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The Ruger Hawkeye Long Range Target Is Dead On with Factory Loads
My love for rifles in 6.5 caliber go back to my high school days. I was a senior who had already turned 18 and I was free to purchase any long gun I could afford, which wasn’t much. It was a Saturday...
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FN 509 MRD Pistol Released for Law Enforcment Agencies
FN America recently announced the release of the new FN MRD pistol. The MRD is an optics-ready duty pistol designed specifically for agencies considering using miniature red dot optic-equipped...
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Nighthawk Custom Trooper: First Look at Nighthawk’s New Do-It-All Pistol
For anyone who is a fan of the classic 1911, Nighthawk Custom should need no introduction. They are pretty much like the Maserati of the 1911 world. Nighthawk Custom was started in 2004 by four...
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WATCH: Hitting the Range With the New Nighthawk Trooper .45 ACP Pistol
The new Nighthawk Custom Trooper is billed as a “no frills, straight forward” approach to the timeless Government Model 1911. Further, with a black Nitride finish and clean lines, the Trooper delivers...
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Tactical Solutions Introduces X-Ring VR Series Rifles and Receivers
Tactical Solutions (TacSol) recently announced the release of its newest rimfire platform, the X-Ring VR series of rifles and receivers. Built on the Ruger 10/22 pattern, TacSol is widely known for...
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FIRST LOOK: Franchi Instinct LX Over-Under Shotgun
Franchi recently announced the debut of its latest over-under shotgun line, the Instinct LX. Delivering best-in-class ergonomics and upgraded featured in a beautifully styled shotgun, according to...
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Mossberg Patriot Predator Now Available in TrueTimber Strata Camo
TrueTimber recently announced that Mossberg’s Patriot Predator Rifle now features the popular Strata camouflage pattern. Moreover, designed to match a variety of terrains, the versatile pattern matches...
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WATCH: The Skinny on Springfield’s New Saint Victor Series
During the recent SHOT Show in Las Vegas, we caught up with the folks at Springfield Armory. Moreover, we jumped at the chance to learn a little more about the company’s newest line of rifles and...
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Weatherby Releases $10K, $6.5K Limited Edition Mark V Rifles
Weatherby recently announced the release of two commemorative rifles marking the company’s move from California to Sheridan, Wyoming. Moreover, the Limited Edition Mark V Wyoming Commemorative rifles...
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Century Arms Brings Back Romanian AES10B, PSL Rifles
Century Arms recently announced the company has began importing the popular AES10B and PSL rifles again. Moreover, the Romanian-produced arms remain small-quantity imports for Century Arms, making the...
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Hostiles Guns: How Accurate Was Christian Bale’s Latest Western?
Released in 2017, Hostiles is a Western film written and directed by Scott Cooper. The story is set in 1892 and follows U.S. Army Captain Joseph Blocker (Christian Bale), who is ordered to escort a...
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VIDEO: Is the Steyr Monobloc the Most Accurate Out-of-Box Rifle Ever?
Steyr Arms recently announced the debut of a truly unique new rifle platform, the Monobloc. Moreover, the Monobloc breaks new ground with a barreled action that is cold hammer forged from a piece of...
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Skillset Magazine Has Officially Joined the Athlon Outdoors Network
The Athlon Outdoors network is pretty substantial. You fans know, but for those who don’t, we have quite the stable of content. We have four websites — Tactical-Life.com; PersonalDefenseWorld.com;...
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Rock River Arms Adds SB Tactical Arm Brace to LAR 9 Pistol
Rock River Arms recently announced that SB Tactical Pistol Stabilizing Braces were added as standard components to variants of the LAR-9 pistol line. Moreover, the addition of SB Tactical braces adds a...
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We Modernized a Henry Big Boy All Weather and It’s Amazing
The popularity of the pistol-caliber carbine has grown exponentially over the last few years. More and more folks are seeing the value of a fast-handling carbine set up to fire a light-recoil...
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The Ruger PC Carbine May Be the Best Pistol-Caliber Carbine Out There
For the past few years, I’ve participated in Ruger’s quasi-annual survey that they send out to get information about their buyers and what products we want. Each year, I went to the effort of...
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The New Winchester Golden Spike Rifle Is Transcontinental Glory
Winchester is paying homage to America’s greatest achievement of the 19th century: the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad on May 10, 1869. Few events beyond the Civil War itself transformed...
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12-Gauge Bullpup Battle: Inter Ordnance Compact vs. Tristar Compact
Shotguns have been go-to firearms for generations. Double-barreled, pump-action and semi-auto scatterguns have all played important roles in civilian personal defense. Many law enforcement agencies...
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5 Modern Retro Rifles That Should Be in Your Collection
While hard to believe by many people, enough time has passed for Eugene Stoner’s original AR-pattern rifles to be classified as “Curios & Relics” by the government. How can a platform that is still...
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How to Build a Bare-Bones Vietnam AR Using Brownells Retro Parts
There’s never been a better time to indulge your retro AR nostalgia. I decided to build up my own retro AR based on Colt’s Model 601, the first production model to see military service and the...
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