Legacy Sports International Announces Citadel RS-S1 Semi Automatic Shotgun

RENO, NV – (June 1st, 2018) – Legacy Sports International, Inc., leading U.S. importer of firearms and shooting accessories, today announced the NEW Citadel RS-S1 semi-automatic shotgun in 12ga!

The Citadel RS-S1 shotgun (based on the popular AK platform) is a truly versatile shotgun that is capable of home defense, recreational as well as competition use. The RS-S1 is built from the ground up to be a user friendly, hard use shotgun that will perform under the harshest conditions.

The Citadel Shotgun features a gas-operated cycling system that powers the action and provides smooth cycling and lessened recoil of light and heavy loads. The shotgun is available in 12 gauge with 2 ¾-inch to 3-inch chambering, 20 inch barrel, 2 detachable 5 round magazines. The chrome, moly lined barrel is proofed for steel shot and internally threaded for Beretta/Binelli Mobile chokes. The shotguns are equipped with fully adjustable front and rear sights and a full-length picatinny rail located on the dust cover for mounting optics. The RS-S1 also features an enhanced safety lever for one finger use, a large easy to use magazine release and easy to use bolt hold open and bolt release levers. Read more

Firearms

Comment Sought on Plan to Divert Water from Great Lakes Basin

The Great Lakes Compact Council and the Great Lakes Regional Body are seeking public feedback on draft updates to the procedures for reviewing requests to divert water from the Great Lakes Basin. The compact is federal law that governs the use of water in the Great Lakes watershed. The compact council and regional body are accepting comments through June 21, at 4:30 p.m.

Under the compact, diversions of water out of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin are generally prohibited. However, the compact identifies limited circumstances under which diversion may be allowed. In some instances, before a diversion proposal can be approved, it must undergo review by the regional body and may require approval by the compact council. The draft updates are strictly procedural and would not modify the compact’s basic terms. Read more

General

Yamaha Details New V8 XTO Offshore Outboard

KENNESAW, GA – The new V8 XTO Offshore outboard is designed to take Yamaha’s premium quality brand position to a higher level with extreme power and thrust, toughness and reliability, system integration, control, convenience and customer care. Yamaha has achieved many of these extremes by rethinking the outboard and its related systems, and through the application of technologies new to the industry.

Yamaha’s new V8 XTO Offshore outboard offers extreme power, thrust, toughness, reliability, system integration, control, convenience and care. (Photo: Business Wire)

“This is an integrated outboard system, designed to push the heaviest offshore boats and yachts,” said Ben Speciale, Yamaha Marine Group President. “The new Yamaha V8 XTO Offshore has 5.6-liters tremendous thrust and 425 horsepower. The V8 XTO Offshore provides extreme performance for the biggest boats. Combine it with the latest generation of Helm Master® and Yamaha’s CL7™Display, and you have benefits offered nowhere else.” Read more

Fishing

Boating Industry Sales at a 10-Year High

Data released by the NMMA from the 2017 Recreational BoatingStatistical Abstract show that unit sales of new powerboats increased 5 percent in 2017, reaching 262,000, the highest levels the U.S. recreational boating industry has seen in 10 years.

What’s more, total marine expenditures were at an all-time high in 2017 at $39 billion (spending on new boats, engines, trailers, accessories and services), up 7 percent from 2016. Boat manufacturers are expanding capacity to meet this demand – building new plants and increasing production; supporting recent data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis that U.S. manufacturing gross output increased to $6.228 Trillion in the fourth quarter of 2017. Read more

Fishing

CharityWatch Downgrades Humane Society of the U.S. to “D” Rating

On the heels of the Humane Society of the United States being downgraded by Charity Navigator and losing its accreditation from the BBB Wise Giving Alliance, a third charity watchdog has some bad news for America’s supposed “most effective” animal charity. The respected CharityWatch has downgraded HSUS to a “D” grade in its most recent rankings due to HSUS’s highly inefficient spending practices.

CharityWatch takes a broad look at the consolidated finances of several HSUS entities and finds that 48% of HSUS’s budget is spent on overhead costs. (By our math, if you just count HSUS’s spending, over half of its budget goes to overhead.)

