POTD: Not a Remington – Whitney-Laidley Style I Rolling Block

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a rolling block that did not come out of Ilion. This is a Whitney-Laidley Style I military rifle in 43 Spanish. The rolling block was the export success of the 1870s. Remington moved them by the hundreds of thousands to governments all over ...

By Sam.S

POTD: Creedmoor Money – C.B. Holden Falling Block Single Shot

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a rifle from a maker most people have never heard of. This is a C.B. Holden falling block single shot, the pattern usually called his long range or Creedmoor rifle, in 46 centerfire. Cyrus B. Holden of Worcester, Massachusetts learned the tr...

By Sam.S

The WOOX Gladiatore V2: Nice Wood, Gucci Price Tag

I’ve always enjoyed stopping by the WOOX booth at SHOT Show to see what our Italian friends are up to. I know pump shotguns have never needed to be pretty to work, but WOOX has spent the last few years trying to convince Mossberg owners that pretty and functional aren’t mutually exclu...

By Luke Cuenco

Fudd Friday: The Brush-Busting Question

Quebecois guide Jason Tremblay had joined our party for the afternoon, since his client had already tagged out, and within minutes he had us on a big bull. It was my tag, and I shot first, squeezing a shot off from the 7mm Magnum when I had the crosshairs on the moose’s sternum—and no...

By Zac K

POTD: Winchester Couldn’t Chamber – Marlin Model 1881 in .45-70

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a lever gun that beat Winchester to the punch. This is a Marlin Model 1881 in 45-70 Government with a special order 32 inch heavy barrel, finished in 1890. Here is the thing about the 1881. Winchester owned the lever action market, and in 18...

By Sam.S

POTD: HK MK23 Bellum Limited-edition - The .45 ACP Collector Package

Custom & Collectable Firearms has unveiled the HK MK23 Bellum, a limited-edition platform pairing the iconic .45 ACP pistol with purpose-built aesthetics and premium presentation. Restricted to just 50 sequentially numbered examples, the Bellum leverages the MK23's legendary combat profi...

By Eric B

POTD: Marlin’s First Swing – Deluxe Model 1881 in .40-60

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have Marlin’s first try at a lever action rifle. This is a deluxe Model 1881 in 40-60 Marlin from the first year of production. Before 1881, John Marlin was known for single shot pistols and small rifles. The Model 1881 pointed the company ...

By Sam.S

FALCO’s New AM03 and DM04 Leather Multi-Fit Flexibility

Our friends in Slovakia over at FALCO Holsters just added two more entries to its Multi-Fit lineup, and one of them fills a gap I hadn’t really thought about until now: a vertical shoulder holster. FALCO CEO Róbert Kováč tied both releases back to the company’s whole Multi-Fit phil...

By Luke Cuenco
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