With the new Helia RD-C (Red Dot Closed) Kahles presents for the first time a rugged, closed reflex sight designed for driven hunting that can withstand the most adverse conditions. With an anti-reflective lens coating that ensures a crisp view, a precise 2 MOA red dot for minimum target coverage and a special focus on safety, this sight is ideal for wild boar hunting.

For 2021 Umarex introduces an officially licensed blank-firing replica of the GLOCK 17 Gen5. With the same dimensions of the original, the new GLOCK 17 Gen5 9mm P.A.K. is exact in every detail, so that it's even compatible with GLOCK's original iron sights and the slide cover plate can be replaced with aftermarket plates. 

With an online event in style Sako celebrates its first 100th anniversary in the manufacturing of sporting and military firearms. Founded as a workshop to service military rifles in a country with just over three million inhabitants, today it is the most important manufacturer of bolt action rifles in Europe. Let's look back at its past and see what the future holds.

Based on the Remington Model 1858, the ACE features a short 3” octagonal barrel and a classic blued finish with a brass trigger guard. It is available in black powder .44 and a drop-in conversion cylinder model to shoot smokeless .45LC ammunition, with three different grip options.

Virtual SHOT Show 2021 / New from Browning: Maxus II shotgun. Browning introduces the successor of the Maxus, the Maxus II, a new semi-automatic hunting shotgun. Right at launch, the US company is offering hunters a choice of five different models. all4hunters.com took a look at what features and improvements the new shotguns in the long 12/89 (3.5” chamber) gauge bring to the table.

As the name implies, the Precision Long-Range (PLR) series is designed for long-range competition and target shooting. Four models are available: 8-32×56, 6-24×50,10-50×60 and 6-24×50 FFP (first image focal plane). All scopes feature a new internal zero-stop mechanism and enhanced lens coating for increased light transmission and improved clarity.

IWA OutdoorClassics 2021 and Virtual SHOT Show 2021 / New from CZ: the Czech manufacturer introduces Optics-Ready and Suppressor-Ready versions in the P-10 pistol series. The full-size P-10 F is now also chambered in .45 ACP caliber. Another novelty, the all-steel C75 P-01 Steel Black pistol in 9mm Luger. As for long guns, three new rimfire rifles in the 457 line-up and the return of CZ shotguns …

The latest addition to SIG's hunting semi-auto rifle line-up in 5.56 NATO is designed specifically for predator hunting. It features an adjustable precision stock, a 16”/406 mm stainless steel threaded barrel and a Cerakote Elite Jungle finish. The M400 TREAD Predator is also compatible with the full line of TREAD accessories.

With the new .375 Swiss P caliber RUAG Ammotec offers a performance upgrade for rifles designed for the .338 Lapua Magnum. VISIER and all4shooters.com have already been able to test the new cartridge at a shooting range in Switzerland. Read the exclusive preliminary results here. 

After the B-14R and the BXR models, with the BMR Bergara introduces in 2021 a rimfire rifle designed for both field- and match performance. Guaranteed for world-class accuracy and chambered in .22 LR, .17 HMR and .22 WMR, it is  available with the option of either steel or carbon fiber barrels.

Umarex continues to follow the path of CO2-powered home defense guns. After the revolver, it's the turn of a pump-action shotgun in .68 caliber. In the full power version, the ball reaches 40 joules at the muzzle.

Since 2014, RUAG Ammotec has been the main strategic sale partner for the successful family-owned company Hausken, which specializes in the development and manufacture of suppressors. With the brand takeover, manufacturing and marketing activities will now be further expanded, RUAG Ammotec informed in a press release. Read more about the acquisition here.

Fausti Arms presents two new over-and-under shotguns for this early 2021. The Class Aphrodite is an over-and-under hunting shotgun conceived specifically for female users, available in a wide range of gauges and barrel lengths. A new product also for clay shooting is the Fausti L4 Sport model, designed for sporting clays enthusiasts.

The brandnew Nitehog TIR-M35 Chameleon X-Core multifunctional hunting clip-on thermal imaging optic is a flexible device that can be used both as a hand-held observation monocular or a Thermal Imaging conversion optics for a daytime riflescope. It features impressive specs, including high resolution, sensibility and ease of use, at a price point that is well under 5000 euro. Does the Nitehog …

IWA OutdoorClassics 2021 / New from Streamlight: as one of the world's leading manufacturers of flashlights, gun lights and light-laser modules, also in the military and Law Enforcement sectors, the US company Streamlight from Eagleville, Pennsylvania, founded in 1973, is offering a new and unusual EDC flashlight called "Wedge" for 2021, as well as five new white lights/laser sights for handguns …

After re-releasing the legendary Python .357 revolver in 2020 in a revised and updated version, now the Hartford-based company, part of the CZ Group, has brought back to the market another great classic – namely the Anaconda revolver in .44 Magnum caliber, that will be produced in two barrel lengths.