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Charles A. “Smitty” Brown was the originator of the 2700-point NRA National Pistol Championship aggregate used at the NRA National Matches each year. Prior to World War II, Brown organized the Tampa Police Pistol Team and the now-famous Tampa Mid-Winter Pistol Championships, for which he...

August 29, 2024 Hornady® is recalling sixteen (16) lots of item #81199, 350 Legend 150 gr. SP Hornady BLACK® ammunition. These lots were shipped between the dates of November 2, 2023, and August 19, 2024. ITEM #81199 LOT #’s: 3234613, 3241530, 3241634, 3241678, 3241990, 3241991, 3242096...

And when it doesn't fix anything, they will say we need spend even more to fix it!!

More info- "It was in the summer of 1914 when Walter Wesson, eldest son of D.B. Wesson and president of Smith & Wesson, received a request from the British government for a revolver chambered in the .455 Mark II cartridge. The factory was already producing the Hand Ejector First Model in .44...

Here is an American Rifleman article from 14 years ago about the 1917 S&W DA- "As a fail-safe, S&W “step” machined the cylinder chambers to maintain proper headspace on the case mouths, enabling .45 ACPs to be fired without the clips, although cases would have to be removed individually." It...

Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Wyoming joined the West Virginia- and Montana-led...

More is coming out Those placed on leave included one member of Trump's personal protective team, the head of the Secret Service's Pittsburgh Field Office, and three other agents with the office...

What no Super Soaker for ruining the electronics?

"The end of average" How to Succeed in a world that values sameness. By Todd Rose.

If you look at belt fed's photo you will see the side plate screw near the top of the hammer, that is a 5 screw S&W, the 4 and 5 screw guns will have a screw in the front of the trigger guard also. "if your gun has five screws it was made 1955 or earlier. If it has four screws, it was made 1955...

Interesting. "The Ruger MP9 is a 9X19 mm submachine gun/machine pistol introduced by Sturm, Ruger & Co. in 1995. The MP9 was designed by Uziel Gal, designer of the Uzi. The MP9 was designed by Gal as an attempt to improve upon the Uzi. The MP9 uses a hammer-fired closed-bolt design...

I wish I had a dollar for every time someone came into the store and asked if we had any Model 29s :) Many dealers would sell them for twice or three times the suggested retail price. Big money in those days. Then there was the Regan assignation attempt, everyone wanted an Uzi like the SS agent...

Then there is this from 2019- "According to the National High School Sports-Related Injury Surveillance Study conducted by the Colorado School of Public Health, clay target shooting was the least dangerous sport sponsored by high schools, with zero injuries from 2008-2014. Football players, on...

From a FB post today- Representing the United States at the Olympics has been an absolute honor and privilege. I gave it my all and though I fell short of a medal this year, I know I will be back. The Olympics is truly something special and I will be reliving this feeling until next time.

60 years ago- Operation Sea Orbit (Nuclear Task Force One) Map of Globe Circumnavigation. Nuclear Task Force One consisted of: USS Enterprise (CVAN 65); USS Long Beach (CLGN 9), and USS Bainbridge (DLGN 25), which traveled 34,732 statute miles without refueling or taking on supplies for the...

Hancock also coaches Austen Smith who the womens bronze medal. https://www.nbcdfw.com/paris-2024-summer-olympics/austen-smith-wins-bronze-womens-skeet-shooting/3611335/

He also took the silver in the mixed team skeet- https://www.stripes.com/sports/2024-08-05/paris-olympics-skeet-mixed-finals-14748068.html

The Ruger LCR poly/aluminum frame in 38 Special +p weighs about 14 oz and would be great carry gun! It is also available in 22LR (8 shot), 357 mag, 327 Fed Mag and 9mm (limited quantities)

I had a S&W model 37 for summer carry many years ago :)

Almost a month later this is reported- "The Defendant Allegedly Traveled to New York City to Hire Hitmen to Murder a Politician or U.S. Government Official on U.S. Soil. Merchant subsequently made flight arrangements and planned to leave the United States on Friday, July 12, 2024. On July 12...