Savage Arms Adds the REVEL Tactical to Its Rimfire Lever Lineup

When the REVEL first showed up in September 2024, it was a walnut-stocked, takedown rimfire lever gun in two flavors, the REVEL Classic and the REVEL DLX. Two years later, Savage Arms is adding a third model that trades the walnut for an MDT stock, a factory Picatinny rail, and a threaded muzzle....

By Sam.S •

Hardy Tactus Fly Rods Split Into Dry Fly and Euro Nymph Families

Most rod series take one action and stretch it across a handful of lengths and line weights. Hardy went the other direction with Tactus, a new eight-rod light-line collection broken into two dedicated families: one built for technical dry-fly work and one built for modern Euro nymphing. Both were...

By Sam.S •

Akkar USA Target Force Series Builds a Clay Gun for Every Discipline

A trap gun and a sporting clays gun have different jobs. One needs to print high on rising, going-away targets, and the other needs to handle quickly on birds crossing, dropping, and quartering from every angle. Most shooters who get serious about clays eventually figure out that one gun can’t ...

By Sam.S •

Kentucky Couple’s 164-Inch Velvet Buck Sparks a Standoff

Logan and Kaylin Beach of Bowling Green, Kentucky, set up on the same ridge in separate trees only 16 yards apart on September 6, the second day of the state’s archery season. Kaylin was carrying a recurve, Logan a Prime Divide 31 compound. A nomadic buck neither of them was hunting stepped...

By James Chen •

Review: Hornady High Speed 3-in-1 Power Case Trimmer

Editor’s Note: For this Hornady case trimmer review, the author received the unit for testing from the company. All opinions are those of the author’s. Reloading can be a meticulous and laborious task—but also rewarding. It can also feel intimidating. There are many steps, different met...

By Cory Ross •

Springfield Armory Rolls Out the SA-35 4″ in Polished Blued

Springfield Armory is adding one more SA-35 to the 2026 lineup, and anyone who has been following the line this year could probably see it coming. The new SA-35 4″ 9mm Polished Blued takes the shortened slide from the matte 4″ model and pairs it with the deep polished finish that debu...

By Sam.S •

Blast from the Past: M1A-A1 Bush Rifle

Editor’s Note: This piece was crafting as a special retro-style “mini-magazine” within the Winter 2026 print issue of The Armory Life. We styled it to look as though it had been published back when the author was a young teenager poring over his collection of Springfield Armory catalogs. Yo...

By Mike Humphries •

Airguns as Firearms: What Garrett's Law Means for FFLs

A new federal bill would classify high-velocity airguns as firearms, with an 850-day runway if it passes. The dealer read: inventory audit, margin math, and the airgun transfer opportunity.

By Gary Stone •
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