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Ammo releases are never as popular as gun releases, but I always make sure to swing by the big ammo companies to find out what’s new. At the Speer/Federal/CCI booth, I was greeted by several new defensive loads, including the rather surprising Speer Gold Dot Carbine 9mm load. This wasn’t the first PCC defensive load, but it’s the first I’ve seen from a major manufacturer.

Inside the Speer Gold Dot Carbine Load

The popularity of pistol-caliber carbines doesn’t seem to be slowing down.

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CCI is well known for its high-quality rimfire ammunition. Whenever you need a rimfire for something beyond plinking, you likely turn toward CCI. This year at SHOT Show, CCI unveiled their latest .22 LR load, the Uppercut. The Uppercut is aimed to be a .22 LR cartridge optimized for self-defense, specifically from micro-sized pistols. It’s perfect for guns like the LCP 2 and the Beretta 21A.

Catching the Uppercut

A .22 LR can be a viable defensive cartridge, but a large part of being successful with a defensive-oriented .22 LR is proper ammunition selection.

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A Mississippi mom harnessed the power of prior planning, prayer and her pistol to protect her three small children and herself from a determined attacker earlier this week. It happened in Carroll County, Mississippi, on Monday. Cops say Steve Lamar Goss, Jr., a felon out on bond on a previous felony deadly weapons charge, didn’t have the muscle mass or smarts to kick in a door, so he drove his truck into the home’s dining room to make entry.

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I’m a fan of the 5.7x28mm round. Civilian loads aren’t quite as much fun as the military/LE loads but its still a flat-shooting, long-range (for a handgun) round. The FN Five-seveN is a fantastic gun but it’s price point puts it put of a lot of folks reach. Tisas USA’s new offering, the PX-57 changes all of that.

The PX-57 is a polymer-frame, striker-fired pistol with a Glock compatible fiber optic front sight and adjustable rear.

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Newsweek breathlessly reports on a Christian School in Iowa that’s training up some of its teachers to pack heat in their schools. The purpose, of course, is to provide an active response to a murderous lunatic, terrorist or criminal until law enforcement can arrive. In other words, give teachers and staffers the ability to use guns in self-defense at the schools.

Given what happened days ago at Perry High School in Iowa when a transgendered misfit and LBGTQ activist murdered two and wounded six in the seven minutes it took law-enforcement to arrive, the Siouxland Christian School had opted to take security seriously.

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Anti-gun Pennsylvania lawmakers last week approved five restrictive gun control measures in the House Judiciary Committee, setting the stage for all five to be considered by the full House of Representatives.

On Jan. 17, the committee approved House Bill 335, HB 336, HB 777, HB 1157 and HB 1190, all of which would trample on Pennsylvanians’ Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.

HB 335 would ban so-called “accelerated trigger activators.” While the measure likely targets bump stocks, the language does not specify that.

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My favorite defensive shotgun load is the Federal Flitecontrol buckshot. It produces the tightest pattern possible with a shotgun. In a home defense scenario, a tight pattern ensures your buckshot goes right where you want it to go without a random pellet possibly hurting a loved one. Outside of home defense, the round also offers a longer effective range for your buckshot load. I love Federal Flitecontrol, but it’s only ever been available for 12 gauge shotguns…until now.

Continue reading SHOT Show 2024: Federal Flitecontrol in 20 Gauge at The Truth About Guns.

Taurus dropped the .357 Magnum optics ready T.O.R.O. last year, and at this year’s SHOT Show they’ve followed up with a .327 Magnum version, the 327 Defender T.O.R.O..

The 327 T.O.R.O. is a stainless steel revolver with a black matte finish. It comes with a 2- or 3-inch barrel and recoil absorbing rubber grip; not that recoil should be bad with the .327. It has a front night sight with orange outline and fixed-rear sight and is optics ready.

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A couple years ago when I first bought a SIRT pistol, I thought the main beneficiary would be my students. After all, I’m an instructor! I know it all, and I’m the best. But, when I got the thing in my hands, it was a bit of a humbling experience. Putting the shot in the X-ring consistently and out-shooting the rest of the instructors in the last instructor class I had taken had inflated my ego, but the laser doesn’t lie.

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Bushmaster was once lost in the debris and destruction caused by Cerberus and the Freedom Group. Yet, like a Phoenix, Bushmaster has risen once more. Bushmaster is under new ownership and is no longer on the East Coast. The new Bushmaster is attempting to revive the classic brand. While it remains to be seen where Bushmaster stands, you can’t say they aren’t trying. Bushmaster has returned to the classic drawing board and is now producing an awesome retro rifle called the XM15A2.

