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Ben Philippi made up a pretty cool shooting challenge to pass the time when on COVID-19 lockdown.

Read up all about it here: https://www.guns.com/news/2020/04/01/whats-the-best-gun-to-kill-covid-19

Would love to hear what you’re up to in terms of shooting during the quarantine to keep your skills sharp!

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Ammo.com has a contest just for you then. Head on over to https://www.weapon-blog.com/contests/ and hit the image in the Featured Contests section to find out more and enter for your chance to win.

At the risk of reducing my own chances to win, https://www.weapon-blog.com/contests/ has been updated with all the gun and gear related contests that I am aware of for the month.

Go forth and win… As always, feel free to share wherever you can.

If you are aware of any that are not on the list, please submit the details on the contact form to get it added to the list.

Fears of a crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic have resulted in a historic spike in gun purchase background checks, leading to long delays in approval, according to the FBI and gun industry experts.

What’s more, there is a potential that offices in charge of conducting the background checks could shut down, effectively stopping sales.

Read the rest of the article: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/fbi-300-spike-in-gun-buy-checks-huge-backlogs-shutdown-threatened

The folks at Ammo.com just released a data study on the ammo run due to the coronavirus

As you might’ve heard, gun and ammo sales are through the roof right now, partially due to the 24/7 news coverage of the COVID-19 virus.

Caliber-wise, 40 Cal (S&W) sales are up the most which seems odd to me but as AWR Hawkins at Breitbart surmised it may be due to Asian-Americans increased concerns for safety.

Go give it a read at https://ammo.com/coronavirus-impact-on-ammunition-sales

Been dealing with a nasty stomach bug at the house, apologies for the sparse content.

At the risk of reducing my own chances to win, https://www.weapon-blog.com/contests/ has been updated with all the gun and gear related contests that I am aware of for the month.

Go forth and win… As always, feel free to share wherever you can.

If you are aware of any that are not on the list, please submit the details on the contact form to get it added to the list.

A Veteran is someone, who at one point in their life, wrote a blank check payable to the United States of America for an amount up to, and including, their life.

Thank you to all those that have in the past, or are currently serving our country.

Richard lays out five reasons why you should!

Firearm Suppressors: 5 Reasons To Get One

Josh over at Minute Man Review has compiled a large amount of statistics regarding gun ownership worldwide.

Not going to copy/paste over here, so head on over and check it out yourself!

The Ultimate Firearms Industry Guide: Statistics, Trends, and Data

Resting your barrel on your rest can destroy your accuracy. Everyone knows this right? Well not really, there are a lot of people at the range or in the deer stand that rests the rifle on the barrel.

I’m sure that you have heard people say that resting your barrel on the edge of a deer stand doesn’t affect accuracy. Well, we have some evidence to show that is not the case.

Read the rest of the article: https://fishgame.com/2019/10/rifle-101-resting-on-your-rifle-barrel/

It’s a common enough thing. People pick up a new firearm and they snap a picture to share on Facebook, either on their profile or in one of the hundreds of firearm-focused groups on the platform. They want to show their friends what they got. You know, before it gets lost in a tragic boating accident.

Google and Facebook have now made it possible to find photos of firearms by simply typing a serial number into the search box.

Read the rest of the article: https://bearingarms.com/tomk/2019/10/25/google-facebook-reportedly-indexing-firearm-serial-numbers/

Real life pulled me away. But I’m back!!