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SIG SAUER® P320™ Revolutionizes the Polymer-Frame Service Pistol

NEWINGTON, N.H. (January 14, 2014) — SIG SAUER introduces the P320™, a polymer-framed service pistol designed in conjunction with law enforcement to meet the needs of today’s armed professionals.

Taking into account the concerns of military and police training officers, the P320 provides an enhanced level of safety not found on most modern service pistols. Unlike its competitors, the P320 does not require the operator to pull the trigger nor use a special tool to take down the firearm for cleaning or routine maintenance.

“One of the main points that kept coming up with trainers was the risk of accidental discharge inherent in today’s striker fired service pistols,” said Jeff Creamer, SIG SAUER Director of Product Management. “Unless they require a special takedown tool, other pistols require the operator to pull the trigger before disassembly. Classic SIG SAUER pistols have never needed this, and we made sure the P320 didn’t either.”

Featuring a modular grip frame and removable fire control assembly pio

There are very few problems that you can’t solve with a .308 and a .357 Magnum.

Well played. 8/10, for wry chuckling at work.

I grew up during the golden age of the wondernine. Every big PD in America was switching from wheelguns to Berettas and 3rd Gen S&W pistols. The gun rags of the era were filled with “9mm vs. 38″ and “9mm vs. .357″ articles. As is to be expected, most of the articles decried the downgrade in “stopping power” that the 9mm offered vs. the legendary .357 Magnum. The more sordid gun rags were filled with stories of bad guys going down after one hit from a .357 Magnum, reduced to a shower of gore by the powerful “man-stopper.”

Probably the most legendary of the .357 Magnum rounds was the famous Remington 125 grain jacketed hollowpoint. Pushing an old school bullet at 1400+ FPS, the 125 grain JHP would frequently expand violently, but would have limited penetration. Testing of that old school load in ballistic gel generally produces about 10 inches of penetration and considerable expansion.

As bullet technology has advanced, the .357 has come along with it. Winchester offers a .357 Magnum load with their bonded PDX/Ranger bullet, and Hornady offers multiple .357 loadings wit

Overland Park, Kan. — Uncle Mike’s, a leading provider of hunting and shooting accessories for more than 60 years, has announced a partnership agreement with world-renowned champion shooter Jessie Duff. In addition to working with product development to introduce new competitive and concealed carry holsters and accessories, Duff will represent Uncle Mike’s in competition

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Competing and excelling in five different shooting disciplines, Duff is recognized as one of the most accomplished competition shooters in the world. In 2013, she became the first woman ever to earn the title of Grand Master (GM), the highest ranking the United States Practical Shooting Association (USPSA) awards a shooter.

“As a professional shooter, I hold my gear to the highest standards because I rely on it to perform at the highest level,” said Jessie Duff. “I’m excited to work with the team at Uncle Mike’s to develop field-tested competitive gear and concealed carry and shooting accessories,” added Duff.

Duff has achieved top wins in USPSA’s Open, Limited and Single Stack National Championships an

Getting a little silly around here pre-SHOT Show.

There is a conversation in this industry that needs to happen that is getting ignored. In the past week both Peter Barrett and Caleb Giddings have touched on it in their own ways, but my main concern is why it’s being ignored.

It’s a known fact that women are one of the fastest growing markets within the shooting industry. More women are buying guns, getting their concealed carry permits, joining the shooting sports, getting their kids involved, hunting, or whatever else it is they have chosen to do with their firearm.

In a conversation with Kathy Jackson at last year’s Women’s Industry Dinner, she described how much SHOT Show has changed as this new market emerges. We are seeing fewer booth babes and more professional women, and many of us would like to see that change continue.

We are experiencing an interesting, though unsurprising, trend within our community, in that a majority of the attention is still given to women who lack impressive credentials but are willing to wear a bikini while holding a gun.

The real problem is not in the existence of these women, nor in their marketing value. If tha

During last year, we ran sporadic updates called The Colt Report; bringing reports to you semi-regularly about the performance of a particular Colt 1911 CCG. You can see past reports here. The updates stopped when the test stopped, but looking at my notes I realized I hadn’t published a final update.

