Friday, August 30th 2013, the Assembly Appropriations Committee will be casting a series of historic votes on your gun rights in California…
California: Call to Action Opposing Drastic Anti-Gun Legislation Needed
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RSS feedCalifornia Anti-Hunting Lead Ban Headed for Vote
Earlier this spring the California Assembly passed Bill 711, which would ban the use of all traditional lead ammunition for hunting throughout the state. Further action is needed from sportsmen…
California Union Leaders Oppose Bills that Would Limit Hunting & Hurt Jobs
The Central Labor Council of Contra Costa County recently sent a letter to members of the California State Legislature opposing two bills that would severely limit hunting and recreational shooting…
California Throws Out Science in Favor of the Lead Menace Lie
The blind assumption that hunters are to blame is not surprising from organizations & individuals who have been actively working to ban hunting for decades…
RUAG Ammotec Moves to Increase Ammo Production
RUAG Ammotec increases production capacities and invests several million euros in new production technology…
Federal Premium Mourns the Loss of Legendary Trapshooter Leo Harrison
It is with deep sadness that Federal Premium Ammunition must acknowledge the passing of dear friend and trapshooting legend Leo Harrison III…
Democrat Reps Sponsor Bill for 20 Percent Tax on Handguns & Ammo
The tax would be placed on firearms at the time of “sale by the manufacturer, producer, or importer.” If implemented, this legislation will drive firearm and ammunition prices through the roof…
TSA’s Ammo Purchase By The Numbers
Suddenly were up to a low-ball estimate of 1.5 million rounds of ammunition expended in one shooting season in just one shooting discipline…
California Gun Owners Stalked and Targeted by New Legislation
This leaves hunters in California shooting blanks. It also leaves the California condors dying of whatever was killing them in the first place, and it leaves California wildfires still burning…
Should You Be Stockpiling Ammo, Yes or No?
Is there any truth to the “you can never have enough” motto that everyone uses when wiping out the local Walmart’s ammo supply???
Federal Ammunition Releases Top Gun Target Extra-Lite Load
The new Federal Top Gun Target load is designed with a light payload and special Alliant Powder Extra-Lite propellant…
NSSF Supports Kingston Amendment on Lead Ammo
The Pittman-Robertson excise taxes raised from the sale of ammunition to hunters and target shooters is a primary source of wildlife conservation funding in the United States…
Corrosive Ammo: Blessing or a Bother?
Ammo Retailers have been beating the bushes for old ammo for their customs. A good deal of this is surplus ammunition uses smokeless powder & primers with Corrosive Ammo…
Traditional Ammunition Ban Bill Is a Bad Idea for California
The bill would ban traditional ammunition containing lead components for use in all hunting statewide…
1917 45ACP Revolver + Improved Ammo = New Life for Old Guns
This bullet does not punch a narrow self-closing hole in evil tissue it cuts a large blood-letting channel in whatever you are trying to stop with your old M-1917, game or bad guys…
Army Giving Up Traditional Ammo & Stopping Power For ‘Green’ Bullets
Fox News carried a report showing that Army testing shows the stopping power of the round is worse than expected…
Winchester Receives Field & Stream’s 2013 Best Of The Best Award
Winchester Ammunition received the 2013 Best of the Best award from Field & Stream for its Winchester AA TrAAcker load, the first target load to feature a weighted wad that actually tracks the shot…
Prograde Range Grade Ammunition Provides Everything You Need To Perfect Your Shot
Sometimes you can have it all. Case in point: ProGrade Range Grade Ammunition, a handpicked selection of ammunition chosen with the range and recreational shooter in mind…
Don’t Do THAT! – Gun Safety First
Simply put, don’t do stupid stuff! Don’t be a ballistic experimenter because you want to save a couple of dollars on ammo…
New 38 S&W Ammunition Causes Delayed Appreciation
New 38 S&W ammo now makes that cartridge acceptable for serious consideration in your personal defense inventory of handguns used to cut ugly, nasty holes in bad-guys…
Bullet Swaging Your Own Bullets with CMA Custom Ammo
In this article I am discussing making jacketed bullets by swaging with my friend John from CMA Custom Ammunition..
