POTD: The Remington Model 30 – Where the Model 700 Was Born

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have the rifle that started Remington’s whole bolt-action hunting empire, and it began life as war surplus. This is the Remington Model 30 Express, and its roots run straight back to World War I. When America couldn’t build enough 190...

By Sam.S

Carl Gustaf Watches: Swedish Rifle Heritage Meets Swiss Precision

Carl Gustaf doesn't make firearms anymore. What it makes now is time, and the lineage matters more than the product category suggests. The watch brand has rooted itself in the legacy of one of Scandinavia's most storied rifle manufacturers, using that historical pedigree not as marketin...

By Eric B

TFB Review: Viridian Weapon Technologies Closed Emitter Optics

The market for weapon lights and optics has become flooded with domestic and foreign products. When a manufacturer is organic to the United States, it is always well received, but when the products are engineered and manufactured domestically with some overseas manufacturing, it is a noteworthy a...

By Toby M

POTD: Czech PCC Pragmatism - The PERUN 9mm Carbine

Photo Of The Day: Czech gun manufacturing brings a particular pragmatism to carbine design. PERUN Arms, building on the Czech Republic's 150-year weapons production heritage, has spent the last decade refining their Perun platform. The result of that thinking is the Perun 9 , a straightforwa...

By Eric B

The Rimfire Report: A Golden Boy Dressed in 1791 Gunleather

I like to actually use my guns, and I typically don’t try to “baby” them. While most of the time I don’t go out of my way to outright mistreat them, they’re tools after all; I am far from the type to have any safe queens, let alone firearms that don’t get rotat...

By Luke C.

Wilson Combat America 250th: Heritage 1911 for a Milestone Moment

Wilson Combat's America 250th Limited Edition 1911 series arrives at exactly the kind of inflection point where sentimental value and mechanical integrity happen to overlap. This isn't a rushed commemorative gun built around an anniversary date; it's a company with 49 years of 1911...

By Eric B

H&K SP5 vs Turkish MP5 Clones: Head-to-Head Shootout

Is the German-made original worth the price, or are the cheaper knock-offs a better deal? The post H&K SP5 vs Turkish MP5 Clones: Head-to-Head Shootout  appeared first on Outdoor Life.

By John B. Snow

St. Croix Mojo Ice Combos – Engineered to Elevate

St. Croix Rods is getting anglers ready for the winter hardwater season already with five versatile new St. Croix Mojo Ice Combos. These are premium ice combos that match the versatile St. Croix Mojo ice rods with smooth and reliable 800-size SEVIIN spinning reels. The rods range from a 28” ul...

By Eugene L.

Leupold Launches the BX-2 Timberline HD Binocular

Leupold just added the BX-2 Timberline HD to the binocular lineup, and the pricing answers the question most hunters will have right away. The 10×42 runs $199.99 and the 12×50 comes in at $249.99. Both are backed by Leupold’s lifetime guarantee and built around their Advanced Opti...

By Sam.S

Ayoob: My Take on the SA-35

The Hi Power, known generically as P-35 because it was introduced in 1935, is a modern classic. Conceived by the incomparable John Moses Browning and finalized into the form we know it by his protégé Dieudonne Saive after Browning’s death, the P-35 was adopted by many nations, and it was manu...

By Massad Ayoob
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