Outdoor commentary and legislative issues.
Columbia, MO – The MidwayUSA Foundation, Inc. and Scholastic Shooting Trust, a public charity established by MidwayUSA founders Larry and Brenda Potterfield, is pleased to announce that Whitetails Unlimited (WU) has donated $84,875 to the endowment accounts of High School Shooting Teams from across the United States. Read more
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is “encouraged by the strong pro-gun rights platform” put forth at the Republican National Convention in Tampa. Read more
Lew Horton Distributing is excited to announce its new association with M&M Inc. of Eastlake, Colorado. Horton’s is now distributing M&M’s new line of semi automatic Romanian AK type rifles. Read more
Bend, OR- Nosler® has drawn and announced the winner of their Model 48 Trophy Grade Rifle, the first rifle in their 3-Rifle Summer Sweepstakes. Nosler recently announced that the second rifle in the giveaway is a Model 48 Professional Rifle chambered in .30-06 and topped with a Leupold VX-6 scope! Read more
The Department of Natural Resources’ Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (BOW) program will present two archery workshops and a handgun shooting workshop, all for beginners, in Lansing this September. Read more
Grand Island, NE – Hornady® product information is now in the palm of your hand with the launch of the new mobile website, http://m.hornady.com. The site includes many of the key features of the standard Hornady.com site, all touch screen-formatted for easy use and readability from any smartphone platform. Read more
Bore Snake Kit for ARs
Overland Park, Kan. – M-Pro 7, a leading provider of military-grade weapons maintenance products, introduces the first BoreSnake cleaning kit specifically designed for all M-16 and AR-15 style rifles. The Tactical Rifle Cleaning Kit contains everything needed to properly maintain 5.56mm/.223 caliber and 7.62mm/.300 caliber rifles in the field or at the range. Read more
The officers fired 16 shots at Jeffrey Johnson, with seven of them hitting Johnson, a hit rate of 43.75%. While one of the officers was fairly close, possibly eight feet or so, the other officer backed away and was much farther away when he fired his gun. Three of the bystanders were hit by direct shots from the police and six others were hit by ricochet shots. The video is here…
A stressful situation changes everything. So much for target practice and qualifying.
The model 725 Field…
Browning is pleased to announce that the Citori 725 shotgun has received the Field & Stream Best of the Best award in the firearms category for 2012. Read more
By Glen Wunderlich
Note: MDNR has provided the information on excise taxes and funding…
The contingent of hunters has been shrinking nationally for some years but recent news of growing numbers is cause to celebrate wildlife conservation. That statement may seem counter-intuitive to the uninformed, or even to those who’ve chosen to oppose hunting in any form. However, the fact is that hunting dollars fund conservation – and, not just for game animals but non-game species, as well.
Here is how our system works. Through hunting and fishing licenses, tags, permits, fees and special excise taxes on firearms, ammunition, bows and arrows and all manner of fishing gear, sportsmen and women have paid — and state fish and game agencies have invested — billions of our dollars since 1939 with the introduction of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act. Read more