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 …

ATF Budget hikes, Gun Registration, Gun Confiscation and More … The Swamp wants to fill our stockings with gun control this Christmas. They’re about to vote on a $1.7 TRILLION, 4,155-page omnibus that was drafted at 1:30 in the morning that would give the ATF a massive budget hike, and …

The new Recon 38 modular gun safe from Shakopee, Minn.-based Steelhead Outdoors sports a flat textured black finish with graphite colored logo and handle, along with custom blacked-out hardware. The Recon 38’s construction, like other safes made by Steelhead Outdoors, has a fully dry insulation system, so there’s no need …

John Moses Browning’s venerable single-action semi-auto has has over a century of evolution and is still standing strong. The gun that beat the Savage Model 1907 to become the US Military’s M1911 is now being given the Savage treatment, with twelve different models, chambered in your choice of 9mm or 45 …

FN America, LLC, the American branch of the world renowned and legendary Belgian gunmaker, Fabrique Nationale de Herstal (FN) is announcing the release of its first commercial pistol suppressor in the United States. The FN Rush 9Ti is titanium hybrid 9mm pistol suppressor designed to be paired with the FN …

Rimfire firearms don’t immediately come to mind when one thinks of SIG Sauer, a company that prides itself on its tactical guns. But while .22 LR firearms aren’t a major part of SIG’s DNA, it hasn’t ignored them, either.  The SIG 522 rifle, for instance, followed the lines of the legendary …

Two of the most useful tools a hunter can carry are a binocular and a laser rangefinder. Mix those into one package, add atmospheric capability and stir in a ballistic calculator and you possess an almost magical instrument. Now, this strategy is not entirely new; several optic companies, Leica among them, have …

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 …