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This week, we’re taking a closer look at the Browning X-Bolt Speed. A mountain-style rifle, the X-Bolt Speed boasts a composite stock and a steel barrel and action with a Smoked Bronze Cerakote. Its OVIX camouflage makes the gun perfect for blending into a wide variety of terrain. For more information on this lightweight bolt-action, …

From gasoline to sliced bread, everything is getting more expensive these days. The firearm world is not immune to inflation, as anyone who has experienced sticker shock when pulling a box of ammunition off their local gun retailer’s shelf well knows. It is into this economic reality that KelTec introduces the P15, a …

Pistols chambered for the miniscule .25 ACP were often carried as backup firearms, as was the case with one belonging to Edward Obarowski, Sr., during his time with the New York Police Dept. After his son and my longtime friend, Ed, inherited it, we scoured shelves for whatever ammunition we …

While there are many custom shops in the firearm industry, only a scant few focus exclusively on antique arms. Lodgewood Mfg. is one of those, but, unlike many who are winding down after decades in the business, the young husband-and-wife team of David and Danielle Stavlo is just getting started. …

Freedom Munitions is expanding its popular line of X-DEF defense ammunition to include .357 Mag. cartridges loaded with either 158- or 125-grain bullets. X-DEF 357 Mag Hollow Point ammunition, like the other products in the X-DEF line, has been designed from the ground up by Freedom Munitions with optimum penetration and …

If you’ve hung around the gun world for a while, you’ve probably encountered something called a “convertible” holster. No, you can’t drive it with the top down. But it can be just as cool. A typical convertible holster offers at least one, often more options as to how to wear …

Redding Reloading Equipment has introduced a 3-Die Set for the 360 Buckhammer. A straight-wall cartridge based on the legendary .30-30 Winchester, the 360 Buckhammer will be at home in the deer woods across many regions of the United States. These die sets provide the capability to produce high-quality loadings for hunting- …

While there are many custom shops in the firearm industry, only a scant few focus exclusively on antique arms. Lodgewood Mfg. is one of those, but, unlike many who are winding down after decades in the business, the young husband-and-wife team of David and Danielle Stavlo is just getting started. …

While the Dillon Rifle Company is a newcomer to the firearms world, as you may have guessed, the “Dillon” part of the name is that Dillon, as in Dillon Aero and Dillon Precision, two businesses whose histories go back decades. The Scottsdale, Ariz., company was started by Dillon Aero Vice President Chris Dillon. The company put itself …

On March 9th, 2023, President Biden put forward his budget proposal for fiscal year 2024, which includes over $1,900,000,000 for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF).[i] That’s a 13.6% increase over the 2023 budget.[ii] ATF’s budget to enforce unconstitutional gun laws was “only” $1,258,600,000 in FY 2017,[iii] when President Trump …