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Yes — there is an ammo shortage in 2026, but it is narrower and milder than the 2020–2022 crisis. The squeeze is concentrated in high-volume defensive calibers: 9mm, 5.56/.223, and .22 LR are the first to thin out, driven by military and law-enforcement contracts pulling factory capacity, a smokeless-powder bottleneck, and 35% tariffs on imported...
Read More →Firearm and ammo reviews, news, and buyer’s guides for 2026 — handguns, rifles, shotguns, calibers, and the gear that runs them. Straight talk, no fluff.
Now here’s some interesting news for target shooters, hunters, and home defenders: CZ-USA has just introduced a new gas-less semi-automatic shotgun, the CZ 1012. Rather than redirecting gas from the barrel to run the action, the 1012 uses a bolt spring to store energy during recoil, then expend it a split second later to withdraw…
If there’s anything more reassuring than cocking back the hammer on a Colt revolver and listening for the four clicks (they spell c-o-l-t, don’t you know), it’s knowing that with all of these line extensions to the Colt Cobra series that the company is going to keep making them for a good long while. When…
The Scout was built to Gunsite founder Jeff Cooper’s exacting specs…and yours. The Scout rifle by Steyr is everything that a modern rifle should be, but it’s definitely a splurge…unless, of course, you live within driving distance of Steyr Arms US’ corporate headquarters in Bessemer, Alabama. If you do, then you really should know that…
The Model 648 might be the greatest “first handgun” of all time… The news that Smith & Wesson has finally decided to bring the Model 648 back to market has already got my accountant in a cold sweat and my credit-card issuer popping champagne. This long-barreled medium-frame revolver, chambered in .22WMR, may very well be…
Excellent news for the hunters among us: Seems SIG SAUER is branching out their ammunition line to include a little something for the hunters among us…well, actually, kind of a big something. They’ve just debuted their Elite Hunter Tipped ammunition, and the strikingly different appearance of these rifle cartridges is only the beginning of the…
That cat Steyr is one bad… When Steyr Arms USA announced at the 2019 SHOT Show that they were bringing a new pistol to market, I was interested. When I learned the pistol was to be called the MF, I was delighted. And when I discovered that I was going to have to wait until…
If it’s good enough for the IDF, it’s good enough for me. The story of the Siege of Masada has echoed through the generations for the last two millennia as an example of self-sacrificing bravery…so only Israeli Weapons Industries (IWI) could be the group to bring us a pistol bearing that name: the MASADA 9mm….
Smith & Wesson, along with sister company Thompson/Center Arms , recently introduced a benefit for America’s military service members, the “Thank You For Your Service” military appreciation program–and it’s the kind of “thank you” that fills the wallet as much as the heart. That’s right: Sweet, sweet cash rebates purchasing the high-quality handguns and rifles…
If you’re working on your long-range game, the mad scientists who run Hornady Manufacturing’s Ballistic Development Group have A Tip for you: the new A-Tip line of match bullets. The “A” stands for “aluminum,” because polymer tips are so mainstream, man. Just kidding: That long, uniform, precision-machined aluminum tip has a real use, besides being…
Everybody loves quick shot-to-shot follow-up, but not everyone loves (or can have) semi-autos. The curtain came up on a number of very interesting things at the NRA Annual Meetings in Indianapolis this past weekend, but a new trend in long guns made a surprising debut: Henry Repeating Arms and Marlin both introduced new, updated versions…
I’ve got such a rager right now. Hunting with handguns can be a hell of a challenge, but over the years I’ve come to trust the power, accuracy, and reliability of a big-bore revolver with a long barrel against animals big and small. So when Taurus introduced the Raging Hunter revolver chambered in .44 Magnum…
Shut up and take my money. Once upon a time, if you wanted to carry a concealed handgun, you carried a derringer. Simply designed with either a single or double barrel, these itty-bitty one- or two-shot guns were carried by men and women alike as protection against danger that walked on four legs, two legs,…
