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(GunReports.com) -- Shootmyash, a software publisher and manufacturer of smart-targets known as a 'SmartAsh' for the Airsoft market, announced today that it is open for business.

For more years than I'd care to recall I've had a gun secluded on my person somewhere. No, I didn't always have a CCW permit. During all those years I've never had to present the gun to stop a fight, but many times along the way I was mighty glad I was armed.

(GunReports.com) -- Our Marlin came with mighty nicely figured walnut. The buttstock wood matched the wood of the forend, both having prominent contrasting grain and some fiddleback. The wood appeared to have an epoxy-base finish, it being quite hard and scratch-resistant. The checkering was excellent, with decorative touches. It wrapped the forend and was generous at the grip. The butt had a hard-rubber pad that curved to fit the shoulder, though it did little to cut recoil. There were sling studs, too.

(GunReports.com) -- A constitutional amendment that would ban any state law that discourages gun ownership is under consideration in the Iowa House. For example, the proposal would make it illegal for the state to require permits for carrying concealed weapons.

(GunReports.com) -- Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE: RGR), has named Specialty Sports & Supply of Colorado Springs, CO the 2010 Ruger Retailer of the Year. Owners Jeff and Kim Lepp were honored at the 2011 SHOT Show with an engraved Mark III pistol to recognize their support for Ruger and achievements in the retail firearms industry.

(GunReports.com) -- Utah celebrated January 24, 2011 as John M. Browning Day at the Utah State Capitol. A native of Ogden, Utah, Browning is widely considered the world's greatest firearms designer, and many of his gun designs remain popular around the globe to this day.

(GunReports.com) — The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation is bringing its annual convention, affectionately known as “Elk Camp,” back to the Reno/Sparks Convention Center, March 3-6, 2011.

(GunReports.com) — MidwayUSA, led by CEO Larry Potterfield, has become a Friends of NRA 2011 National Corporate Sponsor for a second consecutive year with a donation of $50,000. The pledge will be used to provide funding for NRA Foundation programs dedicated to youth and women’s shooting sports, range development and law enforcement such as the Eddie Eagle GunSafe® program, Refuse to be a Victim® and Women on Target®.

(GunReports.com) -- Smith & Wesson Corp. has announced its 2011 models and extensions to its Smith & Wesson, Thompson/Center Arms and Walther firearms portfolios.

(GunReports.com) -– The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) has announced a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the January 27, 2011 firearms theft at Direct Gold Outlet, a federal firearm licensee in Covington, Ga. The NSSF reward offer matches a $5,000 reward offered by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).

We also had access to a carefully built, match-grade Garand. It easily and consistently put eight shots (not just three) of the mil-surplus ammo into groups smaller than 2.5 inches. With military-surplus match ammo, we put six into a group that measured 1.7 inches, on a bad-light day. The most obvious differences about this rifle were its excellent trigger (5.25 pounds) and smooth-as-glass bolt operation. The rear sight had been bushed to give a smaller…

(GunReports.com) -- For 2011, Uberti is offering the Cattleman in matching .357 Magnum two-gun sets. Historically, matching sets of single-action army revolvers were most often presented to high-ranking military and government officials, presidents and other heads of state. The matched sets share the same serial number, but are distinguished from each other by an R or an L preceding the serial number.