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By Art Merrill | Contributing Editor The quarter-turn die bushing for reloading presses has become a bit of a darling among manufacturers of reloading presses and dies, if not exactly The Next Big Thing among handloaders. A great many handloaders are a curmudgeonly and frugal lot and see no need for a new gizmo that […]

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By Dave Workman | Senior Editor There’s a new Mil-Spec red dot sight from Sig Sauer making its official debut at the SHOT Show, designed not only for sport shooting, but also with law enforcement and military applications. The ROMEO8H is a 1x38mm unit that is built to stand up under “the most severe conditions,” […]

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By John Markwell | Contributing Editor Some months back we received the new Walker’s Razor XV ear protectors for testing (gsmoutdoors.com/earbud-headsets). These patented hearing protectors feature a neck worn device with retractable ear buds. The behind the neck design is comfortable for all day wear. The patent-pending buds provide not only hearing protection but enhance […]

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By Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor On Sept. 17 Sturm, Ruger & Company mournfully announced the passing of William Batterman Ruger, Jr., former chairman of the board and Chief Executive Officer of the company. Ruger, who was the second CEO of the company and the son of the firm’s co-founder, passed away peacefully at […]

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By Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor Representatives from Fifth Third Bank visited Spike’s Tactical, an Apopka, FL-based firearm manufacturer, at the beginning of October to inform them that the bank was discreetly planning to exit the banking sector for gun-related businesses. According to Spike’s Tactical co-owner Angela Register, the bank representative informed her and […]

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By James C. Fulmer | Past President, NMLRA “Friendship increases by visiting Friends, but by visiting seldom.”    —Benjamin Franklin, (1751 Poor Richards Almanac) Since my retirement I have been visiting many friends around the country. Almost all of my friends share the same passion of mine for muzzle loading. All of my friends have […]

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Browning adds new Citori White Lightning For those enthusiasts interested in a traditional shotgun built to excel in both the field and on the range, Browning has reintroduced the legendary Citori White Lightning over and under. The new White Lightning is built on a silver nitride finished receiver and features a new engraving pattern. The […]

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By Dave Workman | Senior Editor The fight for freedom is an ideological war, a political war, a legal war and a war for the minds and hearts of men, women and children. So spoke Joseph Tartaro, president of the Second Amendment Foundation and a veteran of more than a half-century on the front lines […]

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Requiem for murdered Bay State police officer Dear Editor: My cousin, a Weymouth, MA police officer, will be buried today after having been shot with his own gun after being struck in the head with a rock thrown by a many times arrested felon out on bail…AGAIN. An innocent woman who was in her own […]

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By Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor Sometimes as a gun owner you may think that you are not getting through to elected officials. In part, that may be true in relation to where you live. In some states, gun owners are only a tiny portion of the total population, in others, gun owners are […]

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Levi’s launches anti-gun initiative; gun control hurt Dick’s bottom line By Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor Joining Dick’s Sporting Goods in the commercial approach to gun control, American denim giant Levi Strauss & Co. has announced that it is launching a series of new initiatives to benefit groups working to promote gun control. Levi […]

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Mountain Men history book should be school textbook  Review by Larry S. Sterett | Contributing Editor THE ADVENTURES OF THE MOUNTAIN MEN, edited by Stephen Brennan. Published by Skyhorse Publishing, Dept. TGM, 307 West 36th Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10019, Online: skyhorsepublishing.com. Price: $16.99. Available at most book stores, or online booksellers. This […]

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By John Markwell | Contributing Editor We first bumped into John Cammenga at the 2015 SHOT show. John and his family are the soul of White River Knives (WRK). Located in Coopersville, MI, WRK is truly a family operation that produces high quality cutting implements for all segments of the outdoor community. My son Brock […]

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When 2016 Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton appeared on CNN to discuss the combative atmosphere in Washington, D.C. surrounding the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, and the midterm elections, she tried to justify the lack of civility on the part of Democrats and liberals. It backfired immediately, when TGM Publisher Alan Gottlieb […]

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By Larry S. Sterett | Contributing Editor The 2018 Grand American Trapshooting event, the 119th Grand, was held Aug. 1-11 at the World Shooting & Recreation Complex (WSRC) north of Sparta, IL. (Signature sponsors were Bill and LeeAnn Martin, with 50 or so industry sponsors providing support.) Preceding the Grand was the AIM (Academics-Integrity-Marksmanship) Nationals […]

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By Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor A study by University of Kansas researchers analyzed data from the General Social Survey between 1972 through 2012 and found that gun owners are more likely to register to vote and more likely to vote in presidential elections than non-gun owners. (Those findings, which were presented at the […]

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By Dave Workman | Senior Editor When the New York Times first reported that the US Department of Education was “considering whether to allow states to use federal funding to purchase guns for educators, according to multiple people with knowledge of the plan,” it ignited hysteria among anti-gun Democrats and gun prohibition lobbying groups. The […]

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By Dave Workman | Senior Editor The mid-August headline in USA Today said it all; “Democrats fund spike in gun control ads this election cycle.” According to Alan Gottlieb, chairman of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA), that’s more than just a warning flare in the evening sky. It’s […]

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By Dave Workman | Senior Editor More than 17 million Americans are now licensed to carry concealed across the United States, according to an updated report from the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC), headed by author and researcher Dr. John Lott. Lott is the author of several books on gun control and statistics, and his […]

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By Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor By some estimates there are about 5,000 gun shows each year in the United States, some managed by non-profit gun collector organizations and some as privately-owned commercial events. They attract hundreds of thousands of visitors annually, men and women shopping for guns, ammunition, handloading equipment, books and all […]

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