Firearms News - July 2026 - Guns Sales, Reviews & 2A Information

Aug 6, 2026

Firearms News July 2026 (Volume 80, Issue 7) compiles concealed carry and firearms culture coverage alongside product spotlights, historical topics, and opinion columns. Featured sections include Canik’s Void-556 suppressor review, a .40 S&W reloading discussion, the U.S. Trench Gun model 1917 “War Guns” feature, and multiple pistol and rifle product showcases such as Ruger’s American Gen II Scout, Springfield Armory Echelon 4.5F COA, and the Vektor CR-21 bullpup rifle. Includes editor and staff listings plus community news.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

FormatPDF

Pages100

Reading Time4 h 12 min

AccessFree to download

Product Showcase

Newsstand

Codrea's Corner

Carrying Concealed

Reloading

In Hushed Tones

The War Guns

80 Years of Shotgun News / Firearms News

Ruger's American Gen II Scout

Springfield Armory Echelon 4.5F COA Pistol

Vektor CR-21: South Africa's Sci-Fi Bullpup Rifle

+ + HAPPY 250th AMERICA! + + GUN SALES, REVIEWS & 2A INFORMATION / JULY 2026 CARRYING CONCEALED COMPS AND PORTS IN HUSHED TONES CANiK’S VOID-556 SUPPRESSOR RELOADING THE .40 S&W THE WAR GUNS THE U.S. TRENCH GUN, MODEL 1917 CODREA’S CORNER FOUNDING FATHERS WOULD HAVE REJECTED MODERN 2A INFRINGEMENTS NEWSSTAND LOTS OF 2A NEWS! PRODUCT SHOWCASE MORE GREAT GUN STUFF! THE US PALM CAT4 PISTOL WITH EOS SUPPRESSOR FULL-SIZE RESULTS FROM A COMPACT FIREARM! RUGER’S AMERICAN GEN II SCOUT PERHAPS THE BEST SCOUT RIFLE EVER MADE? SPRINGFIELD ARMORY’S ECHELON 4.5F COA PISTOL READY RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX! THE VEKTOR CR-21 RIFLE EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS BULLPUP FROM SOUTH AFRICA (BIG ARTICLE)! CONTENTS JULY 2026 | VOLUME 80, ISSUE 7 THE US PALM STORM CAT4 PISTOL WITH EOS SUPPRESSOR (Photo by Oleg Volk) Full-Size Results from a Compact Firearm! Oleg Volk 44 30 56 68 76 [facebook.com/ x.com/ instagram.com/](facebook.com/ x.com/ instagram.com/) FirearmsNewsMag FirearmsNewsMag firearmsnews 8 PRODUCT SHOWCASE 10 NEWSSTAND News for the Firearms Community 14 CODREA'S CORNER Founding Fathers Would Have Rejected Modern Second Amendment Infringements David Codrea, Politics Field Editor 18 CARRYING CONCEALED Comps and Ports James Tarr, Field Editor 22 RELOADING .40 S&W: Why Not? Patrick Sweeney 26 IN HUSHED TONES CANiK's Void-556 Suppressor: Let's Get Quiet! Patrick Sweeney 30 THE WAR GUNS The U.S. Trench Gun, Model 1917 P.S. 40 80 YEARS OF SHOTGUN NEWS / FIREARMS NEWS I've Read More Than Half, For Sure! Patrick Sweeney Cover photography by Oleg Volk 56 RUGER'S AMERICAN GEN II SCOUT Perhaps the Best Scout Rifle Ever Made? James Tarr, Field Editor 68 SPRINGFIELD ARMORY ECHELON 4.5F COA PISTOL Ready Right Out of the Box! Patrick Sweeney 76 VEKTOR CR-21: SOUTH AFRICA'S SCI-FI BULLPUP RIFLE An Abortive Project From the Late 1990s, the Vektor CR-21 Was a Product of Its Time With a Very Interesting Story, Whose Legacy Survives on the Silver Screen. Pierangelo Tendas 2 FIREARMS NEWS | JULY 2026 An Outdoor Sportsman Group® Publication VP, SHOOTING GROUP PUBLISHER Chris Agnes EDITORIAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Vincent L. DeNiro Executive Editor David M. Fortier Digital Editor Colton Bagnoli Social Media Manager James Clark FIELD EDITORS: Hunting Rikk Rambo Machine Guns, Tactics & Collectibles Leroy Thompson Movie Guns, Air Guns & Full Auto Dr. Will Dabbs Suppressors & Competition Handguns Patrick Sweeney Pistols & Modern Sporting Rifles James Tarr COLUMNISTS Gun News & Long-Range Shooting Darwin Nercesian Political Field Editors David Codrea, Jeff Knox ART SENIOR ART DIRECTOR Bill Smalley ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR Caleb Ackers STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Michael Anschuetz PRODUCTION PRODUCTION MANAGER Terry Boyer PRODUCTION COORDINATOR Ashley N. Honea ADVERTISING ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Pat Bentzel (East Region) (717) 695-8095 [patrick.bentzel@outdoorsg.com](patrick.bentzel@outdoorsg.com) CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE Sue Fitch (309) 679-5064 Western Region Hutch Looney & Associates, email: [hutch@hlooney.com](hutch@hlooney.com) SENIOR VP, ENDEMIC AD SALES Michael Savino, [mike.savino@outdoorsg.com](mike.savino@outdoorsg.com) NATIONAL ENDEMIC AD SALES Jim McConville (440) 791-7017 NATIONAL AD SALES Senior Director – Non-Endemic Sales Kevin Donley, [kevin.donley@outdoorsg.com](kevin.donley@outdoorsg.com) Direct Response Advertising/Non-Endemic Anthony Smyth, [anthony@smythps.com](anthony@smythps.com),(914) 409-4202 Firearms News (ISSN \#2691-3259) . Published 12 times a year, monthly January through December, by Outdoor Sportsman Group, 2 News Plaza, 3rd Floor, Peoria, IL 61614-8001. Frequency is subject to change without notice. Periodical postage paid at Peoria, IL, and at additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address c

FAQs

本期《Firearms News》有哪些主要内容板块？

本期包含产品展示、新闻栏、Codrea's Corner、隐蔽携行（Carrying Concealed）、装弹/装填（Reloading）、降噪静音（In Hushed Tones）以及历史武器专题（The War Guns）等栏目。

《Firearms News - July 2026》中有哪些具体武器或配件评测/专题？

文中重点涉及 Canik Void-556 抑制器、.40 S&W 相关装填讨论，以及美国一战时期的 Trench Gun 型号1917。产品展示还覆盖 Ruger American Gen II Scout、Springfield Armory Echelon 4.5F COA 与 Vektor CR-21。

本期的发行信息与期刊编号是什么？

页面显示 July 2026，并标注 Volume 80, Issue 7（同时给出期刊出版频率与版权信息）。

Aug 6, 2026

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