EOTECH “Betsy Ross Patriotic” XPS2

EOTECH is proud to have partnered with Black Rain Ordnance, a precision firearms manufacturer and Cerakote specialist, to show its “Made in America” pride by introducing the Betsy Ross, Limited Edition, XPS2 holographic weapon sight.

The Betsy Ross XPS2 includes a custom Cerakote aluminum hood consisting of the US flag’s red and white stripes and the circular pattern of 13 stars, that represent the original U.S. Colonies. Cerakote is durable like the HWS and is resistant to corrosion, scratches, and wear. At only 3.8-inches long and a mere 9-ounces, this is the shortest and lightest HWS sight. The HWS XPS2 is mission-capable and includes a single CR123 lithium battery configuration and compact footprint that leaves ample rail space for rear iron sights or magnifiers.

“Black Rain Ordnance is a leader in quality firearms and the Cerakote process, so it just made sense to partner with them” said Mark Cockman, Vice President of Sales for EOTECH. “We wanted to do something special and unique to bring in Summer in a patriotic way.”

The Betsy Ross XPS2 reticle provides a 68 MOA ring with a 1 MOA aiming dot that allows the shooter to quickly pick up and lock on a target. In all EOTECH HWS systems, the reticle is focused at the same plane as the target which aides in rapid target acquisition while reducing eye fatigue. Read more

Optics

SAF Files Response to New Jersey Stay Motion in CCW Challenge

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation and its partners in a legal challenge of New Jersey’s “sensitive places” concealed carry statute have filed a response to the state’s motion for a stay in the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The case is now known as Koons v. Platkin.

SAF is joined by the Firearms Policy Coalition, the Coalition of New Jersey Firearm Owners, New Jersey Second Amendment Society and four private citizens.

Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge Renee Marie Bumb granted a preliminary injunction and the state filed a motion to stay the order pending appeal. SAF opposes the stay, arguing the state “did not meet its burden before the district court, and it cannot meet it in this Court, thus a stay pending appeal should be denied.”

“The state is struggling with all its might,” said SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb, “in a stubborn effort to retain a literal stranglehold on the rights of New Jersey citizens. We’re challenging the ban on legal carry in parks, on beaches, and at recreation facilities, publicly owned museums and libraries, bars and restaurants where alcohol is served, entertainment facilities, airports (before TSA security), public transportation hubs, and the presumptive ban on private property. Read more

Gun Control

24th Annual Jack Robertson Invitational Shoot Celebrates Hunting, Conservation and Youth Engagement

For more information, contact Pete Muller at (803) 637-7698 or pmuller@nwtf.net

24th Annual Jack Robertson Invitational Shoot Celebrates Hunting, Conservation and Youth Engagement

EDGEFIELD, S.C. — The Jack Robertson Invitational Shoot celebrated its 24th consecutive year of fundraising for hunting and shooting sports on May 23, this year honoring the National Wild Turkey Federation’s 50th Anniversary and the organization’s commitment to wild turkey conservation and the preservation of our hunting heritage.

Originally established by the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the event began as an NSSF fundraiser for its Hunting Heritage Trust. As a representative of the firearms industry and community, the gathering quickly evolved into a prominent assembly of leaders from firearm manufacturers, making it a highly anticipated springtime event. Read more

Hunting, Wildlife

Registration Open for Burris Optics Team Challenge

Greeley, CO – Burris Optics, a leading manufacturer of premium optics, is excited to announce the Burris Optics Team Challenge, a two-day shooting competition that will take place on June 22-25, 2023, at a private 17,000+ acre ranch in Douglas, Wyoming.

The Burris Optics Team Challenge is a unique event that allows two-person teams to compete against each other in a variety of shooting disciplines, including long-range rifle shooting, pistol shooting, and shotgun shooting. The competition is designed to test participants’ marksmanship skills, as well as their ability to work together as a team. In partnership with Competition Dynamics, this match offers athletes a world-class, cutting-edge competitive practical shooting experience with an unmatched level of professionalism and operational excellence.

