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Custom gun making can be a profitable side business, but it’s important to make sure you’ve considered all the benefits — and pitfalls — before you jump.

Popular movies and television shows depicting the coolest guns and accessories can really stoke the flames of customer interest. Be sure to have what’s hot and give prospective buyers a way to see them in action.

Shooting Sports Retailer had the chance to give the new RM380 a run during a writer's event at Gunsite Academy last year and the bantam-weight beauty is a hoot to shoot.

Rifles, pistols, ammunition and shotguns tend to make all the headlines at the 2015 SHOT Show. But look a little deeper and you’ll find lots of great gear and gadgets that are sure to bring your customers smiles.

When it comes to types of lasers, we need to think in two dimensions. The first relates to how a laser is integrated with the handgun. The second addresses the method of activation. That’s fancy terminology for “how does it turn on and off?”

The TacStar ADTAC M4 10-22 Stocks offer an adjustable M4-style buttstock with integrated compartments for two spare Ruger rotary magazines and a Picatinny tactical accessory rail is hidden in the fore-end.

Try standing out from the pack by offering your customers a firearm made just for them … and make money while you’re at it.

Generally pistol suppressors are not safe on rifles, and rifle suppressors just don’t work on pistols — except for 22LR ones. Not so with the Mystic X by Liberty Suppressor, which bridges that pistol-to-rifle gap nicely, allowing use on pistols, subguns and rifles from 5.56mm to 7.62 x 39mm.

Tactical continues its trend into the practical with this year’s offerings in defensive handguns, marked by concealable frames in bigger calibers. Manufacturers are giving shooters the gun they love in a size they can carry.