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There is not a lot of glamour to be had cleaning and maintaining firearms, but such tasks are critical to ensure our tools perform as intended, when needed. The engineering minds at Real Avid have always found creative ways to update and improve the common tools and supplies needed for gun care, and the recently introduced Smart Mat and Bore Boss are great examples of the company’s ingenuity.
Joe Kurtenbach gets hands on with these modern renditions of time-proven products in this week's NRA Gun Gear of the Week video.
One of the most important military arms ever made, the French Charleville musket saw use in the American Revolution and armed French troops throughout the Napoleonic Wars.
CVA built on the success of its Paramount muzzleloader to create the Endura, a design that the company calls "the most advanced muzzleloader series CVA has ever built."
FN America has sought to bring its legendary quality and reliability to an AR-15 that lists for just $999, and we believe that it has done this well with its 15 Guardian carbine.
Despite the extensive number of Hellcat models in its lineup, Springfield Armory has only offered the pistol in one chambering, 9 mm Luger, until now. The .380 ACP model offers similar capabilities with softer recoil.
While difficult to imagine today, brazen armed thefts of the U.S. Mail in the 1920s became all too common and beyond the abilities of mail personnel to handle. Enter the U.S. Marines—armed to the teeth.