Trijicon VCOG 1-8×28 Selected as USMC Squad Common Optic

Wixom, MI — Trijicon, Inc., global provider of innovative aiming solutions for the hunting, shooting, military, and law enforcement markets, is pleased to announce the selection of the Trijicon VCOG (Variable Combat Optical Gunsight) 1-8×28 riflescope as the U.S. Marine Corps’ Squad Common Optic (SCO). The $64,000,000 contract award will begin with delivery of units in 2020. Trijicon will manufacture the SCO at its Wixom, Michigan factory.

“Our warfighters deserve the very best equipment in defense of our nation. The Marine Corps’ SCO evaluation process was extremely rigorous, and we are honored that the VCOG was selected to continue the tradition of battle-proven riflescopes that the Trijicon ACOG began in 2004 as the Marine Corps’ first Rifle Combat Optic,” said Stephen Bindon, Trijicon President & CEO. Read more

Optics

RISE Armament Introduces Watchman Rifle, Pistol

RISE Armament announced that the Watchman rifle and pistol, chambered .223 Wylde, will now be available to consumers. It comes standard with a RISE match-grade trigger and a free-floated 416R stainless steel barrel.

Broken Arrow, Oklahoma –— RISE Armament, a premier manufacturer and supplier of triggers, components, and firearms is pleased to announce that the Watchman rifle and pistol will now be available to consumers.

In 2018, RISE made it their mission to develop a supremely accurate, highly dependable, yet affordable rifle for law enforcement officers. With input from SWAT/SOT/SRT officers, patrol officers, military snipers, competitive shooters, and firearms instructors, the RISE Armament Watchman was born.

The success of the Watchman rifle with law enforcement motivated RISE to introduce the model to the consumer market. The Watchman is chambered .223 Wylde and is available in both rifle and pistol configurations. Read more

Firearms

Franklin Armory Models in 350 Legend

350 Legend

Now available in our M4-HTF™ XTD, XO-26™ R3 and CA12?™!

Minden, NV – Innovative firearms manufacturer, Franklin Armory®, has expanded its model lines to fit the needs of straight-wall hunter’s. Newly chambered options in 350 Legend will come in three new models, the M4-HTF™R3 XTD, XO26™ R3, and CA12™. As with the existing models, the newest variants will be available in state-specific models for California, Connecticut, New Jersey, and other restrictive jurisdictions.

SKU Description UPC MSRP
1268-BLK M4-HTF™ XTD R3 16″ RIFLE 350 LEGEND 818725012310 $1,199.99
3157-BLK XO-26™ R3 FIREARM WITH SBA3 BRACE 350 LEGEND – 12″ Barrel 11.5″ FST HANDGUARD 818725012273 $1,299.99
3156-BLK BFSIII™ EQUIPPED XO-26™ R3 W/SBA3 BRACE 12″ BARREL 350 LEGEND 818725012266 $1,439.99
3153-BLK CA12™ CADOJ APPROVED 12″ 350 LEGEND PISTOL W DETACHABLE 10 ROUND MAGAZINE AND VFG 818725012181 $1,059.99

 

Firearms

Nosler New Bullet Offerings

Bend, Ore – – Nosler® is excited about this year’s new bullet offerings, many coming from the requests of loyal customers.

Nosler’s newest bullet line, Reduced Drag Factor™ (RDF) was introduced for those wanting to squeeze the most performance from their competition rifle. The RDF line was designed from the ground up to provide exceptionally high BCs, which create the flattest trajectory and least wind drift possible. The keys to the RDF’s outstanding performance are Nosler’s meticulously optimized compound ogive and long, drag reducing boattail, which make handloading a snap and create an incredibly sleek form factor. RDF bullets also have the smallest, most consistent meplats of any hollow point match bullet line, so there is no need to point or trim tips. Read more

Ammunition

Michigan: 2020 Licenses On Sale March 1

Don’t wait to get your 2020 hunting or fishing license – most licenses and permits go on sale March 1, when the new license year begins.

That start date includes hunting and fishing license sales, except for certain deer licenses and furbearer tags that are sold later in the year. Applications for the 2021 Pure Michigan Hunt also go on sale that day.

Remember that 2019 fishing licenses, base/small-game licenses and ORV permits are valid through March 31, 2020. However, the 2020 versions of these licenses and permits can be purchased as of March 1. With the DNR’s just-introduced new license sales system, anglers have the added convenience of auto-renewing their fishing licenses through the e-license system. Read more

Fishing, Hunting

SAF Petitions SCOTUS for Review of Rodriguez

BELLEVUE, WA – Attorneys for the Second Amendment Foundation have filed a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court seeking review of their case challenging the City of San Jose and its police department in a case involving the seizure of legally-owned firearms and refusal to return them.

This makes the fourth SAF case now awaiting action by the high court. No other gun rights organization has ever had this many pending cases submitted to the Supreme Court at the same time, said SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb.

