Outdoor commentary and legislative issues.
The nation’s best shotgun competitors will put years of hard work and training on the line May 17-20 in hopes of earning the right to represent the United States at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Shotgun are coming to the Tucson Trap & Skeet Club (TTSC) outside Tucson, Ariz., and securing one of the four Olympic spots available will be as intense as the desert heat. Read more
CVA has licensed exclusive rights to the PalmSaver Ramrod design from Perry Hunsaker, world-famous elk guide and inventor of several innovative hunting products. The ramrod was first introduced on the new CVA ACCURA MR (Mountain Rifle), but has now been expanded as a standard feature on all of CVA’s 2012 break-action muzzleloaders. Read more
Des Plaines, IL- UTAS-USA, American manufacturer of the revolutionary UTS-15 tactical shotgun announced Tuesday that production has started on the civilian model of the UTS-15 in their new facility in Des Plaines, IL. Read more
Republicans prepare comtempt of court charges in the wake of the Obama administration’s continued hiding of evidence in the Fast and Furious investigation. Remember how Obama promised to be the most open administration in history? Sure hope the door remains open so we can push him out this fall. More on evidence hiding here…
The letter from Darrell Issa, Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is here…
San Antonio, Texas – Blaser is pleased to introduce the new R8 Professional Success rifle with its new, revolutionary, state of the art stock design. Once again, Blaser has developed a rifle that will provide hunters with the crucial edge for continuous success in the field with the new R8 Professional Success. Read more
Miami, FL – Taurus®, the world’s foremost manufacturer of firearms announces the acquisition of Heritage Manufacturing, Inc. of Opa Locka, Florida, an American company proudly producing an American legend, the Western Single Action Revolver. Terms of the transaction are undisclosed. Read more
Black Shadow pictured below
Ready for the turkey woods or flooded fields, the Winchester Repeating Arms Super X® Pump is now available in 12 gauge 3 ½ chambering.
The Super X® Pump will be offered in a Waterfowl Hunter, Turkey Hunter and Black Shadow models. All SXP models feature the fast and dependable speed from the inertia-assisted rotary bolt design that delivers three shots in a half-second. Invector-Plus choke system, hard chrome chamber and bore and drop-out trigger group are also featured on the new 3 ½” SXP® Pump. Read more
By Glen Wunderlich
Preparing American athletes to win Olympic medals is no small challenge. USA Shooting, a 501c3 non-profit corporation, was chartered by the United States Olympic Committee as the National Governing Body for the sport of shooting in April 1995 and gets no governmental financial help, as do competing foreign shooters. And, plenty of practice is required. However, practice itself doesn’t make perfect; only perfect practice does.
Firearms and technique are most important but until now, our athletes had been at a bit of a disadvantage in the technological aspect of matching ammunition to specific firearms. Not anymore.
Lapua, maker of some of the most accurate ammunition in the world, has opened new Rimfire Service Center in Mesa, Arizona. Patterned after the world-renowned Lapua Service Center in Schönebeck, Germany, this facility Read more
Aanalysts say and gun owners know that the “Obama effect” has translated into a financial windfall for the gun industry. The National Shooting Sports Foundation estimates that firearms and ammunition had a $31 billion economic impact in 2011, up from $19 billion four years ago. Funny, you never hear Obama pat himself on the back for his work on stimulating the firearms industry – and, he didn’t have to extract any of my money to do it! More on the continuing salses increase here…
A knife wielding man seriously injured two people. “There is blood all over. One got stabbed in the stomach and got stabbed in the head and held his hands and got stabbed all over the arms.” However, a citizen with a gun stopped the madness.
This is why people desire to carry firearms: Whack jobs are among us. Just don’t look for this story to be told by the Brady Bunch. More reality here…