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XS® Sights is pleased to introduce the Remington® 870 +2 Magazine Tube Extension Kit for easy do-it-yourself installation. This lightweight magazine tube extension increases the capacity of standard Remington 870 shotguns by two shotshells and allows for the mounting of additional tactical upgrades. The kit includes a factory detent removal tool, a 45” Wolff® 12-gauge extended […]

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Viridian Weapon Technologies has announced the arrival of its new E-Series™ Green Laser sights for the Ruger-57™. The strength and visibility of a green laser is now built into a laser sight designed specifically for the Ruger-57, Ruger’s dynamic new 5.7x28mm pistol. “Viridian led the way with the development of practical, functional green lasers,” said […]

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By Tanya Metaksa What’s New—Federal: HR8 and HR1446 pass in the House of Representatives and may be viable in the Senate: Biden-Harris Administration: Haaland nomination moves to full Senate; anti-gun Merrick Garland becomes Attorney General; Alabama: SB308 to create lifetime Right-to-Carry perrnit but with $200 fee passes Senate Judiciary Committee; Colorado: HB1106, mandatory storage bill […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief The Portland, Oregonian is reporting that the city has recorded 20 homicides so far this year, while demonstrators tried to set fire to the Federal Courthouse Thursday night. Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler, the newspaper said, will “seek $2 million in one-time funding to allow more proactive policing on city streets with […]

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THE GUN MAG By Mike Nesbitt | Contributing Editor    (Editor’s Note: Billy Dixon was a buffalo hunter, frontier Army scout and plainsman credited with making an astounding rifle shot estimated at nearly one mile, killing a Native American warrior during the Second Battle of Adobe Walls in June 1874. That shot brought the three-day […]

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By Dave Workman | Editor-in-Chief The House of Representatives on Thursday passed two bills to expand background checks on gun sales, and two national gun rights organizations have been quick to respond. According to CBS News, the hotly debated “Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021,” (H.R. 8,) was passed on a vote of 227 to […]

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By Paul Lathrop Contributing Editor Today would have been the day to call your congressional representatives and let them know your opinions on HR 8, the “Universal” Background Check Bill and HR 1446, a bill giving the FBI an unlimited amount of time to complete background checks. But now that both bills have been passed […]

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Made to go the distance on any hike or mission, the Modular Trooper Pack features an optimized design with modular functional features including an integrated rain cover and a removable hip belt that can be worn as a Warrior Belt, according to a company news release. Fully adjustable, the pack’s back panel can be adjusted […]

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Blackhawk®, a leading producer of law enforcement and military equipment for more than 20 years, has announced the release of its new Stache™ IWB Concealment Holster. Meticulously engineered, this Inside the Waistband (IWB) holster is the ultimate solution for everyday carry, with the perfect balance of comfort, rigidity, and modularity, according to a company news […]

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By Jim Dickson | Contributing Editor The lure of one caliber for both the pistol and rifle is a strong one going back to the beginning of cartridge firearms and for good reason. The logistical advantage of having to carry only one type of ammunition eliminated the problem of running out of one caliber first […]

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By Paul Lathrop | Contributing Editor The Orlando Weekly is reporting that a bill is currently being considered in several house committees that would restore the rights of convicted felons to keep and bear arms. For the former offender to qualify to have their rights restored, the crime must have been non-violent. The convicted person […]

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By Tanya Metaksa What’s New—Federal: Reports suggest US House to move on anti-gun legislation this week: Biden-Harris Administration: Haaland nomination moves to full Senate; Alabama: HB477 passed House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee;Constitutional carry is stuck in committees; Arizona: The House passed HB2840 and HB2552; Arkansas:  SB24, eliminating the duty fo retreat, was signed […]

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By Dave Workman | Editor-in-Chief Second Amendment activists across the country should pay close attention to the trial of a Des Moines Register reporter, scheduled to begin Monday, not so much because of the charges, but because of something the newspaper’s executive editor said that is important about rights. At the time of her arrest, […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief The Chicago Sun Times reported that carjackings across the Windy City were down in February while the month saw shootings spike and police logged 31 homicides, while law-abiding Illinois citizens are having a hard time getting concealed carry licenses. To remedy that, the Second Amendment Foundation and Illinois State Rifle Association […]

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Jim Dickson Contributing Editor The U.S. Caliber .30 Carbine Technical Drawings and Data By Larry L. Ruth Published by John A. Baum 5678 State Rt. 45 Lisbon Ohio 44432 www.Germanmanuals.com 182 pages, 12” X 18”, $95 which includes U.S. Postage and Insurance This epic compilation of the Rock Island Arsenal drawings for making the M1 […]

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By Dave Workman | Editor-in-Chief Gun sales continued strongly in February, as the FBI reported its raw National Instant Check System (NICS) number of 3,442,777 initiated checks for the month were well above the raw number posted for February 2020, which was 2,802,467. According to the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s “NSSF-adjusted” figures, there were 1,387,076 […]

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By Paul Lathrop Contributing Editor We knew it was coming, and on Tuesday, Democrats in both the U.S. House and Senate introduced legislation that would begin the process of restricting Americans’ ability to keep and bear arms. The legislation, entitled the “Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021,” has a stated purpose of requiring a federal […]

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By Dave Workman | Editor-in-Chief Writing this week at Ammoland News, Lawrence Keane—senior vice president and general counsel at the National Shooting Sports Foundation—reported that Nebraska, Mississippi, Texas, New Hampshire, Utah and other state legislatures “are working to strengthen their state’s preemption laws. But what about Washington, the Evergreen State, with a rich history of […]

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Democrats in the U.S. House are poised to launch a major gun control offensive with universal and so-called “enhanced” background checks on the front burner, anti-gun lawmakers in the Pacific Northwest are also putting on the pressure. Lawmakers in Olympia, Washington are moving a bill to prohibit open carry of firearms “and other weapons” on […]

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Mar. 1, 2021 By Tanya Metaksa What’s New— Arkansas: SB24, stand your ground legislation, passed both Houses; Colorado: Hearings on two anti-gun bills the first week of March; Georgia: HB218, grants recognition to non-Georgia Right-to-Carry permittees passed the House; Indiana: HB1369, constitutional carry bill, passes the House 65-31; Iowa: HB254, a permit less carry bill […]

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