Innehållsförteckning för January 2016 från Gun Digest

Farmers vow to keep up with the rush to supply every gun owner who calls toll free and beats the deadline to claim their free 72-hour survival food kit In a crisis, your number one need is food. But not just any food. What everyone needs is good-for-25-years survival food that you can rely on when the time comes that food is scarce. Well right now – in what is truly an unprecedented move – 72-hour Food4Patriots survival food kits are being given away to readers who are gun owners as long as they call a special toll-free hotline and beat the program deadline. “This is all happening because we’re worried that the people in Washington have an agenda that is about more than just guns and ammo,” explained Frank…

This year marks the 30th anniversary since Melvin Forbes introduced his first ultra light rifle, the Model 20, back in 1985. Since then Forbes has built a formidable reputation as the premiere lightweight rifle manufacturer in the business, thanks in large part to his build-from-scratch approach and groundbreaking stock designs. That first Model 20, which was based on a Remington 700 action, weighed just under 5 pounds without a scope and was, for several years, most frequently chambered in .284 Winchester. It got its name from the 20-ounce action, which was scaled down from the 700 version to save weight. At the time Forbes started Ultra Light Arms, which he ran until 1999 when he sold the company to Colt. After a bit of a debacle, he got the company…

SIG Sauer has been dramatically expanding its product lineup over the past few years. In addition to its quality firearms, the company has branched out into suppressors, ammunition and also optics. One of its new entries into the last category is its Zulu Binoculars. Available in four different models—the Zulu 3 in 8x32mm and 10x32mm; the Zulu 5 in 10x42mm and 8x42mm; the Zulu 7 in 10x42mm, 8x42mm and 15x56mm; and the Zulu 9 in 9x45mm and 11x45mm—each Zulu binocular is made with fully multi-coated, abrasion-resistant lenses and premium quality glass. The Zulu 3 binoculars are compact and lightweight options perfect for one-handed use in the field, while the Zulu 9 are full-size models that perform in the harshest conditions. The Zulu 5 is a traditional closed-bridge design built to…

The month of January has always been a time of new things. It marks the beginning of a new year and is often a time where new goals are created or envisioned. For the firearms industry, January is when we begin to see some of the great new products manufacturers have developed for the year. Toward the end of the month, this culminates in the weeklong SHOT Show, an industry trade show taking place in Las Vegas, Nevada, where many manufacturers introduce some of their new products for the very first time. To get this new year started off right, we’ve put together a list of some great products manufacturers will be offering in 2016. Whether you’re looking for concealed carry gear and guns, optics, ammo or a new long…

Built by Remington in 1943, my favorite rifle is my grandfather’s 1903 Springfield. Not only has it been sporterized and passed down through the generations, first to my dad and then to me, it’s also a small piece of Americana that never fails to inspire my affection—at once a war rifle, now a family heirloom and elk-stopping machine. Almost 75 years after it was first made, that rifle is still putting meat on the table…and 180-grain Federal-loaded Nosler Partitions in 1.25-inch groups at 100 yards. It’s easy to miss after so many years, but that Model 1903, like so many of its kind, is a reflection of how in American history the military rifle has so often made its way to the hunting fields of our homeland. It’s no different…

“Easy Gal! Whoa Gal! Easy Gal!” With Gal, the frenetically paced and bird savvy English pointer, locked on a covey of quail and creeping closer, our guide, Cody, kept her at bay with a few gentle voice commands. One other hunter and I crept up a few yards on either side of the guide but behind Gal and another pointer, and Cody gave the green light to Deke, a Boykin spaniel whose sole job it was to jump the already located birds: “Get ‘em up Deke!” Half the excitement with quail hunting like this is that you never know how many birds are going to flush out of that point or where they’ll go. Sometimes it’s three; sometimes it’s 10 or 12. Not only is the number unknown, their trajectory…

There’s more than one way to ignite a revolution, but it generally starts with a small yet profound idea. For REV Arms, that idea was to make an AR with a match-grade, precision barrel that the everyman could afford. And like so many other industry pioneers, the idea came to REV Arms CEO Gregory Littlefield, II, and his co-founders following multiple frustrating experiences. After buying several AR-15s for personal use, Littlefield finally got fed up with the lack of accuracy found in so many run-of-the-mill configurations. “Honestly, I got sick and tired of spending $1,000 on an AR that wouldn’t shoot 2-inch groups. I thought to myself, ‘There’s got to be a better way to do this,’” Littlefield said. He eventually struck up a providential conversation with a gentleman who…

ARMSCOR The compact, 1911-style GI Standard CS “Baby Rock” features a 3.75-inch barrel and weighs in at 25.92 ounces loaded. This 7+1 capacity .380 ACP offers a comfortable beaver tail grip safety, polymer checkered grips and low profile sights. The Rock Ultra CS “Warrior” chambered in .45 ACP takes sub-compact 1911s to the next level with a super small concealable footprint that has big bite. Features include a fiber optic front sight, extended thumb safety, full size beaver tail and adjustable trigger. (Armscor.com) BERSA The Thunder 380 Combat Plus offers a 15+1 round capacity of .380 ACP firepower in a package that weighs only 20.5 ounces dry. The traditional DA/SA trigger mode is tried and true. The 9mm Thunder Pro XT is a full size pistol with 5-inch barrel, 17+1…