a trust set up for the employees, saying the move was designed to keep the tiny wheel gun maker as-is.

With Federal’s 100th anniversary hitting a crescendo this week, they have added three rifle and two pistol retro ammo boxes to the festivities.

In more Turkish polymer pistol news, Florida’s SAR USA– the folks that have been bringing Sarsilmaz pistols across the Atlantic for a generation– has a new compact 9mm with lots of goodies and a (kinda) budget price.

Springfield intro’d their new Garrison line of forged-frame 1911s last year in .45ACP and is doubling down this year with two 9+1 shot 9mm pistols in the same series.

In news that really should be a surprise to no one, Sig Sauer came out on top at the end of the Army’s Next Generation Squad Weapon program.

Norma has shipped over 400 containers of ammunition from RUAG Ammotec factories in Europe to the U.S. and, after seeing the promised land, is setting up shop in Georgia.

In the past couple of weeks, two big Utah-based suppressor companies– SilencerCo and HUXWRX Safety Co. (formerly OSS Suppressors) — have announced seven-figure deals to supply the Feds with cans.

Many pistol makers have exited the .40 S&W market– Sig hasn't added a new .40-caliber pistol for the past two years– but CZ is showing they are firmly stuck in 2002 with the new TS 2.

Florida-based B&T USA now has a carbine version of the SPC, complete with a 16-inch barrel, which is suited for the American commercial market (i.e., PCC competitors and personal protection).

Minnesota-based Federal ammo, part of the huge Vista Outdoor empire, is celebrating 100 years in business by packaging its Top Gun 12 gauge shells in one of four different Monark and Hi-Power branded 25-shell boxes.

IWI this week announced a new 7.62 NATO precision rifle variant of their formidable Galil Ace, the IWI Ace Sniper.

Magpul has added 50 rounder 9mm drums for Glock pistols, MP5 style clones, and PCCs that accept Glock patterns.

Coming sometime this summer, Noveske’s “Chainsaw” line will reemerge as their "forged product offering, based on a hybrid of our Gen 1 and Gen 4 designs” which they describe as “The People’s Rifle”.

If you have a cool million or three just lying around and some space in your gun safe, a pair of vintage Civil War-era cap-and-ball revolvers that had vanished for decades is now up for grabs.

The Prohibition Nighthawk Custom 1911 is a unique handgun featuring both the good and bad effects of the 1920s Volstead Act on opposite sides.

Kimber, with a little help from their friends, announced last week that the company is sending 220 guns to help fight the Russians.

Maxim’s new MKIV SD .22LR is an integrally suppressed Ruger MKIV that they say runs 114 dB with subsonic ammo. This puts the Maxim quiet time special into the “no detectable first round pop” club.

The latest FBI background check figures for the National Instant Criminal Background Check System stand at just over 3 million for March 2022.

The latest FBI background check figures for the National Instant Criminal Background Check System stand at just over 3 million for March 2022.

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, amid a reelection bid, says he is keeping a circa 2017 campaign promise from the last time he ran to sign

Mossberg continues to mine gold with their 940 series of autoloading shotguns. While the past installments have been Jerry Miculek series competition guns and a

GForce Arms, which specializes in importing a variety of unimaginatively named hunting (GF3N1, GF2N1, GF1W) and defensive (GF12A, GFY) shotguns from Turkey, has something different

Ohio’s Faxon Firearms is now in an open relationship with Q, the folks behind the new– and only just barely out of wildcat range– 8.6

Weatherby, formerly of California but more recently of Wyoming, is best known for their bolt-action rifles but the company also makes (and imports from Turkey)

Sig Sauer has made some rimfire pistols in the past to include the almost universally-hated Mosquito (made 2005-2014) and a Umarex-made 1911-22 (2011-2014). However, for

Earlier this month, the ATF rejected 847 pending Form 1s– the paperwork needed to legally “make” a registered NFA item such as a suppressor, SBR,

While the export of small arms and munitions from U.S. manufacturers to overseas customers in friendly countries is common, ITAR and Department of Commerce regulations

CZ-USA has redesigned their Scorpion EVO 3 S2 series pistols to a new standard that logically should be called the Scorpion IV but instead is

Sig Sauer this month filed a lawsuit in a New Hampshire federal court against an attorney and his law firm over what the company says

 When the year started, 21 states including Texas had laws on the books that recognized assorted permitless carry doctrines– the legal right to carry a

Swiss-based RUAG International last week agreed on the sale of its Ammotec business unit to the Beretta Holding group. In the deal, Beretta will take

Giving the world a new 1911 that doesn’t really even look like a 1911, Wilson Combat’s new SFX9 runs a lightweight full-size aluminum grip frame–

Springfield Armory has decided it should give the Hellcat micro-9 a little more room to stretch, and announced the new Hellcat Pro. The Pro model

Smith & Wesson quietly (as in didn’t even have the courtesy to issue a press release) dropped two new M&P9 Compact models on the public.

