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Shooter’s Choice Celebrates 40th Anniversary
Shooter’s Choice is celebrating its 40th anniversary and marking the milestone with several changes, including a branding refresh and updates to its popular cleaning kit line. The changes are key to reestablishing Shooter’s Choice as a competitive, quality option for gun cleaning with four decades of knowledge and know-how packed into …
It’s a Tactical Problem
We just finished another team tactics class at Gunsite Academy and the class always ends with some force-on-force scenarios using Simunitions. The eye opener is that the best shot in the class does not necessarily do the best in the force-on-force, even though these scenarios are nearly always close-range problems. Simply put, …
First Look: Springfield Armory Gear Up Promotion
Springfield Armory has a new promotion which began on Friday, September 15th and will continue to run until the end of 2023. During that time, customers who purchase select Springfield Armory handguns will qualify to receive three additional magazines and a Springfield Armory dual pistol bag with Springfield’s “Crossed Cannon” logo. …
First Look: Swampfox Warhorse 1-6x FFP LPVO
Swampfox Optics just announced a new first-focal-plane (FFP), low-power variable optic (LPVO), the Warhorse 1-6X. The Warhorse is the next evolution of Swampfox riflescopes and was developed and extensively tested to meet the high expectations of the company’s existing customer base and needs of the modern rifle shooter. Designed for smooth …
Review: Smith & Wesson FPC Carbine
When I heard that Smith & Wesson was introducing a pistol-caliber carbine (PCC), I assumed it would be based on the company’s popular M&P15 line of AR-pattern carbines. That formula has worked for Colt for years, and more recently for Springfield Armory. Such an addition would build on the M&P15 series, adding …
I Have This Old Gun: Colt 1878 Double-Action Revolver
Colt’s Mfg. built its business with iconic single-action revolvers, like its Model 1860 Army and the iconic Single Action Army adopted by the U.S. military in 1873. By the late 1870s, however, double-action revolvers were becoming the norm, and Colt’s first attempt at such a design, the Model 1877, was plagued with problems. The company …
New For 2023: B&T USA APC9K SD2
In 2018, the U.S. Army announced a Sub-Compact Weapon (SCW) trial, which would choose a new submachine gun for use by its personal security detail (PSD) close protection units. The following year, the military announced that it had chosen the B&T USA APC9K Pro, with the U.S. Air Force adopting the same model …
Preview: Savior Equipment Pro S.E.M.A. Competition Backpack
At SHOT Show 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada, this past January, I had some downtime between meetings and wandered into the Savior Equipment booth because I saw the company’s display of a rifle in a guitar case, which are two things that I like. Along with boasting plenty of storage …
CONGRESSIONAL GUN CONTROL ACTIVISTS STILL WISHING FOR A PRESIDENTIAL MIRACLE
Wish they may, wish they might – gun control Democrats in Congress are still holding out hope President Joe Biden will deliver their biggest wish. What they shouldn’t hold is their breath. More than 60 antigun Democrats from the U.S. House and U.S. Senate sent a scathing letter to the president imploring …
GOA FORCES ATF TO BACK DOWN ON RETALIATORY LICENSE REVOCATION OF ND GUN STORE
Gun Owners of America (GOA) and the Gun Owners Foundation (GOF) are excited to announce that the ATF has backed down from attempting to revoke the FFL license of Morehouse Enterprises in Valley City, North Dakota. Previously, GOA and GOF had filed a lawsuit in defense of the gun retailer, which does …