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The new rifles for the Royal Marines Commandos and Ranger battalions will include Vortex scopes, Aimpont red dots. Elements of the United Kingdom’s Royal Marines Commandos and Ranger battalions will soon be fielding a version of the Knights Armament KS-1. The €90-million agreement covers a 10-year period and could see the ally …

Compatible with Tika short action and Remington 700 long action rifles. MDT has just announced some new fits for their PRS style ACC Elite Chassis system, which is now compatible with both the Tikka T3 Short action and Remington 700 Long Action CIP patterns, two actions which are extremely popular today …

Folding to slightly longer than its 16″ barrel, S&W’s FPC is an efficient, effective long gun for the format-conscious armed citizen. As firearm trainer Clint Smith famously noted, “The only purpose for a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should have never laid down.” A …

Vista Outdoor, parent company of 41 renowned brands that design, manufacture and market sporting and outdoor products to consumers around the globe, announced a definitive agreement to sell its Sporting Products business to Czechoslovak Group (CSG) on Oct. 1. The value of the all-cash transaction is $1.91 billion and includes ownership transfer …

The 1942 Disney children’s classic Bambi is getting a remake and chatter from Hollywood insiders suggests the reboot will not include one particularly critical scene. Not surprisingly, producers are leaving out the scene when the titular young fawn’s mother is presumably killed by a hunter. “Not to spoil the plot, …

In Oakland, Calif., when a 75-year-old woman alone in her home at 2 a.m. on July 26 realized intruders were inside, she defended herself by firing at them with a .357 Magnum from her bed. The burglars fired back at her repeatedly but fortunately failed to strike her. The men …

Redding Reloading has introduced a new line of Metric Bullet Seating Micrometers for rifle and handgun cartridges. Now, handloaders and reloaders can make fast, accurate changes to bullet seating depth with a metric measuring scale if preferred. Designed to exacting parameters, the micrometer sleeve sports both whole and half-millimeter increments. …

Davidson’s, a distributor and wholesaler in the United States’ firearms industry for guns, ammunition, optics and accessories, has partnered up with Heckler & Koch to collaborate on a limited edition version of the HK MR762A1 chambered in 7.62 NATO. The HK MR762A1 is the civilian version of HK’s famous military rifle also …

We recently had a chance to attend the Colt Experience at Range Ready in Robert, LA, and the program is quite impressive. As part of the Colt Experience program, participants received two full days of specialized instruction—and got to take the Colt Competition 1911 in 9 mm home with them at the end (okay, …

Safariland may be better known for their duty rigs, but there is also an excellent line of EDC holsters for folks like you and me. The Safariland Incog X Holster is just such an example. Unlike some of their other civilian holsters, this one relies on passive retention rather than the …