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It’s as if the G42 and the Glock 26 had a love child with a slim profile closer to the G42 but with the height and length roughly the same as the G26. From my perspective it is a fantastic compromise that delivers a great shooting defensive pistol while remaining slim without the bulk.

Today Sig announced it has named Tom Taylor its VP of sales and marketing, pulling him away from the North Haven, Connecticut-based Mossberg where he was that company's VP for sales and marketing.

A new investigation reveals the popular auction site has rules barring the sale of AR-15 parts, but many retailers either don’t know or trick the system to keep the orders rolling in.

Remington Outdoors announced March 11 that it has made some of its coolest military rifles available to civilians. We're talking ballistic goodies like the Army's modular sniper rifle and the M2010 which is the service's replacement for the M24 (Remington 700) bolt-action sniper rifle.

Now that most tactical shooters have plenty of AR-15s in their safes, customers are turning to .308s — and manufacturers are responding with more affordable and reliable guns than ever before.

The National Shooting Sports Foundation’s Project ChildSafe, a national industry-wide program to encourage safe and responsible firearms ownership, has attracted 1,000 manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, ranges, instructors, and conservation groups to join its cause.

As AR sales slow, many customers are turning to home builds for their “perfect gun.”

As the trend toward more concealed carry handguns continues, holster makers are responding with better options than ever before.

Sources tell Shooting Sports Retailer the company has laid off more than 40 employees — with more pink slips to come. But the CEO claims the company is healthy and poised for growth.

With better builds and more manufacturers, shooters are looking to the AK for reliability and a bit of “nostalgia.”

One company that has steadfastly stuck to the "premium" pricing model has been LWRC, known for its rugged, high-end piston guns and 6.8 shorties. In hopes of getting more inventory into stores, the company has launched a new incentive program that earns qualified dealers some free irons.

While the ATF opened its exemption-pulling process to comment, a consensus is gathering among firearms and legal experts that the agency went too far by not adhering to the strict statutes that govern what "armor piercing" ammunition is.

Shooting Sports Retailer had the chance to sit down with Vista Outdoor CEO Mark DeYoung to get a better idea of where he wants to take the company and what it all means for retailers in the market.

Vista Outdoor Inc., which previously operated as the Sporting Group of Alliant Techsystems Inc., announced today the successful completion of its spin-off from ATK into a standalone, publicly traded outdoor sports and recreation company.

Here we take a first look at the Sig Sauer MCX with all its modularity and multi-caliber goodness at a special pre-SHOT Show event near Las Vegas.

In a statement announcing the rebranding of Para USA to Remington, Big Green admits it failed with the introduction of the R51 and the Marlin move, vowing to "listen" to its customer "and learn from our mistakes."

You can always choose to embrace customer retention in a dramatic way. While good customer-focused businesses make a customer really want to return, the great ones figure out how to make that return visit a status symbol.