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  • Once a Machine Gun, Always a Machine Gun? The CMP M14 Sale Explained

    The Civilian Marksmanship Program plans to sell surplus M14 rifles to American collectors after converting them to semiautomatic operation. According to Firearms News⁠, the CMP may eventually receive approximately 100,000 M14 rifles, with initial sales potentially beginning in late 2026 or early 2027. The expected price has been reported as less than $2,000. That would…

  • Michigan Finally Lets Hunters Use Rifles Statewide

    Michigan deer hunters can use all legal firearms throughout the Lower Peninsula beginning September 12, 2026. The state has eliminated its Limited Firearms Deer Zone, ending the old patchwork of shotgun, muzzleloader and straight-wall cartridge restrictions that governed much of southern Michigan. That means hunters in the Lower Peninsula can finally use ordinary bottleneck rifle…

  • Garand Thumb, Grand Thumb, Garant Thumb, or Grande Thumb?

    Google has apparently decided that “Garand Thumb” is close enough to several other phrases that they all deserve to be grouped together. According to Search Console, people searching for Garand Thumb are also typing: This raises an important question: What exactly is a “Grand Thumb”? What Is Garand Thumb? Actual Garand thumb⁠ is what happens…

  • FN 309 MRD Review: Is This the Best New Glock 19 Alternative?

    The FN 309 MRD is a compact 9mm pistol with a 16+1 capacity, optics-ready slide, internal hammer, approximately five-pound trigger and $549 MSRP. FN also claims the pistol requires 25 percent less force to rack than the FN 509 Tactical and that its magazines require 40 percent less loading force than comparable pistols. Those are…

  • Pennsylvania Sunday Hunting Is Finally Here—Government Only Took 153 Years

    Pennsylvania’s 2026–27 hunting seasons begin today, September 1, and this season finally brings something hunters should have had generations ago: Sunday hunting throughout nearly every regular season. Not three carefully rationed Sundays. Not a handful of dates selected as though Harrisburg were distributing emergency food. If a Pennsylvania hunting season includes a Sunday, hunters generally…

  • No, CZ Is Not Discontinuing the CZ 75: Here’s What Is Actually Ending

    The CZ 75 is not being discontinued. Three specific CZ 75 models are ending production during 2026: That is significant news. These are classic metal-framed, hammer-fired pistols that helped build CZ’s reputation in the United States. It is not the death of the entire CZ 75 family. The CZ 75 SP-01, CZ 75 SP-01 Tactical,…

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