The US House of Representatives passed a law named “Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act”: a common-sense legislation that will allow law-abiding citizens with a concealed carry permit to travel freely between US states without worrying about conflicting state codes. Meanwhile, in Europe there is almost no reciprocity as far as national gun laws are concerned.

The Riserva has accompanied us for a few days chamois hunting, during which we had the opportunity to test the last backpack of the Italian company.

Carrie Smith loves her shooting and her gundogs. She is sponsored by Krieghoff and travels the UK to shoot clay competitions. In 2017, she won the Ladies British Open DTL Championship, Home International High Gun, Scottish Open DTL Ladies High Gun, silver at the British Open Single Barrel, bronze at the English Open Single Barrel. She is the Captain of the Scottish Ladies Clay shooting team.

Why does a scope sometimes cost more than the rifle itself? To answer this question, we visited the renowned optics specialist KAHLES in Austria. Read on to find out what makes the high-quality optical instruments by this riflescope pioneer so special and how they are manufactured in Austria.

This innovative Italian company offers a very wide range of unique products and high-tech accessories like geo localizers and dog radio collars, devices especially dedicated to falconry and protective waistcoats for hunting dogs. Let's take a look.

Jade Cruickshank from Aberdeenshire, loves nothing more than going out deer stalking and game shooting to put food on the table for her young family. She is a keen clay shot, but her passion lies with rifle shooting and progressing with her deer stalking. In 2018 she will be taking part in more stalking, and completing her Deer stalking certificate 1 (DSC1).

For those who want something more than standard products, Smith & Wesson offers two new L-frame, stainless steel models chambered .357/.38 Special +P. They can also be used out-of-the-box for competition shooting with good results.

The polymer-framed .45 XD-E is a compact external hammer-fired handgun with thumb safety – an interesting option for those who are not comfortable carrying a striker-fired pistol with no external safety lever. 

The barrels are machined from certified, pre hardened 416R premium grade stainless steel to extremely tight tolerances with a satin finish. They do not require gunsmith assembly and offer improved accuracy.

The new model is available in 2.50" (63 mm), 4.20" (106 mm) and 6" (152 mm) barrel lengths and it sports adjustable rear sights and fiber optic front sights. Rubber grips are one-piece with hardwood inserts. 

In Vicenza from 24th to 26th February 2018, the new edition of the international Show for sports fishing and recreational sailing organized by Italian Exhibition Group.

Faye Wills is from Ashford, Kent. She was 16 when she had her first introduction to shooting during a weekend job at her local clay shooting ground. In less than eight years, she shoots with a custom fit Zoli 12g, and is on the British Shooting Olympic Skeet Programme, with her focus firmly fixed on 2024 Olympic games.

The ICRS, the rifle chambered in 7.62x51 that should have replaced the M4 carbine in the US Army, won’t see the daylight. The funding is being reallocated to the Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW).

There’s no more exciting or challenging way to hunt muntjac than to stalk them by sound. Listening out for a barking muntjac and then creeping up to it in dense cover without it first spotting you requires fieldcraft of the first order, plus a big slice of good fortune. Chances to hunt muntjac in this way come only rarely, but if you get the opportunity, then grab it with both hands. 

Lise Ailin Lorentzen, is 31 years old. She was born, and grew-up, in Fauske, northern Norway. She has a Bachelor’s degree in social studies, and is a key account manager for Browning Norway, having joined them in August this year. Brought up in a hunting family, she is at one with the outdoors, and enjoys spending her time shooting, hunting and fishing. 

Small caliber rimfire pistols are popular for target shooting and plinking. The SW22 Victory features an interchangeable match-grade barrel and fiber-optic sights. New versions have a threaded barrel and camo finish.