The Smith & Wesson M&P 5.7 Series
The 5.7x28 mm cartridge seems to be improving in popularity to the point where many of the major gun companies, in addition to FN, are now fielding models available for this chambering. Likewise, it's now easier than ever before to find 5.7x28 mm ammunition loaded by major cartridge companies...
The Vang Comp TAC-14 Deluxe
Have you ever gotten an email that makes you think, I don't need a retirement account? Or maybe, do all of my kids have to go to college? That's how I felt when Vang Comp sent out an email showing that their new TAC-14 Deluxe had dropped. To be...
Sweat, Lead And Steel: Barrett Firearms
In the world of firearms, there are many companies around the world with histories spanning several generations. And some of these, even centuries, like a certain northern Italian gunmaker if you will...
Barrett Firearms
On the flip side, there's Tennessee based Barrett Firearms headed up by Ronnie Barrett who designed...
The NIVA XM1970 – An Infantry Recoilless Rifle
Swedish firearms manufacturer Carl Gustafs stads gevärsfaktori, hereby known as Carl Gustafs, makes some really cool stuff. My personal favorite is the M/45, aka the Swedish K. The American military uses the M3 MAAWS, an 83mm recoilless rifle. Most of their designs are solid, reliable, and well-made. Others are...
Rise Armament Iconic 2-Stage Drop-In Trigger
The premise behind the Rise Armament ICONIC two stage trigger is to provide a drop-in trigger for modern AR-pattern firearms that has two completely independent stages. This arrangement provides the shooter with the feel and quickness of a single stage trigger but with the control and precision of a...
Republicans Barely Mention Gun Rights At RNC
The Republican National Convention started today, and the news cycle is dominated by the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump over the weekend. Historically, Trump has not been a very gun-friendly President. He didn't do much for gun rights during his term and even used an executed fiat...
FN’s Catch 22 Ti Rimfire Suppressor
FN's Catch 22 rimfire suppressor is a modern designed titanium suppressor that is able to handle all of today's rimfire chamberings including .22 LR, .22 Long, .22 Short, .22 WMR (Magnum) along with .17 HMR. Besides the ability to handle all of these diverse cartridges, the FN Catch 22...
SIG Sauer’s Forgotten Guns
SIG Sauer has been around a lot longer than most people realize. SIG and Sauer combined forces in 1976, but if we go back in time to the Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft, we find it started in 1853. Sauer goes back even further and has a heritage dating back to...
American Rounds Vending Machine Sweep The World (kind of)
Who knew if you wanted to get anti-gun advocates riled up, you just had to create an ammo dispensing vending machine? In a move straight out of the Borderlands series of video games, a little company called American Rounds created a series of vending machines designed to dispense ammunition....
The Model 10 and the Practical Shotgun Course
I recently stumbled across three PDFs that preserved a series of pamphlets published by High Standard from 1965 to 1968. These pamphlets were designed to educate police departments looking to train their troops in the art of the shotgun. Of course, as they educated the police officers, they also...