SHOT Show: The MaulAR Lever Gun From Bear Creek Arsenal
Bear Creek Arsenal is known for their budget AR-15s, AR-10s, AR9s, and basically a budget everything in the Armalite rifle world. They’ve done some odd guns and odd calibers, so being odd isn’t too unusual from the brand. However, I would have never predicted that Bear Creek Arsenal would do something as interesting as a […]
SHOT Show: The New JK Armament GOAT HF High Flow Suppressor
At SHOT Show this year, JK Armament launched their new G.O.A.T. HF 5.56 suppressor. HF stands for high flow, and somehow they’ve not only tweaked their existing JK 155 SBRX design into a high flow suppressor but they’ve done so in a way that improves sound reduction performance. Like all of JK’s cans, the G.O.A.T. […]
SHOT Show: Primary Weapon Systems UXR is Modularity Redefined
Primary Weapons Systems, or PWS, is well-known for its long-stroke gas piston system AR-15 rifles. But as of SHOT Show 2024, they expanded into a platform of their own design. The new UXR promises to be the most modular, user-friendly rifle ever. I got my first dose of the UXR at range day. A member […]
SHOT Show: Labradar Releases the LX, a Pintsized Radar Chronograph
If you’ve used a traditional chronograph before, you’ve probably shot a traditional chronograph. One that requires that the bullet pass through the chronograph opens up the opportunity for ballistic mistakes, which I’ve made and you’ve made and it’s frustrating and expensive to shoot your own chrony. Labradar changed all that with their consumer-sized and consumer-priced […]
SHOT Show: Springfield Goes Retro With the SA-16 A2 Rifle
Springfield Armory has made a lot of noise about the six new models of their TRP Operator series 1911s, a new Garrison 1911, and a more compact frame Echelon modular pistol, but there was barely a peep about the SA-16 A2. In fact, I went to the booth and would have completely bypassed it if […]
SHOT Show: Daniel Defense Unveils the DD PCC Pistol Caliber Carbine
Luckily, the gun world doesn’t knock points off a gun for an unimaginative names because the DD PCC takes won’t win any awards for marketing genius. Then again, that moniker tells you everything you really need to know. As the initials imply, it’s the Daniel Defense Pistol Caliber Carbine. The DD PCC’s release was largely […]
SHOT Show: The Sub $1000 Christensen Evoke Hunting Rifle
Christensen is known for their excellent bolt-action hunting and precision rifles. American-made rifles using the best, usually lightweight materials that generally start in the $2,000 range and go up from there. So the announcement that Christensen is now offering a sub-$1,000 rifle that’s well within the reach of lots of hunters constitutes big news. The […]
SHOT Show: CIVIVI Sendy Flipper EDC Knife
The SHOT Show isn’t all about guns. There is a lot of related gear there including knives of all shapes, sizes and purposes. One of those that caught my eye was the new Sendy from CIVIVI Knives. The Sendy is designed by Ben Petersen of Knaf’s Knives and looks like a great choice for everyday […]
SHOT Show Brings Us The Flamethrower Bayonet!
You can find the darnedest things in the SHOT Show’s new product center. New from Exothermic Technologies is the Pulsefire UBF, or underbarrel flamethrower. This bad boy can be fired either handheld by itself while or attached to a Picatinny rail and used as a burny option, rather than a stabby, bayonet! Good times.
SHOT Show 2024: The Year of the Lever Action
During dinner Monday night before the show opened, the conversation turned to the new lever guns that had been announced. And before we new it the list got even longer, at which point Michael Bane, well-known industry insider and devoted lever gun aficionado, declared, simply, “this is the year of the lever-action.” Walking the […]