Bovine TB Found in Wild, Indiana White-tailed Deer

INDIANAPOLIS—Bovine tuberculosis (TB) has been diagnosed in a white-tailed deer in Franklin County, Ind. This marks the first time the disease (more formally known as Mycobacterium bovis) has been found in a wild animal in Indiana. This finding means significant changes in disease monitoring requirements for cattle owners and deer hunters in the area.

The Indiana State Board of Animal Health (BOAH) has been working with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to test wildlife on a Franklin County cattle farm where TB was diagnosed in April. The 2-year-old doe that tested positive for TB was culled as part of the surveillance effort on the cattle farm.

Under federal requirements, finding TB in a free-ranging wild animal means testing of all cattle must expand from 3 miles to 10 miles and surveillance in hunter-harvested deer will intensify. Read more

Wildlife

Vortex/Cabela’s Intrepid Optics Series


Cabela’s and Vortex teamed up to create the Intrepid Optics Series. Working together through all stages of development, the Intrepid series is the result of countless years of field and engineering experience. Delivering absolute clarity, incredible low light performance and extreme durability, these are optics you can depend on.Intrepid™ Riflescope: Feature-rich and compact, the Intrepid Riflescope boasts an incredibly versatile 4.5-22×50 configuration, making it ideal for everything from short-range treestand work, to long distance engagements. Fully multicoated with Vortex’s XR antireflective coatings, the HD lenses serve up bright, crisp and clear images. ArmorTek® protects exterior lenses from scratches, oil and dirt. A forgiving eye box and 4 inches of eye relief promote fast and easy target acquisition. Low-profile, tactical turrets track true and offer quick access for adjustment when it’s time to shoot. Hashmark-style, MOA-based reticle (1 MOA subtensions) lets shooters shoot off the reticle at extended ranges with precision. Fast focus eyepiece guarantees the reticle is custom-focused and ultrasharp. Side parallax/focus adjustment compensates for parallax error, as well as ensures the image is sharp at any distance. Body of the scope (30mm tube diameter) is machined from a single solid block of aircraft-grade aluminum. Hard-anodized matte-black finish for superior durability and scratch resistance. O-ring sealed and Argon-purged for reliable performance in all environments. Read more
Optics

Sightmark Pinnacle 1-6×24 TMD Riflescope


Sightmark Pinnacle 1-6×24 TMD Riflescope: NTOA tested and recommended!(MANSFIELD, TEXAS) – Pulsar is proud to announce the product performance results of the Sightmark Pinnacle 1-6×24 TMD Riflescope, as review by the National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA). NTOA is a premier training resource and tactics development organization catering to law enforcement professionals nationwide.

“Thank you for participating in our Member Tested and Recommended Program. The Sightmark Pinnacle 1-6×24 TMD Riflescope has been tested and recommended by the members of the National Tactical Officers Association.”

Sightmark’s first-focal-plane Pinnacle™ 1-6x24mm TMD Riflescope features a rugged, hard-anodized 30mm aircraft-grade 6061-T6 aluminum tube and razor-sharp, fully multi-coated glass. The versatile Tactical Mil-Dash (TMD) reticle is specifically designed for on-the-fly rangefinding and lightning quick target acquisition. Read more

Optics

PolyCase® Releases New Sport Utility Ammo™


The Next Generation of Range/Target AmmunitionSavannah, GA – PolyCase Ammunition® releases their new line of Sport Utility Ammo™. PolyCase Ammunition has taken the industry by storm with their innovative copper-polymer projectiles, performing beyond expectations.

The New Sport Utility line is range-friendly with its copper-polymer blend. Unlike other jacketed and frangible ammo, the Inceptor® RNP Sport Utility Ammo™ can be shot on hardened steel with safe range distances being measured in feet, not yards, resulting in a safer and more realistic training experience. The Sport Utility Ammo™ is the perfect practice round for both indoor and outdoor shooting. This sport/training product is perfectly matched to the recoil and performance of the Inceptor Preferred Defense™ and Ruger® Self-Defense lines of ammunition, making it the ideal practice ammo choice for users of Ruger® or Inceptor®-branded defense ammunition. The Inceptor® RNP Sport Utility Ammo™ delivers high velocity and low recoil providing a comfortable day of shooting at the range while holding the accuracy and performance expected from PolyCase products. Read more

Ammunition

Alliant Reloder 16 Rifle Powder


RADFORD, Virginia –– Alliant Powder, a leading manufacturer of smokeless powders, offers consistent long-range accuracy across temperature extremes with the release of its new Reloder 16 rifle powder. Shipments of Reloder 16 are being delivered to dealers now.Reloder 16 utilizes TZ technology, which manipulates the response of the propellant and resists the natural tendency to generate more pressure at higher temperatures and less pressure at lower temperatures. As a result, Reloder 16, similar to Reloder 23 and AR Comp, offers world-class temperature stability. The powder has excellent lot-to-lot consistency and contains a proprietary de-coppering additive without any DNT or DBP.

