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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.
Smith & Wesson went back to the drawing board with its Bodyguard .380, and in 2024, the company rolled out the Bodyguard 2.0, which is one of the smallest and lightest defensive pistols in the S&W lineup.
Following Marlin's resurrection, Ruger is now reviving another storied brand, Glenfield Firearms, and the brand's inaugural design, the Model A, borrows design elements from Ruger's Gen 1 American rifle.
Auto-Ordnance has introduced a special-edition, semi-automatic Thompson M1 carbine customized by Altered Arsenal to commemorate the 250th anniversaries of the United States Navy and Marine Corps.
Famous for its semi-automatic shotguns, Italian maker Benelli steps up its game in pump-actions—and forecasts more availability of U.S.-market-ready versions in the future.
Within the pantheon of U.S. Marine Corps small arms, two rifles are indelibly linked with the Corps’ combat experience in the 20th century, and both were designed by Marines: the Model 1941 Johnson Rifle and the M16.