SAF is joined by the California Gun Rights Foundation on behalf of plaintiff Lori Rodriguez. Her firearms were seized in 2013 after her husband was taken to a hospital on a mental health issue. A San Jose police officer at the time advised Rodriguez he had authority to seize all firearms in the residence, including those belonging solely to her, which were all locked in a California-approved safe. The guns were seized without a warrant, and over Rodriguez’s objection. Read more

Gun Control

CCRKBA: Sanders Misled on Background Checks

BELLEVUE, WA – Targeting what it calls “harmfully misleading” information, Twitter has identified a tweet from presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders that shows he was all wet when he claimed 40 percent of gun sales in the U.S. didn’t include a background check, so the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is calling on Sanders to correct the error and apologize.

“Truth always seems to be the first casualty when gun control advocates start talking,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, “but Bernie ought to know better. That 40 percent claim has been debunked so many times in the past, especially when Barack Obama used it, that one would think Sanders might have heard about it. The Washington Post Fact Checker took Obama to the wood shed when he repeated the claim a few years ago, and surely Sanders must remember. He can’t be that long in the tooth.”

Sanders’ Twitter post said this: “Forty percent of the guns in this country are sold without any background checks. We have to end the absurdity of the gun show loophole.” NBC News first reported on the Twitter effort Thursday.

“Bernie’s estimate comes from a very small telephone survey done more than 25 years ago, during the Clinton administration, and it has been discredited,” Gottlieb noted. “But for some reason, this 40 percent claim has become something of an urban legend that too many people persist in repeating. Maybe they think that if they say it often enough, it will become the truth. Read more

Gun Control

Beretta, Sako Unveil the Sako S20

(Accokeek, MD) Beretta and Sako are pleased to announce the launch of a new category of bolt-action rifles by introducing the Sako S20, the first true hybrid rifle. Designed with today’s diverse range of shooting styles in mind, the new S20 rifle features a takedown stock interface and adjustable ergonomics presented in an unprecedented design that delivers unique modularity, exceptional durability, and unparalleled SUB MOA accuracy.

The unique modularity of the highly configurable stock allows the shooter to adapt their rifle to their preferences with different rear stocks and forends. Along with the launch of the S20 rifle, Sako offers separately for aftermarket purchase both a tactical precision stock and an ergonomic hunting stock and corresponding forends. Read more

Firearms

Rock River Arms LAR-15M CAR A4 .350 Legend

Colona, IL – Rock River Arms, one of the industry’s most respected names in Modern Sporting Rifles and pistols, recently introduced a new .350 Legend carbine. This entry into RRA’s LAR lineup was developed as a modern hunting firearm with minimal recoil and dominant short- to mid-range capabilities.

The RRA LAR-15M CAR A4 350 Legend produces new advantages for modern hunters using straight wall cartridges. Delivering the power and accuracy expected from RRA’s precision rifles and providing reduced recoil, the .350 Legend features a 16-inch chrome moly (also available in stainless-steel) cryo-treated barrel with 1:16 twist and equipped with an RRA military style brake. The RRA two-stage trigger provides a crisp break and is housed in the RRA winter trigger guard, allowing full dexterity while wearing gloves. Read more

Firearms

Florida’s Biscayne Bay in Trouble

Recent studies and reports have concluded that the health of Biscayne Bay is at a tipping point. The ecosystem is threatened by nutrient pollution from storm-water runoff, sewage pipe breaks, septic tanks, fertilizers, plastic pollution and other contaminants.

The pollution is killing seagrass and coral and driving off fish.

The bay also is suffering from hyper-salinity due to a lack of freshwater. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has reported that the damage is so bad that it soon will be irreversible and it will be impossible to restore the bay to its original state.

Biscayne Bay is vital to our economy. Miami-Dade County’s annual GDP is over $100 billion, and a large part of it stems from real estate, trade, and tourism, all of which depend on a healthy environment. A study by the Downtown Development Authority reported the taxable value of the downtown’s property including the waterfront is $39 billion.

Trade and tourism produce an estimated $43 billion annually and over 23 million tourists visited the county last year. Hence, one of the key actions of the 100 Resilient Cities – Resilient 305 plan is to protect the health of Biscayne Bay and our waterways.

In 1974, the Florida Legislature passed the Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserve Act. Later, the Miami-Dade County’s Biscayne Bay Management Plan was approved. And years later came the Biscayne Bay Partnership Initiative. These have been good faith attempts to protect the bay, but they have been either too slow or shelved. The difference this time is that we have no time; the situation is dire.

The county has created the Biscayne Bay Task Force it is our last shot.

Seagrass loss in the Julia Tuttle Basin.

Seagrass loss in the Julia Tuttle Basin. (Photo: Miami Dade County DERM Restoration & Enhancement Section) Read more

Fishing
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