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New For 2023: Springfield Hellion In Desert FDE, OD Green & Gray
Springfield Armory expanded its 5.56 NATO Hellion bullpup rifle line-up with additional barrel length options earlier this year. Now the company is taking that expansion one step forward by offering three new Hellion color options. Springfield is expanding its Hellion line-up with Desert FDE, OD Green (pictured) and Gray options. Where the polymer chassis/receiver of …
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Strikes Maryland’s Handgun Qualification License Requirement in NRA-Backed Case.
On Tuesday, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals ruled that Maryland’s Handgun Qualification License (“HQL”) requirement is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment. Acquiring a handgun in Maryland is a draconian process. Before one can exercise their Second Amendment right to own a handgun, they must first …
Black Friday Gun & Gear Deals
The spirit of Saint Nicholas lives large in the firearm industry. This year companies have rolled out the red carpet for gun owners, offering scalding hot savings before, during and, in some cases, long after Black Friday. Here’s a few to get your holiday shopping started without unduly increasing deficit …
First Look: XS Sights For Heckler & Koch Pistols
XS Sights is now offering its R3D 2.0 hybrid pistol night sights to fit handguns manufactured by Heckler & Koch. The pistol models now covered are the HK VP9 series, HK P30 series, HK 45 series and HK 45C series. XS Sights R3D 2.0 iron sights are designed around defensive shooting. They are …
First Look: SIG Sauer MCX-Rattler LT
The SIG Sauer MCX Rattler platform was originally created to meet the demands of the US Special Operations community, including the ability to tailor the configuration of the gun to mission-specific requirements. Now all the breakthrough features of the original MCX-Rattler are available in a more modular and capable package. The MCX-Rattler LT is …
Behind the Bullet: 350 Legend
When game laws change or are modified to restrict a size or type of ammunition, it won’t be long until a product is made available to optimize the situation. Steel shot replaced lead shot for the waterfowlers almost 40 years ago now, but folks went to work to come up …
Review: Revic BR4 Laser Rangefinder
Known primarily as a maker of premium long-range hunting rifles, Gunwerks of Cody, Wyo., not only also specializes in shooting systems and training, but even spun off its own optics company back in 2013 with the creation of the Revic division. Here we review the Revic BR4, a compact and lightweight …
Handloads: A .45 ACP Semi-Wadcutter For Target Work
Shooting a large-diameter bullet has a lot of benefits—chief among them in target work is that the larger hole they produce has a better chance of breaking the line of the next highest scoring ring. To capitalize on this trait, wadcutter and semi-wadcutter (SWC) bullets were created to cut the …
Henry Repeating Arms Supports The First Responders Children’s Foundation
During a National First Responders Day ceremony in Times Square, Anthony Imperato, founder and CEO of Henry Repeating Arms, made a $25,000 donation to the First Responders Children’s Foundation. In December 2022, he also made $50,000 donation as part of his company’s Guns for Great Causes charitable program, which raised more than $1 million …
Editor’s Choice: Umarex Legends M3 Grease Gun
The original M3 “grease gun” was developed in the early 1940s and adopted by the U.S. Army in 1943 as a cost-saving alternative to the much more complex and difficult-to-produce Thompson submachine gun. In much the same vein, Umarex has now developed its own CO2-powered airgun version of the M3 …