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Benelli at SHOT Show 2023 earlier this month in Las Vegas, Nev., announced the expansion of its Lupo lineup this year with two new calibers in a walnut stock platform. The Benelli Lupo bolt-action rifle in AA-Grade satin walnut is ideal for shooters who appreciate the look and feel of …

Baschieri & Pellagri USA recently announced the NEXT line of shotgun ammunition, which the company described as providing competitive shooters “a new generation in shotshell innovation.” Shotshells in the Baschieri & Pellagri NEXT ammunition lineup are loaded with the company’s new Green Core wad, which is crafted from 100-percent biodegradable …

Armasight is releasing a new flagship thermal optic line, the Contractor 640 series. The Contractor 640 thermal optic product line includes three different models, all which have different magnification levels and sizes. The Contractor 640 series is a long eye relief MIL-STD thermal scope and is ideal for night or …

Diving ever further down the rabbit hole that is reloading your own ammunition, I found myself on an unusually warm November morning trudging through the sand that makes up my Eastern Long Island Range towards a set of post-up targets. Not one or two, mind you, but ten individual targets. This can only mean …

Dr. Edward Maynard listed his principal occupation as “dentist,” and in the mid-to-latter part of the 19th century catered to an elite Washington, D.C. clientele, serving in high-level positions at respected dental institutions. Today, however, he is best known for his achievements in firearm development, Maynard’s mechanical acumen being responsible …

A lifetime of work led me to write the book America’s Rifle: The Case for the AR-15. I began challenging “assault-weapon” bans when California passed the first state ban in American history, the Roberti-Roos law of 1989. At the time, the Ninth Circuit ruled that the right to keep and bear arms …

One of the very first really tactical holsters was designed in the early 1900’s by the S.D. Myres Saddle Company and named after Tom Threepersons, the El Paso gunfighter. The Threepersons holster was designed to securely hold the revolver with a minimum of leather and allow for a truly quick …

The newly elected members of the U.S. Congress are shown here on the steps of the Capitol Building. Two things are simultaneously true. One: That the Republican party did not get the “red wave” that it had hoped for in the 2022 midterm elections. Two: That the Republican party improved …

Steiner Optics Company is unveiling a new LPVO (low powered variable optic) as part of its new, fully American-made T-Series riflescope product line. The T6Xi 1-6×24 LPVO is a first-focal-plane (FFP) optic, which means that the reticle either grows or shrinks depending on the specific magnification setting the optic is set …

Speer and CCI, subsidiaries of Vista Outdoor Group, are rolling out two brand new ammunition products this year. The first is CCI’s new Clean-22 Hyper Velocity .22 LR cartridge. This new rimfire cartridge has a muzzle velocity of approximately 1,550 fps and uses a purple colored, polymer coated projectile that not only …