Barrett Showcasing Model 99 with 1 Mile Target at ‘The Gathering’

Barrett Firearms Manufacturing, Inc., will be attending Palmetto State Armory’s “The Gathering” at The Clinton House Plantation in Clinton, South Carolina from March 24 – 25, 2023. Barrett will be showcasing the M99 rifle, chambered in the premier ELR cartridge the .416 Barrett to novice and expert shooters alike with at a target located at 1 mile (1760 yards). If successful, shooters will receive a 2023 Barrett/The Gathering One Mile Challenge coin.

For more information visit www.barrett.net.

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Colorado Group Owes Over $6,000 for Poaching Fish in Michigan

The six men pleaded guilty to taking fish by an illegal method along the Manistee River last October. Contact: Sgt. Grant Emery, 906-285-2085

Colorado group owes more than $6,600 for poaching fish in Michigan

Six Colorado men have pleaded guilty to taking fish by an illegal method, stemming from an incident along the Manistee River in October. Michigan Department of Natural Resources conservation officers caught the group illegally fishing following a tip from a concerned angler.

The last of the six men was charged earlier this month in the 85th District Court in Manistee County. Each of the men, all from Colorado, owes more than $1,100 in restitution, fines and costs:

  • Agustin Barrera, 29, of Denver.
  • David Cobaxin, 48, of Denver.
  • Alfredo Hernandez, 56, of Denver.
  • Gregorio Hernandez, 49, of Aurora.
  • Leonel Lopez, 38, of Aurora.
  • Raul Lopez, 37, of Aurora.

One positive result from the group’s poaching: conservation officers were able to donate more than 460 pounds of fresh fish to Manistee County families in need.

Michigan conservation officers are fully commissioned law enforcement officers who provide natural resources protection, ensure recreational safety and protect people by providing general law enforcement duties and lifesaving operations in the communities they serve. Learn more at Michigan.gov/ConservationOfficers.

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Big Horn Armory Mourns the Loss of its Friend, John Linebaugh

John Linebaugh, 67, of Clark, Wyoming, passed away on March 19, 2023.

Watch Linebaugh and Buchel fire their 500 Linebaugh revolvers and lever gun together.

Cody, Wyo. – Big Horn Armory (BHA), makers of big-bore firearms, is saddened by the recent loss of its dear friend and industry legend, John Linebaugh. Linebaugh passed away on March 19, 2023, at his home. A fellow Wyomingite, Linebaugh was an American gunsmith who gained international renown for creating custom revolvers in the largest calibers in the world. He invented the .500 Linebaugh caliber — the first successful .50 caliber revolver (and cartridge) in 1986. He is also credited with inventing the .475 Linebaugh cartridge, which he perfected in 1988.

“John was a pioneer in the use of big bore, heavy bullets in handguns. He predates Smith & Wesson’s 500 S&W by almost 20 years. They probably would not have created the X Frame guns without his inspiration,” commented Greg Buchel, president of Big Horn Armory. Read more

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Vortex Edge Launches YouTube Series for New Gun Owners

BARNEVELD, Wis. – It’s no secret an unprecedented number of new guns owners have joined our community in recent years, including 5.4 million in 2021 alone. And, while resources like YouTube are full of useful content for gun owners in general, help for brand new shooters is harder to find. New to Guns is a YouTube series from Vortex Edge™ that fixes that problem, talking directly to new gun owners buying and using firearms for the first time.

In New to Guns, we take as close to a “zero assumptions” approach as possible while explaining the buying, owning, and use of firearms. Pistols, AR-15’s, precision rifles, hunting rifles, and everything related to these guns will be covered in our weekly videos. Read more

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Michigan DNR collecting walleye eggs on Muskegon River this spring

Muskegon River anglers should be on the lookout this spring for Michigan Department of Natural Resources personnel collecting walleye eggs below Croton Dam, which is in Newaygo County.

Electrofishing boat crews will collect walleye starting as early as the week of March 27 and concluding by April 14. The date these collections begin will depend on water temperatures, the presence of ripe fish and other factors. Most work likely will be completed from the last week of March through the first week of April. Five days of electrofishing are planned, with four of those being egg-take days.

“This adult population consists of mostly stocked fish,” said Ed Pearce, DNR fisheries technician supervisor who coordinates the egg take. “The Muskegon River has the largest run of walleye in the Lake Michigan watershed south of Green Bay.”

Electrofish sampling usually begins at Croton Dam each day at about 8:30 a.m. and proceeds downstream to the Pine Street access site. If more eggs are needed, additional collections may occur downstream to the Thornapple Street access site.

Anglers who wish to avoid the walleye collection activities should fish downstream of the Pine Street access site. The DNR asks everyone to use caution when fishing near the electrofishing boats, and anyone wading will be asked to exit the water when a boat approaches and during electrofishing work. Read more

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The Good and Bad of Floating Weeds

It used to be that we went looking for sargassum.

Find a weedline of this gold-brown floating stuff and you find mahi, sailfish, wahoo and maybe even marlin. The gamefish hung on the weeds, which formed in the current breaks, because it was full of baitfish.

