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(GunReports.com) – The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) announced today that it has awarded Glock a 10-year contract valued at up to $40 million.The agreement makes available for the first time both the Glock 22 Gen4 and Glock 27 .40 caliber pistols to all ATF agents. The terms provide additional Federal Agencies the opportunity to ride on the contract in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulations.

(GunReports.com) – Leupold’s Tactical Optics Division has announced the addition of Horus reticle options for the Mark 4® 12-40x60mm Tactical Spotting Scope. This Mark 4 spotter is the standard Scout Sniper Observation Telescope (SSOT) of the U.S. Marine Corps.Horus H32 and H36 reticles join the Leupold Mil Dot reticle as options. The H32 has a mil line for target measurement and speed estimation, while the H36 features an inverted “L” in Inch Of Angle (IOA) for ranging. The Mil Dot reticle matches those found in Leupold Mark 4 riflescopes, allowing a spotter to quickly range a target, view the same sight picture as the shooter and convey necessary adjustments.

According to the manufacturer, the Glock pistol was the first "industrially manufactured handgun with high-tech polymer grips." The barrels and slides are coated with what Glock describes as a "high-tech surface refinement" that they call Tenifer. The benefits of this "carbonitriding" coating are not only corrosion resistance and reduced glare but also resistance to abrasion. Tenifer coating is highly rated on the Rockwell Cone hardness scale at 64 HRC.

Some Glock pistols are available with different color frames, but our G34 was basic black. The defining feature of the G34 was its long 5.3-inch barrel with polygonal rifling, covered by a slide that included a gaping hole just to the rear of the front sight. This relief measured approximately 1.75 inches long by 0.75 inches wide. Glock says that this serves to reduce stress on the frame. The dustcover beneath the slide was also longer, making room for a healthy sized accessory rail, which was molded into place. The schematic breakdown of the Glock pistol with magazine lists only 34 separate parts, 36 if you count the magazine insert at the base plate (part 32a), and the front sight blade, part number 16a.

Check out several videos this week: Watch a Ruger stainless 44 Mag lose its barrel due to metal fatigue. Larry Potterfield of MidwayUSA examines numerous gun stock blanks to illustrate what to look for when selecting a stock blank. From the NSSF, a quick run down of what to pack when you're heading out of town on that hunt of a lifetime.

(GunReports.com) -- Crimson Trace announced the release of a New Laserguard product for the Ruger SR9c, the LG-449.The newest addition to the Laserguard family attaches to the trigger-guard and is instinctively activated with a pressure button located on the front of the grip.As with all Laserguard models, the LG-449 attaches to the trigger guard. The Laserguard housing is manufactured out of polymer with a rubber-overmolded activation pad.

(GunReports.com) -- Chrysler's new line of Outdoorsman pickup trucks includes a gun closet over the left rear wheelwell.The Ram truck division product is called the The Mopar RamBox Holster. The built-in gun rack can hold two rifles or shotguns inside one of the lockable, watertight compartments located on either side of the pickup bed.A $205 option - on top of the $1895 price of the RamBox feature itself - the rack can be rotated to hold six fishing poles.

(GunReports.com) -- A private museum located in Mexico's Ministry of Defence contains an array of seized drug-gangster devices, including heavily engraved guns.According to the Daily Mail (UK), among the items is a diamond-encrusted mobile phone and a solid gold medal bearing the crest of one of the drug gangs.The museum, Museo de los Enervantes, opened in 1985 and is used by the military to educate soldiers to the lifestyles and culture of drug cartels. It's open only to military officials and officer cadets in drug enforcement.

(GunReports.com) -- Israel Weapon Industries's new UZI PRO Sub Machine Gun (SMG) is a lightweight magazine-fed firearm based on the UZI sub machine gun.The is blowback-operated shoulder- or hip-fired weapon can be fired in automatic or semiautomatic modes.The magazine housing is located in the pistol grip, making magazine replacement in the dark much more simple. It fires from a closed bolt and has an integrated jump compensator on the barrel.

(GunReports.com) -- Hi-Point Carbines has debuted a new .45 ACP carbine, joining the company's 9mm and .40 Caliber carbines.The blowback semiauto has a black molded polymer skeletonized stock, three top-side and forearm bottom Picatinny rails, and it comes with a single stack 9-round magazine which also fits the Hi-Point series of .45 semi-auto pistols.

The Mil Spec model is in some ways a commemorative pistol without getting gaudy or expensive. It has classic styling including a basic military style grip safety and solid hammer tang.

(GunReports.com) -- The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) has filed a lawsuit in federal court against the City of Chicago's new gun ordinance, asserting that 'by banning gun ranges open to the public...under color of law,' the city is depriving citizens of their right to keep and bear arms in violation of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

(GunReports.com) -- Smith & Wesson has introduced a new X-Frame model in collaboration with professional hunter Michael Waddell – the S&W500 Bone Collector.