American Rheinmetall’s HAMMR is a magazine-fed, semi-automatic 40mm grenade launcher built for the U.S. Army’s Precision Grenadier System competition. Here is how the weapon, ammunition and computerized fire control work together.
Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome back to TFB’s Silencer Saturday, brought to you by Yankee Hill Machine, manufacturer of the new Victra 20-gauge shotgun suppressor . 2026 has flown by, and it is once again time to look at some data from the Thunder Beast Silencer Summit . This is an ev...
Modern red dots are better than they’ve ever been. They’re tougher, battery life is measured in years, and outright failures are relatively uncommon. Even so, I’ve had more than one optic quit on me over the years. Thankfully it’s always happened on the range rather than d...
The M14 rifle holds a significant place in the history of American military firearms, serving as a bridge between the battle rifles of World War II and the US’ military’s modern assault rifles. Developed in the post-World War II era, the M14 was the standard-issue rifle for the U.S. m...
“In the beginning, there was the Winchester Model 12, and it was very good.” Not quite—Winchester’s Model 12 was not the first pump-action shotgun ever made; they had their own series of pump guns before the Model 12, including the popular Model 1897, and the competition h...
New Mexico’s seven-day firearm waiting period has lost on the merits in federal court. The victory is significant, but the injunction currently protects only Samuel Ortega and Rebecca Scott.
For the better part of the last two decades, polymer AR-15 magazines have dominated the market, as most clearly represented by Magpul’s PMAG introduced back in 2007.  Since then, polymer magazines have evolved substantially, and you can now find every capacity, feature, and color you can t...
PROOF Research launched its PXT barrel technology back in May, and last week the company widened the lineup in a big way. The PXT expansion adds a new category of steel competition blanks, more pre-fit options, and fresh caliber choices, pushing the technology onto more platforms than the launch ...
Have ergonomics and accessories from the precision rifle world actually made modern hunting rifles more effective, or do they just get in the way? The post Are New Hunting Rifles Really Better Than the Old Ones? appeared first on Outdoor Life.
A new Supreme Court brief correctly argues that the AR-15’s militia value strengthens its Second Amendment protection—then undercuts that principle by abandoning machine-gun rights.