SIG Sauer USA has several reasons to celebrate after two police departments chose their firearms and optics.

MasterPiece Arms (MPA), manufacturers of the MPA BA Rifles and Chassis Systems, is pleased to introduce several new accessories to the market. The accessories include the MPA Weight Tuning System, the MPA RAT Evopod Adapter, the MPA Offset Cheek Riser Assembly and the MPA Trailer Hitch Cover.

Competition-grade, First Focal Plane (FFP) Scopes are generally some of the more expensive glass you can buy.  Nikon just made an optic that is much more accessible to everyone by hitting a price point that is very affordable.

Crosman Premier Hollow Points are among the most widely available pellets in the airgun industry, available at most sporting goods and mass retail stores. Now, the bestselling pellets have been recognized by Hard Air Magazine for their excellent performance for the price in their Gold Award review.

Sierra Bullets is a favorite brand of projectiles for lots of shooters. Whether its simple plinking or if you have more audacious goals, SIerra Bullets has tips that can reach out and touch it. Now, they have load data for the increasingly popular .224 Valkyrie which has taken the shooting industry by storm.

National Police Ammunition, founded in 2009, is focused on lead-free alternative ammunition, specially designed and developed for law enforcement use. In celebration of the nine-year milestone, Agazim is founding EALEO Charities-Erik Agazim Law Enforcement Officers Charities-to give back to the law enforcement community.

Creedmoor Sports, the leader in precision rifle equipment and gear, is now accepting pre-orders of the TRACE 10 GEN2 Training Analysis System at a discounted price. Order today and receive it by mid-to-late April. Don’t let the weather or range schedule determine when you practice; train in your house without ever firing a shot with this system. TRACE 10 GEN2 users will save on range fees, ammunition, gas and time, all while benefiting from high quality training sessions.

The VX®-Freedom™ from Leupold & Stevens, Inc., was named the “New Product of the Year” for the optics category at the 2018 Worldwide Spring Show in Reno, Nev. earlier this month.

The discussions were finalized during the IWA exhibition in Germany, and it’s now official that Stoeger Canada Ltd. will start selling Ase Utra sound suppressors in Canada.

When it comes to tactical apparel, there is one clothing company that comes to the front of everyone’s mind and that is 5.11 Tactical. You may own some of their clothing, heard of the brand or maybe you played with some of their clothing in Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands Tactics. Now, 5.11 Tactical is bringing their tactical apparel even further into the gaming sphere.

The Bayamon, Puerto Rico Police Department has completed its first order of rifles from Battle Rifle Company of Houston, Texas. The BR4 Diablo standard short-barreled rifle with flip-up sights was selected to serve the department.

Now is the time for shooters to book their exclusive training experience! LUCID Optics, manufacturer of the best value line of optics on the market, is proud to release details for its first LUCID Long Range Shooting Clinic of 2018.

We just reported about the Limited Edition Flat Dark Earth Aimpoint T-2. It was sold out almost immediately (still available!). Collectors and lovers of Orange better beware now, because there’s a new limited edition of the H-2 Micro introduced at IWA.

With improvements to manufacturing and production, formerly “exotic” technologies are not only becoming affordable to hunters and shooters but also much more capable.  Our Friday Night Lights series showcases some of these items.  A couple of new updates to Leupold’s line of thermal devices have some listed improvements over their predecessors.

Federal Premium has always reserved their Power-Shok line of ammunition as an affordable entry point for hunters and target shooters. With numerous calibers to pick from in both new and old cartridges, it satisfies a need for a diverse range of hunters and weekend range warriors.

Federal Premium has been very busy as of late re-working many of their turkey loads for hunters to be more lethal than ever. This has come through the implementation of their FliteControl Flex Wad and the use of Heavyweight TSS payloads. Now they have a line of shotgun shells dedicated to that unique shot type with the aptly named “Heavyweight TSS.”

Legacy Sports International, the US importer of Howa rifles, has a new firearm for the precision minded hunter. Howa is glad to introduce their newest offering to shooters with the H-S Precision rifle.

