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Smith & Wesson Model 22A Discontinued

Smith & Wesson discontinued the Model 22A line from its catalog, and has no public plans to reintroduce it at a later date.

Last year rumors began to circulate that Smith & Wesson was dropping the rimfire pistol from the company’s line up, but the gun remained on its site and in its catalog. I have since been able to confirm with a company spokesperson that the gun is now officially history.

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Rifles

Palmetto State Armory AK

Palmetto State Armory (PSA) is launching what may be one of the best values in AK-style rifles today. The new rifles are 100% made in the USA, establish a new standard and are very well priced.

PSA showed the new rifles at the 2015 SHOT Show in January, but have made a few tweaks since then. Let’s go over some of the details about these new rifles…

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Handguns

Remington R51 Update

(Ed. note: For the latest information on the R51, read my most recent update here.)

I spoke with a Remington representative at the 2015 NRA show about the status of the R51 pistol. There has been a wide range of speculation about the gun ever since it was recalled in 2014.

At that time, fixed guns were expected to be returned to owners by October 2014. It is now April 2015, and no guns have been returned to owners. So what gives? This is what I was told…

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The Why of the Glock 43

Donna Hobbs.

You probably don’t know Donna, but you should. She is the reason behind the new Glock 43. Donna, and millions like her.

The latest micro-9 was not developed for Donna because she is a woman, though the gun works perfectly well for her as a woman.

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Shotguns

Escort Raider Shotgun

The Escort Raider is one of the shotguns introduced this year by Turkish manufacturer Hatsan Arms Company.

Much like the Diamond SWAT 12 shotgun I previously discussed, the new Raider is a box magazine fed, semi-automatic scattergun. Unlike the Diamond-manufactured gun, Escort firearms are already imported into the United States by Legacy Sports, so I would expect these will have a higher probability of importation.

There are a number of different options and variants of the gun being introduced at the same time, so let’s go over everything.