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OCTOBER 15, 2024

Burris Optics announces its recognition as Guns & Ammo Innovator of the Year for 2024. This prestigious award, bestowed by the editors, contributors, and staff of Guns & Ammo, celebrates Burris’ exceptional advancements in optical technology and product development within the firearms industry.
A federal district court judge in New York has ruled that the state’s restriction against concealed carry on private property open to the public is unconstitutional, handing a victory to the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) in a case known as Christian v. James.
FightLite® Industries will be exhibiting their newest and best products in booth #1124 at the 50th annual NASGW Expo this week, October 15th-18th 2024, at the Kansas City Convention Center in Kansas City, Missouri.

Rost Martin announces that it will exhibit at the NASGW Expo from Tuesday, October 15th, through Friday, October 18th, 2024, at the Kansas City Convention Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Rost Martin will exhibit its introductory pistol, the RM1C, its premier compact striker-fired 9mm, at booth #1442.
Ed Brown Product will be attending the NASGW Expo in Kansas City, Missouri, 2024. Ed Brown Products will display their latest products along with unveiling their 25th Anniversary Kobra Carry.
X-Vision Optics announces its participation in the 2024 National Association of Sporting Goods Wholesalers (NASGW) Expo, taking place from October 15th to 18th. At Booth #1641, X-Vision Optics will showcase its latest products, including advanced thermal imaging and night vision devices.

European American Armory Corp announces their attendance at the NASGW Expo, October 15th-18th in downtown Kansas City, Booth #1325. At this year's expo, EAA Corp will launch a series of handguns that will surely have the industry buzzing.
Dead Air is gearing up for the 2024 National Association of Sporting Goods Wholesalers Expo and Annual Meeting at the Kansas City Convention Center. At this year’s expo, Dead Air will be showcasing its no-nonsense lineup of suppressors, including the battle-proven Sandman, Nomad, and Wolfman series.
NEXTORCH Industries announces they will be exhibiting at the 2024 International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Annual Conference and Exposition. The event will take place Saturday, October 19th to Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Boston, Ma.

Galco’s WalkAbout 3.0, part of their Concealed Carry Lite line of holsters, is now available for SIG-Sauer P365XL. The holster has a reinforced open top design, with belt clips adjustable for cant and its attached magazine carrier has a more pronounced angle than previous versions.
Celerant Technology marks a significant milestone as it commemorates 25 years of serving and innovating retailers nationwide. Founded in 1999, Celerant consistently leverages extensive experience and a diverse knowledge base to drive development in the retail technology sector.
FN America, LLC announced that the Wake County (Raleigh, NC) Sheriff’s Office has selected the FN 509 Fullsize MRD-LE as their new duty pistol. The Sheriff’s Office reached this decision after a year of testing multiple manufacturers’ pistols.

SDS Imports has announced that they are known as SDS Arms. SDS Arms will continue to provide shooting and hunting enthusiasts with iconic, nostalgic, tactical, and modern value priced firearms.
SHOT Show Industry Day at the Range is the only range event officially associated with the SHOT Show and is sponsored by the National Shooting Sports Foundation. There are remaining sponsorships and exhibit spaces available.
SIG SAUER announces the official opening of the Jacksonville Arkansas Ammunition Center (JAAC) on the SIG SAUER Ammunition campus. The advanced manufacturing facility in Jacksonville, Arkansas brings 210,000 additional square feet of high-tech modern manufacturing in support of the U.S. Army Next Generation Squad Weapons and family of 6.8 Hybrid Ammunition.

Springfield Armory is proud to announce that CEO and owner Dennis Reese has donated $25,000 to the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) Protect Liberty political action committee (PAC).
Barrett Firearms Manufacturing announces the appointment of military professional Cameron Fraser as its new Director of US Government Sales.
Buck Knives wants all knife owners to have a knife in their hands that meets their needs--and personal preferences. That's a top reason the Post Falls, Idaho manufacturer provides the option of ordering a one-of-a-kind knife directly from the Buck Knives Custom Knife Shop. Ten Buck knife models can be customized to your preference, with selections ranging from steel to handle materials.

