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SIG has been going crazy with new releases, lately, and one of the most anticipated new pistols is the USA-made P210. Based on the original P210, it’s downsized for carrying. True Pearce sat down with a product manager during SIG’s range day at SHOT Show 2020.

Offered in a pile of calibers that include 243 WIN, 7mm-08 REM, 308 WIN, 270 WSM, 300 WSM, and the ever-popular 6.5 Creedmoor, Winchester’s Renegade Long Range SR is creating a buzz.

Sometimes it is about the small things. While some manufacturers released new flashy guns at SHOT Show 2020, Fix-It-Sticks came out with a small but meaningful upgrade to their already fantastic product line.

McMillan Fiberglass Stocks is offering a new competition-style precision rifle stock called the Z1. This new stock is everything that you would expect from a McMillan stock, having aluminum pillars, neat color options and adjustable features to help fit the stock to the individual. That said, the Z1 is the first in McMillan’s new line of universal stocks.

The LUPO is designed to be great, starting from the bottom up. It is a modular chassis style hunting rifle. It is modular because it contains aspects of a typical hunting stock as well as a 7075 T6 Aluminum chassis that supports the action; and I assume that in the future, you can customize this configuration with other features that are soon to be released.

On the final day of SHOT Show 2020, three-gun competitor Ryan Muller joined Mark Oliva, NSSF’s Director of Public Affairs, to commend the versatility, reliability and durability of the modern sporting rifle (MSR), the most popular-selling centerfire rifle. Muller described his growing interest in hunting predators, like coyotes, and shooting prairie dogs as the main reason why [...]

Barrett Firearms, showed up in force at the 2020 SHOT show with the MK22 MRAD Sniper System on the firing line for Industry Day at the Range. The MRAD sniper system, is a 3-barrel set, somewhat like a sporting clays shotgun, except these barrels are in 7.62, 300 Noma Magnum and 338 Norma Magnum.

New for 2020, KelTec has released yet another innovative and cool firearm: the Sub 2000 CQB (Carbine Quiet Barrel). This new beauty from KelTec is an integrally suppressed PCC carbine. It will be available in 9mm and 40 S&W.

The SAR21 fires 5.56x45mm NATO from a closed bolt design and is charged with a non-reciprocating charging handle. Max firing rate ranges from 450-650 RPM while full-auto and semi-auto firing modes are selectable with the safety. Another bonus to the design is how it uses regular AR-style magazines that can be bought nearly anywhere.