Team GLOCK Shooting Squad Champions at the 2008 Georgia Steel Challenge
The 2008 season began for the Team GLOCK Shooting Squad with victories at the Georgia Steel Challenge Championship. The 3rd Annual steel tournament took place January 3-5 at the Griffin Gun Club in Griffin, Georgia and drew more than 120 entries including GLOCK's Dave Sevigny, Jessie Abbate and Randi Rogers. At this event competitors were required to draw and hit five steel targets at ranges from 7-35 yards. Competitors receive five separate start commands in succession…
USPSA Shoots For 20,000 Members In 2008
The United States Practical Shooting Association (USPSA) is shooting for 20,000 members in 2008 and has enlisted the help of some of the firearms industry’s biggest leaders.
The Burner Series by Jerry Barnhart
The Burner Series, $230, is a ten-VHS-tape set covering virtually every aspect of the popular run and gun sport of Practical Shooting.
Firearms Industry Statement on Passage of NICS Legislation
The legislation requires federal agencies to provide relevant data for use in the NICS system, a database that stores the names of individuals prohibited by federal law from purchasing or possessing firearms.
NASR, EPA Forge Agreement
A new agreement between NSSF's ranges division, the National Association of Shooting Ranges (NASR), and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) allows shooting ranges to submit Environmental Stewardship Plans anonymously.
Hunters, Shooters to Top $4 Trillion in Lifetime Spending
Forty million Americans today are active in shooting sports and hunting. During their lifetimes, the total retail value of their recreational activities will top $4 trillion, projects the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), a nonprofit trade association for the firearm industry.
Ruger SR9 9mm
We'd pay extra for refining the trigger and adding paddle-style thumb safeties.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Reform and Firearms Modernization Act of 2007
The 'Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Reform and Firearms Modernization Act of 2007' (HR 4900) legislation represents a major advance in protecting the rights of firearms dealers.
Lone Wolf Distributors Custom Glock Slides
The LWD-SLIDE20 will convert a G21 to fire 10mm, 40 S&W, 357 Sig, 9x25 Dillon, bare slide only. All internal parts, barrel, sights etc. must be purchased separately.
Winchester Wins FBI 40 S&W Ammunition Contract
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has awarded Winchester Ammunition the single largest ammunition contract in the history of federal law enforcement worth a maximum of $54 million.
Arizona G&FC Meeting Discusses Spent Ammo
Ron Sieg, Flagstaff Regional Supervisor, will present issues associated with lead from spent ammunition.
Colt Melby Retires from S&W Board of Directors
Colt Melby has retired from the Smith & Wesson board of directors, effective January 8, 2008.
More California Nonsense
I often write about outlandish judicial decisions in this space, but on March 15, 2024, Federal District Court Judge Josephine L. Staton raised the bar...