Firearms Industry Execs in DC for Congressional Fly-IN, Cleveland Shoots Itself in Foot for Industry Summits

At the same time, however, Cleveland, Ohio, a growing, vibrant city with good hotels, restaurants and a vibrant social life, effectively told the shooting industry they weren’t interested in their dollars. The City Council passed sweeping gun-control legislation, ranging from redundancies of state laws to local regulations described as a “revenue stream with new fines” that included requirements to report private gun sales to police, restrictions of firearms by anyone under 18 years of age without adult supervision and requirements to report lost or stolen firearms.

“In light of these developments,” blogged the NSSF’s Chris Dolnack yesterday, “NSSF can no longer consider the City of Cleveland a candidate for hosting an event as important to our business as the Industry Summit. Events such as the Summit require a significant investment of our and our members’ dollars and time for the betterment of our industry. NSSF cannot permit that investment to benefit a city whose current leaders will not in turn support our 2nd Amendment rights and the continued success of the firearms industry. “

Firearms, Gun Control

Bass Pro Shops stores hosting free firearms training May 1-2 during Set Your Sights event

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Bass Pro Shops stores across the country will host Set Your Sights events May 1-2, 2015, which feature free firearms seminars, giveways, and chances to win a Savage Arms 64 Black .22 L.R. rifle and a Caldwell shooting rest. In addition to great deals on firearms, optics and gun safes, shoppers can receive quadruple points on select items.

Participating Bass Pro Shops stores* will offer need-to-know advice at the following free seminars:

Bass Pro Shops stores across the country are hosting free firearms training May 1-2 during the Set Your Sights event.

Friday, May 1
6:30 p.m. – Long Range Shooting: Guns and Optics for the 1,000-Yard Shot.
7:30 p.m. – The Basics of Handgun Concealed Carry and Home Defense.

Saturday, May 2
1:30 p.m. – Optics and Accessories for Your Modern Sporting Rifle.
2:30 p.m. – Long Range Shooting: Guns and Optics for the 1,000-Yard Shot.
3:30 p.m. – The Basics of Handgun Concealed Carry and Home Defense.
4:30 p.m. – Optics and Accessories for Your Modern Sporting Rifle. Read more

Firearms

New Panamax Rifle Scopes from Nikko Stirling

Gene Lumsden and Legacy Sports are proud to introduce the new Nikko Sterling Panamax series of rifle scopes. The Panamax scopes were designed to be made light in overall weight with the mobile shooter in mind and offer an extremely Wide Angle Field Of View having a 20% larger viewing picture than other 1″ main tube scopes on the market today.

The extra-wide Field Of View not only offers the shooter a larger sight picture but also helps in visually steadying that picture at higher magnifications. Also, designed to transmit high levels of ambient light, all lenses are coated with our proprietary Micro Lux ETE Gen III lens coatings. These new glass surface multi-coatings will give you a higher-definition picture of viewing and take your overall optical clarity to a new level. The Panamax series scopes all come with the new Half Mil-Dot (HMD) reticle, making precise hold-over and wind correction quick and easy. These new scopes are available in three different variable magnification options starting in a 3-9×40, 3-9×50 and 4-12x50AO. Read more

Optics

Birchwood Casey Introduces The New Rigid Clay Holder Stand

The new Rigid™ Clay Holder Stand from Birchwood Casey® features an A-frame design that sets up quickly and easily. The stand is constructed of heavy corrugated cardboard and is designed to withstand multiple trips to the range. The die-cut holes will hold eight standard size clay targets on one side and four on the other. The Rigid Clay Holder Stand works great for individual use, or a little friendly competitive timed shooting.

The Rigid Clay Holder Stand folds flat for easy storage and transport and comes packaged with three sheets of Shoot-N-C® 1″, 2″ and 3″ targets. It is proudly made in the USA and sells for a suggested retail price of $7.60. Read more

Firearms

STI Introduces Two New Competition Pistols

DVC Limited Model

DVC Open Model

Designed around the concept of Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas, the motto of the I.P.S.C (International Practical Shooting Confederation) – meaning Accuracy, Power, Speed, the new DVC Limited and Open competition pistols are designed to win matches right out of the box.

