She's 25 years old, she studies microbiology and genetics and – above all – she loves guns. Danielle was born in Vienna, Austria, and she started shooting in her teenage years. You can find her on Instagram and Facebook. But if you're lucky, you can also meet her in person at the next SHOT Show in Las Vegas or at IWA in Germany...

In the USA everyone knows it as Springfield Armory XDM. In Europe, however, these polymer-framed pistols are traded under their actual manufacturer name, HS Produkt XDM. Apart from the name, the Springfield and HS Produkt pistols do not differ in design and quality. They are all manufactured in Croatia anyway, including the USA models. all4shooters.com extensively tested this model as …

Rottweil expands its Game Edition range with four new loads in 20/70 and one new load in 12/70. Each cartridge features muzzle velocities and shot loadings tailored for a certain species of game to “guarantee the best possible success” in hunting. They include  duck, pigeon, pheasant and woodcock, respectively.

And now for something completely different... Among the most interesting (and expensive) items to be auctioned from September 6-9, 2019, a Colt Model 1847 Walker Revolver (estimated price: almost one million dollars!) and a Model 1877 "Bulldog" Gatling Gun with tripod. But also Elmer Keith’s Smith & Wesson .38/.44 Outdoorsman revolver used in the development of the .357 Magnum cartridge in the …

In the last installment of this series we dealt for the first time with CBC (Counter-Blade Concepts), the unarmed knife defense. The key to the success of this system is the analysis and knowledge of the reality of today's knife attacks in the street. Our close combat expert Michael Janich has developed a CBC system called "Split X". On all4shooters.com you can learn everything about this …

With a new camo look and its 16.5” / 42 cm barrel, the Model Seven Kuiu is ideal for tight quarters such as wood hunting, but still offers great accuracy at longer ranges. It's chambered in  .308 Winchester or .300 AAC calibers, also featuring a threaded barrel and Remington's adjustable X-Mark Pro trigger. The Model Seven is light too, but thanks to "three-rings-of-steel" concept, its sturdiness …

Sarah White shoots competition clays internationally and is a member of the Great Britain and England FITASC Shooting Teams. Among the other things, she won the Ladies English Sporting Open in 2012, Great Britain FITASC team silverin  2017 and in 2018, and the England Ladies FITASC Team Gold at the Home International, Scotland. She was the CPSA Coach of the Year 2015, and a very busy principal …

The Slide Spider is an adhesive grip that you can place inside the slide serrations of your firearm for increased grip.  Once installed, it enables the shooter to gain increased control through a safe and secure hold. Besides being “tacticool”, it can also aid shooters with medical conditions such as arthritis. The Slide Spider is available for most semi auto pistols models and manufacturers, and …

STP – the three letters stand for "Sport Target Pistol" and designate the pistol series made in-house by the gunsmith Karl Prommersberger from Kühbach, Germany. Not only has Prommersberger been the chairman of the German Club 30 tuning association for years, but he also introduces a series of (in the best sense of the words) highly bred handguns with the STP models, which are precisely tailored to …

The Crispi Highland Pro are highly technological boots for hunting in wetlands. With a water-repellent leather and cordura upper, they are designed to offer full comfort and maximum water resistance, featuring a BOA millimetric closing system, shock-absorbing midsole and Vibram sole. The new CCF shock absorbing system ensures maximum stability and support.

The Tank Festival at the Bovington Tank Museum: unique and exciting. A special guest, the Panther “Bretagne” from the Musée des Blindés de Saumur, came to the Tankfest 2019. But there were also T-34s, the Sherman from the film "Fury" starring Brad Pitt, a Jagdpanther or a rare Japanese Ha-Go tank - and our editor Alex in the middle.

In the last two installments we dealt with the "Martial Cane Concepts" (MCC) stick defense system, where a simple walking stick in combination with easy techniques can be used as an effective defensive tool. But this time the US close combat expert Michael Janich demonstrates on all4shooters.com the techniques for unarmed knife defense.

At the IWA in March 2019, GECO introduced a new all purpose cartridge for handguns: the GECO Action Extreme, designed for shooting , self-defense and hunting. Thanks to its excellent expansion behavior, the new ammunition should produce an unmatched stopping effect. We tested the new GECO bullet in 9 mm Luger on the firing range and we fired test shots into clear ballistics gelatin blocks. Watch …

On April, 25, 2017 the Council adopted  an important directive on control of the acquisition and possession of weapons and firearms. Even if the directive is from 2017, EU countries are implementing it only now in summer and autumn 2019, so that many shooters and collectors still don't know much about it. So let's talk about it now. Because this EU directive radically modifies and renews the …

Updated version of the knife adopted by the "Gruppo Operativo Incursori " - GOI - Special Forces unit of the Italian Navy , the S.E.R.E. 2 (Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape) by Extrema Ratio, is an innovative "push dagger" fixed-blade design sporting very special features. Designed for combat, survival, emergency and rescue tasks, it's compact and the grip angle is very similar to the grip …

Police Pistol Schmal, or PPS for short: this is what Carl Walther from Ulm, Germany, called a polymer pistol with striker-fired action introduced in 2007. Exactly nine years later, Walther’s pistol underwent a facelift à la Hollywood star – in other words: so thorough that you have to look twice to recognize it. We have now tested this model on all4shooters.com.