Some things are so iconic that it’s borderline blasphemous to change them. Things like mama’s potato salad recipe, Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven,” and John Moses Browning’s 1911 were all perfect the first time, so tinkering with them can only ...
The Marlin 336 is Back! Ruger Reintroduces a Classic Lever Gun
The popularity of lever guns is on the rise, and Marlin just threw a haymaker by reintroducing the beloved Marlin 336 rifle as the new 336 Classic. The chambering is .30-30 Win, the price is $1,239, and the first impressions are ...
UFC’s Cowboy Cerrone Takes Us Inside His Badass BMF Ranch
In this world, there are good places and bad places. Donald Cowboy Cerrone’s BMF Ranch in New Mexico is a good place. Out there, you can build what you want, and no inspector from the city is going to say shit. You can raise buffalo, buy magic ...
Vortex Defender CCW Red Dot: 100 Rounds and a Drop Test
Vortex has beefed up its pistol optic lineup with the Defender-CCW, a compact red dot for concealed carry and target shooting. The Defender-CCW uses the common Shield RMS footprint and comes with a Picatinny rail adapter for people who want to mount ...
Compliant CCW Guns? Springfield Drops 10-Round Hellcat Pro
Springfield Armory is making its popular micro-compact Hellcat Pro pistol available to customers in states with magazine-capacity restrictions. The new reduced-capacity Hellcat Pro uses 10-round magazines instead of the standard 15-round ...
Springfield Armory XD-M Elite OSP 10mm: Now Available in FDE
If you don’t offer pistols with flat dark earth finish, you’re behind the times — Springfield Armory knows this, and the company is expanding its XD-M line of striker-fired polymer pistols to include the XD-M Elite OSP 10mm in FDE. This new pistol ...
Fiocchi Subsonic 5.7×28: New Food For your Suppressed 5.7
Fiocchi expanded its Range Dynamics ammo series with a subsonic 5.7x28mm load designed for suppressed shooting. With a 62-grain, full-metal-jacketed bullet, the new cartridge has a muzzle velocity of 1,050 fps. "But wait," you say. "Isn't the whole ...
Mauser 98 125th Anniversary Edition Museum-Quality Hunting Rifle
“Das Original” is releasing a small batch of Mauser 98 rifles to commemorate the model’s 125th anniversary. The manufacturer’s master gunsmiths built 25 rifles in the style of Mauser’s famous safari guns. Each uses wood-grade-8 walnut plus ...
Top 5 Pistol Whipping Scenes From Movies – Ranked
Out of all the military and firearms training I’ve gone through, not one instructor has taught pistol whipping as a defensive tactic. Sure, in the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program, or MCMAP, they taught “one mind, any weapon,” but it’s not the same ...
Smith & Wesson M&P FPC: The New Folding 9mm PCC
Smith & Wesson is getting into the pistol-caliber carbine (PCC) game with the M&P FPC. It’s chambered for 9mm, uses a carbine-length barrel, and checks in with an MSRP of $659. At first glance, this looks like more than a fun range toy. But ...
What Ever Happened to the Remington ACR Rifle?
In the early days of the Global War on Terror, all was not well in the world of U.S. military small arms. The sand in Iraq and Afghanistan was wreaking havoc on the internal components of M16 rifles and M4 carbines. As was the case in Vietnam, ...
357 SIG: Is the Semi-Auto .357 Magnum Dead?
If you look up lists of the most popular pistol calibers, the 357 SIG doesn’t make the top five, and it doesn’t make the top 10, either. If you don’t have any experience with this cartridge, you’re part of the vast majority of shooters these days. ...
327 Federal Magnum: The Little Loved Alternative to the .357
The .357 Magnum is a celebrity in the world of revolver cartridges. Like Jessica Simpson in the early 2000s, it gets showered with love and attention, and we’re all convinced it can do no wrong. Most people just ignore the little sister — no, not ...
SIG P320 and P320 Spectre Comp: Breakdown and History
The market for striker-fired polymer pistols is a busy place, but the SIG P320 has carved out one helluva piece. SIG Sauer builds 25 different pistols (and a standalone fire control unit we’ll get into later) in the P320 series, resulting in a ...
The DP-12 Shotgun: A Wild Design That Works
Remember when you were a kid, and you used to draw all kinds of zany inventions that could never work in real life? Every so often, somebody’s bizarre contraption makes it into the real world. In the world of firearms, there might be no better ...
