Wes Calloway covers the firearms industry for Guns & Gear HQ, with a focus on gear, manufacturing and new product releases.
Lynx Defense has added a taller version of its Policy backpack insert. The Policy XL adds 4.5 inches of height to the original carrier, sizing it for AR pistols, short-barreled ARs and AR folders, and sells for $84.99.
Olight launched the PL X GL on September 19, pairing its dual-beam 1,200-lumen floodlight and 260-meter spotlight with an independent Class 3R green laser on a single rail mount.
Remington's new Premier AccuTip 400 Legend load — a 195-grain Power Port tip bullet at 2,215 fps — is now shipping to dealers at $48.99 per 20-round box.
Langdon Tactical has launched the LTT Mossberg 590, bringing NP3-coated internals, a lightened trigger, Magpul furniture, and an optic-ready sighting package to the classic pump-action platform.
Thermal scopes are the most expensive optic most hunters will ever buy, and the spec that drives the price is the one buyers understand least. Here is what sensor resolution actually changes, and which scope fits which job.
A prism scope puts an etched reticle inside the glass, which is why it looks sharp to eyes that see a red dot as a smear. Here is what the format does well and where it stops making sense.
Long range glass is where the optic stops being an accessory and starts being the limiting factor on the rifle. Here is what separates a scope that tracks from one that merely magnifies.
A mount is the cheapest decision in a suppressor setup and the hardest one to reverse, because it dictates every muzzle device you buy afterward. Here is what each system commits you to.
The 10mm suppressor market is one of the thinnest we track, and most of what serves the caliber was designed and marketed as something else. Here is what is genuinely listed for 10mm, what a .45-bore can buys you instead, and what the whole thing costs today.
Buying a suppressor is a paperwork problem before it is a shopping problem, and most of what makes the process slow is decided before you pick a can. Here is the sequence, the money, and the part your state controls.
The .338 Lapua can market is smaller than buyers expect, and most of what is sold into it is a modular design whose top rating happens to be .338. Here is what the category actually costs and where the dedicated magnum cans start.
The multi-caliber shelf holds pistol cans, rifle cans and big-bore cans under one label, and the label tells you almost nothing about which is which. Here is what the category costs, who dominates it, and how to read the bore instead of the marketing.