Outdoor commentary and legislative issues.
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The guide is a stunning and highly-detailed firearm source and much more! The Firearm Guide contains 3,000 printable schematics, parts lists, full specifications and much more on everything from single shot handguns to machine guns.
By Glen Wunderlich
Preparing American athletes to win Olympic medals is no small challenge. USA Shooting, a 501c3 non-profit corporation, was chartered by the United States Olympic Committee as the National Governing Body for the sport of shooting in April 1995 and gets no governmental financial help, as do competing foreign shooters. And, plenty of practice is required. However, practice itself doesn’t make perfect; only perfect practice does.
Firearms and technique are most important but until now, our athletes had been at a bit of a disadvantage in the technological aspect of matching ammunition to specific firearms. Not anymore.
Lapua, maker of some of the most accurate ammunition in the world, has opened new Rimfire Service Center in Mesa, Arizona. Patterned after the world-renowned Lapua Service Center in Schönebeck, Germany, this facility Read more
Aanalysts say and gun owners know that the “Obama effect” has translated into a financial windfall for the gun industry. The National Shooting Sports Foundation estimates that firearms and ammunition had a $31 billion economic impact in 2011, up from $19 billion four years ago. Funny, you never hear Obama pat himself on the back for his work on stimulating the firearms industry – and, he didn’t have to extract any of my money to do it! More on the continuing salses increase here…
By my friend, J.R. Robbins at the NRA_ILA, Hunter’s Rights
A recent op-ed piece in The New York Times (“I Hunt, but the NRA Isn’t for Me,” by Lily Raff McCaulou) virtually damns NRA for supporting candidates based on their voting records on gun issues—in her view at the expense of hunting. She even states, “The NRA has never had much to do with hunting,” and says NRA does not represent most hunters or gun owners.
First, since Americans join NRA to ensure their gun rights are protected, maybe it is actually logical for the NRA to examine how candidates vote on gun rights issues. Defending the Second Amendment is what we are here for, so we—and the candidates we support—are part of the reason McCaulou is able to own a gun herself. Read more
GW: This is exciting news! Lapua’s facility makes it possible to test various .22 rimfire ammo in particular firearms. And, then being able to purchase lot numbers in sufficient quantities that works best is how accuracy happens. And, Lapua is no ordinary ammunition. I have found it to be the most accurate in my rimfires and use it exclusively for hunting and showing off.
Lapua is pleased to announce the opening of our new Rimfire Service Center in Mesa, Arizona! Patterned after the world renowned Lapua Service Center in Schönebeck, Germany, this facility gives American shooters the same opportunity to test not only various types, but also different lots of rimfire ammunition, in their firearms, under tightly controlled conditions. This assures that the customer will be able to purchase not only the best type of ammunition for his or her particular rifle, but the specific lots of that ammo that performs best in their guns. Read more
NEWTOWN, Conn. — The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industry, has released a newly commissioned report detailing double-digit gains in jobs and other data showing the industry has been a leader in the nation’s economic recovery. The report can be viewed at http://nssf.org/impact. Read more
The D.C. Council is expected to have passed the Firearms Amendment Act of 2012 under expedited procedures so it can take effect this summer. The ordinance will do away with many of the expensive and time-consuming hurdles to registering a gun in the District that were put in place after the Supreme court’s decision. D.C. Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown, who will vote for the bill, has made a 180 on gun rights. More here…
Michigan Legislative Update Senate Bill 59.
The following is from MCRGO:
The most important legislation for legal gun owners since the Castle Doctrine and shall-issue is currently under consideration by the Michigan Legislature. The bill would eliminate county gun boards and allow all CPL holders to be exempt from pistol free zones after additional training. Read more
Wilsonville, OR – Crimson Trace today announced the most unusual shooting event on the 2012 match calendar – a fast-paced 3-gun match shot entirely at night in the high desert, near Bend, Oregon. The event will occur after sunset, July 16-18 and the organizers will be providing full-auto firearms, thermal imaging equipment and state of the art night vision gear to all the competitors on several of the eight challenging stages. Read more
By Glen Wunderlich
Doomsday Preppers, which airs on the National Geographic channel, explores the lives of otherwise ordinary Americans who are preparing for the end of the world as we know it. Unique in their beliefs, motivations, and strategies, preppers will go to whatever lengths they can to make sure they are prepared for any of life’s uncertainties.
Preppers may have an underground hideout, stockpiles of food, water, fuel – and, yes, guns and ammo. Lots of both. Whack jobs? Could be. But, in a crisis of civil unrest, they aim to survive on their own for months at a time. However, when it comes to firearms and calamities, some governmental entities invoke “emergency powers”, as a means to restrict gun rights just when they are needed most.
A federal district court judge in North Carolina has just struck down that state’s emergency power to impose a ban on firearms and ammunition Read more