I have always appreciated gear that solves a real problem without unnecessarily complicating things. In the world of long-range shooting and hunting, there is already enough information for shooters to manage between environmental conditions, ammunition selection, ballistic data, wind calls and r...
Via Dirty Bird Guns & Ammo RangeFest 2026 is set to return to Bakersfield on Saturday, September 19, bringing firearms manufacturers, shooters, families, veterans, law enforcement, and local businesses together at 5-Dogs Shooting Range. Presented by Dirty Bird Guns & Ammo, the event will ...
I met our guest today, Derrick Ratliff, at this year's Leupold Relentless Rifleman , the NRL Hunter match I wrote about here ; he was working the same brutal high-desert terrain I was, and it turns out talking to the guy who made the rifle you’re competing with is some of th...
New York wants dealers facing felony charges for selling common Glock and Glock-style pistols. A new federal lawsuit says the state’s “convertible pistol” law is an unconstitutional handgun ban.
Leupold made its name on riflescopes, but the DeltaPoint Pro proved the company can build a serious red dot. Now that reputation moves to the carbine world. Leupold launched the LCO Pro F2 on July 16, a full-size red dot aimed at competitive shooters and professionals who want Leupold glass on a ...
Springfield Armory's Echelon crossover has landed. The 4.0FC is a compact slide on a full-sized frame that provides both speed and control.
Straight-wall rifle cartridges are now legal in more states than ever, and that's opened up a problem optics makers needed to solve: bullet drop at practical hunting distances. Leupold just addressed that head-on with the VX-Freedom Straight-Wall, a 3-9x40 Duplex built entirely around ballis...
The Mark 4HD built its following on being a genuinely capable precision scope that stays under two grand, and Leupold just filled a gap that competitive shooters and hunters had been asking about since launch. The Mark 4HD family now offers three of its cleanest reticles in an illuminated configu...
The Springfield Armory Echelon has been the darling of Geneseo, Illinois ever since its inception for innumerable reasons. The supremely-clever optics mounting system, texturing/stippling that borders on coming from a Custom Shop, a chassis design for ultimate modularity, and flat out performance...
I have spent plenty of weekends on the clock in all sorts of competitions and classes, including Rimfire PRS , along with a handful of smaller regional and private precision matches, but until this year I had never shot in an NRL Hunter match , and I had never so much as watched its parent discip...