Blaser is entering the American carbon-fiber rifle game, and the German gunmaker isn’t pulling any punches. The Blaser R8 Ultimate Carbon (previously available only outside the U.S.) builds on the brand’s bolt-action lineup with a hand-laid ...
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Ruger Precision Rifle: Lots of Long-Range Value on a Budget
Long-range shooting is cool. Like, Willie and Waylon singing “Good Hearted Woman” level cool. You press the trigger, absorb the recoil, and, after a second or so, hear the steel ding from 1,000 yards away. It’s some gratifying shit. But as someone ...
Tactical Flashlight: What to Look For Before You Drop the Cash
This post contains affiliate links. We may earn a commission if you buy through these links. A tactical flashlight is an often-forgotten component in any loadout, and many people consider it an afterthought. Whether for duty use or everyday carry ...
6.8 Western: What the .270 WSM Should Have Been
If you ask the average American rifle shooter if the world needs another hot new hunting cartridge, it'd be tough to find many to agree right off the bat. But if you laid these specs in front of that same average shooter, they might change their ...
Rifle Backpack Guide: Buy One That Doesn’t Suck
Choosing a rifle backpack that doesn't suck is no easy task. Why? Because most of them suck! Plenty of thought goes into the design of a backpack. However, few companies seem to put any real thought into adding features that help hunters, soldiers, ...
Falling in Love With the Winchester Model 94
I was 19 when my uncle handed me my grandfather’s Winchester Model 94 lever action. It was a beat-up old .30-30 hunting rifle that looked like it had been dragged behind a truck over a gravel road. It had mostly been sitting in a dusty corner ...
The Life and Death of the 4 Gauge Shotgun
People think of the 12-gauge shotgun as large enough to be intimidating on sight. That roughly half-inch muzzle isn’t something you want to see pointed your way, and people who don’t know guns think a 12 is terrifyingly large. But there have been ...
338 Norma Magnum: Cheat Code for Snipers and Machine Guns
Do you have a lucky number? Ammunition manufacturers do, and right now that number is 338. A quick search will turn up cartridges like .338 Federal, .338 Marlin Express, .338 Remington Ultra Magnum, .338 Ruger Compact Magnum, and .338 Win Mag. There ...
50 Beowulf: The Engine-Block Killer With an Epic Name
We all love a good man-versus-nature adventure. Whether you’re talking about the man-eating lions of Tsavo or an NFL lineman exacting revenge on a 200-pound mountain lion in Colorado, the chess match between man and nature never disappoints. The name ...
8 Gauge Shotgun: Why It Went Extinct
In its day, the 8 gauge shotgun was the equivalent of the modern 10-gauge. It was a specialized, big bore hunting gun, popular at a time when the skies of North America teemed with waterfowl, and there were no bag limits. It was also — and ...
Guide to Olympic Shooting Events and What Team USA Is Up To
Shooting events don't get all the glory at the Summer Olympic Games — not the way mainstream sports like swimming, track, and gymnastics do. But if you watched the 2020 games in Tokyo, you know that shooting events are plenty of fun to watch. And the ...
450 Bushmaster: A Semi-Auto Hunting Powerhouse
I've always been a bolt-action rifle guy and, admittingly was a semi-auto curmudgeon regarding big-game hunting rifles. Then, during the late winter of 2020, a trip to the Lone Star State with some of my best hunting amigos altered my mindset. That’s ...
45-70 Govt: One of the Few Black Powder Era Survivors
It has been a century and a half since shooters got their hands on the now-legendary 45-70 Govt cartridge for the first time in 1873. Somehow, despite its limitations, the 45-70 has evolved and overcome staggering odds in the intervening years. What ...
PROOF Research: Carbon Fiber Barrels for the Average Shooter
Humans have been looking for ways to improve weapon technology since our Stone Age ancestors lobbed their first rocks. That drive continues today as the gun industry relentlessly seeks innovative ways to improve shooting performance. PROOF Research ...
New Garmin Foretrex With Ballistic Software: Details and Specs
Garmin’s Foretrex series has been the industry standard for wrist-mounted GPS navigators for a while, and the next generation has just arrived. The Garmin Forerex 801 and Foretrex 901 Ballistic Edition are more capable, tougher, and easier to use ...
Vortex Razor HD 4000 GB: High-Tech, Tough, and Precise
Vortex is upgrading its flagship rangefinder for 2023 with the Razor HD 4000 GB. The upgraded Razor HD 4000 adds a suite of tech while keeping the features hunters and competitive shooters love about the previous iteration, all for an MSRP of ...
Q Honey Badger AR: The Gun Industry’s Biggest Troublemaker
Kevin Brittingham, the creator of the famous (or infamous) Honey Badger AR, grew up competing with his older siblings for a place in the world and watching his dad fight with bare knuckles. Maybe that’s why he fights so hard today. By the ...
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 ...
Credit Card Giants Back Away From Tracking Gun Purchases
The credit card industry has taken a huge step back from plans announced in September 2022 to use a new merchant category code (MCC) to track gun and ammunition purchases made with plastic in the United States. Visa Inc., Mastercard Inc., American ...
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 ...
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, ...
Best Selling Guns of 2022 on GunBroker: Numbers Are In!
Gun sales are a nebulous thing — they’re hard to keep track of, and that’s a good thing from a 2A perspective. Usually, we use the number of background checks run through the NICS system in a given time period to get a general idea of how many guns ...
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 ...
405 Winchester: T.R.’s Famous Medicine Gun for Lions
The 405 Winchester was a beast of a cartridge in its time, suited for the absolute most dangerous, tear-your-guts-out big game on the planet. Mere months after leaving the White House and Washington politics behind him (for the time being) in 1909, ...
Mauser M18 Rifle Now Available in 2 Old-School Camo Patterns
Blaser Group recently announced the release of the super-popular Mauser M18 bolt-action rifle in two sweet retro camo patterns — a classic U.S. Marine Corps Camo and the Fred Bear Old School Camo pattern. Retro camo patterns from the 1970s and ...
The 500 Nitro Express: Definitely Not for the Faint of Heart
For the average gun enthusiast, shooting a 500 Nitro Express might be one of the most impractical experiences you could have with a firearm. It’s a huge round that delivers extremely punishing recoil. And it’s expensive. God, is it expensive! An ...
Hottest New Guns and Ammo from the 2023 SHOT Show!
It’s that magical time of year. The hordes descend upon the city in the sand that has no earthly right to exist: an oasis of light and sin in the middle of the desert that plays host to the hunting and shooting world — and all the coolest new guns — ...
PSA STG 44 Repro Is First in Palmetto’s New ‘Battlefield’ Gun Line
If you love historic military guns and have spent embarrassing amounts of cash just to fire a couple of magazines through some rare WWII-era hardware, then you’re going to want to keep an eye on Palmetto State Armory’s website this year and its ...