After the AK47, there’s no more iconic Russian gun than the 9mm Makarov. Hell, even the name is definitively Russian. During the forty-plus years that defined the Cold War, the Makarov sat comfortably in holsters and magazines behind the Iron ...
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Smith & Wesson Releases New Bodyguard 2.0 CCW Handgun
It's been a busy month for Smith & Wesson. The venerable American gunmaker recently released three new entries in its M&P Carry Comp handgun line that had fans drooling, all the while teasing a big release for July 16 — only to have it leaked ...
The S&W Model 1854 Lever Action Rifle Line: Breakdown
Earlier this year, one of the most storied U.S. gunmakers in history, and one of the few that's still a fully American brand, jumped into the lever gun market for the first time since the platform was invented when Smith & Wesson dropped its ...
Carcano Rifle: The Most Infamous Bolt Gun in U.S. History
Outside of gun collectors and history nerds, few people could positively identify the make and model of a random 130-year-old gun from just one photo. That’s not the case with the M91/38 Carcano rifle. Hundreds of thousands of people who ...
S&W Debuts 3 New Carry Comp M&P Pistols
There are now three new Performance Center M&P pistols featuring the U.S. gunmaker's Carry Comp technology headed to gun shops and website inventories. Yup, some of the most popular entries in the M&P 2.0 pistol line have gotten the ...
SIG Sauer Drops Factory P320 Flux Legion Package
It used to be that if you wanted a retractable stock or brace on your pistol, you had to buy a compatible model and then head over to Flux Defense to buy one of their awesome PDW kits. If you've never shot a pistol with one attached, don't scoff and ...
Send Lawyers, Guns, and Money: Hunter S. Thompson and Firearms
Hunter S. Thompson has become a lot of things to a lot of people since his death in 2005. While he was alive, it wasn’t much different. He was a public figure so controversial, that went so against the grain of civilized society, and was so litigious ...
SIG Sauer’s New P320 M17 Ceremonial Pistol
As an extension of SIG Sauer's Modular Handgun System program with the U.S. Army, the gunmaker crafted a series of pistols for the Sentinels over the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery. While those elite individuals carry an issued ...
SIG Drops 1911-XSERIES: Classic Guns with Modern Features
SIG Sauer has been in the 1911 business for a good while now. It's a deep and murky gun niche, but as you can imagine, there are strong feelings about SIG 1911s in the hardcore 1911 community. Putting those folks aside, the gunmaker has produced some ...
We Have a Tommy Gun at Home: New Diamondback TG-Nine PCC
“But I want a Tommy Gun!” “Keep quiet, we have a Tommy Gun at home.” This is the Tommy Gun at home, the new Diamondback TG-Nine PCC that just dropped as part of the company's 9mm pistol caliber carbine DB9R platform. The heritage of this AR ...
SIG Cross Trax: A .308 Hunting Rifle Sized Like a Survival Rifle
Survival rifles exist on the fringe of firearms. They're a cool idea — a gun that disassembles or breaks down or folds to be ultra-stowable and lightweight. The idea is you pack it away in some kind of large survival kit or pack so that it will be ...
‘New’ Glock Models Coming in 2024
Last week, the media got a look at what Glock will be releasing in 2024 at a special invite-only event at the company’s new Georgia manufacturing space, which Guns.com says is “pristine and in line with every other Glock manufacturing ...
Magpul’s New Light, Sub-$70 MOE X-22 Stock for Ruger 10/22s
Who would have thought that Magpul would become one of the premier producers of affordable polymer stocks for a bevy of firearm platforms? But here we are. The company makes what is arguably the best tactical shotgun stock, a bunch of AR stocks and ...
Quiet Drop: New Colt Python Combat Elite 3-Inch Revolver
Maybe it’s an attempt on Colt’s part to seem exclusive and niche — you have to be in the know to find out about new additions to their catalog — or maybe it’s just bad comms from the Czech company that now owns the brand about its new product. Hell, ...
New S&W Performance Center M&P9 Metal M2.0 Spec Series Kit: $999
Smith & Wesson has released a new entry in its Spec Series of limited edition handguns, and it's the first to come out of the company’s revered Performance Center line. The gunmaker says this new version of the gunmaker’s M&P Spec Series ...