Both pistols are an entirely new design based off of the tried and true 2011 and are built specifically for competitive shooting. The guns feature a wider than standard frame with a full length dust cover with added cuts for style and balance. An all new sear design breaks like glass at a clean 2-2.5 pounds. The grip has been hand textured, reduced and undercut by Extreme Shooters in Havasu City, Arizona. All steel parts have been hard chromed for maximum durability in all situations. The guide rod is a Dawson Precision tool-less and the DVC models are the first factory guns to employ this innovation. Another first for STI is that both DVC pistols come with two 140mm magazines each. The 5″ precision fit bull barrels have been coated with Titanium Nitride for optimized hardness, lubricity and longevity.

On the Limited model, weight has been removed from the slide to help keep the gun balanced, increase cycle rate, and reduce forward recoil. The front sight is a Dawson Precision fiber optic and the rear is fully adjustable. Available in 9mm and .40 S&W the DVC limited makes a perfect 3-Gun, U.S.P.S.A. or I.P.S.C gun. MSRP is $2,799. Read more

Firearms

Ruger Mini-14 Tactical Rifle Now Available in 300 AAC Blackout

Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE-RGR) is proud to announce that the Mini-14® Tactical rifle is now available in 300 AAC Blackout. This newest version of the Mini-14 rifle features an optimized gas port that reliably cycles with both supersonic ammunition and subsonic ammunition when a sound suppressor is installed. The rifle weighs approximately 6.75 lbs., features a 16.1″, 5/8″-24 threaded barrel with a 1:7 twist rate, and is supplied with two, twenty-round detachable box magazines.

“This is an exciting addition to the Mini-14 rifle line,” said Ruger CEO Mike Fifer. “The ability to run the wide range of ammunition available, from suppressed subsonics to unsuppressed supersonics, broadens the versatility of the timeless Mini-14 rifle. With its solid reputation for reliability, the new Mini-14 Tactical rifle is an obvious choice for those who want an autoloading rifle chambered in the 300 AAC Blackout,” he added.

The Mini-14’s cold hammer-forged, medium contour, alloy steel barrel and receiver feature a matte black oxide finish. The 16.1″, 5/8″-24 threaded barrel comes with a Ruger® flash suppressor, which can be removed to attach sound suppressors or other threaded barrel accessories. The rifle’s stock is made of a rugged and durable glass-reinforced nylon. The two, twenty-round steel magazines provided with the rifle are laser engraved to clearly identify the rifle’s chambering. Read more

Firearms

Spring weather has bears, other wildlife on the move

Spring is here, which brings warmer temperatures, longer days and wildlife emerging from their winter homes. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources reminds residents that black bears are among those animals that are now awake and have left their dens.

At this time of the year, wildlife officials receive many calls about bear sightings and bears damaging bird feeders, trash cans and grills.

thumbnail photo of DNR Bear Essentials video“Bears are hungry,” said DNR bear specialist Kevin Swanson. “They are looking for food after spending months in their dens. While we might not think of bird feeders and trash cans as food sources, a hungry bear certainly may.”

Bird seed especially is attractive to bears because of its high fat content and easy accessibility. Once bird feeders are discovered, bears will keep coming back until the seed is gone or the feeders have been removed. Read more

Wildlife

STI Introduces Two New Competition Pistols With The DVC Series

Designed around the concept of Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas, the motto of the I.P.S.C (International Practical Shooting Confederation) – meaning Accuracy, Power, Speed, the new DVC Limited and Open competition pistols are designed to win matches right out of the box.

Both pistols are an entirely new design based off of the tried and true 2011 and are built specifically for competitive shooting. The guns feature a wider than standard frame with a full length dust cover with added cuts for style and balance. An all new sear design breaks like glass at a clean 2–2.5 pounds. The grip has been hand textured, reduced and undercut by Extreme Shooters in Havasu City, Arizona. All steel parts have been hard chromed for maximum durability in all situations. The guide rod is a Dawson Precision tool-less and the DVC models are the first factory guns to employ this innovation. Another first for STI is that both DVC pistols come with two 140mm magazines each. The 5” precision fit bull barrels have been coated with Titanium Nitride for optimized hardness, lubricity and longevity. Read more

Firearms

Tree Fertilizing Tips From Chestnut Hill Outdoors

Spring brings forth new growth for trees on your whitetail food plot, and this is an excellent time to give your producers of mast and fruit a good shot of nutrition. We’re talking, of course, about fertilizing your trees.

Chestnut Hill Outdoors, propagators of a wide range of trees for land managers, including their signature disease-resistant Dunstan Chestnuts as well as oaks, pears, persimmons and apples, has some important advice about proper fertilizing. Read more

Wildlife
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