Beretta does not release new platforms casually. The A400 line has been the benchmark waterfowl semi-automatic for over a decade, and for most manufacturers, owning the top of a category is a reason to sit back and collect. Beretta instead went back to a blank sheet of paper and built the AX800 Suprema from the ground up, not as an incremental upgrade to the A400 but as a clean-slate reimagining of what a hunting semi-automatic should be. From the polymer receiver to the redesigned gas system...

In 1776, a young nation declared its independence. It did so with French muskets in its hands. That is not a footnote. It is the central fact of the American Revolution's logistics. The majority of the small arms carried by the Continental Army were manufactured in France, many of them produced just miles from a small town called Saint-Bonnet-le-Château, in the Loire region. Two hundred and fifty years later, in that same town, skilled artisans still build firearms by hand. And the revolver...

For years, the conversation around Swarovski spotting scopes has followed a familiar script. Someone asks which spotter to buy. Someone else says Swarovski. A third person checks the sticker and quietly starts looking at Vortex. The AT Endura 21-65x75 is Swarovski's direct response to that third person. It is the company's newest spotting scope, a replacement for the long-standing ATS/STS line, and it represents a genuine effort to bring Swarovski's HD optical performance into a lighter,...