AR

SIG Sauer’s MPX Copperhead is a 9mm pistol. But don’t pigeonhole it with the other handguns you’ve experienced. It’s a versatile firearm that’ll eat anything you throw in it and fit almost anywhere you’d like to keep it.

We got a chance this week to really wring out the new 224 Valkyrie loading from Hornady, the 88-grain special announced at the NRA show back in April. Valkyrie has been a strange animal over the last year. It has the potential to change how we think of small frame AR’s, and what they are capable of. But it has not been without controversy.

The original rifle designed by Armalite to replace the M1 Garand was the AR-10, and it was chambered in .308 Winchester. Springfield has gone back to those roots with the latest iteration of the SAINT Victor rifle. It packs all the power of the venerable .308 but does it with less weight than Eugene Stoner could have ever imagined.

In anticipation of the NRA annual meeting later this month, Ruger has given us a sneak peek at some of their new offerings. We’ll get our hands on them at the meeting in Indianapolis, but in the meantime here’re the details.

Ounces is pounds. The boys at Battle Arms have cut out every possible ounce of their new titanium Gen. 2 OIP to bring to the market a truly light AR.

FightLite’s Raider pistol isn’t new this year, but True Pearce did get to shoot it at the range day during SHOT Show. It’s an AR pistol available in 5.56 or 300 BLK. You can mount any AR upper and then use their proprietary bolt with the lower.

Several details come together in Saint Victor to make it a respectable addition to the world of AR’s. It’s got some design updates as well as quality components and finishing.

Genesis Arms has introduced both a full production Gen-12 Shotgun, as well as Gen-12 upper receivers that can be swapped with any DPMS Pattern Gen 1 lower receiver.  Pop out the two takedown pins on your AR-10, throw the new Gen-12 upper on and you are ready to rock.

So who is the market for this gun?  I can see it doing well for someone in the 3-Gun world, someone in the market for a home defense solution, or even someone just looking to have fun at the range.