POTD: Winchester 1886 in 50-100-450 – Lever Gun Heavyweight

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a deluxe Winchester Model 1886, and the headline is what it shoots: the 50-100-450, the heaviest hitting black powder round Winchester ever put in a lever gun. The name gives you the recipe. That’s a 50 caliber bore, 100 grains of blac...

By Sam.S •

Bergara Releases Premier Competition Elite Rifles

Bergara has a new rifle model optimized for the PRS production class. The Premier Competition Elite  family of rifles is built to be an off-the-shelf match winner. Keep reading for all the details.

By Daniel Y •

POTD: High Standard Sentinel Mk II – A Dan Wesson in Disguise

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a High Standard Sentinel Mk II with a set of spare barrels, and despite the name on the side, this is really a Dan Wesson. The original Sentinel was a whole different animal. High Standard introduced it in 1955 as a nine shot 22 wheelgun [&#...

By Sam.S •

POTD: Marlin Model 19 – Riding the Pump Gun Wave

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a Marlin Model 19 slide-action shotgun, an early 1900s pump that came out of a messy chapter in American gun history. Back in the 1890s the pump shotgun market was a legal minefield. Francis Bannerman owned the Spencer pump patents and took ...

By Sam.S •

FirstSpear Friday Focus: SWAT Roundup International 2026

Come see us at SWAT Roundup International 2026, starting this Sunday in Orlando, FL, Sunday, November 8th through Friday, November 13th, at the Orange County Sheriff’s Office Range. Stop by booth 4S to check out our full product line-up and catch up with our team. FirstSpear is the premier sour...

By Eric G •

POTD: Grendel SRT-20F – Kellgren’s Only Bolt Gun

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a rifle from a name most folks know for pocket pistols. This is a Grendel SRT-20F, and it’s the only bolt action George Kellgren ever designed. Kellgren founded Grendel in 1983. The company’s first product was a ballistic knife, ...

By Sam.S •

POTD: Wise Lite Arms AJM 53 – A Copy of a Copy

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a copy of a copy. This is a Wise Lite Arms AJM 53, a semi-auto belt-fed rifle made in Boyd, Texas, and its family tree runs straight back to the MG 42. Quick lineage lesson. The Germans fielded the MG 42 in World War II, […] The post P...

By Sam.S •

POTD: Colt Courier – The Forgotten Featherweight

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have one of the oddballs of Colt’s 1950s lineup, the Colt Courier. If you’ve never heard of it, you’re in good company, since Colt only made around 3,000 of them. The Courier was built on Colt’s D-frame, the same lightweig...

By Sam.S •

POTD: Brazilian Contract S&W Model 1917 – Cleaning Out the Back Room

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a pair of Smith & Wesson Model 1917 revolvers that never wore an American uniform. These went south to Brazil, and the contract behind them is the real story. In 1936 Brazil decided its sidearm situation was a mess. The army was carrying...

By Sam.S •
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