Here is the Colt Report: Final Update. We’ll start first with the vitals on the gun.

440 Stats

• 10,227 Rounds fired
• 5 stoppages
• Broken parts: 0
• Cleanings: 6

In the last 3,000ish rounds, the gun had another stoppage, a round of 230 grain Ranger JHP failed to feed out of an otherwise reliable Wilson Combat magazine. During the entire test, the gun never broke any parts, although it did need to be completely refinished after the shooting season. Prior to that refinishing it was detail stripped and cleaned. How is this Colt CCG different from the model you can buy from Colt? Here are the part changes:

• Grip screw bushings changed for full size bushings
• Grip

On the eve of World War I the machinegun had found a permanent place in military arsenals, but had not yet developed to their true potential. Machineguns were largely very heavy tripod mounted affairs that were handled similarly to artillery pieces. The machineguns of the day were set up for long periods of sustained fire rather than portability and maneuverability. They were typically equipped with water jackets surrounding the barrel to keep it cool enough to run through thousands of rounds of ammunition. The guns were typically mounted on a tripod in a fixed, fortified position where they could be used to mow down advancing enemy troops.  The most popular machinegun of the day, the Vickers/Maxim gun, was eagerly employed by all the great European powers and had already been around the world helping to gain or consolidate colonial holdings. Anyone mustering resistance to colonial domination found themselves up against the machinegun, which made for a very unpleasant surprise.

Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE: RGR) is proud to announce the new Ruger® GP100® Match Champion™—a six-shot revolver designed with the competitor in mind. With its ergonomic enhancements and tuned action, the Match Champion™ delivers fast, accurate shots and takes the popular GP100® to the next level. Chambered in .357 Magnum, but capable of firing .38 Special, the Match Champion™ has a half-lug slab-sided barrel with an 11 degree target crown for competition accuracy, a chamfered cylinder and ejector, and custom Hogue® hardwood grips with stippled sides and dual speed loader cuts for quick reloads.

“Ruger has always been a popular choice for revolver shooters, and now we have a great platform for the competitive shooter who wants more out of a revolver,” said Chris Killoy, Ruger President and Chief Operating Officer. “The GP100® Match Champion™ has a number of features the competitive shooter wants, including polished springs and a polished hammer strut, combined with trigger and hammer shims for a trigger pull that will help deliver shots on target with ease,” he added.

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It all started 20 years ago. As a child in the 90s, I was surrounded by images of double-stack wondernines, most prominently the Beretta 92 as featured in Lethal Weapon, Die Hard, and most importantly my dad’s holster. But despite all that, and my continuing love of the Beretta, the revolver had a hold over me. I can pin this largely on two things. The first is a book called Small Arms of the World, a massive coffee table book filled full of, well, the small arms of the world. The edition we had in the house growing up was from the late 70s, which meant that it contained lots of snide little comments from the English authors about the “unreliability” of semi-automatic pistols for police work. I probably read that book cover to cover a dozen times. My parents still have it, the cover’s nearly fallen off and the binding is coming apart, but when I visit, I’ll still occasionally turn those creaky old pages.

However, even more influential in my revolver fascination was a comic book. Again, as a child of the 90s I had the good fortune to experience a cartoon called Batman: The Animated Series when it was first airing. Nerdier

You may have seen on your Facebook news feed that the majority of the midwest is currently colder than the surface of Mars. According to Siri, it’s -6 in Sioux Falls right now. Those are real degrees, not those fakey Celsius degrees mind you. What temps like that mean is that even if you’re just walking to your car from a parking lot, you’re wearing a heavy coat, a hat, and probably gloves.

The gloves are the area that causes the most problems for shooters, because even if you’re a smart cookie that carries an extra gun in your coat’s external pocket, there are plenty of guns that don’t have trigger guards large enough to accommodate even the smallest of leather gloves. So what’s a gun nut to do? You don’t want cold hands, but you still need to be able to run your gun if things go bad. The first option is to get a set of tactical gloves from a company like Oakley, or you could think outside the box for a second.

