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 …

Ruger’s newest rifle combines a 7.62 NATO chambering with an AR-15-size platform to create what might be the ultimate sport-utility rifle. For the past decade or so, the launch of a new AR-platform firearm has been hyped by the manufacturer with all sorts of claims about how it is faster …

As part of the company that includes the successful Bergara franchise, CVA entered long-range muzzleloading holding a wildcard that allows it to match or exceed custom performance with a production rifle. To an even greater extent than with cartridge guns, barrels are the key to frontloader accuracy, and ever since their introduction …

Affordable .22 rimfire rifles have been a traditional favorite for generations of American shooters. They’ve harvested a lot of small game, bounced many a tin can, and taught legions of young shooters the safe operation of firearms. Though they’ve fared less well in the competitive shooting arena, the newest addition …

The time has come for President Joe Biden and the rest of the gun control politicians to pack up the worn-out line that “no one needs an AR-15 to hunt deer.” Turns out, recreational target shooters and hunters do want Modern Sporting Rifles (MSRs). That’s the family of AR-platform [semiautomatic] …

It’s truly incredible what men will do to go around tyrannical bureaucrats and agents of the state infringing on our rights. In the long line of what has become a popular notion among liberty-loving patriots, that being 3-D printing which in many instances stops registration and tracking cold in its …