This article appeared originally in the February 2007 issue of American Rifleman. To subscribe to the magazine, visit the NRA membership page and select American Rifleman as your member magazine. The ground was dry and dust trailed behind me as I slowly walked the 100 yards along the bullet’s path. My hand gripped the rifle’s …

Though the Bergara Premier action closely resembles one of the most popular bolt-action rifle designs of the modern era, the Remington Model 700, the Premier also includes a feature many folks are accustomed to seeing in the actions of Model 110s from Savage: the floating bolt head. This feature is …

Cabot Guns about its Gun of the Month subscription program: “The program is for elite collectors, enthusiasts and connoisseurs of the 1911 style.” Cabot Guns on Wednesday announced its 2023 Gun of the Month Club Collection. Subscribers will receive custom limited-edition offerings of the classic 1911 each month of the …

Firearm: Charter Arms Bulldog (MSRP: $452.20) We’ve got an unconventional choice for today’s kit in the Charter Arms Bulldog. While we’re no stranger to five-shot revolvers, they are almost always in the .38 Special or .357 Magnum variety. Some people prefer, as the cliché goes, a firearm which has a caliber starting …

Bundeswehr, the Federal Republic of Germany’s armed forces, will begin receiving shipments of two variants of the Heckler & Koch HK416A8 rifle sometime in 2024. The nation’s military has officially designated the models G95A1 and G95KA1, which will wear 16.5- and 14-inch barrels, respectively. The country’s special forces already field a 14.5-inch …

The last time Savage Arms focused on the M1911 design, the company was on the opposite side of it during the 1907 U.S. Army Pistol Trials, where the company’s Model 1907 Savage pistol, chambered in .45 ACP, underwent a thorough test against what was then the Model 1907 designed by John Browning …

In 1957, Davide Pedersoli launched the business bearing his name in Italy, at first specializing in the production of over-under and side-by-side shotguns for hunting. Word of the quality coming out of his factory quickly spread, though, and a few years later, Val Forgett, Jr. was knocking at the door. It was …

Smith and Wesson has just added another pistol to its new M&P 2.0 metal-framed series product line, the Performance Center M&P M2.0 Competitor. The Performance Center M&P M2.0 Competitor is an out-of-the-box, match-ready 9mm pistol made from stainless steel and aluminum. Its 5-inch stainless steel barrel and slide with aggressive lightening …

FN developed its 509 pistol platform as an entrant for the Army’s Modular Handgun System trials, and while the company’s design wasn’t adopted by the military, it proved to be an incredibly popular option on the commercial market. Since its introduction, 17 different models have come available available under the 509 banner. As a …

Q. I recently acquired a Model 629 Smith & Wesson revolver. It has the 83⁄8“ barrel and S&W wood stocks. The yoke has “G23” over “42995,” and on the right side, it is marked with “AYF3198” over “M-629-1.” If I didn’t know it to be a 629, I would swear it was …