Those are a pair of Wilson batting gloves that I’ve had for a few years. They’re not as warm as winter gloves, and obviously not very stylish, but they do provide

I remember a few years ago when the general public couldn’t get their hands on the Smith and Wesson Shield but every woman I spoke to was convinced it was the gun for her. Since then a few new pocket pistols have come out each year and I have seen the same dance repeat. Many times, the women who are clamoring to buy one of these tiny gun, have never pulled a trigger in their lives. Now I see Glock getting in the game, and I cringe thinking, it’s all down hill from here. Don’t get me wrong, I’m thrilled to see the growth of women’s concealed carry options, and I realize these guns are not purely being marketed to the “hot new” female market of the firearms world, but I wish these offerings could be hidden from new shooters, until they weren’t “new” any more.

New female shooters almost always oogle the tiny handguns in the sales case, assuming those are what is best for them. It’s amazing how quickly, some time on the range, has them singing a different tune. The small guns hurt their hands and they tend to fe

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Did you know that Ruger in 2011 manufactured over 170,000 LCPs? That’s more than 20,000 pistols more than the entire pistol output of Colt, ParaUSA, and Kel-Tec in the same calendar year.

Why bring this up? Because of the Glock 42, the new .380 Glock. This gun will be manufactured in the US, and has been the topic of much debate on whether or not it will sell. I am of the opinion that it will sell decently, but not in numbers that even approach Ruger’s astonishing LCP production. It’s big for a .380, but that means it will also be quite pleasant to shoot, which isn’t something you can say about the LCP. In fact, it will be much closer to the LC380 in terms of its market, and to be honest I quite like the LC380.

I think there’s a market for a reasonably sized .380 pistol for new shooters and CCW holders. It won’t have sharp recoil like some of the itty-bitty .380s and single stack 9mm pistols, which means that someone who’s new/recoil sensitive will probably be willing to shoot it enough to get good with it.

Ultimately, I’m on the fence about the new 42. I personally am interested in the Glock 41, because .45 ACP. However, I am somewhat interested in the .380, because I’ve always had a soft spot for overgrown sub-caliber guns. One of my favorite guns to

So, the 2014 SHOT Show is right around the corner. For me, that means a solid week of sales meetings, and the occasional bit of fun where I actually get to look at some new product. So far, there have been some big announcements made for the show, and other companies have teased their announcement a bit but not dropped actual product. Here’s a quick look at what we know is new:

• Glock 42: .380 Glock for CCW
• Glock 41: Gen4 Glock in .45 ACP with a 34/35 length slide.
• Remington 51: Single stack 9mm for concealed carry
• Ruger LCRx: the Ruger LCR with an exposed hammer
• Ruger Match Champion: A GP100 for competition

In addition, the good bros at Sig have teased a new product that will be officially announced on the 13th of January, and the word on the street is that HK will be launching a striker fired version of their P30 as well. Of the products I know about, I’m most interested in the Match Champion, which is why we’re already getting a pair of those, and the new Glock 41. I shot a Gen4 Glock 21 in IDPA competition as a CDP gun, and it was an excellent choice. The 41 looks like an even better option right out of the gate for IDPA competition, and could make a fun choice for L10 in USPSA as well.

What products and booths do you want us to check o

Whenever you start talking gun control with people, someone will invariably bring up “you have to have a license to drive a car” and suggest that we regulate guns in a similar manner. The problem is that no one actually thinks that analogy all the way through, because if they did no anti-gun person would ever support regulating guns the same way we regulate cars. Today we’re going to do a little thought experiment and actually think this analogy all the way through.

Let’s examine the analogy completely, starting with gun ownership. Even at the sketchiest of pawn shops in America, here are the steps that I have to take to legally buy a handgun:

1. Be over 21
2. Fill out a 4473
3. Pass a federal background check (NICS)
4. Pay the shop

And that’s just the process if you live in free America. Plenty of states have additional restrictions like waiting periods and state level background checks. For example in Washington, a state with pretty decent gun laws, unless you have a WA CPL you have to wait an additional 5 days from when you purchase a handgun to when you can