The new powder is ideal for traditional hunting cartridges, such as 30-06 Spring. and 270 Win., as well as 6.5mm target loads and tactical applications wherein temperature stability is required. Read more

Ammunition

Honor Defense Endurance Tests


It’s easy to say that a pistol will go through thousands of rounds without a problem-it’s quite another thing to fire thousands of rounds in 2 days. But that’s exactly what Honor Defense does.In mid-July, Honor Defense began another phase endurance testing its 9MM, striker-fired handguns with Manual Safeties. The protocol includes shooting over 5,000 rounds in 2 days in a single pistol.

“This is reality testing,” said Gary Ramey, president of Honor Defense. “We run pistols until they are too hot to handle. We drop magazines on the ground, and just keep loading and shooting. We want to know pistols perform under realistic conditions and we don’t pamper them. Pistols are tools that must be pushed to the limits and then find ways to improve them.

Ramey added “For our endurance testing, it is critical to have consistent high quality ammunition. So we use Sinterfire ammunition. because it is made in America and reliable. Sinterfire is best known for manufacturing lead-free, copper/tin frangible projectiles, but they have ammunition for all types of applications. I use it in my personal carry weapon” Read more

Ammunition, Firearms

Stryka and Mossy Oak Celebrate Their Partnership With A Summer Promotion Giveaway

Styrka is proud to announce its partnership with Mossy Oak with the release of the Styrka S3 10×42 Binocular in the Mossy Oak Break-Up Country camouflage pattern. Your chance to help celebrate this great partnership ends soon since Styrka and Mossy Oak’s huge summer giveaway of Styrka and Mossy Oak products ends next week.

Don’t miss out on the Styrka and Mossy Oak Partnership Promotion which launched on Facebook, on July 11, 2016 and is ending on August 25, 2016. In all, 50 winners will receive a variety of prize packages! The three Grand Prize winners will receive a brand new S3 10×42 Binocular, done in Mossy Oak Break-Up Country, a $100 Mossy Oak gift card and an assorted Styrka and Mossy Oak swag package.

All 50 winners will be selected on August 25.

What do youhave to do to enter? “Like” the Styrka and Mossy Oak Facebook pages, and then submit your name and email address in the “Styrka-Mossy Oak Giveaway” tab. Read more

Optics

Hornady® Announces New Drag Coefficient Based Ballistic Calculator


Hornady, a world leader in bullet, ammunition and reloading products is pleased to announce the launch of the new Patent Pending Hornady® 4DOF™ (Four Degrees of Freedom) Ballistic Calculator.The Hornady® 4DOF™ calculator provides trajectory solutions based on projectile Drag Coefficient (not ballistic coefficient) along with the exact physical modelling of the projectile and its mass and aerodynamic properties. Additionally, it is the first publically available program that will correctly calculate the vertical shift a bullet experiences as it encounters a crosswind; referred to as aerodynamic jump. The use of drag coefficients, correct projectile dynamics, aerodynamic jump and spin drift enable the Hornady® 4DOF™ ballistic calculator to be the most accurate commercially available trajectory program available, even at extreme ranges.

“Current ballistic calculators provide three degrees of freedom in their approach; windage, elevation and range, but treat the projectile as an inanimate lump flying through the air,” said Dave Emary, Hornady Chief Ballistician. “This program incorporates the projectile’s movement in the standard 3 degrees but also adds its movement about its center of gravity and subsequent angle relative to its line of flight, which is the fourth degree of freedom.”

Using Doppler radar, Hornady engineers have calculated exact drag versus velocity curves for each bullet in the 4DOF™ calculator library. Combined with the physical attributes of the projectiles, the 4DOF™ calculator is simply more accurate for long range hits than using BC based systems or custom drag curves based off of limited data collection points. Read more

Ammunition
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