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If variety is the spice of life, then hunters have a savory selection indeed of new rifles to take afield this year.
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I’m heading off to Canada next week for a Saskatchewan whitetail hunt and pretty quickly settled on bringing a lever gun with me. Took my Marlin 336C in .35 Remington out yesterday to get my new scope dialed in (and an interesting little scope it is too…more on that later) and after I got it on paper I cranked off this 5-shot group. [ Read Full Post ]
Few gun fanciers would argue that the Remington Model 870 pump shotgun is worthy of the moniker, “America’s Shotgun.” The fact is, one would be hard-pressed to find a devotee of upland bird hunting, gunning diabolical doves or chasing bunnies with beagles who doesn’t have a favorite Model 870 for such sporting pastimes. [ Read Full Post ]
The ten-month surge in the sale of firearms and the accompanying increase in applications for concealed carry permits in the U.S. have been well documented by the pro-gun media. But a relatively under-reported related gun-sales story has everything to do with sex.
Did that get your attention? [ Read Full Post ]
In the Gun Shots blog, John Haughey, and by proxy, Alan Clemons, does a great job outlining the danger Cass Sunstein, Obama's pick to head the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (for which he might be confirmed as early as today), poses to hunting and how/why hunting and firearm organizations oppose his nomination.
I thought I'd take it a step farther and provide you with the source material, straight from the horse's mouth, and some of the highlights from his University of Chicago White Paper (along with some of my own comments), entitled "The Rights of Animals: A Very Short Primer".
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St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols—who knows a thing or two about hitting and distance—receives some pointers from Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Thompson about the preferred platform for long-distance communication by Navy SEALs. Pujols and All-Star reliever Ryan Franklin were among five Cardinal players who toured the Naval Special Warfare facilities while in San Diego for a series with the Padres August 20-23.
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Brooklyn, NY social worker Michael Littlejohn is an avowed history buff and a self-proclaimed student of the Revolutionary War who’s taken part in battle re-enactments in Virginia and Georgia as an adult. [ Read Full Post ]
More bang for your truck? That’s the gist of the incentive that one automobile dealer in Kansas has adopted to lure potential buyers onto his lot.
For the month of August, Mark Muller, owner of Max Motors in Butler, Kansas, is offering an AK-style rifle to anyone who buys a truck.
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Last week I told you about my decision to scope the new .22 rifle I gave to my twin boys.
Today I have to tell you about one of the pitfalls of the decision. Though it’s a youth-sized rifle, my 8-year-olds still have trouble finding and maintaining a consistent cheek weld, one of the most important elements of accurate shooting. [ Read Full Post ]
For their eighth birthday earlier in the year, I gave my twin boys their first .22.
I worried that I was jumping the gun (so to speak) but they’re proficient with their air rifles and had been shooting my rimfires long and well enough that the gift of a New England Arms break-open single-shot seemed like a logical progression.
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If Mark Twain were still with us, he might contend that the rumors of the firearms industry’s demise have been greatly exaggerated.
Selected Wall Street investment analysts announced downgrades to some firearms manufacturer’s stocks last week, based on the premise that the unprecedented spike in the sales of certain guns and ammunition since the November General Election is nearing the end of its historic run.
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Hi. Come on in. Set your gun in the rack and pull up a chair. Get comfortable. We have a lot to talk about.
Welcome to your new hangout. Plan to stay awhile. Doesn’t matter whether you hunt elk with a bow, squirrels with a rifle, grouse with a shotgun or gophers with a rock, you’re welcome here. I think you’ll find it’s a pretty lively place. You’re going to agree some of the time. You’re going to get mad some of the time, and hopefully you’ll learn a thing or two along the way just as I hope you contribute to our discussions. [ Read Full Post ]
As a direct result of the resurgent interest in 1930s bank robber John Dillinger with the July 1 release of the blockbuster movie “Public Enemies,” a pair of firearms inextricably linked to the Depression-era bad guy will be auctioned in coming days.
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Cities and counties across Tennessee are preparing to deal with the fallout from a raft of pro-gun bills recently signed into law in the state, where Republicans are flexing their new-found strength in the legislature.
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Gary Marbut, president of the Montana Shooting Sports Association, is one of the leaders of a new grassroots movement that's seeking to invoke the principle of states' rights—including states' own authority to regulate firearms—to thwart what he and his allies view as an increasingly overreaching federal government.
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Most states have an official flower, song, flag, mammal or even fish. But thanks to the dedication of some devotees of historic firearms, Pennsylvania may soon be the first to have an official state gun.
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With whitetail deer hunters overwhelmingly the largest single bloc of hunters out there and undoubtedly making up one heck of a group of gun-rights supporters, what we say and do in the coming weeks and months could be crucial. It’s crucial because to anyone paying attention—our current president and his administration, despite pre-election promises not to come after firearms owners, is ramping up to do just that. [ Read Full Post ]
Ever since Obama took office the New York Times has been engaging in a full-court press on its op-ed pages to get some new type of gun control legislation passed.
In today’s paper they have former president Jimmy Carter calling for an “assault weapons” ban. Curiously absent from Carter’s column are any statistics connecting assault weapons to gun deaths in general—for the simple reason that they are only used in a miniscule number crimes in this country.
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A Pennsylvania man will face reckless endangerment charges in a trial after a Lancaster County judge upheld an ordinance against discharging firearms in Lancaster city.
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Firearm sales continued to surge across the country for the fifth straight month, according to the National Shooting Sports Foundation, extending a trend that began after the November elections. The increase also follows recent comments by several high-profile members of the Obama administration about re-imposing permanently and expanding the ban on modern sporting rifles. [ Read Full Post ]
A pair of Southwest Florida ne’er-do-wells didn’t exactly give police specific directions to one of their homes after allegedly committing a home burglary last week—but they might as well have.
Responding to a report of a home burglary and theft on Tuesday, police in Ft. Myers, Fla. were told that among the items taken were a dirt bike, flat screen TV, computer, Ford SUV and a gun safe containing various firearms.
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Responding to Attorney General Eric Holder's comment last week that the Obama Administration will attempt to reinstate a ban against semi-automatic rifles, the National Shooting Sports Foundation reminded Congress and all Americans that such a ban would eliminate jobs in a difficult economy, have no effect on reducing crime, and deprive millions of law-abiding sportsmen and gun owners of their Constitutional right to own the firearm of their choice. [ Read Full Post ]
Most media outlets gloated on Feb 24 when the U.S. Supreme Court voted 7-2 to uphold the federal government's right to ban those convicted of "a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence" from legally possessing a weapon.
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Based on new scientific data indicating that nearly three times the number of black bears live in the state than previously estimated, the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board voted unanimously last week to increase the bear kill quota by 55 percent
As a result, for the 2009 Wisconsin bear-hunting season, the quota will be raised to 4,585 and the number of hunting permits raised to 7,310, a 57 percent increase.
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I’ve told you about Nebraska whitetails before and not to ignore the Cornhusker state when it comes to whitetails. Here’s more proof. This past fall Deanna Hellbusch of Plattsmouth was hunting nearby in Nance County. As a middle school science teacher, weekends are precious periods for personal time. Deanna was hunting with a Remington bolt action chambered for in .270 and didn’t have a clue she was about to have a date with destiny, and encounter a truly giant buck.
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The details of this story are almost too gruesome to relate, so if you want the full download see here:
I wish I could say I was surprised by the chimp’s attack on the unfortunate woman, but I’m not. Chimps have a long and bloody history of attacking and killing people and nobody has any business owning one as a pet.
What does this have to do with a hunting and shooting blog?
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