Mere days ahead of the 2013 SHOT Show, we get out first glimpse at the Ruger Guide Gun. The new series of rifles are rugged, compact rifles weighing between 8 to 8.12 pounds. The guns are chambered in serious calibers: .30-06, .300 Win Mag, .338 Win Mag, .375 Ruger, .300 RCM and .338 RCM. When the…
Update: I just watched this video (click here) of the MPAR-556 Gen II being run in a competition shoot by the guys at Full30. I was not impressed by its performance. MasterPiece Arms is releasing more information on the new MPAR 556, the company’s new piston driven AR rifle. The new rifle sounds like it…
Weatherby announced they will be producing the new Vanguard 2 Back Country rifles in 2013. The Back Country rifles feature many of the same features found in other Weatherby rifles, but the guns are designed with an eye toward reliability in rugged, off-the-beaten-path areas. First of all, the rifles are lightweight, coming in at just 6.75…
I’ve got more information (and photos) of the new Diamondback DB15 rifles I first mentioned last month. After seeing them in the databases of a major gun dealer, I knew they were real, but I just didn’t have photos to share. That’s all changed now that Diamondback posted their pretty new AR’s online. A variety…
MasterPiece Arms is now making a short barrel rifle (SBR) version of their 5.7×28 gun. The new SBR has a threaded 8″ barrel for the included muzzle brake, or for the MPA Suppressor (which is shown in these photos but does not come with the gun). Yes, all NFA rules do apply. The MPA57SST-SBR (aka MasterPiece…
Russian arms manufacturer JSC Izhmash is gearing up to produce the Saiga-9 carbine, a civilian version of the Vityaz-SN submachine gun. Â The new Saiga-9 will be chambered in 9mm (aka 9×19). The new carbine was introduced at the 2012 Russian Hunting and Sporting Goods show in September. Currently, I don’t have much information on the…
The Browning X-Bolt rifle is now available in the .375 H&H Magnum big game cartridge. Browning in chambering the X-Bolt Hunter and X-Bolt Medallion in the powerful cartridge, offering shooters a choice in the quality of finishing details. The Hunter has a “low-luster” blued finish. The checkered walnut stock has a satin finish. The Medallion…
I don’t much care for pink guns. Too many of them are simply the standard model firearm, dipped in pink and marketed as a “gun for girls.” However, I do like pink guns with attitude. That is exactly what Smith & Wesson is selling through Talo Distributors. S&W is making two custom versions of the…
Another New to the NRA item that caught my eye is the .300 Win Mag AR platform rifle by NEMO. In recent months the AR-platform has seen an explosion of offerings in the .30 caliber area, especially in the hot new .300 AAC BLK cartridge. NEMO is making a bold step into the arena and…
In keeping with the 2012 SHOT Show trend, I’ll be looking at ArmaLite‘s offering in the newer .300 BLK chambering. I got a chance to handle their new rifle at their booth, and I learned a few things along the way. Before getting into the details of the ArmaLite .300 BLK rifle, I thought it…
SIG SAUER, Inc. combines the ingenuity of SIG SAUER GmbH in Germany and Swiss Arms AG in Switzerland. Long known for producing superior firearms, SIG SAUER has announced that it will begin production of the SIG SAUER 551-A1 as the civilian version of the SG 551 that is currently being used by the Swiss Army….
There are many names in quality sniper rifles, and CZ now appears ready to add their name to the contenders. CZ was showing off their CZ 550 Urban Counter Sniper rifle at the 2012 SHOT Show. The rifle design showed a lot of promise, and the materials addressed many needs of tactical operators. If the…
Smith & Wesson has been busy retaking the law enforcement and personal defense world with their M&P series that there weren’t too many new things to view at their booth this year. However, I did find the VTAC II M&P 15 and I thought I’d share it with you. Nothing earth shattering in design, but…
[Aaron caught up with Olympic Arms at the 2012 SHOT Show and took a look at their new K16 300 SST chambered for the 300 BLK cartridge.] By now most readers will realize that there has been an explosion in rifle offerings in .300 Blackout (BLK). The .300 Blackout cartridge came about to fulfill the…
CMMG announced several new products at the 2012 SHOT Show. Aaron caught up with them and took a look at the new CMMG Revolution and CMMG M300 rifles. Being from Missouri I had to stop by and check out the latest from CMMG. At the CMMG booth, I talked with Larry Wayland who sells their…
Yeah, I said AR-Muzzleloader! We here at Gunsholstersandgear.com try to bring you the latest and greatest in firearms and related accessories – especially during SHOT SHOW. So here it is. Being from Missouri I had to check out CMMG – especially since I heard they had some new rifles in the ever-increasingly-popular .300 Blackout cartridge…
Heckler & Koch brought some new toys to Media Day 2012. The rifle that caught my attention the most was the new H&K MR762A1. This rifle is the 7.62 mm version modeled after the company’s MR556A1, which is chambered in 5.56 mm. This is the civilian model of the H&K 416 that was developed for…
TSD Combat Systems, one of the companies affiliated with Gabe Suarez, is now shipping the CQB Kalashnikov. This is a thoroughly modern AK system designed for fighting.
Ahead of the 2012 SHOT Show, Magnum Research announced a new .22 LR rifle called the MLR22AT. This rifle is part of the Magnum Lite series of rimfire rifles offered from Magnum Research. The MLR22AT uses a graphite bull barrel which is supposed to be six times stiffer than steel, up to a pound lighter…
I may be the last person to have heard, but CMMG is making AR-style rifles chambered for the .300 BLK cartridge. (As it turns out, I was not. I got an e-mail from a guy who had been stranded in the arctic for the past six months who had not heard about these rifles either.) Essentially,…
So it’s early November and all over the country hunters are in the fields stalking that buck of a lifetime. The cool air has arrived, leaves are falling, and some areas of the country already have snow. Rifle season has already begun in some areas, and in others the opening of the rifle season is…
