“Tag: 2016”

Gun sales have been good in 2016. The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) has released the numbers on its March 2016 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Back Ground Check Systems (NICS) tracking. March produced a figure of 1,297,275, an increase of 9.2 percent compared to March 2015.

Looking for new glass? 2016's batch of new hunting optics is pretty impressive. Here are some of the top new wares.

Wait until you see the lineup of new bows for 2016. Whether you're going for sheer speed and hard-hitting performance or a bow that passes the smooth and quiet tool test, these 14 companies find ways to package it all.

If you've been paying attention to AmericanHunter.org of late, you'll have heard that we announced the Savage Arms A17 would receive our Golden Bullseye Award for "Rifle of the Year" at the impending 2016 NRA Annual Meetings and Exhibits in Louisville. With all of that in mind, it should come as no surprise that, for 2016, Savage announced a line expansion. In this case, I'm talking about the new A17 Sporter and A17 Target models. Here are five things you need to know.

Carl Zeiss Sports Optics, an international leader in optics and optoelectronics, named American Hunter Senior Editor Karen Mehall Phillips its 2015 Outdoor Writer of the Year at the 2016 SHOT Show in Las Vegas, Jan. 18.

Great American Outdoor Show offers hunting, shooting and more for the entire family.

Here are four things you need to know about Winchester's new Varmint X shotshell.

Associate Editor Jon Draper takes a look at some of 2016's top new shotgun offerings.

Winchester is doubling down on its rimfire line for 2016. Soon to join its ranks is the new M-22 Subsonic .22 LR round, which has been designed specifically to function in automatic firearms.