The new left-handed Mossberg 500 slide action shotgun.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Speaking on self-defense pitfalls at the National Firearms Law Seminar at NRAAM.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"NRAAM2015_03\"](\"http:\/\/backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/NRAAM2015_03.jpg\")
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The 2015 National Rifle Association Annual Meeting is done.\u00a0 According to The Shooting Wire, attendance \u2013 which had been estimated at 70,000 in the newspapers \u2013 was actually somewhat in excess of 78,000.<\/p>\n
Nashville, generally seen as a blue island in a red state, proved to be extremely welcoming to the NRA influx.\u00a0 A great many of us in attendance were carrying guns, some openly, which is legal there.\u00a0 Any untoward incidents would have been trumpeted to the skies by the national media.\u00a0 Apparently, none took place, proving once again the truth in the Heinlein quote popularized by Jeff Cooper: \u201cAn armed society is a polite society.\u201d<\/p>\n
Some interesting guns were seen.\u00a0 The long-awaited Glock 43 slim-line 7-shot 9mm was introduced to the public. I previewed this gun in these pages last month, and now have my own which is well into testing phase.\u00a0 My time with it on the 25 yard bench was brief, but it gave me five shots in 2.10\u201d at that distance with Federal 9BP 115 grain hollow points, and I know I pulled one of those shots a little bit.\u00a0 You have to make sure the magazine is seated all the way, kinda like with an AR15, but I\u2019m not finding any other quirks with it yet.<\/p>\n
In rifles, I\u2019m intrigued with Nosler\u2019s new high performance 7mm round, the .28 Nosler. A 160 grain AccuBond bullet at 3300 feet per second has a lot of potential.<\/p>\n
In working shotguns, Mossberg\u2019s hugely popular Model 500 is now available in a left-handed version.\u00a0 With ambidextrous top-tang safety, the Mossberg has always had appeal for southpaws, but one that ejects spent shells off to the left instead of distractingly across the shooter\u2019s field of vision has definite appeal to those who shoot from the left shoulder.<\/p>\n
Next year, the NRAAM will be held about the same time in Louisville, Kentucky.<\/p>\n
Hope to see you there.<\/p>\n
With Mr. Colion Noir, the face of the new generation of gun owners.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The new left-handed Mossberg 500 slide action shotgun.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Speaking on self-defense pitfalls at the National Firearms Law Seminar at NRAAM.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n