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December 19, 2014 product highlights
From Ruger: A Prescott, AZ, 150th Anniversary commemorative LC9s with an engraved slide. The new LC9s Pro, a version of the pistol without a manual thumb safety. (S&W deleted the thumb safety from its Shield pistol earlier this year.) Some rare, unusual, discontinued, or one-of-a-kind Ruger firearms and accessories on Gunbroker. The new BX-Trigger, touted to be a light (2.5-3 […] Read More
US Army Marksmanship Unit’s .264 USA intermediate cartridge
The US Army Marksmanship Unit’s .264 USA intermediate cartridge (details). Source (page 72, also includes the .277 USA cartridge)
Read MoreArmy pistols update: Beretta scrambling?
Beretta is apparently scrambling to try to keep its US military pistol contract in the face of the Army’s ongoing Modular Handgun System (MHS) competition to replace the existing M9 pistol. Some say Beretta is a shoo-in to win the competition with it’s revised M9, due to cost and logistics. But we wonder why even have a competition if the […] Read More
“Beaver Attacks are Serious”
OK, I’ve never seen this headline before: “Beaver Attacks are Serious” We have beavers around our home property. But I always play offense, hence the item on shotshells below. Shotshells Have you noticed that since lead shot was banned for waterfowl hunting, shotshell loads with large size lead shot (BBs and #2s mostly) have all but disappeared? It’s a shame, […] Read More
About those grass eaters. Tree huggers attack.
About those grass eaters. Funny. And the tree huggers attack (links to “Green Scientists Conspire with World Wildlife Fund on Beepocalypse” at Ammoland).
Read MoreImpressive on basketball court but no arrests for guns? (video)
Impressive basketball court performance. But I can’t believe they didn’t arrest all those folks for having guns…. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-oDyycnX_0
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Senior can have pic of her with rifle in yearbook
High school senior wins fight to have portrait of her holding a rifle included in school yearbook: A student in upstate New York has won the right to have a photo of her posing with a rifle included as her senior portrait in the yearbook. Rebekah Rorick, who attends Broadalbin-Perth High School, said she wanted to cry when the yearbook […] Read More
FL teacher reassigned after taking toy rifle to school
A longtime Osceola County, FL, eighth-grade teacher has been reassigned after taking a toy rifle to Neptune Middle School in Kissimmee. The toy musket was used during the history teacher’s lesson on the American Revolutionary War. The Osceola County School District said several students complained that they were frightened by the replica. Boy I can’t wait until they get to […] Read More
Kids and guns
14-year-old kills home invader, protects sick grandmother in Charlotte, NC. Works for me. Also note that the teenager is the son of a mechanic who was murdered when the boy was eight. The teen’s father was killed in 2008 at his auto repair business. A relative said, “He had the hood open in his car. He was a mechanic. It […] Read More
Home invaders in Houston yell “police”
Masked men kicked in the door to an apartment on Houston’s (TX) east side this week and yelled “police” as they stormed the house and shot a man inside the residence, leaving him in critical condition. They weren’t police. Cops, here’s the drill: Forget about no-knock warrants. Knock on the door, announce yourselves and wait for the occupant to come […] Read More
