On Monday, February 6, the New Mexico Senate Health & Public Affairs Committee will hold a public hearing on Senate Bill 171 by Sen. Bill Soules (D-Las Cruces), legislation that attempts to supersede federal law and make it a FELONY to manufacture, sell, transfer, or acquire a firearm sound suppressor and other National Firearms Act …

Rival Arms is entering the red-dot sight market with the introduction of the X1 Red Dot. The X1 is a three-MOA red dot the company said is “ideally suited for use on defensive pistols, target pistols, rifles, hunting and defensive shotguns.” The base sports a Trijicon RMR-compatible mounting system for …

Speer Ammunition has been awarded a French Police 9 mm NATO duty handgun ammunition contract to supply the nation’s largest law enforcement agencies with Speer 124-grain Gold Dot loads. Financial terms of the agreement—which could last for up to four years—were not released, although the company anticipates volume of its shipments …

Shadow Systems is releasing the new 9mm CR920P, a subcompact pistol that has an integrated compensator. The built-in patent-pending compensator does not make use of a threaded barrel, which makes it compliant in jurisdictions that have threaded-barrel bans. Instead, it uses a unique self-locking, self-indexing method of attachment. The idea behind …

New for 2023 from CZ-USA is the CZ 75 A01-SD OR pistol. Breaking down the name, it’s a classic double-action/single action pistol in CZ’s storied CZ 75 line, with the A01 line an outgrowth of the excellent Shadow series of pistols from CZ’s custom shop. Featuring a forged steel frame, cold-hammer forged …

Remington Ammunition recently introduced Premier Long Range, a high-quality line of centerfire rifle ammunition for big-game hunting at extended ranges. Featuring Speer’s revolutionary Impact bullet, Remington has now announced three new PRC loads that will be available in late 2023. “We’ve recently announced a full line of big game ammo with …

Beretta has announced the launch of a new turkey-hunting shotgun—the A300 Ultima Turkey. Featuring the classic mechanisms of the A300 platform, this new turkey shotgun includes enlarged controls, a seven-position Picatinny rail for optics, an enhanced loading port, a 24-inch barrel with a mid-bead and high-visibility front sight, and an extended Beretta mobile …

Q. Can you identify this .36-caliber percussion pistol? It has no serial number or markings of any kind, save the number 17 on two of the parts. I did not completely dismantle it. A. Judging from the pictures of the pistol you submitted, it would appear to be the Sidehammer Navy …

Kimber Mfg., well-known for its finely finished M1911 handguns and extensive history with bolt-action rifles, entered a new market for the company when it released its R7 Mako in 2021. The design was not just a micro-compact handgun, it was the first polymer-frame, striker-fired, subcompact handgun ever made by the company. We took …

The Stop Harassing Owners of Rifles Today (SHORT) Act will remove the unconstitutional taxation, registration, and regulation in the draconian National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA) of firearms such as Short Barreled Rifles (SBR), Short Barreled Shotguns (SBS), and Any Other Weapons (AOW). The SHORT Act is needed to push back against the Biden Administration’s attacks on …