Now, sargassum is coming looking for us.

A massive blob of sargassum thousands of miles long is headed to Florida, the Caribbean and eventually the Gulf of Mexico, scientists say.

While a little sargassum is great for fish and fishermen, a whole bunch of it is bad for not only anglers but for the massive tourist trade generated by beaches from the Caribbean to Florida and Alabama. Read more

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Taylor’s & Company Introduces 1875 Outlaw Revolver in 9mm

Winchester, VA – Taylor’s & Company, the world’s leading marketers and importers of state-of-the-art historical firearms utilizing the latest innovative designs, is pleased to announce the launch of their new 1875 Outlaw 9mm Revolver to their Lifestyle Series for 2023. Taylor’s & Company partnered with Uberti to create this exclusive iconic reproduction.

The new 1875 Outlaw 9mm Revolver is a faithful reproduction of the 1875 Remington® single-actions, which kept the solid frame and overall styling of Remington’s 1858 percussion models. Ordinary citizens and Old West lawmen alike recognized the sturdy quality of the new Remington revolvers. The infamous Frank James even carried one for most of his outlaw career in .45 caliber.

“We couldn’t be more excited to bring this classic firearm reproduction to the modern gun enthusiast,” said Tammy Loy, Owner/CEO, Taylor’s & Company. “We wanted to offer this versatile caliber to broaden our audience and add a familiar caliber to a six gun. The 1875 Outlaw is a perfect complement to our very popular Lifestyle Series. This 9mm with a classic revolver look is sure to be very popular with firearm enthusiasts that want the look of a historical pistol with the performance of a modern handgun.” Read more

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Legacy Sports International Pointer Side–By–Side Shotgun

Reno, NV – Legacy Sports International is happy to announce the addition of the much-requested Pointer Side–By–Side Shotgun lineup for 2023, packed with quality, dependability and value at an affordable price. You asked and we listened.

The New POINTER side-by-side comes in a Turkish Walnut stock, chrome-lined barrels with 3” chambers, 12 & 20 gauge options, and includes 5 interchangeable choke tubes. These shotguns come standard with manual extractors to provide a smooth, effortless operation of the action, will serving as a convenient way of keeping spent hulls from littering the range or hunting field. Read more

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NSSF Praises Court’s Preliminary Injunction on California’s “Unsafe Handgun” Act

 

NSSF Praises Court’s Preliminary Injunction on California’s Unsafe Handgun Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. — NSSF®, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, praises the U.S. District Court, Central District of California, Southern Division’s order granting a preliminary injunction for the plaintiffs blocking enforcement of California’s Unsafe Handgun Act. The case, Boland v. Bonta, was filed shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Bruen decision. The court issued the preliminary injunction today.

“This order is a victory for lawful gun ownership in California. For too long, the Second Amendment has been significantly infringed upon by elected officials who have taken every opportunity to put roadblocks in front of law-abiding citizens seeking to exercise their Second Amendment rights,” said Lawrence G. Keane, NSSF Senior Vice President and General Counsel. “The order is the first step in what will be a protracted legal battle, but it is a significant win. NSSF has long contended that California’s Unsafe Handgun Act is an unconstitutional infringement denying Californians their ability to legally purchase the handguns that would best suit their needs. The court is correctly applying the holdings of the Supreme Court’s Bruen decision that the Second Amendment is the only test when it comes to lawful firearm ownership and the holdings of Heller that firearms in common use are protected by the Second Amendment.”

Boland v. Bonta, brought also by California Rifle & Pistol Association and Chuck Michel of Michel & Associates, challenged the California’s Unsafe Handgun Act that requires all new models of pistols sold in the state to be equipped with a chamber-loaded indicator, a magazine disconnect mechanism and be capable of imparting a microstamp from the handgun’s firing pin on the primer of an expended cartridge case. That final requirement is technologically impossible. Read more

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CZ 75-Series Compact Pistol Comparison

Kansas City, KS – CZ-USA continues to build three compact 75-series pistol models at lower prices, each with a unique feature set tailored to individual shooting needs. All models are double-stack high-capacity 9mms and share a common magazine size.

For nearly five decades, CZ built several pistol models around the esteemed CZ 75 design–a lineage carried forward in these modern compact models. The CZ 75 is renowned for its comfortable grip, smooth factory trigger system, and distinctive slide-in-frame design. The current compact versions of these pistols include the 75 Compact, 75 PCR, and 75 P-01.

They inherit the best features of the CZ 75 design, including its comfortable grip, smooth factory trigger system, and distinctive slide-in-frame design. The main differences between models are their overall weight, whether (or not) they have an accessory rail, and if they use a thumb safety or a decocking lever.

The CZ 75 Compact is a smaller version of the classic double-action CZ 75. It retains the steel frame of its big brother with a shorter barrel and grip, making it more concealable while maintaining most of the weight of the full-sized model for recoil reduction. It utilizes a manual safety and features fixed metal three-dot sights for a sharp sight picture and fast target acquisition. Compared to the CZ 75 B, the trade-off for its smaller size is reduced magazine capacity to 15+1. Read more

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