First released in 2022, Smith & Wesson's CSX E-Series are aluminum-framed micro-compact 9mm pistols. The latest improved models – which are optics ready – come with 3.1" or 3.6" barrel and feature a magazine of up to 17 rounds, as well as an enhanced trigger.

The British Shooting Show was held from February 14 to 16. In this Part 2, you will find more products and novelties that were shocased in the halls of the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham, selected by the all4shooters.com team.

If you're fed up with the flood of polymer pistols in the dominant 9mm Luger caliber, you've come to the right place. We took a closer look at the young SIG Sauer P320 XTEN in the powerful 10mm Auto and the P320 Compact in the traditional US .45 ACP caliber and also took a closer look at the advantages and disadvantages of the two cartridges.

Keep your eyes open when buying optics: whether binoculars, riflescopes or thermal devices, at the IWA OutdoorClassics visitors were able to get a first-hand impression of the performance and differences between the products (many Asian manufacturers were exhibiting in Nuremberg too) and also try them out. Of course, we also found new firearms, ammunition, knives and equipment for you to look at.

During February 14 to 16, 2025. the NEC in Birmingham, UK, hosted the British Shooting Show. As usual, the all4shooters.com team was on site, and here you can find some of the most interesting highlights: we have witnessed another great example of the UK shooting and hunting industry.

The collaboration between the popular US shooting instructor Taran Butler of Taran Tactical Innovations (TTI) and the Turkish gun manufacturer Canik is a clever move, and we have already been able to extensively test the result, the internationally acclaimed Canik TTI Combat pistol.

IWA OutdoorClassics 2025, the industry's leading trade fair, just ended. But of course the all4shooters.com team was still out and about in the spacious exhibition halls on the last day of the event to find and report on all the news and innovations relating to shooting, hunting, collecting and outdoors.

Saturday and Sunday are the typical IWA days for dealers who close their business at the weekend and travel to Nuremberg. Wholesalers, importers and manufacturers are waiting for these customers from the next sales level. This is where negotiations take place, new products can be inspected and often presented in more detail than in the catalog. We met many of them during our own search for the …

Visitors to the leading industry trade fair IWA OutdoorClassics come to Nuremberg, Germany, with a tight schedule. Nevertheless, they take the time to attend specialist presentations and training sessions on industry topics. Whether it's the World Forum of Shooting Sports, customs issues or the "shooting experts" such as air rifle world record holder Anna Janssen, who (almost) revealed her secret …

The 51st IWA trade fair in Nuremberg, Germany, also started with a tight schedule for visitors and exhibitors right from the start. Nevertheless, there was still time to greet long-standing business partners and old friends: the firearms industry is a family business. But still fantastic, because there are still world firsts and unusual prototypes. More of this in word and picture below.

In view of the Trump administration's announcements that Europeans will more or less have to take care of their own military security in future, it is not surprising that the halls at NürnbergMesse were still very busy on the third and final day of Enforce Tac 2025.

Focus on ammunition: at the AMMO SYMPOSIUM at Enforce Tac 2025, experts spent the whole day discussing how ammunition procurement and production capacities can be better organised "in uncertain times". However, the event organised by the trade fair together with RWS was just one item in the extensive supporting program. New weapons and equipment technology from over 1,000 exhibitors attracted …

The dozen is full: the 12th Enforce Tac opens its doors to five exhibition halls. Over 1,000 exhibitors, the size of some of the exhibition booths and the extensive supporting programme certainly indicate how important this segment has become worldwide in the current times of crisis. The all4shooters.com team is on site and reports daily on the latest news and innovations.

In our short series of preview articles for IWA 2025, we have already taken a virtual look inside the gun halls, reported on how the knife segment is to be strengthened at the trade fair and what the focus on action sports will look like. In the final part of our series, we would now like to show you why you should not miss the leading trade fair for the firearms industry and how you can find out …

From 24 to 26 February, Enforce Tac 2025, the leading trade fair for internal and external security, will open its doors in Nuremberg, Germany. Once again, many national and international experts from the security and defence sector will meet there. They will not only be able to find out about the latest developments, but also exchange information and ideas on forward-looking solutions. Here we …

The new versatile TX Encounter thermal imaging device from Austrian optics specialist Swarovski Optik works both as a hand-held observation device and as a riflescope clip-on and is designed to guarantee uncompromising accuracy even in difficult conditions such as darkness, rain or fog. The TX Encounter will be available from selected specialist retailers from 12 March 2025.