Industry News

Savage Arms has announced an update to their Stevens 555 O/U shotguns. The 555 has chrome-lined 28″ barrels with a single selective mechanical trigger and a black finish on the barrels and receiver.

The National Rifle Association is suing its primary ad agency and the contractor that operates NRATV. The suit alleges that the agency, Ackerman McQueen, failed to provide adequate information for how it spent $40 million, failed to reveal information about a separate contract with NRA President Oliver North, and refused to provide data about various NRATV’s performance measures.

Keystone Sporting Arms is kicking off a new series of mini rifle replicas of World War I and II rifles starting with a Mosin-Nagant chambered for .22 LR.

Time is ticking down to the NRA show, and we’ve got another new sub-compact pistol to look forward to. Beretta has announced their new APX Carry, a striker-fired, single-stack 9mm.

Rossi has reached a settlement in a class action lawsuit concerning “Class Revolvers” that may, under unique conditions, fire when dropped.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is making the move to 9mm Luger and issuing all-new compact and full-size Glock pistols to its personnel.

As we draw closer to NRA’s annual meeting in two weeks, Ruger has announced another new weapon, and it’s a welcome addition to their pistol lineup: The Security 9 compact, Model 3818.

Finance company WalletHub released this week a new report that purports to have ranked all 50 U.S. states based on their “dependence” on the gun industry. Topping the list are Idaho, Alaska, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Arkansas. The states least dependent on the firearms industry, according to the report, are Delaware, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, and New Jersey.

The king of the polymer pistol has a new celebrity spokesperson!  Chuck Norris, maybe you’ve heard of him before?