“We love working with Burris and hosting this match.” Said Jimmy Holdsworth, Assistant Match Director for Burris Optics Team Challenge. “For the last 5 years, this match is one I always look forward to because of the unique stages, competitive atmosphere, and all-around fun experience.”

Participants in the Burris Optics Team Challenge will have the chance to win a variety of prizes, including Burris Optics products, cash, and other shooting-related gear. In addition, the top-performing team will be crowned the Burris Optics Team Challenge Champions and awarded a grand prize. Watch this video to see this event in action. Read more

Firearms

Delta Waterfowl Duck Hunters EXPO to Showcase Decoy Carving, Painting Demos

Featured duck decoy makers Pat Gregory and Rick Pierce will share tips and techniques

BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA — If you want to make a duck decoy, find a block of wood and cut away everything that doesn’t look like a duck. Ok, so it’s not quite that simple.

But making a decoy doesn’t have to be incredibly difficult, either. The easy solution to get started is to attend the 2023 Delta Waterfowl Duck Hunters Expo set for July 28 to 30 at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Delta Waterfowl has arranged a special booth at the Expo staffed by expert decoy carvers Pat Gregory and Rick Pierce, who will conduct interactive demonstrations, share tips and techniques, and answer questions all weekend long. Read more

Hunting, Wildlife

Crews cleaning up after 136-acre fire near Manton; fire danger remains extreme in much of the state 

Fire crews are still mopping up after an escaped campfire caused an approximately 136-acre wildfire near Manton in Wexford County.

The Fife Lake Outlet Fire began after a campfire at a private residence escaped its ring and burned through dry grass, said Bret Baker, fire supervisor in the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ Cadillac office.

It was fueled by dry grass and dry leaves and needles on the ground, Baker said. The fire burned through jack pine, red pine and oak trees.

“It hasn’t been this dry before this early in the season,” Baker said.

The homeowner had put water on the fire before going inside.

Michigan State Police assisted the DNR by evacuating a nearby campground. A total of 18 DNR firefighters and crews from five local fire departments battled the blaze. It was contained at about 10 p.m. . Evacuees were allowed to return to the campground around 11 p.m.

DNR firefighters were assisted by the City of Manton Fire Department and the Fife Lake Area, Cedar Creek, South Boardman and Haring Township fire departments. Equipment used included four bulldozers, one skidder and four engines. The USDA Forest Service provided two Fire Boss tanker airplanes, which strategically dropped water on the fire in a coordinated effort with the DNR’s spotter airplane. Read more

General, Wildlife

Supreme Court Rules Relative to Wetlands Protections

A multitude of bird species rely on wetlands for nesting and raising young, such as this Redhead with her ducklings (photo by Paul Konrad).

Wetlands are critical to so many species of birds nationwide and hemisphere-wide, and wetlands are especially important to people – we all rely on wetlands to reduce the chances of flooding, improve water quality, recharge ground water supplies, provide outdoor recreation, opportunities, and much more. Yet, last week the US Supreme Court removed critical protections for wetlands including marshes, ponds, swamps – self-contained basin-filled wetlands – that have been protected for more than 50 years under the Clean Water Act, a law passed by Congress in 1972 made it illegal to drain, fill, or pollute “waters of the United States” without a permit.

In a close 5-to-4 majority opinion, Justice Samuel Alito wrote that wetlands are covered by the law only if they have a “continuous surface connection” to larger water bodies, an unprecedented re-definition of wetlands. That measuring stick dictates that the Clean Water Act applies to a wetland only if it connects with a river, stream, lake, or ocean such that it is “difficult to determine where the ‘water’ ends and the ‘wetland’ begins.”

Wetland basins such as the prairie potholes, varied single basin marshes, and other wetland types are essential for a wide variety of birds, especially during the nesting and brood rearing periods, during migration stopovers, and at wintering areas. Every wetland counts, especially considering that more than half of America’s wetlands have already been destroyed.

