Though the company is best known for its AR-15 components and complete firearms, North Carolina’s Bear Creek Arsenal also makes 10/22-pattern rimfires and handguns. New for 2026, it is introducing its first AK-pattern firearm with the BC-47. Bear Creek Arsenal has been producing AK barrels for other manufacturers for years, so it only made sense that they would start producing the rest of the firearms. Bear Creek Arsenal is no stranger to the AK market, having built barrels for other AK manufacturers for years. The company’s new BC-47, unsurprisingly, is built around one of its own barrels chambered in 7.62×39…

Initially designed by Croatian manufacturer HS Produkt to fulfill a military contract, the Kuna has since arrived on U.S. shores through Springfield Armory as a semi-automatic, large-format handgun chambered for the 9 mm Luger cartridge. Watch our “American Rifleman Television: Rifleman Review” segment above to see the details. “This Kuna is a 5-pound, five-ounce, large-format pistol, because this, the portion here which does fold, is an arm brace,” American Rifleman’s Brian Sheetz said. “So this is a handgun.” With a Picatinny rail at the rear of the receiver, the Springfield Armory Kuna has the ability to accept a range of…

Summer is an unbeatable time of year for trail cameras in the whitetail woods. Deer are calm, movement is consistent, and patterns are easy to find. Unfortunately, the easy living of summer never lasts. Every year, nose-diving camera feeds make hunters across the country question everything in the critical weeks before September openers. As sudden and confusing as the photo drought often seems, the driving forces behind it are well-explained by whitetail science.Both bucks and their environments become increasingly dynamic as August draws to a close, with nearly every key component of deer movement changing all at once. The most…

It’s been a bit more than 10 years since I pulled the trigger on a TNW Firearms Aero Survival Rifle (ASR) platform for the first time. I was impressed with the ingenuity and reliability of this uncommon caliber-convertible takedown system. Since then, the company has been steadily adding modifications, upgrades and additional caliber options to its catalog. Two of the latest features make for configuration options that are unique in the pistol-caliber carbine (PCC) marketplace: a patent-pending UB1 bolt and a new, 1911-based lower receiver. The ASR is a blowback-operated, semi-automatic carbine that incorporates designs borrowed from both classic and…

MeatEater Live: The Christmas Tour! is headed your way. Steve, Janis, Clay, Brent, and Randall are gearing up to pound the pavement this December for a 6-stop tour of the Midwest, taking our live theater show to Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, and North Dakota.We’ll bring a very merry MeatEater holiday cheer with us along with our usual takes on hunting, fishing, conservation, and wild foods while delivering the laughs (and prizes). Each stop will include special guests, giveaways, and banter. As usual, we’re not recording, so you won’t see or hear this experience anywhere else.At every live event, we’ve set…

If you’re a fan of Anthony Bourdain at all, you likely remember the iconic moment he sat down with Barack Obama at comically small stools to clink a couple of beers and have a meal. The steaming bowl of broth, meat, and noodles they tuck into is bún chả, a local street food. The dish originated in Hanoi, where the now-famous meeting occurred.Classic Vietnamese preparation uses pork, but these flavorful grilled patties are well suited for a variety of game meats, from ground goose to bear. Just be sure to use a grind ratio with a fat content of at…

This Week in History: On September 15, 1600, the Battle of Sekigahara, (Sekigahara Kassen Byōbu『関ヶ原合戦屏風』) marked the rise of the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan. — September 15, 1774: Cossack pretender to the Russian throne Yemelyan Ivanovich Pugachev was captured. — On September 16, 1620 the Mayflower departed Plymouth, England, with 102 Pilgrims and about 30 crew for the New World. — September 17,1776: The fortress Presidio of San Francisco was founded in New Spain to gain a foothold in Alta California and secure the San Francisco Bay for Spain. — And on September 18, 1851, the first edition of The…

Armed Citizen® Today In Lehigh Acres, Fla., on Aug. 31, a man was told to leave the property of another man, but refused to comply. Instead, he reportedly followed the other man and shoved him down using a pickaxe, then threatened to strike him with it. The man on the ground responded by shooting the suspect. The suspect now faces one charge of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. (gulfcoastnewsnow.com; Ft. Myers, Fla.; 9/4/26) From the Armed Citizen® Archives – June 11, 1987 Hearing a noise in his Camden, N.J., home, Clinton Tabb decided to investigate. Arming himself, the homeowner…

The Sunshine State just opened its application period for its recently revived black bear season. Last year, after a decade’s long hiatus, Florida reopened its black bear season after the state’ Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) felt the population (approximately 4,000) supported limited hunting opportunities.That decision, however, was met with backlash by antihunters within the state, especially the Sierra Club’s Florida chapter. The anti-hunting organization concentrated efforts to “buy up all the tags to keep them out of hunters’ hands” in their “Spare a Bear, Bag A Tag!” campaign. This year, the anti-hunting organization looks to continue their cause.Results from…

In the world of precision rifle shooting and long-range hunting, Finnish-manufacturer Tikka has made quite the splash over the past decade with its T3x line of bolt-action rifles. Last year, the company released the T3x Ace, a chassis rifle set up in “Game” (hunting) and “Target” (PRS) versions, the Target version of which was American Rifleman’s 2026 Golden Bullseye winner for Rifle of the Year. Lefties of the world unite and rejoice, as the company has announced left-hand versions of its award-winning models. The left-handed Ace models follow the righty versions. At their core is the T3x action, an update…