There are few more iconic rifles than the .22. Many of us have spent our youth plinking at targets and eradicating the tin-can population with a trusty bolt-action in .22. If you are like me, you have probably had the same .22-caliber rifle for a very long time. Savage has stepped the game up this year with the A and B series rifles — they’re out of the box tack drivers at a price point that won’t break the bank.
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Check Out this Steal of a Deal from MGM: 2 Steel Targets Under $200!
Published: July 26, 2017 { 2 comments }On this week’s edition of “Please Stop Being the Sort of Turd Burglar that Shoots Mufflers and Glass Bottles all over the Public Land out West,” I present to you two great targets for under $200.
Cowboy Time Machine: Legendary Bat Masterson, Colt Single Actions & Wyatt Earp – Part 2
Published: July 26, 2017 { 7 comments }There is an old adage that “there are bold gunfighters and there are old gunfighters, but that there are no old, bold gunfighters.” Bat Masterson was one of the few exceptions. Long after Dodge City was behind him Bat kept the legend alive, not as a gunfighter or lawman but as a journalist; proof perhaps, that the pen is indeed mightier than the sword, or the gun!
A .50 BMG for Everyone: Serbu’s Lightweight, Single-Shot RN-50 — Full Review
Published: July 26, 2017 { 26 comments }The .50 caliber in question was the RN-50 from Serbu Firearms, Inc. This Tampa, Florida based company is one that I have a great deal of respect for. The founder Mark Serbu is a mechanical engineer that is best know for producing the BFG-50: a .50 BMG caliber, single-shot rifle. Serbu Firearms produces high-quality firearms that are either: cool, unique affordable and specifically engineered to stick-it-to-the-man. The RN-50 accomplishes all four.
Trump: Military Will No Longer ‘Accept or Allow Transgender Individuals’
Published: July 26, 2017 { 38 comments }“After consultation with my generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. military,” wrote Trump.
Cali DOJ Attempting to Expand Definition of ‘Assault Weapon’ without Public Comment
Published: July 25, 2017 { 27 comments }The California DOJ claims that its entire set of new firearm regulations is exempt from the standard rulemaking procedure that, under a 1945 law called the Administrative Procedures Act, allows the public time to comment on the new rules.
Huge 2A Victory! D.C. Residents No Longer Need ‘Good Cause’ to Carry Concealed
Published: July 25, 2017 { 15 comments }“The good-reason law,” Judge Griffith wrote, “is necessarily a total ban on most D.C. residents’ right to carry a gun in the face of ordinary self-defense needs…”
9 Critical Concealed Carry Lessons: Ep. 3 Fighting with Edged Weapons
Published: July 25, 2017 { 57 comments }I tell my students, “There are no professionals left when it comes to knives, myself included. But plenty of amateurs get it right every day. Put the stabby part in the other guy. Don’t let him put the stabby part in you.”
PA State Capitol Police Upgrade to Tavor X95
Published: July 25, 2017 { 4 comments }“We’re honored that the Pennsylvania State Capitol Police have chosen to stay with an IWI US firearm and have upgraded their rifle to the state-of-the-art X95,” said Michael Kassnar, vice president of sales & marketing for IWI US, in a press release.
Maryland Ban on ‘Assault Weapons’ Is Now In Hands of SCOTUS
Published: July 24, 2017 { 12 comments }The Maryland ban on so-called “assault weapons” and “high-capacity magazines” is now the hands of the Supreme Court.