The Beretta A400 Solo is a new 12-gauge semiautomatic hunting shotgun intended to occupy the large financial gap between the affordable A300 Ultima and Beretta’s expensive A400 Xtreme Plus and AX800 Suprema. Prices start at $1,549 for the black synthetic A400 Solo and $1,649 for camouflage models. That is serious money, but the Solo includes…

The new Taurus Judge remains the strangest successful revolver in America. It holds five rounds, fires both .45 Colt cartridges and .410 shotshells, and looks like a conventional revolver that swallowed a length of pipe. For 2026, Taurus redesigned the Judge with better sights, revised controls, an improved trigger and two barrel lengths. Those changes…

The new shooter arrived at the range with a CMP M1 Garand, a borrowed shooting mat and the expression of a man who had been told that military-surplus rifles were “simple.” He set the rifle on the bench beside a box of .30-06 ammunition. “Before we start,” he said, “what is Garand Thumb?” That was…

A suppressor Form 4473 transfer without an ATF Form 4 is no longer merely a legal theory. ATF Director Robert Cekada reportedly told firearms dealers on September 24, 2026, that agency inspectors have been instructed not to cite dealers for eligible suppressors transferred on an ordinary Form 4473. He also said written ATF suppressor guidance…

The SIG MCX-LTAW is the civilian version of a rifle people have spent years trying to recreate from grainy military photographs, discontinued parts and financially irresponsible clone builds. SIG finally took the basic idea behind the Low Visibility Assault Weapon, updated it with current MCX components and packaged it as a factory-produced .300 Blackout platform.…