MasterPiece Arms (MPA), manufacturers of the MPA BA Rifles and Chassis Systems, has set its sights on the law enforcement market. With the recent addition of its new Law Enforcement / Military Sales Coordinator, Trinity Brown, MPA is poised to expand its offerings of high quality and precision-built rifles and chassis systems, as well as a variety of related accessories for these platforms, to the law enforcement market. MPA proudly serves and provides products to local, state and federal law enforcement.

Vertx®, a leading manufacturer of low-profile apparel and gear, announces the launch of a new cutting-edge tactical glove line designed to further support the Prepared Professional™. This new line of gloves consists of four innovative styles including the VaporCore™ Shooter, Rapid LT, FR Assaulter and FR Breacher.

Expanding the line of its air pistols, SIG Sauer has released the airgun replica of P226 X-Five competition pistol. The new air pistol is called X-Five ASP (Advanced Sport Pellet). With the steel slide and frame, blowback action and similar weight, the SIG X-Five ASP replicates the feel of its real counterpart.

Given the success and depth of USA Shooting’s shotgun program in recent years, it stands to reason that simply making America’s team might be the hardest thing to do. That will be the case this week as the nation’s top shotgun competitors converge on the Tucson Trap and Skeet Club for the Spring Selection Match, March 21-25, to determine team spots for the 2018 World Championships and Championship of the Americas. The intensity is magnified given that these two major 2018 events begins the Olympic
quota process for USA Shooting, where athletes will try and obtain the maximum number of Olympic participation spots available.

Yesterday kicked off the 9th annual USASOC Sniper Competition at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Barrett announce they will be attending the 9th Annual USASOC Sniper Competition as a platinum sponsor. Taking place March 18-23, the event will test and honor the best sniper teams in the United States Army Special Operations Command, Naval Special Warfare Command, Marine Special Operations Command, and Allied Special Operations from around the world. The intense five-day event will be held at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The Barrett team says they are proud to support current Special Operations snipers by giving back to our most worthy and demanding customers.

Galco Gunleather is excited to introduce the improved Pocket Magazine Carrier (PMC™) which made its debut at SHOT Show in January. Improved for 2018, Galco’s Pocket Magazine Carrier now features vertical magazine orientation, an adjustable tension unit and twin fore-and-aft “hooks” to retain the unit in the pocket as the magazine is withdrawn.

CCI Ammunition is pleased to announce an addition to its popular Mini-Mag rimfire product line. New Mini-Mag Segmented Hollow Point combines all of what made the original a favorite with a bullet engineered to split into three equal-size parts on impact, creating three distinct wound channels that quickly take down small game and varmints. Shipments are being delivered to dealers.

Double D Armory introduces “Victory™”, a Free Float, Modern Sporting Rifle, MLOK handguard.

Catalyst Arms is excited to introduce the Hammerhead bolt knob. Designed for maximum control and ease of use when working a precision rifle action. The Hammerhead has a “waist” to capture the trigger finger, or edge of the hand when popping the bolt up for round ejection and chambering. It also provides an extra surface area for a better grip, regardless of how the bolt is cycled.

Bushnell, an industry leader in high-performance sport optics, announces the release of a new Bushnell Ballistics Calculator App powered by the proven and powerful Applied Ballistics Ultralite Engine.

For those wanting to suppress a Canik TP9, your wait is over. Today, Century Arms International (exclusive importer of Canik pistols and accessories) announced that the TP9SFT are now shipping. This specific version of the TP9 is Canik’s answer to customer demand of a suppressor-ready handgun.

Usually, when we discuss our friends at Ranger Point Precision the conversation is about some hot new lever gun they are working up. For example, a modified Marlin 336 rechambered in their .36 RPP wildcat cartridge. But today, Ranger Point Precision brings us some modern upgrades for the Steyr Arms A-1 pistols. RPP is now making threaded barrels, compensators and caliber conversion packages.

Aimpoint, the originator and worldwide leader in reflex sighting technology, has announced the launch of a limited run of Micro T-2™ carbine ready sights in Flat Dark Earth (FDE) color. This is the first time the company has offered an FDE finished sight to the US market.