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Magpul is introducing two new lines of magazines, one for today’s concealed carry pistols and another for modern rifles. The first is the AMAG series, initially offered for the popular SIG Sauer P320 pistol. Magpul found it difficult to create a polymer magazine that met their expectations of reliability and durability …

Leupold has announced the launch of a brand-new Mark 4HD family of riflescopes. The Mark 4HD series features a 4:1 zoom ratio and five magnification ranges, yielding an accurate and reliable option for close-quarter targeting, long-range dominance and everything in between. “The Mark 4HD family was designed to deliver incredible performance …

There are many rumors swirling around about the CSG Group’s pending purchase of Federal, CCI and Remington Ammunition. Like many of you, I was concerned. Vista Outdoor decided to separate its ammunition and accessory businesses. Then, in almost no time, a private purchaser announced it would buy the ammunition side. I, too, was curious …

Q. I am looking for the best accuracy with varmint bullets in the 50- to 60-grain range out of a .22-250 Remington rifle, but it appears twist rates range from 1:9″ to 1:14″. Can you help narrow down what will be best? A. When the .22-250 Rem. cartridge was developed, it was seen as …

Twenty years ago, prepping a rifle for a 1,000-yard shot was a daunting and expensive task. Back then, if somebody told you he had just set out into the world of long-range shooting and “bought a low-dollar scope just to get started,” you’d have known that he was in for …

Armed Citizen® Today Surveillance video at a 7-Eleven gas station in Auburndale, Fla., showed an alleged burglar being shot by the driver of a vehicle after the man assaulted him while he was in his car. Local investigators say the footage showed the suspect, identified as a 36-year-old Hispanic man …

Is that “vintage” rifle used, abused or somewhere in-between? Checking for problems before the purchase can save headaches down the road. A spike in new-firearm sales is the norm during all manner of modern crises. As these cyclical increases in buying drop available inventories, all sorts of used guns stream …

Most people have an insatiable desire for improvement. We want better homes, jobs and possessions—clothing, automobiles, cell phones, firearms—to name a few. We want something more, something “premium.” As American novelist Alfred Bertram Guthrie, Jr., said, “Good enough is never good enough.” Subscribing to this adage, Bainbridge, Ga.-based Taurus Holdings, Inc., …

This article, “Modernizing The ’94 Winchester” appeared originally in the January 1949 issue of The American Rifleman. To subscribe to the monthly magazine, visit NRA’s membership page. Lest someone accuse me of being a conservative reactionary or a tobacco-chewing old timer with a hankering for the ‘thutty-thutty’ days (which might be accurate), I want …

As the company did with its famous P226 model, SIG Sauer built on the popularity of its P320 line of handguns by introducing a .22 rimfire version, the P322, in 2022. New for 2024, SIG is expanding its P322 line-up by offering the competition-ready P322-COMP. The SIG P322-COMP takes the standard P322 and …