KelTec CNC Industries announced on July 31 that the Korea Coast Guard has entered into an agreement to purchase additional KelTec KSG Tactical shotguns. More than 200 KSG Tactical shotguns are currently in service with the Korea Coast Guard, distributed across its patrol vessel fleet. “A repeat award means the platform has already done the job,” said Parker Rosenberger, director of business development at KelTec. “The South Korean Coast Guard has had these shotguns in service on the water for years. Coming back to us for more says something no product brochure can say.” The contract was finalized by Korea…

Those familiar with the manufacturing history of Taurus know that some of the company’s early pistols were based on Beretta designs. This includes the PT series of tip-up barrel pocket pistols, which were essentially clones of the Beretta 21 Bobcat. Models included the PT22 and PT25, chambered in .22 LR and .25 ACP respectively, with aluminum and eventually polymer frames. Although the affordably priced PT pistols sold fairly well over the years, they were dropped from the Taurus catalog nearly a decade ago. One factor that contributed to their discontinuation was the launch of similarly sized .32 ACP semi-automatics in…

While Steiner is known for its magnified sights and binoculars, like every firearm optics company, the company also makes electronic red-dot sights. Steiner’s handgun series is the Micro Pistol Sight (MPS) first introduced in 2021. New for 2026, the company is updating the optic with the MPS 2.0. The Steiner MPS 2.0 is the newest generation of the company’s Micro Pistol Sight, originally introduced in 2021. MPS optics are closed emitter miniature red-dot sights designed for use on handguns. Popular with law enforcement and military users, Steiner sought to make a new generation of MPS sights that had a longer…

This is the first of two articles on the haunting disappearance of two Wisconsin hunting/fishing buddies who vanished in February 1961.Ronald Wick, 19, and Carl Stolz, 21, vanished for over 45 years after they went joyriding across a frozen Wisconsin lake around 3 a.m. on Feb. 21, 1961.The baffling fate of the two hunting, fishing, and trapping buddies sparked decades of rumors, theories, and heartache for the men’s families and friends. A Capital Times newspaper article two years later in March 1963 described the search for Wick and Stolz as one of the most intensive efforts in the history of…

In 2017, Mossberg announced the release of its unique 590 Shockwave, a shortened, shotshell-firing “firearm,” per ATF, that did not require regulation under the National Firearms Act. The Shockwave was shorter than traditional shotguns and did not use a shoulder stock, but it still maintained the 590’s pump-action mechanism. In 2025, Mossberg added to the category with its 990 Aftershock, which uses a semi-automatic operating mechanism while still maintaining a compact form factor. Watch our “American Rifleman Television: Rifleman Review” segment above to see the details. “Again, it’s a firearm by ATF definition,” American Rifleman’s Brian Sheetz said. “It’s greater…

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Within the suppressor market, one of the most popular segments, for good reason, is that of rimfire suppressors. Not only are rimfire guns popular and used for all manner of shooting sports, they also offer an inexpensive entry point into firearms, and the same holds true for rimfire suppressors. Generally speaking, rimfire suppressors tend to be less-expensive than their centerfire counterparts, providing an entry point in the world of suppressor use for many firearm enthusiasts. Below are five new rimfire suppressors on the market today. Angstadt Arms | Vanquish 22 for the Ruger Precision RimfireBringing baffle-free suppression technology to the…

Being a good angler means finding and catching fish in a variety of conditions. From high and murky to muddy and weedy to icy and freezing cold, we find pride in adapting and overcoming what the water throws at us. No matter how good of an angler you are, there’s nothing more challenging or frustrating than trying to catch a fish in clear, low water.Whether you’re targeting trout, panfish, bass, pike, muskie, or even catfish, when clear water gets low, every species out there becomes spookier than a rabbit in a vegetable garden. This doesn’t mean you can’t catch fish…

There’s accumulating guns—and then there’s collecting. The thing that distinguishes the latter from the former is that there’s generally a theme to a collection. It’s not that one’s better than the other, and there’s often a fair bit of overlap, but collectors generally have a running list in their head of desired acquisitions; the next “Grail gun” to add to the safe, if you will. This used to be more difficult in the olden times. However, along came the various web forums, whether brand-centric, themed around a certain type of shooting sport or hunting or specific to a state or…

00:00:01 Speaker 1: Who gets to be a native resident of any place is always up for debate, But for the past half century, two movements, bioregionalism and rewilding have offered a new possibility. I’m Dan Flores, and this is the American West becoming natives of place in the American West. We’ve all seen them everywhere in the West, those bumper stickers on the nether end of a towering ram or ford one pickup proclaiming the driver is a native. As to where the attachment applies, it’s almost always to a state Colorado, Montana, Arizona, Idaho that’s barely existed much…