Hiperfire Debuts Next Gen Compensators
Hiperfire has reduced the size and pricing of their first generation compensators, while simultaneously improving recoil reduction. To do so, the 5.56 NATO and 9mm Luger comps had to have the same form factor as the Mil Birdcage flash hider, while still exceeding previous recoil performance. Instead of finding this combination using …
Hardware: Browning X-Bolt Pro McMillan
I’ll admit it—I’m a rifle snob. I like accurate rifles, and vintage rifles and light mountain hunting rifles. Being said snob, I was excited to meet Browning’s new X-bolt Pro McMillan chambered in my favorite Western hunting cartridge; the .280 Ackley Improved. On paper, it’s a rifle built right; Browning’s legendary X-Bolt action, McMillan’s …
Gun Cleaning For People Who Hate It
I hate to clean guns. In fact, I consider it slave labor forced on me as a debt that’s due for the pleasure of shooting, which I love to do. I not only shoot for a living, testing guns and writing about them, but on my rare days off I am …
NRA Gun of the Week: Colt’s Gold Cup Trophy
Colt’s Manufacturing Company, LLC, has long been known for its 1911s over the past century, as it was the company that introduced the famous Browning design to the world stage. The Gold Cup Trophy is also a part of this long legacy, having been the standard for competition pistols for decades. …
NRA Reacts to the Withdrawal of the David Chipman Nomination
FAIRFAX, Va. — The National Rifle Association today celebrates a major victory for our members and law-abiding gun owners as news reports indicate the nomination of David Chipman to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives will be withdrawn. “This critical win is thanks to NRA members who flooded …
The ATF Won’t Be Run By Chipman
“The White House will withdraw the nomination of David Chipman to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives,” CNN is reporting. And so, with anonymous leaks to favored news outlets, the Biden administration is pulling back the nomination of Chipman, an anti-Second Amendment activist who worked as a senior adviser for …
Beretta Ships Last M9 to U.S. Military
The first week of September closed a chapter on small arms for the United States military. Beretta USA marked the occasion with a simple note on its Facebook page with little fanfare, no press release scheduled and characteristic modesty when asked for more details. “Last week marked an end of an era …
August Gun Sales Down But Demand Continues
August firearm sales, estimated by volume of NICS checks conducted by the FBI, came in at 1.4 million units according to Small Arms Analytics & Forecasting (SAAF). The figure represents a drop of 16.8 percent compared to last year, but in a press release last week SAAF Chief Economist put …
The Canadian Ross Rifle in Ireland
Of all the array of firearms in the hands of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) during the 1919-1921 Anglo-Irish War (or “Irish War of Independence”), the Canadian .303 Ross rifle is perhaps the oddest one in the IRA’s inventory. While there certainly were not many Ross rifles in the whole of Ireland, …
Savage Arms Impulse: A Game-Changing Straight-Pull Rifle?
With the unveiling of the Savage Arms Impulse, the legacy gunmaker well-known for accurate barrels, trend-setting innovation and great value has set its sights on an elusive goal: changing America’s inclinations toward the straight-pull rifle. Related to the bolt-action, this operating system has been around since the late 1800s, and for …