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Stag Arms is entering the AR-10-pattern game with two new .308 Win-chambered rifles. The Stag Model 10 comes with a Magpul Fixed Rifle Stock and an 18” barrel, while the Model 10S instead wears a Magpul ACS buttstock and a 16” barrel. Both the 10 and the 10S feature Diamondhead VRS-T 308 handguards, a Hogue pistol grip and a VG6 Gamma 762 muzzle brake. For now only right-handed versions of the new .308s are being offered, but Stag said that southpaw versions are forthcoming. For more, visit stagarms.com
In 2024, former owner Gregg Ritz purchased Thompson/Center Arms. Now the company has introduced a modern take on its classic Contender/Encore concept: the ENCORE PROHunter.
While it's certainly a saturated marketplace these days, the AR-15 has never been more popular with American firearm enthusiasts, and many manufacturers are continuing to feed the need with new options loaded with new features.
Like any hobby or pastime that is in any way even vaguely related to machines or technology, firearms attract a (possibly) disproportionate number of “right-brained,” STEM-oriented personalities who like numbers.
Slingshots are fun, but they can also be a legitimate backup defensive tool—in 2023, a 13-year-old Michigan boy saved his 8-year-old sister from being kidnapped by using a $3 slingshot to fire a marble and a rock at the assailant, striking him in the chest and head.