The ruling “is devastating for wetlands and the benefits they provide to people,” noted Royal Gardner, a wetland law expert at Stetson University College of Law. Scientific improvements have made it possible to define the boundaries of almost any wetland, Gardner explained, and by Justice Alito’s reckoning, that means that only tidal wetlands and those within a river’s typical high-water mark qualify for protections. “The ‘continuous surface water connection’ requirement, has no basis in science,” he wrote. Read more

Wildlife

Hummingbird Gems & More

Featuring 2 gem names, the Ruby Topaz Hummingbird is illustrated by Jillian Ditmar.
You can learn more about hummingbirds, like this White-necked Jacobin that was photographed by Rio Dante, at Birds of the World.

With their flashy colors, hovering acrobatics, and nectar-feeding behaviors, hummingbirds are attractive and it’s especially enjoyable to share our yards with them. Hummingbirds are often described as flying jewels, but did you know that more than 50 of the 363 species of hummingbirds in the Americas are named after gemstones? Yes, the words emerald, ruby, topaz, sapphire, turquoise, garnet, amethyst, and more are used to name both gems and species of hummingbirds.

Our own Ruby-throated Hummingbird is a prime example, but there are other exotically named hummingbirds like the Glimmering-throated Emerald, the Blue-chinned Sapphire, and the Turquoise-crowned Hummingbird. The specialized feathers of hummingbirds help them achieve their gleaming, glimmering colors. You can learn how their iridescent colors are created and enjoy the beauty of some of the gem-named hummingbirds in a gorgeous new poster – Gems of the Western Hemisphere – illustrated by Jillian Ditner, which you can download for Free at HummingbirdGemsPoster_Final_may 2023.pdf (hubspotusercontent-na1.net) Read more

Wildlife

Bear Creek Arsenal Rimfire Uppers and Rifles

Bear Creek Arsenal produces high-quality rimfire firearms that capture the AR market by storm, allowing the ultra-popular .22 LR, .22 WMR, and .17 HMR to be fired from a mil-spec AR-15 lower. With an operative range of about 100-150 yards for the .22 LR and .22 WMR and around 230-250 yards for the .17 HMR, these rimfire options are perfect for plinking and varmint hunting. Whether you are a beginner or an avid shooter, you can train with the same platform as your other ARs. Read more

Firearms

Kahr Firearms Group Presents a Pair of Trump Custom Handguns

Greeley, PA: Magnum Research and Auto-Ordnance have partnered again to create the Trump Promise Desert Eagle and the Trump One 1911. The Trump Promise Desert Eagle is a finely engraved handgun that is decorated with images of President Trump, his signature, the Presidential Seal, and the phrases “Save America” and “Promises Made, Promises Kept.” It is finished with two Cerakote colors, Armor Black and Snow White. The gun is chambered in .50 AE and has a lightweight aluminum frame, a stainless steel slide, and a picatinny rail for mounting optics. It also has an accessory rail for lights and lasers, fixed combat-type sights, and weighs 3 lbs., 7 oz. The Trump Promise Desert Eagle is made in the United States and comes with one seven-round magazine. It is exclusively available from Davidson’s Gallery of Guns. https://galleryofguns.com/.

The Trump One 1911 is a 5” Auto-Ordnance Stainless 1911, chambered in .45 ACP. Its slide and frame are stainless steel, with custom flag engraved aluminum grips. The pistol features TruGlo day sights, full length guide rod, high sweep beavertail, skeletonized trigger, checkered front strap, serrated and ported slide, with a match grade barrel. Engraved on the right side is “Donald J. Trump” with the number 45, and the Seal of the President of the United States. On the left side is a picture of President Trump, the White House, and his slogan “Make America Great Again”. The United States flag is engraved on both sides of the dust cover. One seven round magazine is included. The “Trump One 1911” is available exclusively through Chattanooga Shooting Supplies, and Gallery of Guns. https://chattanoogashooting.com/, https://galleryofguns.com/. Read more

Firearms
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