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2023 New Optics Guide: Dot Sights

2023 New Optics Guide: Dot Sights

In a recent interview, Ken Campbell, the CEO of Gunsite, said in a recent interview that 60% of the pistols the classes there were topped with a red dot optic of some kind. Will the electronic dot sight take over the pistol market the same way that low power optics and dot sights did in rifles? Only time will tell, but the trend is definitely heading in that direction. Read More

Powder Valley Debuts New Website - Exclusive Shipping Offer to NRA Subscribers

Powder Valley Debuts New Website - Exclusive Shipping Offer to NRA Subscribers

Powder Valley is proud to offer FREE SHIPPING on orders over $99 exclusively to NRA subscribers with code NRA0723. Powder Valley's revamped website offers a wide selection of high-quality reloading supplies, ammo, shooting gear, and more at an excellent value. Offer expires 8/31/23. Exclusions apply. Read More

Improve Your Odds with the Browning X-Bolt Speed Rifle

Improve Your Odds with the Browning X-Bolt Speed Rifle

The Browning X-Bolt Speed rifle is a sure way to improve your odds this hunting season. Available in popular calibers, Speed rifles have a tough Cerakote finish for superior protection, a fluted sporter contour barrel, removable muzzle brake, and a lightweight composite stock in OVIX camo. Read More

Blackhawk's Stache™ IWB Holster is Designed to be Dialed In

Blackhawk's Stache™ IWB Holster is Designed to be Dialed In

Some holsters feel like they're a screw's turn away from being a great fit. Blackhawk's Stache™ IWB holster has a modular design that lets you turn "so close" into "just right." Tighten or loosen your passive retention, adjust the cant or add custom attachments — with Stache, you can carry your way. Read More

Review: Brownells FM-15 Gen. II Side-Charging Rifle

Review: Brownells FM-15 Gen. II Side-Charging Rifle

While I'm a huge fan of AR-15 platform rifles, I've always felt the weak link here was the bolt charging handle. It's not only possible to bend that handle when charging the rifle, the whole pull back approach to charging can be very awkward. Read More

The Complete Package from HK and Holosun

The Complete Package from HK and Holosun

• Includes Direct-mount Holosun SCS
• Co-witness with Standard Factory Sights
• Natural Aiming – No Searching for Dot
• Solar Charging – Requires no Batteries
• Available in Full-size VP9 or Compact VP9SK
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Review: Hi-Point Carbine in 30 Super Carry

Review: Hi-Point Carbine in 30 Super Carry

While people think Sir Edmund Hillary responded "Because it's there" to the question of why he climbed Mount Everest, it was actually an earlier climber, George Mallory, who made that infamous statement. That's neither here nor there, but it is germane to the creation of a carbine platform for the 30 Super Carry round, one previously thought of—if thought of at all in its relative infancy—as exclusively for handguns. Read More

Nosler Ballistic Tip Ammo: An Off Switch for Whitetail

Nosler Ballistic Tip Ammo: An Off Switch for Whitetail

Ballistic Tip Ammunition is made for knocking down whitetail, right where they stand. Nosler's original Ballistic Tip bullet is the key: it delivers the controlled expansion and punch you need turn a whitetail's lights out. For off switch-level performance, it's got to be Ballistic Tip Ammo. Read More

2023 New Optics Guide: Riflescopes

2023 New Optics Guide: Riflescopes

The world of optics is ever-expanding, with new innovative products coming to market every week. From red dots to low power zooms to the latest and greatest electronic aiming system, the list of new products goes on and on. However, when you say "optic on firearm," most people will think of the long-range scope set on a quality, well-built rifle. Fortunately for all us, that segment of the market is more alive and vibrant than ever before. Here's what's new in rifle optics for 2023. Read More

2023 New Optics Guide: Thermal Vision

2023 New Optics Guide: Thermal Vision

It used to be that the only way to get a thermal optic on your rifle was to join the military. Things have changed, however, and a thermal vision scope will cost you as much as a higher-end magnifying optic. Look for this trend to continue (and the size of the optics to shrink as well) in the future. Read More

Suppressor Accessories

Suppressor Accessories

Get the most out of your sound suppressor with the following products. Read More

Review: GPS Handgunner Backpack

Review: GPS Handgunner Backpack

Tired of struggling to transport and organize your firearms and shooting accessories? Look no further than the GPS Handgunner Backpack, an alternative to the traditional range bag. It's better organized and easier to carry. Read More

Single Point Convergence

Single Point Convergence

If you are a shooter seeking to elevate your skills to the next level a definitive milestone would be if your aimpoint, trigger point, impact point and recover point were all one and the same. A simple enough concept to grasp mentally, but not as easy a task to perform when held to a higher demand for accuracy and time. Read More

More Thoughts On The Defensive Shotgun

More Thoughts On The Defensive Shotgun

One of the reasons that the shotgun is often overlooked as a defensive tool is recoil. Folks who have spent a lot of time shooting the .22 LR, .223 Rem. or even the lighter-caliber deer rifles either don't know how to manage recoil or have gotten sloppy about it. Read More

I Carry: Palmetto State Armory Dagger 9mm Pistol in an Alien Gear Holster

I Carry: Palmetto State Armory Dagger 9mm Pistol in an Alien Gear Holster

Palmetto State Armory's new Dagger represents a family of polymer-frame, striker-fired 9 mm pistols that clearly draw some inspiration from the Glock G19 and G17 pistols. There are optics-ready models, models with threaded barrels, models with lightening cuts on the slide; there's a staggering variety of options available. Read More

First Look: Taurus TH 45 Pistol

First Look: Taurus TH 45 Pistol

Taurus USA is now offering a new model in the TH series of polymer-frame, hammer-fired DA/SA (Double Action/Single Action) pistols chambered for the classic American .45 ACP handgun cartridge. The Taurus TH 45 ships with two 13-round magazines, and its polymer frame is outfitted with ambidextrous safeties. Read More

First Look: Galco Triton 3.0 Holster for M&P Pistols

First Look: Galco Triton 3.0 Holster for M&P Pistols

Galco Holsters has recently added Smith and Wesson's flagship standard service size semi-automatic pistols, the M&P9 and M&P40 pistols, to fit the Triton 3.0 carry holster. The Galco Triton 3.0 is a Kydex holster that is cut to clear slide mounted electronic red dot sights. Read More

First Look: Model 2020 Rimfire Rifles From Springfield Armory

First Look: Model 2020 Rimfire Rifles From Springfield Armory

Springfield Armory is releasing a new line of bolt-action rimfire rifles, the Model 2020 Rimfire family. The blued Model 2020 Rimfire in .22 LR is offered in both wood-stocked and synthetic-stocked versions and offers shooters a refined bolt-action rifle with the quality and performance you've come to expect from Springfield Armory. Read More