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Beretta USA Launches 20-Gauge A400 Xtreme Plus Models
Beretta has announced the A400 Xtreme Plus shotgun series is now available in 20-gauge models and new camo patterns. The A400 Xtreme Plus 20 Gauge features Beretta’s exclusive Steelium Plus barrels—a first for hunting shotguns—providing tailored patterning for hunting loads, along with felt-recoil mitigation. Further drawing from the competition world, the A400 Xtreme …
Preview: Custom Colt Peacemaker SAA Pellet Revolver
Pyramyd Air now provides à-la-carte customization of its CO2-powered Colt Peacemaker Single Action Army replica pellet revolvers. With 26 layers of customization options, consumers can select a gun’s hammer type, and barrel-length selections are available, too, providing a range of between 3.5″ and 7.5″, along with your choice of finish types—including Gold, …
Throwing Copper: Hornady’s CX
The majority of Hornady employees are dedicated hunters, and it follows that they would use their company’s products in these pursuits. More specifically, though, a water-cooler poll revealed that quite a few of them hunted with Hornady’s GMX bullets made with a solid shank of gilding metal and a hollow point capped …
NSSF BREAKTHROUGH ‘RANGE BILL’ PAYING BIG DIVIDENDS
Hunters and recreational target shooters are continuing to see big benefits from the work NSSF invested in getting the Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act signed into law three years ago. The groundbreaking legislation resulted in $91 million in new grants awarded for the construction or improvement of 168 firearm ranges, …
The Legal Battles Over “Gun-Free Zones”
Welcome to the cognitive dissonance zone. They call it the “Gun Free Zone.” The hit TV show “The Twilight Zone” (1959-1964) once told us in its terse intro about entering “a land of both shadow and substance,” but it had nothing on today’s so-called “gun-free zone,” which requires a complete …
CPRC: FBI Wrong – Armed Citizens Stopped at Least 34% of “Active Shooter” Attacks
Recent polling indicates that an increasing number of Americans view the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) with distrust and disfavor. The results of a national survey conducted in August by Rasmussen Reports found that a majority of voters asked (53%) felt that the agency was not impartial and agreed with the drastic statement that …
The Armed Citizen® Oct. 17, 2022
A homeowner in Phoenix, Ariz., opened fire on two intruders when they allegedly tried to break into the homeowner’s residence on Saturday, June 25, 2022. Sometime before 8 a.m. that morning, the two alleged robbers attempted to break into a home, only to encounter a homeowner willing to defend his …
Reports Suggest Biden Administration Already Exceeding Its Authority Under New Gun Laws
Last June, the NRA announced its opposition to a wide-ranging gun control bill – the misnamed “Bipartisan Safer Communities Act” (BSCA) – that was being rammed through the U.S. Senate with bi-partisan support. We warned at the time that the bill, contrary to how it was being marketed to the public, could …
Cars Cause Crime Like Flies Cause Garbage
Part of the reason gun owners detest gun control so vehemently is because it places the burden of curtailing violent crime on law-abiding individuals rather than where it belongs – on criminals. Those who would never commit a violent crime have their freedoms restricted, while criminals ignore the law. In …
Tract Toric UHD 1-8×24 mm MOA IR LPVO SFP Review
By now the Tract Optics story should be well known to shooters. The company pioneered the concept of direct-to-consumer optics sales, and in the past 7 years, it has grown to cover a wide range of optics both for the tactical and hunting markets. Tract offers high-quality optics at outstanding …