Center For Biological Diversity Lawsuit Scheming to Ban Lead Ammo Dismissed
The suit alleged that U.S. Forest Service had violated the federal Resource and Conservation Recovery Act by not banning hunters from using traditional ammunition…
Prograde Ammunition Match Grade Rounds Offer Marksmanship Consistency
Shoot to win with ProGrade Match Grade ammunition, rounds that in every detail have been built to extraordinarily meticulous and consistent tolerances – the tightest tolerances in the industry…
This Whole Ammo Shortage Thing by the Numbers
At 460 bricks of 500 .22lr per day per State. That means that if less than 50 people per day in each State are buying 10 bricks of .22, its enough to dry up the entire supply…
Conceal & Carry Network Offers FREE Classified Ads to Connect Shooters with Ammo
Due to the Ammo shortage the Conceal & Carry Network will host free classified ads for on our website for anyone that can legally sell ammo to the public…
Colt’s & Black Hills Ammunition Partner To Offer Specialized Colt Ammunition
Colt’s Manufacturing Company has teamed up with Black Hills Ammunition to bring to market Colt-branded ammunition that is specifically tuned for Colt tactical and competition rifles…
Barnes Bullets Proudly Sponsors NRA Woman’s Outlook
Barnes Bullets is proud to be an inaugural sponsor of the National Rifle Association Woman’s Outlook – a new online presence for the multi-faceted needs of today’s NRA woman…
Remington HyperSonic Steel Awarded the 2013 American Hunter Ammunition of the Year
Remington Arms Company, is proud to announce that the National Rifle Association Publications selected HyperSonic Steel as the 2013 American Hunter Ammunition Product of the Year…
Youth Marksmanship Programs In New York State Are Dead
The NY State Polcie has informed me that this type of ammo exchange is deemed to be a sale, and therefore within the scope of the NY SAFE Act, and thereby not permissible…
California Senate Committee Passes Traditional Ammo Ban
California is one step closer to becoming the first state to completely ban the use of traditional lead ammunition for hunting…
New Ammo Cancels Free Ticket To Terroist Paradise
A company in northern Idaho has come up with a culturally sensitive solution. Jihawg Ammo has developed a proprietary system for infusing ballistic paint with pork…
Cape Fear Arsenal Ammunition Manufacturing to Open July 2013 in NC
The company expects to produce 2 million .223 cartridges/month. The cartridges will feature 62-grain FMJ bullets in factory-new brass cases…
U.S. Has Given Afghan Army More than $1 Billion in Ammo
In addition U.S. taxpayers have funded nearly $900 million worth of weapons purchases for the Afghanistan National Army as well…
NY SAFE Act: Collateral Damage Rings Death Knell for Youth Marksmanship Programs
I personally hope that Governor Cuomo and the NY State Legislature are very proud of their foolish actions. Theey have effectively DESTROYED Youth Marksmanship programs….
Forget Gold, Invest in Ammo, 22LR Up More Than 400%
Think about it–from one year ago until now, .22 ammunition is up over 400%. It was approximately $21 to $23 per 500 rounds in May 2012, and it’s now $100 to $135 for 500 rounds…
Peace Through Pork – Jihawg Defensive Ammunition
Not only does Jihawg guarantee that all of their ammunition meets or exceeds S.A.A.M.I. standards, they also coat each projectile with a special ballistic paint infused with pork…
CA Ban on Traditional Ammo Leads to Ban on All Hunting Ammo
The California Assembly recently passed a ban on traditional ammunition containing lead that may result in a complete ban on all hunting ammunition…
Nosler Ammunition Acquires Silver State Armory
The Silver State acquisition provides a strategic opportunity for Nosler to increase capacity at this unique time in the history of our industry…
Coalition Opposes California Bill to Ban Traditional Ammunition
The bill recently passed by the California Assembly, this legislation would make California the first state to ban the use of traditional lead ammunition for hunting…
Rumor Control: Ammo Shortages Revisited
As attacks on our Second Amendment rights increase, there is a predictable uptick in the number of internet rumors concerning firearms and ammunition…
