Outdoor commentary and legislative issues.
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. -Gamo Outdoor USA (www.gamooutdoorusa.com), the leading manufacturer of high quality air guns, optics and laser designators, is pleased to announce the start of the 2014 annual summer giveaway. The annual giveaway is an online/social media event where the different brands under the Gamo® Outdoor USA umbrella offers its social media participants the chance to win a product from their catalog. Read more
TacStar – a Lyman brand and leader in tactical accessories – has introduced their combination SideSaddle and Rail Mount for Remington 12 gauge shotguns. This simple and effective tactical accessory can upgrade Remington 870, 1100 and 11-87 shotguns – no gunsmith needed. Ultra-rigid, this lightweight aluminum unit straddles both sides of the receiver and is crafted with a non-glare anodized finish. The top Picatinny rail can mount a variety of accessories, yet is designed to sit just high enough to allow continued use of the shotgun’s bead sight. Keeping six shells in readiness, the low profile design SideSaddle incorporates TacStar’s proprietary material for durability and secure shell retention.
DRT Ammunition is proud to introduce the new 50 Cal 170gr. TSMZ. This Terminal Shock Muzzle Loader bullet is .451dia and comes with Harvester Sabots in a 12 round package. The new TSMZ line was made to extend the range of the common inline muzzleloader, offering a non-lead projectile that is more consistent, and provides the terminal ballistics on which DRT builds its reputation. Our powdered core has given the bullet an unprecedented stability and will shoot less than a minute of angle at 100 and 200 yards out of a quality rifle.
We used a 115gr of Blackhorn 209 with CCI 209 shotshell primers and a Thompson Center Triumph to test this bullet for accuracy. We also used 150 Gr (3 pellets) of White Hots in a TC Encore Pro Hunter. The TSMZ is a powdered core, just like our other projectiles, and is incredibly devastating. The bullet will pass through bone and parts of the bullet core remain intact continuing to move through the animal, which makes it perfect for hunting – causing massive internal damage. This truly is an accurate and deadly bullet, unlike any other available. Read more
For years, TriStar Arms has offered an extensive tactical and home defense line of shotguns. In 2014, TriStar has added the Cobra Marine Tactical Pump shotgun with an 18.5-inch barrel. The Cobra Marine will feature a brushed nickel finish with a synthetic stock and forearm.The entire Cobra Tactical shotgun line will now feature an 18.5” barrel and a mounted picatinny rail under the forearm. TriStar has kept its return spring feature in the Cobra Tactical firearms. Simply pull back on the forearm and release, the spring will return the forearm forward, which will close the chamber. This method makes for rapid firing in a pump shotgun. Read moreThis was not the now dead teenager’s first offense with violence. He was a convicted felon arrested twice since age 12 for armed robbery with a gun, once for battery on a public or school employee and once for burglarizing a home. Details of his demise are here…
SUFFIELD, CT – When Savage™ Arms engineered the AXIS, it created one of the most popular bolt-action centerfire rifles in America. For 2014, the company built upon this value-packed platform to create the new AXIS II XP scoped-rifle series.
Like the original AXIS, the AXIS II XP features a sleek design, silky-smooth bolt, detachable box magazine and a button-rifled barrel. It also includes Savage’s user-adjustable AccuTrigger™. Available in a wide range of calibers, the AXIS II XP weighs 6.5 pounds and measures 43.875 inches long.
The rifle package includes a Weaver® KASPA™ 3-9x40mm scope which comes mounted and boresighted. The optic features one-piece-tube construction, fully multi-coated lenses, nitrogen-purging, fog-free viewing, and crisp ¼-inch MOA adjustments. It carries the Weaver Limited Lifetime Guarantee. Savage also offers the AXIS II XP in two youth models chambered in 243 Win.
Learn more about AXIS II XP scoped-rifle packages at www.savagearms.com.
U.S. Federal Judge Catherine C. Blake has released a lengthy opinion (http://www.scribd.com/doc/236628112/Baltimore-District-Court-gun-ruling) which essentially says guns regulated by Maryland last year, including the AR-15 and the AK-style rifle-along with other magazine fed, semi-automatics fall outside Second Amendment protections, calling them “dangerous and unusual arms”.
The opinion comes in a case brought by the Associated Gun Clubs of Baltimore, Maryland Licensed Firearms Dealers Association, Maryland State Rifle and Pistol Association and the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) brought challenging the constitutionality of Maryland’s new law. Among her arguments, Judge Blake wrote that “the court was not persuaded that assault weapons are commonly possessed based on the absolute number of those weapons owned by the public. Blake went on to write that, even accepting the 8.2 million “assault weapons” in civilian hands, they represented no more than three percent of the current civilian gun stock with ownership “highly concentrated” into less than one-percent of the U.S. population.
“Be Weatherby,” a new online sweepstakes, offers participants the opportunity to vote for the Weatherby® ad that describes them best and enter a monthly drawing for a Vanguard® Series 2 or WBY-X™ rifle, or a PA-08™ pump shotgun. Read more
FORT SMITH, AR- New technologies continue to provide quiet and powerful pellet rifles. Many of today’s adult airguns offer some combination of silence, power, accuracy and consistency, but it’s the Umarex Fuel that has them all and it is currently shipping to your favorite airgun dealers. Read more
(Wilsonville, OR)-Crimson Trace, America’s recognized leader in laser sighting systems and tactical lights for firearms, offers numerous rail mounted light and laser sight options for Smith & Wesson’s newly released M&P 22 Compact pistol. Anyone shopping for-or buying-one of these new semiautomatic pistols will want to also take the time to explore the many accessory options offered by Crimson Trace. Read more