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There is not a lot of glamour to be had cleaning and maintaining firearms, but such tasks are critical to ensure our tools perform as intended, when needed. The engineering minds at Real Avid have always found creative ways to update and improve the common tools and supplies needed for gun care, and the recently introduced Smart Mat and Bore Boss are great examples of the company’s ingenuity.
Joe Kurtenbach gets hands on with these modern renditions of time-proven products in this week's NRA Gun Gear of the Week video.
The Taurus Raging Hunter is designed for field use, and one of the latest versions incorporates a great straight-walled cartridge designed for taking game: the 350 Legend.
SAAMI has formally standardized the 5.56 Commercial cartridge as introduced by Hornady Mfg., a designation that provides universally agreed-upon commercial dimensions for the popular 5.56 NATO cartridge.
Encouraged by his generally positive reception at the Great Exhibition in 1851, and always anxious to gain elusive government contracts, Colt, in 1853, opened a London factory where he would make a number of revolvers, including his popular 1849 Pocket Model.
Savage Arms jumped back into the lever-action market in 2024 with its rimfire Revel platform, and this year, the company is expanding with a feature-rich Revel Tactical model.