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Annually, Dr. John Lott at the Crime Research Prevention Center gives a report on updated statistics concerning so-called “mass shootings.” The data set that Lott used are statistics from 1998 to 2023. The FBI aggregates this information and annually releases it as the Uniform Crime Report. While getting to the bottom of the numbers is sometimes difficult, that’s because there are so-called “news sources” reporting on alleged mass shootings that do not fit the accepted definition by the government.

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It’s a new year, so we got a new Henry. Last year, Henry introduced us to something fairly radical in the form of the Henry Homesteader. The Homesteader is a 9mm carbine. This year, they’ve swung hard and hit us with something new and grand in the form of the H023. How they went from the creative names of the Homesteader and Big Boy to the H023 is beyond me, but I’m not here to complain about names.

Continue reading SHOT Show 2024: The Henry H023 Lever Action Rifle at The Truth About Guns.

Harrington & Richardson previewed their new wood AR stocks at SHOT Show 2024. They teased these on social media awhile back but they’re ready to roll now. The wood stock stock sets are made by American-Icon, a veteran owned company that uses all US sourced materials.

The stocks consist of A1 pattern triangular handguards, and A1 style grip with an A2 length buttstock. They’re available in either maple with an Aberdeen Brown finish or black walnut with a a distressed, darkened “BattleBorn” finish.

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The Glock 19X honestly never made sense to me. Who wants a long grip and a short barrel? All the downsides of a tough-to-conceal firearm and none of the benefits of a longer slide. When Glock dropped the Glock 49, it finally made sense. The Glock 49 isn’t revolutionary, but it does represent a model shooters have wanted for a long time.

The Glock 49 – The One We’ve Waited For

The Glock 49 utilizes a Glock 17 length slide, or Glock 47 to be specific, with a Glock 19 frame.

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The Gundies is effectively The Oscars but for the gun industry, and it has been growing in scope and production value every year. It’s a legit awards show and you can watch it tonight!

There are all sorts of categories for content creators — all the YouTube and social media gun “celebrities” you know and watch — categories for various types of gun and gear manufacturers, and much more. Voting was open to the public and took place throughout the month of December to decide who was the best in dozens of interesting categories.

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KelTec announced the KSG410 a little bit back but they had them at Industry Day at the Range for SHOT 2024 for industry folks to shoot. If you aren’t familiar with it, it’s basically a dual magazine tube KSG shotgun shrunk down to take .410 shells. The smaller diameter tubes make the KSG410 very similar in size and weight to the single tube KS7.

I have a 12-gauge KS7 and it’s a slick, compact shotgun.

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I’ll be honest, when I saw the press release for the Diamondback Firearms .357 Magnum SDR revolver the other day, I was nonplussed. It looked fine, but nothing special at a glance. After being able to examine it up close and shoot it at SHOT Show 2024’s Industry Day at the Range that all changed. The SDR .357 is Diamondback’s second revolver release following the .22LR/.22 Magnum Sidekick last year. That was a Western inspired trail gun/plinker that had a swing-out cylinder and double-action mechanism.

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Initial public statements from the Biden administration regime touted their full and complete support of Israel in the aftermath of the barbaric Hamas attacks on October 7th.  The unelected people in the Biden “leadership” team might say they are supporting Israel, but actions speak louder than words. Despite pleas from Israel for small arms for civilian self-defense, the Biden regime continues to block those shipments.

Yes, on paper the shipments have been approved.

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One thing that differentiates good shooters from great shooters is how in-depth they know their equipment. Knowing the design parameters and knowing the inner workings of a specific feature set will help you maximize performance in any given situation.

The following Shooter Opinions interview is with Jerimiah Alexander, the director of Product Design at Riton Optics. Jerimiah’s background as a competitive shooter and ELR enthusiast gives him valuable real-world experience to influence the products he designs.

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Global Ordnance will unveil the Monolith bufferless AR-style rifle series at the 2024 SHOT Show in Las Vegas this week. Here are some details from their press release:

This unique technical design of the Global Ordnance Monolith combines cutting-edge features for an unmatched shooting experience.

The Monolith will be available in 16.1-in. rifle, 12.6-in. pistol and SBR configurations. It harnesses all of the advantages of a new bufferless operating system while incorporating a unique single-piece integrated barrel system and ambidextrous controls.

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