KelTec Releases the 5.7x28mm SUB2000 GEN3 5.7
If you follow KelTec on social media, you know they’ve been teasing a new product for a while now. They’ve been showing photos of 5.7x28mm rounds, a pistol style magazine and close cropped images of…
Rifles
Savage Adds Two New Color Options to the Model 42 Takedown
I’ve long been a fan of the Savage Model 24 over and under rifles. They’d been made since the late 30s, and were available in a myriad of rifle and shotgun caliber and gauge combos….
Smith & Wesson Adds the .45 Colt to the Model 1854 Lineup
If you like your .40 caliber numbers to end in 5 then you’re in luck. Smith & Wesson just added .45 Colt to the chamberings offered in the new Model 1854 lever action rifle line…
First Look: Smith & Wesson Goes Classic with Walnut on the Model 1854
When you think about lever-action rifles, the image of wood stocks and blued steel is probably what pops into your head. Typically, that is what you see when a new lever gun hits the market,…
Rossi Releases the LWC Lightweight Carbine
With the NRA Annual Meeting coming up we’re starting to see a flurry of new gun releases, and the latest one is from Rossi. I was pretty enamored with the .45 Colt/.410 Tuffy Survivor they…
Barely Legal Yet Positively Awesome: The M1A Scout Squad in Illinois
Thanks to the crypto currency Solana’s meteoric rise earlier this year, I could afford my own copy of the “great gun” Guns Save Life selected for our Great Guns 2024 drawing. For those who missed…
TOP MEN? US Navy Deletes Tweet of USS McCain Captain Shooting Backwards Scoped AR
What happens when your ships armorer can’t even install a scope in the right direction for a photo op with the ship’s commanding officer? Well, you embarrass not only your commanding officer but the entire…
Obscure Object of Desire – Stevens Little Scout 14 1/2
A long time ago, when I was a young man at the School of Infantry, an instructor told us we were apes. He talked about how, with female Marines, he could explain to them how…
Optics Review – Holosun HS512C Red Dot
The Holosun series of optics are quite broad these days. They’ve become one of the more creative companies on the market with night vision and thermal overlay red dots, extremely powerful weapon lights and micro-sized…
Gun Review – Extar EP9 Carbine
Firearms and affordability are tricky things. Some do it well, and others, well, who else bought a USFA ZIP 22LR? More than a few times, I’ve talked about pistol caliber carbines and large-format pistols, and…