How To Buy the Right .22 Rifle for Plinking, Training, or Hard Use
Ammo prices have come down from pandemic peaks, finally re-entering the territory of not having to sell plasma to be able to afford to shoot. One caliber that remained mostly untouched was .22 Long Rifle, a storied entry in the family of rimfire ...
The New Glock 49 MOS: An Official G19L Pistol
There’s officially a new Glock model on the market that’s largely a response to hacks Glock fans and concealed carriers have been making for years. TALO Distributors is bringing the Glock 49 MOS to the U.S. market for the first time. Glock has ...
How the 300 Weatherby Magnum Redefined .30-caliber Velocity
Americans have loved .30 caliber rifle cartridges since the 1890s when Winchester released the .30-30 Win. And when Americans love a thing, they’re driven to improve it. That’s the story of Roy Weatherby and the 300 Weatherby Magnum. While the ...
Ruger Revives the Marlin Dark Series Rifle Line
The Marlin Dark Series has finally been reintroduced to the gun world under Ruger's banner for the first time in three years. The rifle line was the first lever gun from a major manufacturer to include modern features from the factory, like a unique ...
MOA vs MRAD: Battle Royale Of Rifle Scope Reticle Systems
Picture yourself getting the jump on a big prairie dog town. You crest a hill, lay your trusty .22 across a fencepost, and peer through your scope. It’s pretty far. You might need to aim a little bit high. If only you paid more attention to the MOA ...
The Remington 870: America’s Best Selling Pump Shotgun
My first exposure to the Remington 870 was not at a shooting range or in the woods pursuing wild game. It came when I was 10 years old, sitting on the couch at a buddy’s house watching an R-rated movie I shouldn’t have been. Point Break (1991) ...
The 7mm Remington Magnum: The Hunter’s Cartridge
The 7mm Remington Magnum has cemented itself as one of history’s most popular hunting cartridges. It walks amongst giants. Capable of taking all game animals in the lower 48 and doing it well, the 7 mm’s versatility shines when looking on the shelves ...
Why the 6mm Creedmoor Bugs Me
I admit I got annoyed with the 6mm Creedmoor. Why? The same reason I got annoyed with the 6.5 Creedmoor when it came out. For a while, the relatively new caliber was everywhere. If I read an article in a magazine, it was about how the 6.5 ...
The Luger Pistol: The First Iconic 9mm Handgun
Some firearms have an aura of mystique that is imparted to them at some point in their history for a variety of reasons. They’re guns that people the world over can identify simply by sight, and hearing their name instantly conjures up images of it. ...
History of the Semi Auto Shotgun
The semi auto shotgun is everywhere, and why shouldn’t it be? Every time the trigger is pulled, the gun ejects a spent shell and then chambers a new one. You don’t cycle it by hand like a pump gun, and it offers more firepower than an over-under. ...
Why People Love to Hate the 6.5 Creedmoor: It’s Just Too Easy
It is no secret that people love to hate the 6.5 Creedmoor. Why? Because it is almost too good at what it was designed to do, shoot long-range. It introduced a whole new methodology in the cartridge world that changed the market. Hornady proved ...
What To Do — Legally — After a Self-Defense Shooting
Responsible gun owners spend considerable time at the gun range training for the possibility they may have to use their firearm as a last-resort tool to protect themselves or their families. Most concealed carriers likely don’t spend enough time at ...
Did the ‘Steven Seagal’ Press Check Come From Col. Jeff Cooper?
We all know what a press check is, or at least we should. When loading a semi-auto handgun, or during the process of checking its readiness, you partially pull back the slide or bolt and visually verify that there is a round in the chamber. It's a ...
Best Glock of All Time: Pick Your Brick
Ask someone which pistol you should buy, and there’s a good chance they’ll tell you to just get a Glock. That answer isn’t necessarily correct, but it’s also not wrong. Glock pistols are massively popular for a reason: they’re famously reliable, ...
Want to Shoot a Machine Gun? Best Full-Auto Ranges in the U.S.
My brother was right, I thought, as I looked over three tables filled with machine gun after machine gun. We’d been to Washington County Machine Guns years ago while on a road trip. And since then, my brother Sam said they’d “expanded their ...