Even worse, HSUS cloaks millions of dollars in overhead as program costs. Essentially, HSUS counts fundraising material as “educational” costs. Imagine a direct-mail letter in which 75% of the letter is written off as an “educational” program expense, but only the last paragraphs asking for money are counted as “fundraising” overhead–even though the entire mailing is designed to raise money. HSUS counts millions of dollars as “program” expenses in this way.

This appears to be legal under accounting rules, but it’s a misleading and deceptive practice. HSUS tells people that 70 or 80 percent of its budget is spent on programs, when in reality it’s closer to just 50 percent.

If you want to effectively help animals, don’t give to the Humane Society of the United States. Instead, give to your local shelter.

Animal Rights

NSSF’s Project ChildSafe Named Finalist for National Safety Council Award

Project ChildSafe recognized for contributions toward promoting firearms safety at national, local level.

CHICAGO — Project ChildSafe, the firearms safety education program of the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), was honored to be named among finalists vying for the National Safety Council’s 2018 Green Cross for Safety Awards, which were presented May 23. NSSF and Project ChildSafe’s selection as one of three finalists for the Excellence in Safety Award recognized the program’s continued commitment to helping prevent firearms accidents, thefts and misuse. Read more

Firearms, Gun Control

Michigan: Memorial Day weekend – why not go turkey hunting?

GW:  Just what I’m about to do, thank you.

Need an idea to get your friends and family outdoors this Memorial Day weekend?  Enjoy the spring season while trying to find a turkey or hear a gobble.

Hunt 234 – a statewide hunting license valid for public and private lands (except for public lands in the southern Lower Peninsula) – runs through May 31, perfect for your Memorial Day weekend plans!

Hunt 234 licenses can be purchased throughout the entire spring turkey season. Hunters are limited to one turkey license for the spring season. Read more

Hunting

The Remington Model 1911 R1 Tactical Series

Huntsville, AL – Built for precision and hard use, the Model 1911 R1 Tactical is the pinnacle of adaptability and is now available at retail.

Accuracy begins with an adjustable match-grade trigger, and its 5-inch match-grade stainless steel barrel, frame and slide tuned for consistent performance.  The PVD coating delivers reliably smooth operation and unparalleled durability.  The ambidextrous extended thumb safety allows easy operation in either hand, while its machined VZ Operator G10 grips, wide front and rear cocking serrations and checkered mainspring housing provide sure handling. The railed frame makes mounting accessories easy and fast.  And with Trijicon front and rear night sights, it’s ready to serve in any light.

 

Features and Benefits:

    • 5″ ramped, match-grade stainless barrel – For superb accuracy
    • Wide rear and front cocking Serrations – For positive grip regardless of ?eld conditions
    • Tritium front and rear sight – For rapid sight acquisition in low light
    • Extended beavertail grip safety – For sure grip in the field
    • Adjustable Skeletonized trigger – For a clean crisp break
    • Tough PVD finish – For durability in all conditions
    • VZ G10 Grips – For solid hold while fi?ring
    • Railed frame for accessory mounting
    • Stainless Steel frame and slide

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Firearms

Zinke Selects Eight Boone and Crockett Members to Serve on Hunting and Shooting Sports Conservation Council

MISSOULA, MT  – Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke has selected five Boone and Crockett Club members for the Interior’s Hunting and Shooting Sports Conservation Council along with three more members serving as alternates. The council’s role is to advise the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture on existing and proposed policies that affect wildlife and habitat conservation.

“This is how conservation was established and has been maintained and advanced in this country,” said Ben B. Hollingsworth Jr., president of the Boone and Crockett Club. “Roosevelt built a network of experts passionate about wild places and wild things to ensure that generations of people would have the opportunity to enjoy them, and a lot of these conservationists were members of the Club.”

Theodore Roosevelt and George Bird Grinnell founded the Boone and Crockett Club in 1887 to address the decline of wildlife, especially game species on a national scale. Read more

Hunting
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