Shooting - News, tests and new products for the sport shooter

IWA 2018 / Optics manufacturer KAHLES presents itself with a new face. The company redesigned its brand and now comes with a sporty and dynamic design. At the IWA trade fair, the traditional manufacturer showcased its new optics for hunters and sport shooters.

Enforce Tac 2018 / New from Steiner: M7Xi IFS. The new German-made military riflescope has been showcased for the first time at the Nuremberg fair. Designed for long range sniping, it features a built-in ballistic calculator and sensor suite that determines the bullet point of impact in real time. 

Once again, the US is shaken by a mass shooting and the debate about gun control is raging on. Yet, the system failed not because we need stricter gun laws, but because existing laws were not applied and red flags ignored. 

The historical firearm, a Smith & Wesson .44 Hand Ejector 1st Model revolver, was taken by Colonel TE Lawrence from a captured Turkish officer. Now it has been donated to the Museum.

Browning announces on its website that the HP is “technically out of production” and general availability to dealers ended in 2017. The design is still produced by other manufacturers, anyway.  

HIT show 2018 / New from FABARM: Elos N2 Sporting AS. The Elos N2 Sporting AS is the new over-under designed to meet the demands of shooters, showing how you can achieve brilliant results at a reasonable cost.

The newly introduced version of Walther's PPS M2 features a Shield RMSc red dot sight mounted on a factory-milled slide, making this slim single-stack pistol an interesting choice for any scenario.

Hannah Gibson, 25, based in Sussex (England), is the British Open Sportrap 2017 Ladies champion, and CPSA Sportrap 2017 Ladies High gun. Growing up, she regularly went swimming and played badminton but when she was inspired by Charlotte Kerwood’s gold medal at the Commonwealth Games, she asked her Dad to take her shooting at their local ground, Northall Clay Pigeon Club, and got "hooked”.

SHOT Show 2018 / New from Aimpoint: the Comp M5 Red Dot reflex sight. The well-known Swedish manufacturer of high-quality aiming systems introduced the latest version of the military and professional Comp red-dot line. Check out its features.

HIT Show 2018 / New from Baschieri & Pellagri: great classics revisited and new proposals in all gauges dedicated to both hunting and sporting shotguns.

The new addition to the M&P M2.0 family is designed for both first-time shooters and experienced handgunners thanks to its easy-to-rack slide and easy-to-load magazine. It's an internal hammer fired gun with some safety pluses too. 

SHOT Show 2018 / New from RUAG Ammotec: the ammunition manufacturer exhibited its GECO and Swiss P brands in its booth at this year's SHOT Show in Las Vegas. And there was a real novelty: GECO introduced its Sport Optics range for the first time in the US market

SHOT Show 2018 / New from Kimber USA: the 1911 Aegis Elite and KHX pistol lines, plus the Hero Custom and Stainless Target are the new models for 2018. The highly renowned US manufacturer of 1911-style pistols presented a whole new range of handguns in various sizes and calibers. Here we take a look at Kimber’s new 1911 series.

SHOT Show 2018 / New from Brownells: Retro Rifles. Ever wanted an AR-10 or a Vietnam M16? Brownells has replicated these classic military rifles: from the early .308/7.62mm models to the 5.56mm XM177 Carbine, including a “slab side” variant and a Vietnam Era M16A1.

SHOT Show 2018 / New from Schmidt & Bender: 1-8x24 PM II ShortDot Dual CC. This is the riflescope that won a German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) tender: a feature rich optic and the ideal solution for mobile use in urban terrain from short to medium distances.  

SHOT Show 2018 / New from Chiappa Firearms: the 1892 rifle according to its 60th Anniversary. The limited edition versions of this classic lever-action rifle are engraved by A&A Engraving, a Company specialized in creating fine commemorative weapons.