SHOT Show 2024: On Sunday, January 2024, we had the chance to participate in the exclusive Beretta Range Day at the Pro Gun Club Vegas. A shooting ground with five ranges for pistols and long rifles. The top management of Beretta Headquarter from Italy was also present, as well as the Management-Team from Beretta USA. Here is what we have experienced.

Exactly 170 years after Horace Smith & Daniel Baird Wesson patented their first lever gun with the Volcanic lever-action, Smith & Wesson introduces the Model 1854, a lever-action rifle series with modern features. Two versions are initially available, both chambered in .44 Magnum and with a magazine tube capacity of 9 rounds.

Under the MAK brand, Kilic Feintechnik GmbH in Germany builds optics, mounts and accessories for professional, hunting and sporting shooters. Today, all4shooters.com tests a MAK Promont riflescope offset mounting system with a MAK Dot SH mini reflex red dot sight combo on an M4 semiauto rifle used with a 1-6x24 variable magnification scope. How will the primary optic work with a secondary optic …

Tanja Loch has been working as a freelancer for all4shooters.com for more than a year now. In addition to her work as a writer, she has also been the social media manager for the German and, more recently, English all4shooters channels. So it's high time we introduced the enthusiastic sports shooter from our international team here in an interview.

If you have always wanted to know how premium-class electronic earmuffs are made, then come with us to the Sordin factory in Värnamo, Sweden, and watch a Supreme Pro-X being manufactured. In our report, you will also find out why the new Sordin HEAR2 sound system is designed to make hunters' ears their most effective "weapon" when hunting.

The Telos flagship thermal imaging monocular from Pulsar replaces the discontinued Helion 2 Pro, introducing the ability to upgrade its technical specs post purchase thanks to the innovative modular design. The unit all4shooters received for testing is the Telos XP50 LRF, featuring a 640x480@17 µm pixel pitch sensor with state of the art <18 mK NETD value, a F50 / 1.0 front objective, 1000-m laser …

In 2024 the European Commission is expected to publish a legislative proposal about the use of lead ammunition in hunting and sport shooting in all EEA countries and Northern Ireland. The European Shooting Sports Forum (ESSF) has published a “Frequently Asked Questions” document to provide everyone with clear arguments for a joint commitment against the looming “lead ban”. Read on to learn more.

With the new ACRO S-2, Aimpoint is launching a new and more powerful red dot sight for shotgun shooters. Key features of the new sight? With the improved accuracy of the ACRO S-2, shotgun shooters can now rely on a device that offers a significantly larger red dot compared to its predecessor, the Micro S-1. 

The Lee Loader is the basic kit that can introduce any firearms enthusiast to rifle or pistol centerfire ammunition reloading: affordable at less than 60 euro, reasonably accurate, extremely easy to use and surprisingly safe – although you actually have to use a hammer or similar to pound over the round of ammunition to reload it! Strobl.cz sent us a .45-70 Govt die set to review and test in the …

The new year has begun and many good resolutions have already been made – but what if you could improve your own shooting skills, and do it easily at home? We have an idea for you here for another resolution for 2024 and present you with some options for so-called dry-fire training within your own four walls using products from Laser Ammo, among others. 

Prototypes of this new bolt-action rifle series could already be admired at the IWA 2023. Since then, many improvements have been made, also in consultation with future customers: the action is now made of steel instead of aluminum, which also allows for more powerful calibers. The new H6 trigger is supplied by Recknagel. We introduce the new H6 series, which is based on the proven Hera stock …

We examine with Gianluca Garolini, a ballistics technician at Baschieri & Pellagri, the main cartridges that can be used in winter hunting, including great classics and new products developed by Baschieri's research and development department using alternative alloys to lead.

ISSF President Luciano Rossi interviewed at length about the present and especially the future of the International Shooting Sports Federation. Still high risk of limitations for shooting sports, starting with Brisbane 2032, but dialogue with the IOC has resumed and the Federation wants to be better prepared to face the challenges ahead.

For the first time, the Enforce Tac  European security trade fair will take place over three days instead of two. In addition, there will be promising premieres such as the "Enforce Tac Village" from February 26 to 28, 2024, i.e. immediately before IWA OutdoorClassics. Reason enough to conduct an exclusive interview with Enforce Tac Exhibition Director Isabelle Teufert from NürnbergMesse.

It looks like a carbine, but legally it is a semi-automatic pistol, at least in the U.S. where it is manufactured. It is called the Jackhammer, is chambered in .22 Long Rifle caliber, and can use fifty-round drum magazines. If it reminds you of anything, you are right: in many details it alludes to the venerable Thompson submachine gun.

The author's meeting with a famous Italian photographer becomes an opportunity to talk about rifles, hunting and particularly "African" calibers. One of the most classic of these is the .375 Holland & Holland.