Sig Sauer has (wait for it) announced a new model of the P320, the Spectre Comp. As the name would point to, it adds the

Henry Repeating Arms started shipping their first new, factory-made guns in March 1997, meaning this month is the company’s 25th anniversary. Of course, the Imperato

On Feb. 28, Ammo Inc., with a factory in Wisconsin, responded to Ukraine’s President Zelensky’s apparent plea for ammunition (“I need ammo, not a ride…”)

One of their most interesting new handguns in years, Kimber last week announced a “quality issue involving the firing pin safety block of certain Kimber

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against the ATF last week trying to halt the agency’s enforcement of federal regulations regarding suppressors made

Gemtech was one of the leaders in suppressor innovation for decades and is today one of the oldest “silencer” companies still around. However, this is

Wytwornia Broni Jacek Popinski, or WBP, makes great AKs in Rogow, Poland. For the past couple of years, Texas-based Arms of America has been bringing

Massad Ayoob, a figure who has been writing about and teaching modern handguns for something like 40 years, recently dished for a quarter-hour as part

CMMG, which has basically just been making various models of the same system over and over– hey, if it works, why fix it, right? —

While Sig Sauer has been busy with the P365 series, Taurus has been right alongside that top-shelf company with the solidly mid-shelf G3C line, which

In 2018, Sig Sauer introduced the P365, a micro-compact 9mm– really the first in its class– that delivered a 380-sized carry pistol but with a

Sig Sauer has really been pushing out the optics in the past few years, billing their products (looking at you, Bushnell, Vortex, etc.) as being

Presented by Brownells on 2-22-2022 in conjunction with a slew of range facilities in seven cities and industry groups is the company’s Inaugural National 2nd

The basis of the Sandy Hook lawsuit, which drew headlines nationwide as it ended (?) last week with a $73 million settlement, is being misrepresented

One of the best-known original handguns made by SIG (Swiss-based company, written in all capitals) was their Pistole 49, an extremely accurate single-stack single-action pistol

Suppressor powerhouse SilencerCo just debuted their Gas Defeating Charging Handle (or GDCH) which is billed as significantly redirecting the blowback of gas delivered to the

Back in 1937, the Pittman-Robertson Act saddled the American gun industry with an excise tax on new-made and imported firearms and ammunition. This ranges from

Century Arms has been trying to perfect an American-made AK for the past 20 years and is finally getting close it would seem. The company

Just in case you missed it, late last year a bunch of California-based GunTubers heralded the brand new Juggernaut rifle series as something that “might

The unadjusted Jan. 2022 FBI NICS figure of 2,533,096 sounds big, but it is a 40 percent decrease from the same figures for Jan. 2021

Sig Sauer has cranked out several Spectre-series pistols including two different P320 variants and a P365XL, but now they have added what seems to be

Goex traces its roots back to 1802, when DuPont began producing gun powder in Delaware, and up until last year made Goex and Olde Eynsford-branded

One of the big drawbacks to tubular-magazine lever guns is that they were tied to the often 19th century round-nosed bullet designs they were introduced

Promising the “most advanced open-reflex micro red dot optic, ruggedized and loaded with advanced features, designed for ultra-compact concealed carry pistols,” Sig has updated their

New from CZ– which, with its Colt and Dan Wesson subsidiaries did not appear at SHOT Show a couple of weeks ago– is a new

The Italian-American gun icon also owns Benelli and Franchi, and even though they bailed on SHOT Show, they did appear at the smaller Safari Club

Beretta said, “new phone, who dis?” to SHOT Show this year, declining to appear with its family of brands that include not only the Italian

SHOT Show is far more than new guns. In fact, the majority of the more than 2,300 exhibitors across 13.9 miles of aisles aren’t firearm

While a hugely different show than in past years, the 43rd annual had no shortage of new guns. We spent a few hours wandering the

Springfield Armory has been importing guns for decades. Back in the 1980s and 90s, they brought in rebranded CZ-75s, semi-auto FALs, and HK G3s from

Speaking of the Army’s planned Next Generation Weapons platform, Vortex somehow beat out L3/Leupold for the NGSW “fire control” award, which is basically a high-speed

Sig Sauer, after pumping millions over the past few years into the Army’s Next Generation Squad Weapon, or NGSW, program is trying to get some

