Shortshots

The NRA/Springfield Armory M1A Match will make its debut August 5 at the NRA National Rifle and Pistol Matches held at Camp Perry, Ohio. Springfield Armory has put up a total of $25,000 in cash and merchandise awards for the match. Said Mike Krei, director of NRAs Competitive shooting Division, "Springfield wanted to encourage more use of the M1A, and they were willing to sponsor all of the needed cash and product awards to make it happen at Camp Perry."

The Smith & Wesson Academy will introduce Military & Police (M&P) Pistol and Rifle Series training courses to be held at the Academy in Springfield, Massachusetts, and at local police departments and regional law enforcement training centers across the country.

Thompson/Center Arms, a Smith & Wesson company, has introduced the Icon, its first bolt-action centerfire rifle."While developing the Icon, our engineers and designers worked with numerous master gunsmiths, tactical shooters and hunters to better understand what features they desired in a premium bolt-action rifle," said Gregg Ritz, President of Smith & Wesson Hunting.

Thompson/Center Arms, a Smith & Wesson company, has introduced the Icon, its first bolt-action centerfire rifle."While developing the Icon, our engineers and designers worked with numerous master gunsmiths, tactical shooters and hunters to better understand what features they desired in a premium bolt-action rifle," said Gregg Ritz, President of Smith & Wesson Hunting.

John Wayne Enterprises and Winchester Ammunition are offering a limited-edition collectors set of ammunition offered in three .44-40 Winchester, .45 Colt, and .30-30 Winchester to commemorate 100 years of "The Duke." John Wayne would have celebrated his 100th birthday in 2007.

Beretta Introduces 90-TWO Pistol[IMGCAP(1)]The Beretta 90-TWO semiautomatic pistol, the latest in Berettas 92/96 Series, should already be available to consumers. This is the 92 Series first complete redesign since it was introduced to the law enforcement and military community more than 20 years ago.Featuring new magazines with higher capacity in 9mm and .40 S&W calibers and an internal buffer to reduce recoil, the 90-TWO includes rounded contours that speed extraction from the holster. Also, the…

More New Products for 2006

Here are some items that caught our attention at the 2006 SHOT Show in Las Vegas.

BROWNING
New calibers added to A-Bolt Mountain TI. Brownings titanium version of the popular A-Bolt gets four new calibers for 2006: .243 Win., .308 Win., ,7mm-08, and the new 325 WSM. The guns themselves include a titanium receiver, glass-bedded action, free-floated stainless barrel, Bell and Carlson graphite stock with Mossy Oak camo, an adjustable trigger, and Pachmayr Decelerator recoil pad. Average Weight: 5.5 pounds. MSRP: $1640.

[IMGCAP(1)]Browning reintroduces The T-Bolt. The original Browning T-Bolt was an accurate and easy-to-shoot rimfire. But the new Browning T-Bolt uses the same...

[IMGCAP(1)]S&Ws Law-Enforcement Pistol Bonanza
Smith & Wesson has recently filled two big LE orders, one for the companys new Military & Police (M&P) series of advanced-design polymer pistols and the other for its SW1911 pistols with tactical rails.

The Patrick County, Virginia, Sheriffs Department ordered the M&P guns. Members of the Special Enforcement Bureau (SWAT Team) of the Riverside County, California Sheriffs Department will get the SW1911s.

Smith & Wesson began shipments of the M&P 40, the first pistol in the series, in December 2005. David Hubbard, sheriff of Patrick County, Virginia, said, We tested numerous products, and my professional opinion is that the...

Anti-Gun Litigation Continues Despite Laws Senate Passage
In early October, the Supreme Court refused to block a lawsuit against gun manufacturers accused of negligence for firearms violence in the nations capital. The case is Beretta v. District of Columbia, 05-118.

Firearm manufacturers had asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a District of Columbia Court of Appeals ruling allowing individuals who allege injuries stemming from gun violence to proceed with strict-liability-based public-nuisance claims against the manufacturers.

The District of Columbia has strict rules about gun possession, and justices had been told that its law interfered with the gun commerce in oth...

Professions with a High Risk of Being Killed

Our story on high-retention duty holsters later in this issue brought up the topic of how dangerous law-enforcement jobs are compared to other careers. How to prevent a law-enforcement sidearm from being used on its owner is always a worry, mainly because the policing environment, by definition, is filled with bad guys. But, we wondered, what about other jobs in which the civilian worker may not be legally armed, or, worse yet, may be prevented by workplace rules from protecting himself?

Workplace disarmament, and the resulting injuries and deaths such policies cause, are a bigger problem than you might think. For instance, banning g...

Wisconsin to Retired Police Officers: Thanks, but No Thanks
Dozens of Wisconsin police agencies are balking at implementing a federal law that allows qualified retired police officers and sheriffs deputies to carry firearms, even in states such as Wisconsin that have concealed carry bans.

The Wisconsin agencies say they do not want to be held liable for potentially deadly incidents involving their former workers. However, retirees from other states can carry their weapons while in Wisconsin.

The federal law, which took effect in January, allows retired officers who served for more than 15 years to carry a weapon as long as they have identification from their former agen...