Photos by Kenda Lenseigne The numbers don’t lie. 2,760 feet per second. About what you could expect from a 6.5 Creedmoor, lobbing a 140-grain bullet, with a .310 G7 ballistic coefficient. The MRAD ELR’s projectiles exit its barrel right about the same speed, but the other numbers are different. Those digits are why the gun…
Since the late 1800s Walther has been one of the most interesting and innovative firearm manufacturers in the world. While some brands with that much time and history behind them are content to take no risks and invent nothing different, Walther doesn’t stop. One of their latest takes on the modern handgun is the Walther…
Federal Ammunition has recently launched a ground-breaking long-action hunting cartridge focused on 7mm/.284 heavy-for-caliber bullets, raising the bar for what a non-magnum, centerfire rifle hunting load can achieve. Three numbers quickly back the innovation behind it: 20, 170 and 3,000. The all-new, Federal-designed 7mm Backcountry cartridge is boosted by the new, patented Peak Alloy case…
It can be argued that the AR-15 platform has been pushed to its mechanical apex. The near-infinite supply of aftermarket solutions for everything from triggers and BCGs to buffer systems, gas blocks, and muzzle devices means that there’s a combination of parts available for everyone’s perfect rifle. But old-fashioned American ingenuity doesn’t know when to…
Global Ordnance is an arms importer mostly known for bringing Eastern European shooters to American shores, but that isn’t all that they do. For the last couple years, they’ve been working with some American manufacturers to bring out their own unique models, and here’s the first: a 5.56 rifle named the Monolith. FEATURES & DETAILS…
By the time ATAC Defense launched their highly regarded line of AR rifles in 2020, they were already well-known to industry insiders for their white label OEM work. Even then we had suspicions they would branch out into the wider world of silencers, and now they have with the release of their 30 Below series…
Photos by Kenda Lenseigne When the 7.62 rifle in question was adopted by over 80 nations and served in a host of different roles, creating notable versions from epochs in history is a logical next step, once you’ve covered the basics. Clone building, but for men. DSA’s newest version of their FAL riffs on some…
Founded in 1565, Spain established the city of St. Augustine to protect its shipping route and claim to “La Florida.” Castillo de San Marcos was tasked with defending the town from encroaching British colonies in the north. Over a span of 80 years, the Spanish built nine wooden forts before constructing the Castillo de San…
Carry, Life, Taurus, Gunsite Brazil-based Taurus first got their start back in 1939 producing machine parts. They got into guns in 1941, heavily focusing on the American market starting in the 1970s. With a long reputation of questionable quality, a real, tangible shift started when Taurus moved their American headquarters from Miami, Florida, to Bainbridge,…
NEW from KE Arms is a shotgun Picatinny stock adapter for the Mossberg 500/590, Maverick 88, and Remington 870! Keeping things simple and doing it well is highly underrated, but that’s exactly what this adapter does. 1913 Picatinny stocks have gained a lot of popularity in the last few years and this adds one more…