Volquartsen, a top-shelf maker of all things rimfire, just released a new AR-ish pistol, the ENV .22LR. Using an Enoch ODIN chassis, an aluminum receiver,

Taurus is spinning up a new model of its TX 22 Competition, billed as a “Steel Challenge Ready” variant. The differences between last year’s standard

Cabot Guns in Pennsylvania has been making some pretty far out 1911s over the past few years in addition to their regular fodder. For instance,

European American Armory, or better known just as EAA, has been bringing in a ton of semi-decent brands from overseas– primarily Italy and Turkey– for

Maxim Defense, who made a name for themselves with their shorty braces/stocks and PDX/MDX room brooms, is now going long with an AR-10 rifle dubbed

The biggest firearms industry event in the world, the NSSF’s annual Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show, is going to be missing some of the

Sig Sauer, always striving to introduce at least 52 new products every year (53 in Leap Years), has announced new models of their Classic P-series

Vista Outdoors– owners of Federal and just about every other American ammo brand that isn’t Winchester– has a new caliber on the market for self-defense

Somewhat renowned for shooting off his mouth more than training, James Yeager announced on YT over the weekend that he may have ALS. While there

The Sig Sauer P226 Pro-Cut which, as the name would tease, has a “Pro-Cut” lightened slide for faster lock times that has the bonus of

Smith & Wesson, rather than announcing yet another Sheild or M&P model, has something new– the Chief Special X, or CSX. The Chief Special X,

Ruger announced a Wrangler .22LR single-action revolver with a shorter (3.75-inch rather than the standard 4.62-inch) barrel and an abbreviated “bird’s head” grip. Ruger announced

NoDak Spud, a Minneapolis maker of retro AR receivers and parts with a good reputation, has apparently been acquired by Palmetto State Armory. The company

News leaked out over the weekend that Colt plans to introduce a latest version of the rebooted Python .357 magnum, complete with a 3-inch barrel.

In this week’s gun news, California magazine ban put on ice, FBI has an Indiana Jones moment, Savage back in the pistol business. California’s mag

In this week’s gun news, the gun industry hits back against New York, first Ruger Marlin surfaces in the wild, Savage goes bolt-action pistol, meet

In this week’s gun news, ATF finally gets something right, Barrett goes NFT, Remington reboots paper shells, a new 6.5 PRC rifle, Sig intros yet

In this week’s gun news, Federal now has an ammo club, gun background checks still high, Rock River goes Cali, Pearl Harbor at 80, Springfield

In this week’s gun news, Bushmaster releases more black rifles, Liberty Ammo comes up short, NSSF breaks down Pittman-Robertson, Shadow Systems has more pistols, and

In this week’s gun news, CMMG does what HK wouldn’t, CZ brings the bolt action(s), Kimber has a ton of new pistols, meet the Right

In this week’s gun news, Brownells wants to help you build your AR, DRD has an interesting pistol, Big Blue doubles down on black rifles,

In this week’s gun news, Colt issues a recall, Hi-Power craziness, Larry Vickers seen in the wild, October gun sales near record, NRA gets hacked,

In this week’s gun news, CZ rolls Red & Blue, FN goes TAC3, Springfield Armory brings in more optics-cut XDs, Supreme Court set to hear

In this week’s gun news, Who is Aviator Arms? Beretta goes bolt-gun, Mossberg has a few new tricks, Springfield Armory goes Hi-Power. Aviator Arms X-1

In this week’s gun news, Al Capone’s guns prove surprisingly valuable, BFR celebrates 20 years, HK goes 200K, SAAMI drops the data, SilencerCo debuts a

In this week’s gun news, more optics-ready carry guns from Beretta and S&W, Dugan needs our help, NICS numbers bad but also not bad, Sig

In this week’s gun news, Beretta pushes 500, Nosler goes 21st Century, Sig Sauer gets spookier, S&W heads to the Volunteer State, Springfield Armory offers

In this week’s gun news Beretta adds optics to the 92X Performance, Walt Berger heads to the benchrest in the sky, ATF asks for more

In this week’s gun news Beretta delivers updates to all the things, SiCo telling great gun stories, and Sig Sauer makes NextGen cans available to

In this week’s gun news AAC making a comeback, CZ gets competition ready, Army gets the last M9 from Beretta, no ATF director any time

In this week’s gun news CZ goes subcompact, FN goes 22, HK does the MP5 in 22 (two ways), Mossberg doubles down on Jerry M,

The American Firearms News Brief for August 24th: the biggest ammo oof in modern history, Kimber makes the R7 Facebook official, Smith & Wesson goes Kel-Tec KSG, and Taurus makes it easy to TORO.

