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First Look: Streamlight TLR Green Laser/Rail Mount
Streamlight Inc. is now shipping two new rail-mounted TLR light and green laser modules, the TLR RM 1 and RM 2 LASER-G Rail Mounted Tactical Lighting System. The principal difference between the RM 1 and RM 2 LASER-G modules is that the former is physically smaller, uses only one CR123A lithium …
Weaver vs Picatinny Mounts
Nowadays, it’s common to see a rifle with some type of optic mounted on it. Whether it’s an electronic red-dot sight, a Trijicon ACOG or even a first-focal-plane LPVO with a Trijicon RMR embedded on the same mount at an angle, finding an optical shooting aid mounted to a rifle …
TALON Grips Acquires ArachniGRIP
TALON Grips has acquired ArachniGRIP, the company that created the patented SlideSpider stick-on grip for pistol slides. ArachniGRIP co-founder Bob Biedenbach returned to the shooting sports ,only to discover his reduced hand strength and arthritis made controlling a pistol slide troublesome. After working with Don Hoekendorf, range master and other founder …
Review: Blue Line Pump 12 Gauge Shotgun
Imported by Blue Line Solutions of Ferndale, Wash., one of the most affordable pump-action shotguns available today is simply called the Blue Line Pump. The manual gets a little more specific with a Model PD 18 SB designation. If it looks familiar, perhaps it is because the gun is a dimensional clone …
Preview: Midwest Industries Lever Action Extended Sight Systems
Midwest Industries is taking Henry’s lineup of lever-action rifles up a notch with its Lever Action Extended Sight System. The aluminum handguard replaces Henry’s factory fore-end and provides a new rear-sight location at the back of the receiver, as well as multiple M-Lok accessory-attachment slots. The made-in-USA handguard offers 16″ …
H.R. 1808 is really bad news
You’ve never seen a bill like H.R. 1808, Nancy Pelosi’s so-called “Assault Weapons Ban.” It bans HUNDREDS of firearms: Bushmasters, Barretts, Remingtons, Thompsons, H&Ks, SIGs, AKs, AR-10s and AR-15s, Mossbergs, Colts, SKSs, S&Ws… the list goes on and on for 64 pages. For years, far Left politicians introduced gun control …
NSSF FIRES BACK AT GUN CONTROL’S ATTEMPTS TO CHILL FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS
NEWTOWN, Conn. — NSSF®, the firearm industry trade association, defended the First Amendment rights of firearm manufacturers in a letter to the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Bureau of Consumer Protection Director Samuel Levine. The letter was in response to several complaints by special-interest gun control groups falsely accusing NSSF members of violating the …
New York County DA Attacks Right to Self-Defense
Since the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in NYSRPA v. Bruen affirming the Second Amendment right to bear arms for protection outside the home, New York politicians have been on the warpath against the right to self-defense. Despite Gov. Kathy Hochul’s (D) and the N.Y. State Assembly’s best (and unconstitutional) efforts, …
“Significant” Problems with NY Red Flag Law
As New York officials prepare to defend that state’s new and almost certainly unconstitutional gun licensing law, the president of the state’s bar association has called attention to “significant deficiencies” in another law, the “extreme risk protection order” (a.k.a. “red flag”) law. New York’s “extreme risk protection order” law, enacted in 2019, …
Illinois: Naperville Considering Banning Many Firearm & Magazine Sales
Tomorrow, at 7:00 P.M., the Naperville City Council will consider File 22-0848, to ban commercial sales of many commonly-owned firearms and standard capacity magazines. NRA Members and Second Amendment supporters are invited to ask the Council to OPPOSE File 22-0848. To view the draft ordinance and for more information on submitting testimony or participating …