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Rigby headquarters: 251-year-old London house bets on witnessed craft
John Rigby & Co. has converted a Grade II-listed building into a headquarters where the workshops are the shop window. For makers, distributors and the international clientele of the bespoke trad...
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EU lead shot ban: two clocks for makers supplying GB and the EU
The EU restriction heads for the Official Journal with a seven-year transition and bullets out of scope, while Great Britain’s shot deadline falls on 1 April 2029. Ammunition makers serving both marke...
Riflescopes
Vortex expands Razor HD Gen III line with VMR-5 reticle
Vortex Optics has introduced a VMR-5 reticle option for its Razor HD Gen III 6-36×56 FFP riflescope, giving precision-rifle shooters a cleaner sight picture and finer aiming references for rapid ...
Features
Doing business with the Czech Republic
From globally recognised pistols and service rifles to ammunition, optics and specialist competition guns, the Czech Republic combines one of Europe’s strongest firearms traditions with a fast-expandi...
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Law Enforcement
Pentagon reaches SM-3 production agreements with Boeing and RTX
Ammunition
Winchester launches Super Match competition ammunition range
Handguns
CZ to end production of three CZ 75 models
Law Enforcement
Helsing partners with Rakuten as Japan tests HX-2 strike drone
Optics
Leica launches Geovid Max
Optics
UTG Pro P.O.I. rings engineered for .50 BMG recoil
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Rifles
Spotlight on rifles: inside the global rifle market
The global rifle market is one of the firearms industry’s broadest and most specialised sectors, serving hunters, target shooters, pest controllers, professional users and ar...
Rifles
Barrett: building the next generation of capability
From established .50-calibre and precision-rifle platforms to the returning REC10, dedicated .50 BMG ammunition, the Precision Grenadier System and a new manufacturing campus, Barr...
Rifles
Built around the moderator: the rise of the suppressor-ready hunting rifle
The moderator is no longer an afterthought. Today’s short-barrel hunting rifles are being designed, balanced and sold as complete shooting systems.
Features
Finest shotguns: 11 makers from four nations, £890 to £249,600
Eleven of the world’s finest shotguns read for the international trade: four British best guns selling direct, an Austrian triple, five Italian houses, four of them selling through...