CrossBreed Holsters announced the company’s entry into the rifle sling segment. The new CrossBreed rifle sling series debuts with three stylish, high-performance models hand-crafted to meet the standards of discerning hunters and recreational shooters.
Canik announces the transformation of its signature micro-compact pistol, the Mete MC9, with two new models: The MC9L and MC9LS. These transformed pistols elevate the MC9 platform by offering increased capacity and grip surface on both models and an increased sight radius on the MC9LS.
Mesa Tactical introduces the new Truckee forend for the Remington V3 and Remington Tac-13 shotguns. Truckee forends are machined from 6061-T6 aluminum and are equipped with M-LOK® slots on the sides and bottom, providing versatile options for accessory attachment.
Charter Arms announces the introduction of the new Double Dog Revolver Series. First in the series is the Charter Arms Mag Pug Combo, a combination of the Mag Pug and Pit Bull chamberings. This versatile revolver offers compatibility with .357 Magnum and 9mm calibers.
Franklin Armory® announced the new G-S193, the first Binary® trigger and slide kit for the popular Glock 19 Gen 3. Shipping for the new G-S193 Binary® trigger and slide kit is expected to begin this quarter.
High Speed Gear® (HSG®) announces the launch of its newest addition to the GEN 2 TACO® line up - the GEN 2 AR10 X2R TACO®. This pouch has been optimized to accommodate larger AR10 style magazines, meeting the demand for versatile magazine carriers in today's evolving battlefield.
CenterPoint Optics announces the release of three new products designed to elevate the outdoor experience. The all-new CPS2060 spotting scope, CPB1042 binoculars, and CPLRF6221K laser rangefinder combine advanced technology with user-friendly features, offering improved performance at competitive price points.
Kenyon Gleason, president and secretary of the National Association of Sporting Goods Wholesalers (NASGW), has been elected to the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) Board of Trustees.
On Friday, November 1, 2024, the National Rifle Association of America and its members will celebrate the start of the second annual “Wild Game Meat Donation Month” to encourage all hunters to donate extra venison or other game meat to help provide meals for those in need.
The XTech Tactical MAG47 10/30 AK-47 magazines are AK magazines for those living in states with unconstitutional restrictions on magazine capacity. As of October, 2024, all 10/30 magazines for the 7.62 AK variants will fall under the “Freedom Series”. The company will continue to offer its “Free State Adaptors” which allow the user to convert their 10/30 magazines to 30rds when or if their state laws change or they relocate.
Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. announced the release of the M&P4 rifle series for the Military and Law Enforcement professional market. These rifles come in barrel lengths of 11.5 or 14.5 inches, feature select-fire capabilities, and are supplied with six-position buttstocks.
GUNS Editor Brent T. Wheat covers customizing the Ruger Wrangler as he introduces “Pinky Tuscadero” and “Black Bart.” Both revolvers were disassembled, everything was polished, cleaned and sanded, various parts were thinned and lightened and then sent out for their Cerakote treatments.
Real Avid announced that the company’s latest merchandising concept — billed as a “store within a store” — will debut in the new Tulsa Scheels location. Tulsa Scheels will open Saturday, October 19, 2024. This will be the first Scheels location in Oklahoma and will feature 75 specialty shops within the 240K square foot retail space.
 

Editor’s note – Recently, I had an issue with point of aim/point of impact on a number of guns. I recalled that, some years back, I had a student who simply could not point the pistol at the target. At best effort, the muzzle always pointed off to shooter’s right/target’s left. We removed the pistol slide and I had the student look through the sights at my eye – there was no problem in using sights, it was the way the arms-wrists-gun felt vis-à-vis the target. I asked Vince O’Neill, expert trainer in physical skills and student of “physical intelligence,” for his take on the issue. What follows is my edit of that exchange.

Note that left thumb pointed toward the target; that’s important.

To start out with, we have to ensure the grip is right; is the web of the gun hand crushed up under the tang, the gun hand middle finger crushed up against the junction of the trigger guard/frame, with all other fingers seamlessly lined up underneath. The primary hand thumb has to be “up in the air” to make room for the support hand’s “drumstick.” The trigger finger needs to be 90° across the bow of the trigger shoe to eliminate as much finger vs. frame/trigger friction as possible.

