Firearms News

Firearms News, previously known as Shotgun News, is a publication in the United States that focuses on shooting and firearms topics. It is owned by Outdoor Sportsman Group. The magazine changed its name from Shotgun News in December 2015.

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A Look at Suppressor Innovator Phil “DOC” Dater, 1937–2025 - Firearms News

1 week ago | firearmsnews.com | Patrick Sweeney

Affiliate Disclosure: This page contains affiliate links. We earn from qualifying purchases. There was a time when you could ask any question about suppressors, well almost any, and the answer would be “Doc Dater.” Or “Ask Doc Dater.” Well, the chance to ask has passed, as Philip Dater passed away while we were all hiking the aisles of the SHOT show.
Insightful Look at Singapore's CIS SAR-80: The Anglo-Asian AR-18 - Firearms News

1 month ago | firearmsnews.com | Pierangelo Tendas

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Wilson Combat EDC X9 2.0: One Amazing Compact 1911

2 months ago | firearmsnews.com | Patrick Sweeney

Affiliate Disclosure: This page contains affiliate links. We earn from qualifying purchases. There are times when I wonder what is in the water in the corner of Texas abutting Arkansas. Bill Wilson just keeps coming up with superb rifles, pistols, and shotguns, and one of these days my credit card is simply going to burst into flames. The latest? The EDC X9 2.0, where Wilson combat makes the EDC X9 even better.
Smith & Wesson's New M&P 2.0 Competitor Pistol

2 months ago | firearmsnews.com | Patrick Sweeney

Affiliate Disclosure: This page contains affiliate links. We earn from qualifying purchases. The S&W Performance Center has a pistol that will knock your socks off. I traveled down to Florida back in the winter to see it when it was new, and it was, and is, da bomb. The M&P 2.0 Competitor is a metal-framed 9mm M&P with a five-inch barrel, a sweet trigger, and 17-round magazines.
Is Ruger's RXM Pistol the Best Ever Made?

2 months ago | firearmsnews.com | Patrick Sweeney

Affiliate Disclosure: This page contains affiliate links. We earn from qualifying purchases. Ergonomics is a fascinating study. In the firearms world, the consensus among those who carry a compact 9mm for safety has settled on a pistol just about the size of a G19. While that pistol is a great combination of just enough and not too much, it comes with some, shall we say, quirks. Well, no more.
Review of the New Canik SFx RIVAL-S Pistol

2 months ago | firearmsnews.com | Patrick Sweeney

Affiliate Disclosure: This page contains affiliate links. We earn from qualifying purchases. Usually when you buy a new pistol, you get the pistol, an owner’s manual, a lock and the box it came in. Sometimes you get a spare magazine. Well, Canik goes more than an extra mile, they go pretty much the whole road. The test pistol here is the Canik SFx Rival-S, an all-steel hi-cap 9mm pistol meant for, well, pretty much everything.
Silencer Centrals Banish 22: The Best .22 Suppressor?

2 months ago | firearmsnews.com | Patrick Sweeney

Affiliate Disclosure: This page contains affiliate links. We earn from qualifying purchases. In talking with a bunch of silencer makers, I found that the rimfire offerings were a larger part of production. In the case of some companies, the majority of what they made and sold. Why? Well, pretty simple, really. Rimfire suppressors usually cost less than other calibers, and you get a lot more quiet for your bucks. Case in point, the Banish 22.
Smith & Wesson Delivers a Better 10mm Pistol

Jan 27, 2025 | firearmsnews.com | Patrick Sweeney

Affiliate Disclosure: This page contains affiliate links. We earn from qualifying purchases. I was at Smith & Wesson when they showed a room full of gun writers the first M&P pistols. That was in December of 2005. If you had told me then that at some time in the future the hottest new S&W would be an M&P in 10mm, I would have laughed so hard I would have snorted coffee out of my nose. The hot thing then was .40 S&W, 9mm was on the outs, and the 10mm was dead. As dead as a Blue Northern.
Informative Look at Kimber's 9mm KDS9C with Light Rail

Jan 15, 2025 | firearmsnews.com | Patrick Sweeney

Affiliate Disclosure: This page contains affiliate links. We earn from qualifying purchases. Way back in the 1980s, the gunsmith I was learning the trade from and I schemed ways to win matches. One idea was to fit a hi-cap magazine into a 1911 frame.
This is The New LWRCI 350 Legend AR-15

Jan 14, 2025 | firearmsnews.com | Patrick Sweeney

Straight-wall rifle cartridges for hunting are hot. AR-15s are hot. So, why not combine the two? Well, for a long time that meant really hard thumpers like the 450 Bushmaster, and that’s no fun (if you don’t like recoil). The 350 Legend makes the experience more fun.