Category: Firearms

Reduce Restrictions on Supressors

Forwarded by firstforwildlife

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quiettruthsilencercocutawayBelieve it or not, there is a gun policy lesson that America can take from Europe. And that is to refrain from restricting the sale and possession of firearm suppressors more strictly than firearms themselves.   Suppressors are sold over the counter in some countries, and their use is considered a courtesy to neighbors.   There are suppressors on the European market created with 3D printers that are cheap and disposable. And there is no Hollywood-induced hysteria over their use.

Suppressors are often called “silencers,” but that word choice leaves the wrong impression. They do not silence the discharge of a firearm. From an engineering perspective, they are nothing more than baffle systems that contain and redirect the gasses that exit from a gun barrel. They are very similar in design to car mufflers and were, in fact, developed by the same inventor, Hiram Maxim, in the early 1900s. Maxim was inspired by his profound hearing loss from the testing of another one of his inventions – the Maxim machine gun. Read more

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NSSF Awards $60K Scholarships to 25 Students

National Shooting Sports Foundation Awards $60,000 Scholarships to 25 Students

NEWTOWN, Conn. – Through its popular annual essay contest for employees of Voting Member companies and their family members, the National Shooting Sports Foundation® has awarded $60,000 in scholarship funds to 25 students who distinguished themselves through their writing ability. NSSF® is the trade association for the firearms and ammunition industry.

To earn one of the 25 scholarships offered, employees of NSSF Voting Member companies or their qualified family members submitted applications and essays on one of three topics-“Why ‘Smart Gun’ Technology is Not the Answer to Gun Safety,” “Explain to Your Friends Why Firearms Ownership, Hunting and/or Target Shooting Are Important to You” and “Gun Safety Doesn’t Mean Gun Control.”

As it happened, all of the top-scoring essays were on the same topic, “Explain to Your Friends Why Firearms Ownership, Hunting and/or Target Shooting Are Important to You.” Read more

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Legacy Sports International Announces Howa Rifles Chambered in 6.5 Creedmoor

Legacy Sports International Announces Howa Rifles Chambered in 6.5 Creedmoor
Gene Lumsden, CEO of Legacy Sports International, Inc. announces the arrival of Howa rifles chambered in 6.5 Creedmoor. Inventory is available for immediate shipment in 22 inch standard and 24 inch heavy barrel versions (where applicable). Lightweight 20 inch barrels will be coming soon. Models are in New Alpine Mountain Rifle, Kryptek Highlander/Cerakote finish, Black or OD Green Hogue stocks (blued or Cerakote Gray finish on metal parts), the Howa/Hogue/Nikko Stirling Gameking Package, Howa/Hogue Youth 2•N•1 Package with youth and adult stocks as well as Ranchland Compact Packages.

This caliber is a tack driver! Designed as a flat shooting, long range short action round, the 6.5 Creedmoor rifle from Howa delivers superior performance with amazingly low recoil. During testing, our shooters found this rifle to be pleasant to shoot and highly accurate out of the box, with zero’d groups at ¾” (sub-MOA) using factory ammunition.

For more information contact: Rick Homme • Legacy Sports International, Inc. • 775-828-0555 or rhomme@legacysports.com.

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Stoeger Delivers First Ranger Rifles to Colt Canada

Oshawa, Ontario – Stoeger Canada with SAKO, Finland deliver the first rifles for the New Ranger Rifle Program to Colt Canada. The SAKO .308 rifle design based on the Tikka Compact Tactical Rifle (CTR) has been selected as the new Ranger Rifle for Canada replacing the Lee Enfield.

These prototype rifles have been delivered to the Rangers and will undergo user trial evaluations from now till the end of 2015. Production of 6500 or more rifles is expected to commence in mid-2016 with a completion mid to end 2018.

The ownership of the intellectual property of the design will remain with SAKO, and Colt Canada will acquire a manufacturing license for the design on behalf of The Government of Canada and the Department of National Defence, under the Munitions Supply Program (MSP).

The Canadian Rangers are a sub-component of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Reserve. They are effectively the military’s eyes and ears in the sparsely settled northern, coastal and isolated areas of Canada that cannot conveniently or economically be covered by other parts of the CAF, providing patrols and detachments for national-security and public-safety missions in these locations. Read more

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Ruger Redefines the AR Platform Again with the SR-556 Takedown

Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE-RGR) is pleased to introduce the new Ruger® SR-556® Takedown autoloading rifle, an innovative twist on an already innovative rifle. Compact and easy to maintain, the SR-556 Takedown sets a new standard for the modern sporting rifle.

