Smith & Wesson Announces the New Response 9mm Pistol Caliber Carbine
Smith & Wesson just dropped a new 9mm pistol caliber carbine (PCC), the Response. When I first caught the rumors on the Response on Reddit prior to the official release I thought it was...
SIG SAUER Expands its Cross Hunting Rifle Line With the New Cross Magnum
SIG SAUER hit it out of the park with its bolt action CROSS hunting rifle. See our full review here and JWT's post chronicling a year of hunting with the rifle here. Now SIG's...
AR-15 Rifle Basics: Understanding Iron Sights
There is literally no end to the number of items that can be mounted on an AR-15 rifle in some fashion, whether it's a high-end $4,000 scope designed for extreme range shooting or a...
How To Custom Dye Your Polymer Gun Parts
Over the last couple years I have featured a couple of AR builds here at TTAG and elsewhere that had Russian Bakelite colored stocks and mags. Some people really loved the look of them...
Gun Review: Wilson Combat NULA Model 20 Bolt Action Rifle
It was so light I thought Wilson Combat had sent me an empty soft case.
Unzipping the rifle case I realized what was inside, the newest addition to the Wilson Combat line, a precision .308...
Heritage Manufacturing Releases a Trio of Rimfire Lever Guns
Heritage Manufacturing is known for their affordable single action revolvers but their latest release, while staying true to that Old West theme, is something new. While they've done some neat revolving carbines before their...
Do You Know the Difference Between a Flash Hider, a Compensator and a Muzzle...
I hear the terminology for different muzzle devices misused and mangled frequently. As in...a lot. And it's not just newbies who are guilty of mis-identifying these things. Plenty of "gun guys" don't really know...
Obscure Object of Desire: Mossberg M44US .22LR Training Rifle
US military service weapons fall into two categories: expensive or impossible to obtain. Machine guns are virtually impossible, and everything else is expensive. Look at the prices of Garands or those CMP 1911s. They...
How I spent my Summer Vacation: The Season of the AR Builds, Part III
Although most of my summer was spent doing retro or retro-inspired AR builds, I had enough time for a few more modern builds as well.
Something New
My first build started a little before the summer...
FN’s Making a Limited Run of SCAR 17S DMR Rifles in 6.5 Creedmoor
From FN . . .
FN America, LLC is pleased to announce the release of a limited production of the FN SCAR 17S Designated Marksman Rifle, or DMR, chambered in 6.5 Creedmoor. The mid-range designated marksman configuration...
How I Spent My Summer Vacation: AR-15 Rifle Builder Edition, Part Deux
If you read my first post on how I spent my summer vacation, you know I built a few rifles. But that was just part of my summer production. I still had time and...
Spikes Tactical Partners With Student of the Gun to Create the Lexington & Concord...
Student of the Gun and Spike’s Tactical have partnered to create the “Lexington & Concord” rifle, an Instrument of Liberty. This AR-15 style firearm is available for purchase directly from Spike’s Tactical of Apopka,...