Accessories

Everybody knows firing pins detonate primers, but not everyone can define esoteric aspects of these parts.

Austin Miller from GunReports.com talks with Brooks from Thompson Machine at the Silencers Are Legal Shoot at Elm Fork Shooting Range in Dallas. Thompson Machine is a Florida-based company in operation since 1991 providing rapid prototyping and design services. They offer a line of suppressors engineered for full user serviceability.

A recent post on CheaperThanDirt.com's 'Shooter's Log' blog has generated hundreds of customer comments in response to a simple question: 'Are You Buying Guns? Tell Us Why.'

I wouldn't stake my life on threaded devices being with us from now on, but I submit that no one has shown us anything that even comes close to replacing them. After all, a screw is just a wedge around an axis and is incredibly efficient.

Galco Gunleather has introduced a new Facebook page. Here's what they had to say about it:

Gunsmiths need two types of measuring instruments, direct and indirect (or comparison). The indirect, or comparison, instruments include tools found in the caliper family, such as inside, outside, and hermaphrodite calipers, and dividers. Direct measuring devices include the rule, various micrometers, and dial-faced measuring tools.

Every gunsmith needs a good vise, but not everyone has the money to buy one. Here are two you can build yourself, with updated dimensions for components.

Crimson Trace will produce a limited run of Lasergrips and Laserguard products in pink variations for Smith & Wesson J-frame and Ruger LCP handguns.

Roger Eckstine of Gun Tests/GunReports.com details the important functional aspects of the 24-7 Series Weathershield Windbreaker, $100.

Austin Miller from GunReports.com takes a minute to talk with Josh Waldron, CEO of Silencerco at the first-ever Silencers Are Legal Shoot at Elm Fork Shooting Range in Dallas, April 28.

California State Senator Leland Yee is moving to outlaw the “bullet button,” an AR-15 accessory that enables “fixed” magazines to be removed quickly with the tip of a bullet or other pointed object.

Hunters and shooters who buy a Redfield Revolution riflescope from May 17 to July 8 can receive a $30 rebate. In addition, Redfield Rebel binoculars purchased from Gander Mountain May 24-July 8 are also eligible for a $20 rebate.