Like the popular Ruger 10/22 Takedown®, the SR-556 Takedown was designed with ease of use in mind. The barrel is removed from the upper receiver by simply moving the slider bar towards the breech, rotating the barrel and pulling it free – no tools required. Installation is simpler yet – just slide the barrel into the upper and twist until it locks. The takedown mechanism provides a repeatable point of impact and employs a patent-pending, chrome-plated, two-stage piston driven operating system for a cleaner, cooler running, reliable firearm that is truly state-of-the-art. Read more

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The Gun Free Zone Debate

Lansing’s Mayor, Virg Bernero, spreads it on thick, as he spews liberal nonsense about gun control.  Nothing new here, but his answer to gun-free zone shootings is to keep the status quo, as if current laws will work to stop killers.  It hasn’t yet, but a gun in the hands of one honest armed citizen has worked before – even if he’s unable to face the facts.  The video debate is here…

Firearms, Gun Control, Self Defense

CCRKBA Applauds Washington Post Expsure of Anti-Gun Falsehoods

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is applauding Monday’s exposure by the Washington Post of questionable data about school shootings used by the gun prohibition lobby to stoke public emotion against Second Amendment rights.

The newspaper’s fact checker confirmed what was first suggested last year following an Oregon incident: Anti-gunners use an overly broad definition of “school shooting” to pad the data. This followed a claim by Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) that since Sandy Hook there has been, on average, one school shooting a week. By the newspaper’s math, that would put the total around 128 incidents. The newspaper said the source for the claim is a report by anti-gun billionaire Michael Bloomberg’s Everytown for Gun Safety.

“Anti-gunners have essentially been cooking the books,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “This isn’t the first time a newspaper has called Everytown on this claim and it should cause the press, and the public, to wonder what other misleading claims the gun ban crowd has been making.”

The Washington Post gave Murphy’s claim a whopping “Four Pinocchios,” an allusion to how the famous cartoon character’s nose grew when he told a fib. It is “tantamount to calling something a bald-faced lie,” Gottlieb said. Read more

Firearms, Gun Control

Savage Arms Introduces Magnum Target Rifle in 338 Lapua Magnum

SUFFIELD, Conn. – Long-range shooters who chamber the 338 Lapua Magnum have long been limited to a relative handful of expensive target rifles. The new Model 112 Magnum Target from Savage Arms™ provides a highly effective and more affordable platform for the powerful cartridge. Shipments of this new model are currently being delivered to distributors.

Savage built the rifle around its single-shot Magnum Target Action, and then coupled it with a pillar-bedded heavy barrel and Target AccuTrigger™, which can be adjusted by the shooter to a pull of just 6 ounces. The result is competition-grade accuracy at a price that lets shooters afford to send more rounds downrange.

Features & Benefits
• Single-shot Magnum Target action built to handle the 338 Lapua Magnum cartridge
• 26-inch heavy barrel, matte finish
• Target AccuTrigger can be set to as low as 6 ounces of pull
• Oversized bolt handle
• Gray laminate stock with pillar bedding
• Muzzle brake
• 12 pounds, 49.8 inches long Read more

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Explosives and Gun Safes…Sound like fun

What is the perfect way to test the strength of a Gun Safe? Blow it up of course! That’s what Liberty Safe has done in its most recent round of their now famous torture testing. With the help of professional munitions experts, Liberty detonated explosive charges from the inside of the Safe to challenge the integrity of the Safe’s construction. A Liberty Fatboy and Fatboy Jr. are pitted against equivalent competitive brands to see which safes are the toughest!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWSWXUrNc2Q
Liberty’s advanced 2-piece body creates a much stronger box than other brands. When pitted against similarly priced safes, Liberty always outperforms. “We have been building safes for over 27-years and we know what it takes to build them right!” says Jamey Skousen, director of Marketing at Liberty. “Just because two safes may look the safe on the outside, it doesn’t mean they are built the same. That is why we do this kind of testing…it really shows that with a Liberty Safe, you are getting the best built safe for your money.”
Liberty Safe – Made in the USA! Read more

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Core Rifle Systems Great American Giveaway

Ocala, Fl – In celebration of our countries unanimous Declaration of Independence that was adopted and passed in the United States Congress, by the representatives of the American people, CORE Rifle Systems “Annual Great American Giveaway” will be coming to a close.

CORE’s Great American Giveaway runs from April 27th 2015 through July 3rd 2015 at 12:00 Noon EST.
An individual winner will be determined from all eligible entries received. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received. The winner will be awarded the CORE Rifle Systems – CORE15 Roscoe RB1 Pistol described in the details of the contest located onwww.core15rifles.com. Pistol configuration will be modified prior to transfer if prize winner resides in states with firearms regulations exceeding that of the Federal Government. Read more

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