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ZEV Technologies—manufacturer of performance handguns, AR-style rifles, components and the new Folding Defensive Platform (FDP)—is moving its headquarters and manufacturing operations out of Washington state to Utah’s Second Amendment-friendly business climate. The company’s relocation to Riverton, Utah, is occurring in waves. Some functions are already up and running at the site, which is in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. The entire relocation is expected to be complete by May 31. Utah’s skilled workforce and an infrastructure capable of supporting the intricate nature of firearm production made the new site an ideal location, according to the company’s announcement. ZEV Technologies…

Ever since Beretta launched the A300 Ultima Patrol shotgun in 2024 as a less-pricey alternative to the 1301 Tactical, online gun forums and YouTubers have debated whether the 1301 is worth $650 more than the A300. Like any comparison, the answer lies in what features you value most and how capably each shotgun satisfies your intended use. This article lays out the most consequential mechanical and features differences between these two Berettas. I’ll also compare their ballistic performance on 25-yard targets using Hornady Black and Rio Royal 00 buckshot loads and on 50-yard targets using Hornady American Gunner 1-ounce rifled…

00:00:01 Speaker 1: At two o’clock on a clear November afternoon, a single rifle shot cracked through the Big Woods of northern Maine. Shirley Smith thought her husband had just tagged a deer, but Bob Smith was gone. There was no storm, no cliff, no rushing river, just thick timber, a healthy search radius, and a man who seemed to evaporate between one gunshot and the next. Thirty years later, investigators and Bob’s family are still trying to piece together what happened, and none of the theories do much to ease their minds. That’s next on Blood Trails. Bob Smith…

00:00:01 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Wired to Hunt podcast, your guide to the White Tail Woods, presented by first Light, creating proven versatile hunting apparel for the stand, saddle or blind. First Light Go Farther, stay Longer, and now your host, Mark Kenyon. 00:00:19 Speaker 2: Welcome to the Wired to Hunt podcast. This week on the show, we are discussing an exciting project ongoing right now to save four thousand acres of prime hunting ground down in the southeastern United States and to make a public imperpetuity. All right, welcome back to the Wired to Hunt podcast, brought…

00:00:00 Speaker 1: We talked to a lot of people across country and we get asked a lot like was it like hunting there or you know, people will take that, They’ll take videos that have historically been on like Outdoor Channel or whatever where dudes are rattling in the brush country. 00:00:13 Speaker 2: And I’m like, I can. I can hunt in Illinois and. 00:00:17 Speaker 1: Drive there faster than I can drive to that part of the state. Like, I mean, it’s not it’s not the same as where I live. You know, when I hunt…

The late 1950s TV Western series Wanted: Dead or Alive launched the careers of two stars. The first was actor Steve McQueen, and the second was McQueen’s character’s sidearm, a cut-down Winchester Model 1892 that was called “The Mare’s Leg.” Henry Repeating Firearms, a name synonymous with lever-action rifles, already makes its own rimfire and centerfire version of a Mare’s Leg lever-action pistol. Now the company is stepping up its lever-gun game with the Bear’s Leg. The Henry Bear’s Leg is an X model version of the company’s Mare’s Leg centerfire lever-action pistol. Think of the Bear’s Leg as an…

FIREARM: Fusil d’infanterie modèle 1777 corrigé an IXMANUFACTURER: Manufacture Imperial de TulleCALIBER: 17.5 mm (.69)MANUFACTURED: c. 1805CONDITION: Fine (NRA Antique Gun Standards)VALUE: $2,750 By the early 1700s, small arms began to take on increasingly uniform aspects. Circa 1727, the British introduced what would be the precursor to a line of fine flintlock infantry arms that, somewhere along the way, picked up the nickname “Brown Bess.” France, in 1717, fielded a standardized musket of its own, the progeny of which would later generically be referred to as “Charlevilles.” Origins of the cognomen of the British family of muskets are still unsettled,…

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In 2025, Federal Ammunition introduced one of the most innovative new cartridges in recent memory: the 7 mm Backcountry. Unlike other recent cartridge launches, the key to the 7 mm Backcountry wasn’t just in the design of the cartridge but also the type of material used in its case construction. Watch our “American Rifleman Television: Rifleman Review” segment above to see the details of this new rifle round. “Well, new cartridges in big-game hunting don’t come along very often, so when they do, it’s fairly big news. And this one, the 7 mm Backcountry by Federal is particularly interesting,” American…