The double-stack 1911-pattern pistol, colloquially known as a 2011, has long been a darling of competitive shooters. In more recent years, it’s become a hot segment for tactical and self-defense users as well. While “2011” is actually a Staccato trademark, we’ll use the term in this article like you’d use the word “Kleenex” in conversation rather than “facial tissue.” Putting ...
Rossi has launched a new version of its handy LWC (Lightweight Carbine) that comes equipped with a folding stock in order to provide its owners a higher level of convenience when storing or transporting their firearms. The Rossi LWC is a single shot, break-action utility rifle designed to be useful around the ranch, farm or field. Rossi manufactures these carbines ...
Del-Ton posted a note on its social-media accounts and its website in April informing readers and fans it was closing its doors. The company began operations in 1998 from a North Carolina garage, not far from the front gates of Fort Bragg. It expanded into a 26,000-square-foot facility roughly an hour south after its modern sporting rifle parts, accessories and ...
CCI Ammunition has now begun to ship its Uppercut defensive rimfire ammunition chambered for .22 WMR. These days, the viability of using a .22 caliber rimfire firearm for self-defense is gaining more acceptance. The firearms industry is also responding in kind by selling more defensive-oriented firearms in these rimfire chamberings. To meet this new crop of interest, CCI originally launched ...
Nostalgia is a powerful thing, and while the gun industry has an ongoing desire to integrate the latest and greatest materials into firearms to create guns that are lighter, stronger, more accurate and less expensive. This is a good thing, because we are seeing firearms which cost less yet do significantly more than the guns of yesteryear, but it also ...
Editor’s note: While we may talk about PTSD and veteran suicide a lot in the shooting community, it seems like we rarely take the time to understand the accounts of those it directly affects. Here’s one of those stories. If you or a loved one are suffering the effects of deployments, loss, or separation from the life that we knew, ...
Six new blades built for convenience. Read the full article here ...