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Crimson Trace Rail Master Light

Crimson Trace Corp. introduced the Rail Master laser at the 2012 SHOT Show, and now follows the success of that product with a new 100-lumen white light, which has a two-hour burn time and fits any gun that has a Picatinny rail. Watch video as Iain Harrison highlights the other features of this light, which will be available May 1, 2012.

April 18, 2012

Crimson Trace Green Lasers

Crimson Trace Corp. announced that its first green laser will be available in the third quarter of 2012 and will be implemented with the existing Lightguard platform. In the second phase of the green-laser inroduction, which will occur in 2013, brand-new technology will be employed to shrink the diode and provide it in the same size package as the existing laser. Learn more in this video of Iain Harrison as he demonstrates the laser and explains why you should give it a try.

April 18, 2012

Barrett Donates $69K to HAVA

Ronnie Barrett of Barrett Firearms presented a check for more than $69K to Tom Taylor, chairman of Honored American Veterans Afield (HAVA) during the NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits on April 14, 2012. The donation was the proceeds from an auction in which Barrett Firearms gave away the 30th tribute M107A1, a nickel-Teflon coated .50-caliber rifle engraved with the 30th Anniversary logo and “Rifle 1 of 1”. 

April 16, 2012

Benelli M2 3-Gun

Attracting a lot of attention at the 2012 NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits at St. Louis, Mo., is the Benelli M2 3-Gun, a performance 12-gauge semi-automatic shotgun.

April 16, 2012

Franchi Instinct SL

Franchi’s Instinct SL over-under combines Italian tradition and craftsmanship with innovation.

April 16, 2012

Stoeger Model 3000 Shotgun

Stoeger's new Model 3000 is a 3-inch, 12-gauge, Inertia Driven semi-automatic shotgun that handles loads up to 3-inch Magnums without adjustment.

April 16, 2012

Stoeger Airguns X20 Suppressor

Stoeger Airguns's latest innovation is the X20 Suppressor.

April 16, 2012

Three New Guns for 2012 from SIG Sauer

Three exciting new guns from SIG Sauer made an appearance at the 2012 NRA Annual Meetings: the P224 handgun, the P938 and the SIG 716 Patrol Rifle.

April 16, 2012

Kel-Tec KSG Shotgun

Ryan Williams, design engineer for Kel-Tec, showcased the company's first entry into the shotgun market, the KSG shotgun, at the 2012 NRA Annual Meetings. Weighing in at 6.9 pounds, the KSG has an overall length of 26.1 inches and an 18.5-inch cylinder bore barrel. MSRP is $880.

April 16, 2012

Barrett MRAD

Barrett's MRAD rifle won a 2012 NRA Golden Bullseye Award for Rifle of the Year, which it received during the NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits at St. Louis. We visited with Chris Barrett at the show to learn more about the unique features of the rifle that make is so worthy of the honor. See what he had to say by watching the video below.

April 16, 2012

Uberti Silverboy Lever-Action

With much focus these days tactical and high-capacity, faster firearms, it's refreshing when a manufacturer tempers the speed a bit with an old-fashioned lever gun. The Uberti Silverboy is a small-bore, all-original lever-action rifle chambered in .22 LR. In the video below, Steve McKelvain of BenelliUSA talks about the features of this rifle. 

April 14, 2012

Two Classics from Remington: One New, One Old

Assistant Product Manager for Remington Arms Eric Lundgren walks us through the very versatile Versa Max shotgun, now available in the Versa Max Tactical model.

April 14, 2012

Norma USA Professional Hunter American Ammo

Launched in early 2012, the momentum continues for Norma USA's line of premium component ammunition. Long favored by European and African hunters, Americans now enjoy the same high quality of the Norma brass with the lighter weight and higher velocity American hunters seek. 

April 14, 2012

Bore-tips by Swab-Its Gun & Bore Cleaning Swabs

What do you do when your company, which has operated for 65 years, sends its operations overseas? In the case of Bore-Tips by Swab-Its, the company simply reinvented itself and its product to meet the needs of an entirely different industry.

April 14, 2012

UTS-15 Polymer Tactical Shotgun

Talk about cool. Five years in the making, originally at the request of a major U.S. gun manufacturer who wanted a lightweight, full-capacity polymer pump-action shotgun, the UTS-15 military and police combat shotgun is the first shotgun ever produced with a 100-percent polymer receiver. More than 80 percent of the gun is in fact fabricated from carbon-fiber reinforced injection-molded polymer. The UTS-15 is a close-quarters combat tactical gun with an overall length of 28.5 inches and a 15-round capacity. An optional built-in LED spotlight and laser night-sight provides point-and-shoot night-fighting capability. Weighing in at 6.9 pounds, the shotgun requires no tools for field stripping, which takes about 60 seconds.

April 14, 2012