Author: Gunner Quinn

Long-known for making affordable guns, Hi-Point Firearms has branched out this year to make affordable suppressors. The company is starting with two models—the Hi-Point Hush-Point 22 and Hush-Point 45/9. Hi-Point is jumping into the suppressor market with two new designs, including the Hush-Point 22 pictured. Introduced in late 2025, the Hush-Point 22 is a suppressor rated for rimfire cartridges, including .17 Mach 2, .17 HMR, .17 WSM, .22 LR and .22 WMR. It is a symmetrical, four-piece design that is user-serviceable. The suppressor uses 7075 aluminum for its body, monolithic baffle and muzzle cap. It is a direct mount design,…

 Micro-compact 9 mm pistols are really popular right now, and have been popular for several years. Typically, they’re polymer-frame and striker-fired. In 2022, Smith & Wesson took a little bit of a different tack with that design concept with the original CSX. Well, now, Smith & Wesson has upgraded that platform with what it calls its E-Series. The E in that stands for “enhanced.” And there are definitely some enhancements here that we want to talk about. First off, what we’re looking at here on the table is a CSX that is sized pretty much like the original one. It…

Can you knock down a moose with a .22? The answer is “yes”—but it takes about 15 bullets. Just ask Shawn Tuffnell, of Stoughton, Saskatchewan.On January 22, Shawn was going about his morning after having spent the night at his mother’s house when he heard her screams coming from outside. Angie had ventured out to warm up her vehicle and encountered a moose tucked against the house’s dryer vent for reprieve from the numbing -40 wind chill.Shawn sprinted outside and found the moose standing overtop his screaming mother. From a picture on Facebook (warning: it’s graphic), the animal appears to…

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00:00:07 Speaker 1: This podcast. 00:00:10 Speaker 2: Welcome to Meet Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. I’m your host, Spencer Newhart, and today we’re joined by Steve Giannis, Randall, Brody, Seth, and Cory. This is episode two of the fourth annual Mediater Trivia Championship. This competition will span three episodes. Whoever has the most points after thirty questions will be declared the newest Meet Eater Trivia Champion. Now, there will be spoilers from last week’s episode, so if you haven’t listened to that one yet, then pause this show and go back to listen to…

Imagine that you were a weakling who kept his cash under his mattress, and you lived in a bad neighborhood that was dominated by the Mafia.  Every year or two, Mafia thugs would come by and threaten to beat you to death, and demand: “Half for us and half for you.”  That is a bit like what it is like to live in an era of mass inflation. But with inflation, the cash extractions are gradual, and almost invisible. No thugs. Just melting purchasing power. Perhaps I chose a poor analogy, but bear with me, while I explain: As a…

February 18, 1678: John Bunyan‘s Christian novel “The Pilgrim’s Progress” was published in London by Nathaniel Ponder.  Pictured is John Bunyan’s Tomb, at Bunhill Field, London. — Today is also the birthday of astronaut Theodore Cordy “Ted” Freeman (February 18, 1930 – October 31, 1964.) Ted Freeman and his wife Faith were friends of my mother and father.  Both my father and Ted Freeman were stationed at Bryan Air Force base in the early 1950s, and they rented houses three blocks apart, in College Station, Texas. (My father was a T-33 instructor pilot.) About ten years later, while training as…

The quest to make our firearms’ projectiles move downrange at ever higher velocities cuts across multiple shooting pursuits and predates anyone alive today. Beyond our very American penchant for things that go fast, the ballistic motivations for these efforts are easy to see. Purpose-built defensive and hunting bullets, such as expanding designs or deep-penetrating solids, usually perform best at higher-impact velocities. Within the military small-arms realm, high velocity is a key criterion for armor-piercing munitions. Extreme-long-range rifle shooters quickly learn that top-end muzzle velocities (MV) can also help supersonic projectiles remain stable at greater distances, thereby extending reach. Likewise, the…

On Feb. 10 South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden (R) signed Senate Bill 2, which deregulated suppressors at the state level. It’s a major development, despite the fact the federal requirement to acquire a National Firearm Act (NFA) Stamp before taking possession of one of the hearing-safety devices remains mandatory. More than a dozen states, including The Mount Rushmore State until Feb. 10, require residents to have an NFA Stamp to legally own a suppressor. With the cost of acquiring one reduced from $200 to $0 on Jan. 1, South Dakota’s move pre-emptively clears what would become an insurmountable hurdle should…

So, after seeing the specs on Hornady’s .338 ARC (that were so impressive it won our Golden Bullseye Award for Ammunition Product of the Year, mind you), I set out to build a lower receiver for a new .338 ARC-chambered AR-15. I’ve built a number of AR-15-style rifles in the past, from a super lightweight rifle to a long-range build to an extremely dependable defensive carbine. On a side note, much like one’s shooting skills, AR-15-building skills are perishable, and if you don’t practice regularly, you have to go back to the basics. And of course, by that I mean…