Industry News

It’s here, folks! Mossberg announced Tuesday that their non-NFA Shockwave platform got the 590″M” magazine-fed makeover!

It’s tough to find a truly new innovation in the AR world. The tried-and-true platform has seen improvements in individual components, but more accurate barrels and crisper triggers are a dime a dozen these days. FoldAR believes its new Folding Rifle is ready to shake up the market for good.

“Intuit didn’t care if I sold pool cues, or ax handles, or closet rods, or steel pipes, or big flashlights but they were all wound up about selling police batons to police officers,” said Sean DePriest, the president of National Police Supply in an email to GunsAmerica.

Nosler is taking note from the black rifle market and is building a rifle-class firearm in a handgun package for handgun hunting and sport shooting.

The FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) processed 2,002,992 queries in May 2018, approximately three percent more than the all-time May record of 1,942,677 checks set last year. This continues the streak as March 2018 and April 2018 were also record-setting.

Big Horn Armory announced this week that its AR500 chambered in 500 Auto Max is now available!  This is the world’s most powerful short-range semi-automatic rifle in the world.

Remington Arms is launching a new family of competition-oriented 1911-pattern pistols called the R1 Limited Series in single- and double-stack configs.

Swedish optics company Aimpoint has joined the pistol-ready micro red dot world with their new ACRO Series, an enclosed sight designed to survive in the toughest environments.

Trailblazer Firearms announced this week that they’ve sold more than 6,000 LifeCard pistols to date, proving that there is a market for carry tools not much larger than a stack of credit cards.