If you’re anxious to find the right gift for an enthusiast on your holiday shopping list, but hoping to avoid breaking the bank, we have good news. Shooting Illustrated has compiled a long list of special deals, rebates and other promotions to ease your budgetary concerns.
Here’s a few of the special deals we’ve sniffed out so far.
Guns
Purchase a new Springfield Armory Model 2020 Waypoint or Model 2020 Redline rifle by Dec. 31 and you can qualify to receive a “Gear Up” package featuring a free Model 2020 Rimfire Target rifle worth $434. Whether you keep the centerfire and wrap up the rimfire for that special person is up to you, but we know it’s a North Pole-approved smoking deal. Complete details are online.
Springfield is also offering three free magazines and a range bag (a $149 value) with the purchase of a new Echelon pistol by Nov. 30. If you prefer the Hellcat line, act by the same date and you could receive three magazines, a range bag and Viridian RFX11 green-dot optic. Details are here.
Buy a factory-fresh Savage 110 Elite Precision, Impulse Elite Precision or 110 Precision before December arrives and there could be $200 cash back. You can procrastinate a little longer if a Savage Impulse rifle is on you list. In that case you have until Dec. 31 to qualify for $100 back. Details on both offers is here.
Smith & Wesson’s “Optimize the Holidays” rebate program includes one free Vortex Strikefire II Red Dot with each new qualifying purchase of an eligible M&P15 Sport II or Sport III rifle, or a Vortex Crossfire Red Dot with each new qualifying purchase of an M&P FPC or S&W Response carbine. The offer ends Dec. 31.
If that special person on your holiday list is a wheelgun fan, you’re in luck. Smith & Wesson is running a promotion that can bring up to $150 back on some of its most popular revolvers. The offers end Dec. 31.
You can also receive $50 back on Colt King Cobras or Cobras, or double that savings to $100 by selecting the company’s Python or Anaconda revolver. Here are the details [PDF]. The fabled firm is also offering rebates [PDF] of up to $100 on its CBX Tac Hunter and CBX Precision rifles. Both promotions run until Dec. 31.
Purchase a Taurus or Rossi revolver by Jan. 15 and you can receive a $50 Taurus+Rossi Wheelgun Webstore Rebate[PDF].
FN America’s Season of Savings promotion offers rebates of either $125 or $100, depending on the new FN 509, FN 510, FN 545 or FNX-45 series pistol you take home before the New Year rings in. The program includes some of the company’s most popular pistols. Full details and limitations are available online [PDF].
There’s $25 back if you take home a Heritage Rancher rifle or Heritage Rough Rider revolver by Jan. 15. If that doesn’t sound exciting enough, how does a free Heritage Revolver sound? Act by the same date with the purchase of a new qualifying Heritage 92, Rossi R92 or Rossi R95 Lever Action Rifle and there may be one in your future. Full details and forms are found here [PDF].
Stoeger Industries is offering buyers of new STR-9 9mm pistols a $75 rebate on qualified purchases made through Jan. 15th, 2025. With prices for the STR-9 series handguns starting at $329 MSRP (often lower online), this $75 mail-in rebate makes a great buy even better.
Purchase a new qualifying Taurus G-Series pistol and you may be getting $25 back in the form of a rebate. Certain models apply and purchases must be made by Jan. 15, 2025, to qualify for the promotion [PDF].
Up to $100 back is available on select CZ USA rifles and pistols. Offer ends Dec. 31. You can also recover $50 of your investment on some of the company’s semi-auto and pump shotguns.
Claim a new Walther Arms PDP pistol by Dec. 31, and you will receive a free C&H Precision red-dot optic—a direct-mount optic specifically designed for seamless integration with the Walther PDP. Here are details on qualifications and how to claim the optic, which is valued at $338.
Potpourri
Hornady is offering up to 30 percent off select items during its Black Friday sale. The promotion includes cost savings of 20 percent on safes, 30 percent on security accessories, 20 percent on die accessories and 30 on apparel, gifts and novelties.
RCBS is now offering its popular “Buy Green Get Green” consumer rebate for a limited time – giving handloaders cash back on their purchase of RCBS’s premium reloading tools and accessories. Consumers purchasing by Dec. 31 will be eligible for a $100 rebate if they spend $400 or more, $75 when buying between $250 and $399.99 and they get $35 back when the total comes to between $100 and $249.99. Limitations and details are online here.
Rock River Arms has reduced the price of its Full Auto Complete Bolt Carrier Group to $120, a .223 MIL-STD phosphate carrier that functions well in semi-automatics. A variety of other parts and accessories are also on sale on the webpage.
MidwayUSA has something for every outdoor enthusiast, regardless of pursuit—from hunting, shooting, fishing and more. It would take days, if not weeks, to canvas its online catalog. Thankfully, a dedicated webpage highlights all the special deals the company is offering during its Cyber Week Sale, which runs Nov. 25 until Dec. 2.
Another goliath in the industry, Bass Pro, is also offering a special event for early holiday shoppers. It also begins Nov. 25 and ends Dec. 1 with up to 50 percent off. Here’s the online flier for your budget-friendly consideration.
Zerotech is running a free bino rebate. Purchase a qualifying riflescope before New Years Day and there’s a set of binoculars, at no charge, in your future.
Silencer Central’s Buy One Get One (BOGO) promotion runs through the end of 2024. Customers who purchase any BANISH suppressor priced at $849 or higher will receive a free BANISH 22K-V2 rimfire suppressor, a $465 value. For details visit the offer’s webpage.
Ammo
Shell Shock Technologies has rolled Black Friday Specials on its website. Through Nov. 29 at midnight, the company has cut 15 percent off its Shell Tech home- and personal-defense ammo. There’s another 10 percent savings on its Shell Tech Competition Ready FMJ.
Remington is offering a rebates on centerfire rifle and rimfire cartridges—valid through Nov. 30 and Dec. 26, respectively. Full details and qualifying loads are available on the company’s promotions page.
Federal Premium also has some smoking rebates sure to ease holiday shopping stress. Act before Dec. 1 by purchasing at least two boxes of the firm’s famed centerfire cartridges and you could receive 20 percent of the price back. It’s also running a Black Pack Buck$ rebate worth $10 back on Black Back .22 LR when you claim at least two 1,100 round-count packages by Dec. 26. Full details are available online.
There is no doubt other special deals, promotions and rebates soon follow. We’ll keep you abreast, but in the meantime, everyone here at Shooting Illustrated and the entire NRA family wishes you a Happy Thanksgiving—one surrounded by the love and joy of family and friends.