SHOT SHOW 2018 PART TWELVE:

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This is the only new product for 2018 from Century Arms. Rep said they may be hard to come by for some time. They sold more units than the first production run. New from Safariland...

TEXAS RANGERS

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            I recently passed through Waco, Texas and had a chance to kick one more item off the bucket list: a visit to the Texas Ranger Museum there.             As...

RETRO MONTH: A MID-MONTH REPORT

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Coupla weeks ago, I posted here that August was gonna be a “retro month” for me, and I intended to teach the four August 40-hour classes with a double action revolver. (https://backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/2017/08/01/going-retro/)   With two...

UH, OH…

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Layoffs at Remington, a huge arms/ammo manufacturing entity and something of a bellwether for the industry. Layoffs at Colt, too – including Brent Turchi, head of the Custom Shop, who has long been one of...

SHOT SHOW 2016, PART 3

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Rifles: One rifle now getting a good bit of attention here is the Howa “mini-rifle” newly chambered for the 6.5 Grendel cartridge, and for 7.62X39. It should be available in these calibers later this...