“Tag: Semi-Automatic”

Bergara’s emergence as major player in the industry began modestly in 1999 when BPI was established and purchased famed muzzleloader manufacturer CVA. The company thrived and learned that the barrel was the most important ingredient in any quality gun.

Springing into a flourishing arena, such as modern sporting rifles (MSRs), is simple—maintaining a presence through the market’s ebb-and-flow cycles, however, is not. The latter requires innovation and value, a recipe that Springfield Armory has followed with its well-liked Saint series of AR-pattern rifles.

Despite concessions required to make it conform to misguided American legislation governing imported semi-automatic rifles, Heckler & Koch’s SL8-6 preserves the essence of Germany’s most distinctive modern tactical rifle: the vaunted G36.

As a .308 Win.-chambered carbine built on an AR-15-length receiver set, the Patriot Ordnance Factory’s Rogue boiled-down concept is intended to benefit hunters, our findings consider it to be a formidable a defensive arm as well.

Heckler & Koch began developing its Mark 23 in response to U.S. Special Operations Command request for a standardized pistol.

Winchester Repeating Arms has given southpaw wingshooters reason to rejoice, as, for the first time ever, the company is now producing left-ejecting versions of its 12-ga. Super X4 semi-automatic shotgun.

Interest in the High Power is booming right now, and EAA’s new version is among the least expensive ways to get into the platform—while still being quite the performer.

Ruger has a tradition of products that provide long-lasting quality without a budget strain, though, so a new variant appeared in 2014. The 9E, still part of the SR series, cost roughly $100 less, but that price drop required a few changes.

In 1986, Glock established an office in Smyrna, Ga., and the next year, it opened a second manufacturing plant in Austria to meet growing demand.