The American Firearms News Brief for August 24th: the biggest ammo oof in modern history, Kimber makes the R7 Facebook official, Smith & Wesson goes Kel-Tec KSG, and Taurus makes it easy to TORO.

The American Firearms News Brief for August 17th: Canik goes METE, FBI picks Winchester for sniper ammo, LAPD goes FN, & Ruger now has a southpaw 10/22.

The American Firearms News Brief for August 10th: ATF comment period almost up, Bushmaster confirms what we already knew, CZ has some sweet anniversary specials, Kimber getting a Micro 9, Sig gets another Snakebite.

The American Firearms News Brief for August 6th: HK is coughing up the funky SL8 again, it’s a wrap for the Olympics, NICS numbers are down but also up, and Nighthawk has a Very Impressive Pistol.

The American Firearms News Brief for August 3rd: Meprolight brings the RDS Pro V2, Ruger finally threads the 57, Springfield sends an Emissary, and Westley Richards has a bespoke Safari rifle if you have the Amex Black.

The American Firearms News Brief for July 30th: Beretta has a new PCC inbound, the gun that got Billy the Kid (or maybe didn’t) heads to auction, Remington fades as RemArms takes its shaky place, Team USA grabs three more medals in Olympics shooting, Wilson Combat shows off new SFX9 Sub-Compact.

The American Firearms News Brief for July 28th: Caesar Guerini Invictus M-SPEC, Hi-Point gets wildly different reviews, SDS introduces PX9-G2 pistol, and Team USA grabs an early Gold Medal in shooting event at Tokyo Olympics.

The American Firearms News Brief for July 25th: Auto-Ordnance makes bootlegging fun again, Nighthawk Delegates, Ontario coughs up a cringy bayonet, and PROOF has lots of big news.

The American Firearms News Brief for July 19th: Glock turns 92, Kimber teases better guns, Ruger teases classic cowboy guns, Taylor’s updates the M1886, and Trijicon gets some love from the Army.

The American Firearms News Brief for July 16th: Blaser goes PRC, B&T ups their Blackout game, Court says adults under 21 can buy handguns, and Sig pulls a Switchblade.

The American Firearms News Brief for July 8th: Kahr makes minor changes to their P9 pistols, Masterpiece doubles down on the PMR Pro rifle, pistol braces pass 100K comments, Remington promises more ammo, and Winchester salutes the military.

The American Firearms News Brief for July 8th: Kahr makes minor changes to their P9 pistols, Masterpiece doubles down on the PMR Pro rifle, pistol braces pass 100K comments, Remington promises more ammo, and Winchester salutes the military.

The American Firearms News Brief for July 5th: Burris readies a clip-on thermal, Noveske brings the squirt, Rock Island announces a shorty shotty, Ruger maxes out the LCP, and Walther wants you to carry medical.

The American Firearms News Brief for July 2nd: Holosun goes green, Sig delivers pro-cut P229 slides, Taurus adds colors to the GX4, Q teasing the 8.6 mafia, Winchester wants its 9mm back

The American Firearms News Brief for June 29th: Beretta goes Ultima, CAA stepping into the PCC realm, Faxon brings match barrels to Sig, the KP-15 is now ready to go inna woods, and Lone Wolf is getting quieter.

The American Firearms News Brief for June 24th: Berger helps eat the “x” at 1,000 yards, Luth goes slick, and new guns hit the market from Hi-Point, Sig, and S&W.

The American Firearms News Brief for June 21st: Armscor looks to beat Glock at their own game, EAA goes goose, Blackhawk sheds some light on holsters, and Safariland stunts.

The American Firearms News Brief for June 17th: Beretta brings Sako ammo to America, Kinsey’s to distribute Fusion 1911s, and CAA now offers TrueTimber camo.

The American Firearms News Brief for June 14th: SiCo bringing more lowers to market, FN wins big with machine guns, Army picks NightForce, and Sig Sauer raises some Spectres.

The American Firearms News Brief for June 9th: the ATF rains on the brace parade, Bushmaster promises a rebirth, Sig has a new weapon light, and the Beretta 1301 gets some love.

The American Firearms News Brief for June 7th: Diamondback expands their DBX series 5.7 pistols, Zenith plans a comeback with an MP5 clone, and more.

The American Firearms News Brief for June 3rd: New Sig Sauer P320 AXG PRO, NRA Show Back On, & New Venom 5-25×56 FFP

The American Firearms News Brief for May 31st: Gun Imports Are way Up, Ammo Demand Not Stopping Any Time Soon, Gould Brothers Smash Record, & Springfield Armory’s New XD-M Elite.