Category: Firearms

McRees Precision Pulls Trigger on 2015 POMA Confernce

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(GREENWOOD, MS) – McRees Precision, a Greenwood-based company (www.McReesPrecision.net), announced plans today to attend the 2015 Professional Outdoor Media Association (POMA) Conference, slated for March 18th – 20th, in Springfield, MO.

During the conference, McRees Precision plans to showcase their premium line of stock/chassis systems during the conference’s POMA Camps/Shooting Day as well as the highly popular Product Showcase. McRees Precision founder and nationally ranked competitive shooter, Scott McRee, and national champion shooter and Top Shot Season 2 Winner, Chris Reed, are scheduled to be on hand throughout the conference to discuss the company’s full line of products. “We know the power of POMA. Some of the world’s best hunting and shooting industry writers, photographers and videographers are part of POMA. So, that’s exactly where we want to be… building relationships with them,” explained McRee. Read more

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NRA Now Accepting Applications For Competitive Shooting Camps

FAIRFAX, Va. – The National Rifle Association is now accepting applications for its annual competitive shooting camps for junior shooters. These camps, run by the Coach Education Program, help young shooters aged 12-21 develop their marksmanship skills from casual to competitive through challenging and rewarding lessons.

“These camps have everything you need to take your game to the next level,” said NRA National Coach Trainer Daniel Subia. “Each day will be filled with exercises designed to help you master your body positioning, breath, and trigger control to consistently shoot high scores. You’ll be tired at the end of each day, but you’ll also leave a better shooter than you were before.” Read more

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Heizer Defense Launching PAK1 “Pocket AK Pistol” in 7.62×39 at NRA Show

At the upcoming NRA Show in Nashville, Tenn., Heizer Defense is debuting the new PAK1 “Pocket AK Pistol” in 7.62×39. Booth #3215. The pistol is the next caliber offering in the Heizer Defense Pocket Pistol Family. The Pocket Pistol Family currently consists of the PS1 “Pocket Shotgun”, chambered in 45LC/410, the PAR1 “Pocket AR”, chambered in .223, and the Hedy Jane Empowered line, geared for women. The pistols are multi-caliber with interchangeable barrels. Accessory barrels will be shipping along with the PAK1 “Pocket AK” very soon. Consumers can purchase any Heizer Defense Pistol and now have 2 additional calibers to choose from, and additional calibers will be offered throughout 2015. Read more

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Registration Now Open for Crosman All-American Field Target Championship

BLOOMFIELD, New York (MARCH 13, 2015) In just five years Crosman Coporation, the world leader in airguns and ammunition, has grown its regional field target competition into the country’s second largest, behind only the American Airgun Field Target Association’s national championship. For 2015, the Crosman All-American will take place June 13-14 at the Rochester Brooks Gun Club in Rush, NY. Read more

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Ruger Auctions Raise $28,200 For YSSA

Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. presented a check for $28,200 to the Youth Shooting Sports Alliance (YSSA) to help promote the safe and responsible use of firearms. The donation represents the proceeds generated by Ruger firearms auctions held between September 24, 2014 and February 4, 2015 to support the YSSA mission.

Ruger initiated the auction program in 2010 to provide an opportunity for collectors and shooting sports enthusiasts to bid on and acquire rare, unusual, discontinued, or one-of-a-kind Ruger firearms and accessories. “We decided to clean out the attic and utilize these collectibles to bring additional traffic to our website” said Michael Fifer, CEO of Ruger. “We also decided to direct the proceeds from our auctions to advance the efforts of organizations like YSSA that work to preserve our American hunting and shooting heritage.” Read more

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Browning to Add Cynergy 20 Gauge to Micro Midas Line in 2015

For 2015, Browning introduces a new Cynergy Micro Midas 20 gauge over and under shotgun. Weighing a mere 6 lbs. and having a compact 13″ length of pull, the new Cynergy Micro Midas promises to give smaller shooters a high quality shotgun that is easier to handle.

The Cynergy features Monolock Hinge technology that gives the Cynergy the lowest profile receiver in the industry. This ingenious hinge system pivots on significantly more surface area than other over and under shotguns with low profile receivers. In addition to strength, the low profile receiver design aids in controlling recoil. Read more

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Remington Defense Products Now Available Commercially

Madison, N.C. –Remington Arms Company, LLC (“Remington”) today announced that it is making available, effective immediately, certain Remington Defense products for the civilian consumer market.

Remington’s Defense Division is comprised of a highly-specialized team of former U.S. Special Operations personnel whose mission is to design and build the best firearm-based weapon systems in the world, and to sell those weapon systems to the U.S. Military, law enforcement agencies in the United States, and allied nations around the world. The Division has its own dedicated team of research and development engineers as well as its own dedicated unit of manufacturing personnel who do not perform any work at Remington except for work in support of the Division. This means that the firearms manufactured by the Division embody the utmost level of quality as well as the most advanced technology available today. Never before have firearms manufactured by the Division been sold on the consumer market.

Initial offerings from Remington Defense available to consumers will include the following models – R4GP (Remington Gas Piston) Carbine, R4 Carbine, PSR/MSR (Modular Sniper Rifles) and M2010 (US ARMY replacement for the M24 Sniper Rifle). Read more

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Potterfields Donate $100K to NRA After M855/SS109 Decision and Issue Two Twenty Three Challenge

Larry and Brenda Potterfield, owners of MidwayUSA, will make a $100,000 donation to the NRA/ILA National Endowment for the Protection of the Second Amendment. The donation is being made in honor of NRA/ILA’s hard work in rallying NRA members and Congress to combat the ATF’s proposed changes to the M855/SS109 ammo exemption framework. The donation also celebrates ATF’s recent decision to refrain from seeking to issue a final framework at this time.

The Potterfields have also announced the Two Twenty Three Challenge. Issued specifically to organizations in the Outdoor and Shooting Sports Industry, the challenge is for each organization to have their own celebration and to make a contribution to NRA/ILA National Endowment for the Protection of the Second Amendment, at whatever financial level is appropriate. Read more

Ammunition, Firearms, Gun Control

SAF Launches National Media Effort To Battle Obama Gun Control

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation yesterday launched a nationwide television and radio effort to prevent President Barack Obama from using executive action to erode the right to keep and bear arms, which is the embodiment of a current plan by his Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to ban ammunition for the most popular firearm in America today.

“Last week,” said SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan Gottlieb, “our general counsel warned in a letter to the BATFE that if it goes ahead with its plan to ban the popular M855 ammunition for modern sport-utility rifles, we would take court action.

“Today,” he added, “we’re firing up American gun owners at the grassroots level to send a message that should be loud and clear: Keep your hands off our guns, ammunition and our right to keep and bear arms.” Read more

Firearms, Gun Control

Legacy Sports International Releases New Yote Camo Pattern

Gene Lumsden, CEO of Legacy Sports International, Inc. is pleased to announce the arrival of their new YOTE camo, exclusively available through Legacy Sports in the Escort line of semi-auto shotguns as well as Howa Ranchland rifles. Yote is short for coyote. The Yote camo pattern looks like coyote fur and was developed, in part, by champion coyote caller and host of Predator Quest TV, Les Johnson. Les endorses Yote and uses it exclusively on his Escort shotguns for the show.

This camo pattern works extremely well in the field, blending amazingly well with many types of backgrounds and cover. Available in Standard and Youth models in the Escort semi-auto shotgun line. The Standard Magnum model is offered in 12 gauge chambering, while the Youth model is available in 20 gauge. Read more

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