Vet-Owned Apex Ammo Drops New TSS Turkey Shells for Spring
Apex Ammunition is offering Mossy Oak Greenleaf Turkey TSS Blend, a new line of shotgun shells, just in time for spring turkey season. This new ammunition is available in 12-gauge 2 1/4-ounce and 20-gauge 1 5/8-ounce loads; both are 3-inch shells. ...
New Yeti LoadOut GoBoxes: Rock-Solid Gear Haulers
Yeti, a company famous for turning coolers into status symbols, is expanding its GoBox lineup with two new heavy-duty storage containers to keep your gear as organized and protected as your food and drinks. The new LoadOut series of hard cases now ...
Bushnell RXC-200 and RXU-200 Red Dots: 100-Round Test
Bushnell is expanding its red dot lineup with two reflex sights for the subcompact and micro pistols that are gaining popularity as carry guns. The compact Bushnell RXC-200 and ultracompact RXU-200 use the common RMS and RMSc pattern found on popular ...
Why People Love or Hate the 1911 Pistol
In the early 1900s, the greatest firearms designer in history, John M. Browning, set out to solve a problem. The U.S. government and military needed a more powerful sidearm. The gun riding in American holsters was the Colt M1892 revolver in an Army ...
Mess Kit History: Feeding Backcountry Adventures for Generations
The first time a Marine Corps sergeant instructor told me that chow is continuous in the field, I remember thinking, “That’s unexpectedly considerate; I get to eat whenever I want.” In reality, no time is set aside to eat, so figure it out on your ...
Survival Gear Everyone Should Have, Plus Urban Survival Tips
When a frail, leathery man covered in grease from burned whale blubber staggered into a whaling station on the coast of Antarctica, the Norwegian workers couldn’t believe their eyes. The men who worked along the rugged coast knew as well as anyone ...
Bob Hodgdon of Hodgdon Powder Company Dies at 84
Bob Hodgdon, a cofounder of Hodgdon Powder Company, died Jan.13, 2023; he was 84. Hodgdon was a businessman, hunting and shooting enthusiast, and active leader in his community. Hodgdon’s parents created the Hodgdon Powder Company in 1947. After ...
338 Lapua: A Beastly Long-Range Rifle Cartridge
What do rounds like the .45-70, .30-06, .308, and 5.56 have in common? They’re all popular hunting loads that got their start as military ammunition. Getting a thumbs-up from the Pentagon takes time, and so does gaining traction in the open market. ...
New Vortex Strike Eagle 3-18×44 Rifle Scope Is Incredibly Versatile
Vortex is expanding the value-focused Strike Eagle family of optics with the new Strike Eagle 3-18x44 FFP (first focal plane), a rifle scope that promises big-time versatility at an accessible price. Vortex built this optic for mid-to long-range ...
How to Start a Fire Without a Lighter
You’re cold and hungry, and you just pieced together a hasty shelter. You need to get a fire started to dry off and stay warm through the night, so you grab your trusty lighter out of your pack. You’ve used it for years and it’s never let you down — ...
Savage 1911 Pistols Join the Party in .45 ACP or 9mm
Savage Arms is taking aim at America’s pistol, the 1911, with a new addition to its handgun lineup. The spec sheet for Savage’s take on the classic design reads like a 1911 buyer’s wishlist, and prices start at $1,349, which is a little steeper than ...
New XS Lever Rail Models Fit Henry Carbines in .357, .44 Mag
XS Sights has figured out how to make Henry lever-action rifles even better by focusing on optics compatibility. Two new XS Sights Lever Rails add a Picatinny rail to the receiver of a Henry Big Boy carbine chambered for .357 Magnum or .44 Magnum ...
Springfield Saint Victor 9mm PCC Is Packed With Features
There’s a new addition to Springfield Armory’s arsenal, and this time it comes in the form of a Saint Victor 9mm carbine with an MSRP of $1,299. It’s the manufacturer’s first pistol-caliber carbine, but it carries over many of the components, ...
New Mossberg Turkey Guns: Red-Dot Ready M500s, 835 Ulti-Mag
New Mossberg Turkey Guns: Mossberg is expanding its hunting lineup to include three new turkey shotguns from the pump-action 835 Ulti-Mag and 500 lines. These new gobbler getters are available in 12-gauge, 20-gauge, and .410 bore. The 12-gauge ...
Roosevelt’s Rough Riders Era Custom S&W Sells for $910K
Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Riders Era1898 Smith & Wesson New Model No. 3 belonging to Theodore Roosevelt just sold on the auction block, fetching an impressive $910,625. The sale was conducted by Rock Island Auction Company this week. This isn’t ...
