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Article first appeared at NRAmedia.org NRAmedia – FNH-USA’s semi-automatic version of the Squad Automatic Weapon, the M249S, is part of the company’s “Military Collectors” series. Constructed to the same specifications as the full-auto versions ordered by the military, the only difference with the 249S is the rate-of-fire.

Article first appeared at NRAmedia.org NRAmedia – Associate Editor Kelly Young heads to the range with a pump-action .30-’06 Sprg. rifle—the Remington 7600. Big Green is still building pump-action repeating rifles, and the 7600’s modern machining and utility-driven design, paired with one of America’s favorite deer cartridges, combines to create an …

Article first appeared at NRAmedia.org NRAmedia – Joe Kurtenbach joins professional firearm/personal-defense instructor Rob Pincus at the range to talk about Winchester‘s new USA Forged steel-case 9 mm ammunition. Not your granddad’s foreign-made steel case, the new handgun loads are made in the United States and utilize a manganese case coating …

Article first appeared at NRAmedia.org NRAmedia – Topped with a 3-10X 40 mm Nightforce SHV riflescope, a Nosler Model 48 Patriot rifle chambered in .28 Nosler is capable of taking most of the world’s big game—with real long-range advantages in trajectory and wind drift when compared to others using .30-cal. magnum …

  Article first appeared at NRAmedia.org NRAmedia – CMMG recently installed Krink-style devices to end of its Mk47 barrels, which lets them behave as a booster, flash suppressor, blast reducer, while slightly reducing recoil. The best part is that even though the barrel length of the new Mk47 AKS13 is still only …

Article first appeared at NRAmedia.org NRAmedia – Weatherby knows that women have been long been as equally skilled hunters as their male counterparts, despite that they have often chosen a rifle that might not necessarily fit her as well as it does her brother or husband. Now women no longer have to …

Article first appeared at NRAmedia.org NRAmedia – Daniel Defense is making its first foray into the .308 Win. platform with the new DD5v1. Featuring a four-bolt barrel connection system that does not utilize a barrel nut, an improved bolt carrier group, a configurable charging handle, an oversized trigger guard, a flared …

Article first appeared at NRAmedia.org NRAmedia – Savage Arms set the world on fire last year with the introduction of the A17 in .17 HMR, but the company is not finished with magnum rimfires yet. The new A22 Magnum is based on the A17, in which it offers the same delayed …

Article first appeared at NRAmedia.org NRAmedia – Bergara makes great barrels and has a solid action all its own. What it did not have was traditional style. American Rifleman‘s Mark Keefe suggested a classically styled American wood stock for Bergara and its engineers delivered it in spades. The B-14 Woodsman is …

Article first appeared at NRAmedia.org NRAmedia – New from Walther is an upgraded version of one of the gunmaker’s already solid handguns—the PPS M2. Available in 9 mm Luger and .40 S&W (starting in Spring 2016), the M2 retains the slim and compact dimensions that helped make the original PPS a …