Taurus 856 Revolver
MIAMI – New for 2008 Taurus pushes its small frame revolvers to the next level with the Model 856.
Mossbergs New 500 Rolling Thunder Shotgun
Mossberg introduces the latest addition to the Special Purpose firearms product line – the 500 Rolling Thunder.
Kimber Stainless Target .38 Super
Point and shoot handling and exceptional rapid fire capability makes this is a formidable defense gun. Based on our action tests our shooter was able to place two shots on a five yard target about 0.25 seconds sooner than with our other test guns. This could make its 9+1 capacity, (which is better than other 1911s), academic when compared to the higher capacity pistols.
Public Continues to Oppose Banning Handgun Sales
…The latest survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, conducted April 23-27 among 1,502 Americans, finds that public attitudes about gun control also have shown little change in recent years.
Missouri Bill Offers Firearm Upgrades
…The bill also removes residency requirements for concealed carry permits. Under current law, residents must live in Missouri for six months before they can receive a permit. The new legislation waives the six month requirement for those who already possess a valid permit from another state.
S&W Stock Offering to Pay Down Debt
…The parent company of Smith & Wesson Corp. announced last week that it has priced a public offering of 6,250,000 shares of its common stock.
Sig Sauer P250 Two-Tone 9mm
Big news at the Exeter, New Hampshire, plant not only includes a change of name from Sigarms to Sig Sauer, but also the release of a new pistol. The P250 featured a double-action system that raised the hammer smoothly in direct proportion to movement of the trigger. The stroke was long but the same length every time. Aside from the single-action 1911-style pistols, other Sig Sauer trigger systems are not as simple.
Some models feature a double-action first stroke with the hammer remaining cocked thereafter and the trigger resetting rearward in the trigger guard. Until manually decocked, subsequent shots are fired single-action only.
AcuSport Debuts FFLGuard Service
…AcuSport’s customers are the first retailers to have been given an exclusive first-look at FFLGuard, a new legal service offered by The Chiafullo Group, LLP (“the Group”), a law firm based in New Jersey.
Gays and Guns
…A brief filed in the case, on which I offered some counsel, argues that the law is especially harmful to gay Americans. The brief joins a large coalition of groups, including the National Rifle Association, arguing for individual rights under the Second Amendment.
Over At Gun-Tests.com: Marlin the Best .44 Magnum Rifle
…Your rules that you usually follow call for the one that is substantially overpriced to be given a 'Conditional Buy' rating, not 'Don't Buy'.
Ted Nugent Could Be The NRA’s Rambunctious New Charlton Heston
The LA Times recently speculated that rocker Ted Nugent is prepared to replace Charlton Heston as popular culture's most outspoken proponent of the 2nd Amendment.
Solicitor General Clement Says He Will Step Down; Opposed Heller Supreme Court Case as...
Gun activists were upset with him earlier this year because of a brief he filed in the Second Amendment challenge of the District's handgun ban.