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Colt Defense LLC has acquired New Colt Holding Corp., the parent company of Colt’s Manufacturing Company LLC.

A study commissioned by the National Shooting Sports Foundation shows that first-time gun buyers are active in one or more shooting activities and that women are motivated to purchase their first firearm predominately for personal defense.

Here are new videos added to GunReports.com this week: Two bullets too many; Jerry Miculek takes a close look at the Tavor bullpup rifle; and a Brownells' gunsmith goes through, step-by-step, how to properly disassemble a Beretta 92.

This Gun Test-evaluated pistol is chambered for shooter-friendly 9mm ammunition. It offers single-action fire and a thumb-operated safety to simplify operation. Matching short slides to the proper-strength recoil spring can be challenging. The tested Springfield Armory EMP (Enhanced Micro Pistol), $1253, sprang from the Browning 1911 design.Matching short slides to the proper-strength recoil spring can be challenging. All four of our test guns utilized a two-spring plunger-style guide-rod system that seems to be the answer to providing the proper balance of compression and rebound. Despite this operational similarity all four pistols offered their own unique features. Our test pistol, the Springfield Armory EMP (Enhanced Micro Pistol), $1253, sprang from the Browning 1911 design.

On Aug. 2, 2013, the National Rifle Association will celebrate the grand opening of the NRA National Sporting Arms Museum located at the Bass Pro Shops store in Springfield, Mo.

As a service to our readers, these are links to the products listed in the August 2013 Gun Tests article, “Inside The Waistband Holsters: Kydex, Leather and Hybrid Styles.” Due out around July 25, 2013.

The Meopta Broken Skull Ranch riflescope, endorsed by pro wrestling hall of famer and action movie star Steve Austin, is now available at www.bsrscope.com.

Browning has introduced several A5 shotgun models with 3½-inch chambers, making them the first-ever recoil-operated Browning shotguns with that chamber length.

Here are the names, descriptions, and links to ammunition tested in the August 2013 Gun Tests magazine article, “9mm Vs. 357 Magnum Loads Head to Head.” Because of shortages, we don’t guarantee that any ammunition will be in stock or that prices will be the same as reported. The issue will be out around July 25. Photos courtesy of the retailers.

The Pro Carry version of the XD pistol is a Springfield Armory Custom Shop pistol with a specified set of modifications. The Pro Carry package is the most basic of three available levels, providing a 4.5- to 5-pound trigger job, optional sights, the application of a national match barrel, a slick Armory Kote of all internal metal parts, and extension of the magazine release to one side as specified by the customer.

The GunReports.com E-letter will take this week off so that our staff can spend some quality time with their families, maybe break a clay target, and maybe make a big boom with some Barrett and Serbu 50s we have in house. We'll resume publication on July 11, 2013. We'd like to thank the GunReports.com community for a great 2013 so far, and we look forward to continuing to serve your gun-information needs.

Every gunsmith has secrets he would never share with a competitor. Here are a few you can claim as your own (but don’t tell anyone else).