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Skills Check: Present Arms
Combining accuracy and speed, Gunsite course curricula teach students to present their handgun from the holster and make multiple hits on target within 1.5 seconds. We refer to the draw stroke as the presentation at Gunsite. It’s a better explanation than simply “drawing” the pistol, because it describes the act of presenting …
Primary Arms Optics Releases SLx 1-10x28mm SFP Rifle Scope
Primary Arms Optics has released its first 1X-10X scope, the SLx 1-10x28mm SFP Rifle Scope, which comes with a choice of two ACSS reticles. All SLx products undergo rigorous field-testing during development, and the SLx 1-10x28mm SFP Rifle Scope was no exception. It proved its precision and durability through extensive live-fire testing …
Henry Introduces 25th Anniversary Limited-Edition Guns
Two limited-edition Henry Repeating Arms rifles—celebrating the company’s 25th anniversary—have been released and are now available at FFLs nationwide while they last. The guns are a tribute to the lever-action’s enduring legacy in America and the model that launched Henry Repeating Arms. “In the gun-making business, twenty-five years makes us a new kid …
New For 2022: Springfield Armory Hellcat Pro With Shield SMSc Optic
At the beginning of this year, Springfield Armory unveiled the compact, capacity-rich Hellcat Pro pistol chambered in 9 mm Luger. With an overall length of 6.6”, height of 4.8”, width of just 1” and unloaded weight of 21 ozs., the Hellcat Pro has a profile similar to other subcompact handguns, yet offers a magazine …
HURRICANE IAN: KNOW YOUR GUN RIGHTS
As your Florida State Director for Gun Owners of America (GOA), I’m hunkering down just as you are and riding out the storm. Remember, our nation’s motto is e pluribus unum and that means out of many, one. Together, we will help one another recover from the hurricane, because we’re all Floridians. As …
FIREARM RETAILER AND RANGE SALES TRAINING SERIES
In 2022, NSSF®, the firearm industry trade association, will be providing industry businesses with FREE in-depth sales training online via the 2022 Sales Training Series — a bi-weekly, live webinar series, with a focus on customer satisfaction, growth and return rate. NEXT WEBINAR What Do Customers Really Want From Retail?? …
Operation Market Garden: The Battle Begins
In September 1944, Allied forces in Europe launched a large-scale operation into the German-occupied Netherlands. Codenamed “Market Garden,” the goal of the operation was to create an opening in German defenses in the occupied nation and secure a route for Allied advances through the Netherlands, over the Rhine River, and …
Tikka: A Top-Tier Rifle Brand
In 1918, Oy Tikkakoski Ab, better known today as simply Tikka, began making gun components in central Finland. Two years later, it acquired the machinery to manufacture its own barrels. By 1927, the company was producing those worn by the Mosin-Nagants issued to the nation’s military. Complete, Three-Line M27 versions of that …
Mental Focus vs. Mental Awareness
Shooting at the very edge of your skills envelope requires tremendous mental focus and well-developed shooting awareness. However, some shooters believe that shooting awareness and mental focus are one in the same. They are not. Using pistol shooting (combat or competition) as an example, what is the difference between the …
GOA IMMEDIATELY SUES PHILADELPHIA OVER UNCONSTITUTIONAL EXECUTIVE ORDER
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 28, 2022 Philadelphia, PA – Yesterday, lame-duck Mayor Jim Kenney signed an executive order prohibiting individuals from lawful carry at all City of Philadelphia recreational facilities. The mayor’s actions are in clear violation of Pennsylvania law prohibiting these types of local gun restrictions. Within hours of Mayor Kenney’s …