From the completed and checked firing grip, have the shooter uncurl the support hand fingers; do they point to the ground? Good. If they point toward the target, we have work to do.

 

The support hand needs to be as seamless as the primary hand. The index finger of support hand must be crushed up under the trigger guard with the support side wrist locked down. To test for this, have the shooter unfold the fingers of the left hand after taking the two-hand grip. If the fingers point forward, you have a weak, no-bone-support grip; if pointing down, the grip is right.

Have the shooter flex the support arm to the side just slightly. In fact, it might be a good idea to have the left elbow just a little higher than the right. While it’s counterintuitive, the shooter has to be OVER the gun as well as BEHIND the gun. Sort out eye dominance issues here.

As far as stance, check that the feet are wider than the knees, knees wider than the hips, listing forward, nose over toes. The balance should be on the balls of the feet, digging the toes into the ground to hold oneself up. The brain needs to be balanced over the spine; the chin thrust down and out so as to get the retinas 90 degrees relative to the sights -- emmetropic vision is all important here.

Ensure that the zero is consistent – we’re referring to the distance from the rear sight to the front of the eye ball. Remember that our arms act like two beams supported at only one end. When you shorten the beams, either by cantilevering or pulling the arms inward toward the center in order to support the weight of the gun, the zero changes; recoil and follow-through characteristic change, too. I don't care if you do have natural point of aim, the bullets ain't going where you want them to go because you've changed your follow-through.

See the forward thumb? It’s pointing toward the target area. Note how the pistol is angled such that the muzzle points slightly left – the camera exaggerates it. When the distance is longer, the sights are on the area where that thumb is pointing. I tried it with either hand, it works the same, though mirror-image.

There are no cures but here are things to try to find the center. Using the grip, have that left thumb running along the top of the frame even if it lightly touches the slide. The left thumb can index onto a target and line the sights up just by pointing. We do it every day. Every time we shake hands, for instance, we aim and index our thumbs onto the target -- a friend's hand, also indexed onto our own hands. This is about as close to instinctive shooting as you're going to get.

Try this: With a dummy gun (or one proved unloaded with a flagged chamber), point your thumbs with pistol in hand. Just point, no sight picture, just point. Pick out something on the wall. Now, HOLD THE GUN STILL as if breaking a shot, then move your eyes behind the sights. You shouldn't be off your target but a hair, if not perfectly on it.

He follows with a cautionary note, something to be considered for anyone in firearms training – or any physical skills training.

“Injuries to the left hemisphere can produce selective impairment. Neurologists call it, apraxia, i.e., individuals who are physically capable of carrying out a set of motor sequences, and cognitively capable of understanding directions, are, nonetheless, unable to do so in proper order or in the proper manner. The operative word in the former and latter is "proper." Apraxias are more common than you might think. The most common is LIMBIC APRAXIA, where an individual, for instance, cannot carry out a command with either hand … (there’s) IDEOMOTOR APRAXIA, where an individual clumsily executes actions by use of the body part itself as an object (like when you say "Hammer it." they'll use their fist to "form" a hammer rather than mimic the actual grasping of a hammer's handle with commensurate movements to imitate use of a hammer, if that makes sense). …IDEATIONAL APRAXIA (is) … where shooters exhibit difficulty (a special difficulty) in running through a sequence of movements smoothly and in correct order. In other words, "they can't put it together!" That said, "normal" individuals tend to display some form of apraxia because of external, or self-imposed pressure to perform. Yet, when the shooter "voluntarily" performs a sequence, all is perfect. So, stress plays a big part in learning psychomotor skills. It also plays a huge part in failing to learn psychomotor skills. Some of it’s behavior; some of it’s physical, and/or a combination of both! Alas, physical education is not a high priority nowadays. The priory, on the other hand, of firearms--where we live--suffers for it.” – Vince O’Neill.

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Passings: I was told on Sunday that Ed Lovette, author of THE SNUBBY REVOLVER passed away. Ed was a veteran of the Vietnam War, a former CIA Paramilitary Officer, a columnist for COMBAT HANDGUNS and had instructed at the New Mexico State Police Academy. He is greatly respected in the community and we are diminished by his passing. – Rich Grassi

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