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APRIL 1, 2025

Simply Rugged has successfully partnered with several firearms manufacturers -- Henry USA, Skinner Sights, Tyler's Gun Works, and Big Horn Armory, to name a few. With Simply Rugged’s increased production capacity they can do the same with your company.
Shoot ON, a source for firearms reviews, instruction, and DIY gun content, announces the “Ready to Carry” Giveaway. This latest offer is presented by Shoot ON in association with four of the leading brands in the personal defense segment: FN, Fiocchi, CrossBreed, and Burris.
GunBroker.com has launched a new shipping solution to help address some of the issues that can arise when shipping FFL restricted goods. Now, with the creation of a dedicated shipping solution, all sellers can ship to federal firearms license holders through a streamlined system.

FN America, LLC announced that the company has been awarded a firm-fixed-price IDIQ contract, valued up to $39,643,953, to supply the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime with barrels for M240 and M249 machine guns.
The Second Amendment Foundation has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting petitioners in a case known as Andrew Hanson, et. al. v. District of Columbia, et. al., challenging the District’s ban on so-called “high-capacity magazines” capable of holding more than ten cartridges.
Outdoor Sportsman Group (OSG) Publishing announces formidable audience growth for its print properties, as revealed in the recent 2024 MRI Fall Doublebase report. OSG publications have experienced impressive increases in male readers aged 18-34 with household incomes over $100,000.*

Wilderness Bonds, Media Lodge’s video series showcasing a woman's journey into hunting, is proud to announce USCCA as the presenting sponsor of Taking Aim, a two-video Wilderness Bonds project designed to educate and equip women for their first hunts.
Premier Body Armor announced the expansion of its ballistic insert line to include custom-fit armor solutions for Vertx’s newly released Siege Collection, which features the Vertx Siege Sling and Vertx Siege Pack.
Fiocchi Ammunition is excited to announce its latest innovation — the Ala-Bama Slama — a revolutionary new centerfire rifle round. Born from extensive research deep in the heart of the Dixie, the Ala-Bama Slama delivers “barn-burnin’, buck-bustin’, boar-wallopin’ ballistic performance” like nothing else on the market.

Fiocchi Ammunition announces the release of its latest innovation: the Drone Dropper Shotshell. This game-changing shotshell is specifically designed for shooting down those pesky alien drones and pterodactyls that have been terrorizing southern border landowners and east and west coast homeowners.
Kimber is providing additional models available for purchase that have been approved for sale on the Massachusetts General Roster. As Kimber has expanded its highly successful line of 1911s into high-capacity variants for concealed carry pistols with the KDS9, Kimber has answered the call for states that have capacity limitations.
The WS Youth shotgun from ESCORT Shotguns is a great introduction to hunting shotguns. This 20-gauge provides more than enough energy to easily hunt fowl and deer with reduced recoil. The 13.75-inch length of pull offers safe and effective handling without oversizing or overweighing the abilities of younger and smaller frame hunters. ptional performance.

Small frame revolvers never went out of style and are more popular than ever. With the Masterbilt Master Agent shoulder system, Galco has resurrected two popular features for shoulder carry of revolvers: an open front design and diagonal gun angle.
NSSF commends the introduction of the Freedom from Unfair Gun Taxes Act, introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by U.S. Reps. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and Richard Hudson (R-N.C.) as H.R. 2442 and in the U.S. Senate by U.S. Sen. Jim Risch as S. 1169. The bicameral legislation would prohibit states from implementing excise taxes on firearms and ammunition to fund gun control programs.
The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) announces that Lipsey’s – one of the largest independently owned shooting sports distributors in the country – has joined SAF as a corporate partner at the Diamond level.
Silencer Central wants you to know that they are not joking around. The deal you’ve been waiting for is here – from April 1-15, 2025, Tax Stamps are on them with every BANISH suppressor priced $849 and up.
The Hammond Cove Shooting Range in Hartland, Vermont will open on April 3, at 10:00am. The range operates under rules set by the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department. Range users must sign in with an onsite range safety officer and have a valid Vermont hunting or fishing license or be the guest of someone who does.
Bass Pro Shops announced plans to celebrate the official Grand Opening of its new 77-000-square foot retail location in Tyler, Texas, with a special Evening for Conservation, open to the public, on Wednesday, April 16, with entertainment starting at 5 p.m.
The National Rifle Association of America announced MidwayUSA as the official sponsor of the 2025 NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits to be held in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 25-27. MidwayUSA has been a longtime sponsor of NRA’s annual flagship event.
 

Recently, another “SIG P320 … BAD” story was released, this regarding the Washington State law enforcement academy banning the pistols at their facility. Recruits issued the P320 must now use other guns (loaner guns from academy stock? – I’m guessing here) to go through firearms training in basic.

The only way you don’t know of issues relating to the SIG P320 is if you lived in a cave or willfully ignored the lawsuit stories. As the P320 is likely “top of the pile,” if it wasn’t broadly attacked it’d be an anomaly.

The GLOCK line of pistols was likewise railed against for many years. People still talk trash on a pistol design that was approved by the government in 1911, an anniversary just past.

Seattle’s KING-5 news people did the deep dive on a case where an “emotionally disturbed person” had to be taken into custody in a retail establishment. A struggle occurred during which a round was fired from a holstered handgun. The agency determined it was the fault of “loose handcuffs” on the front of the deputy’s belt, which caused an arm of the cuffs to get into the holster-mouth and interact with the trigger.

If it was her gun that fired, I can’t see how the cuffs – worn in front of the gun – could make it back that far. A screen-shot image from the news station’s website from a video showed how they thought it could have happened. Here’s the image; you tell me.

No injuries were reported.

This is less about the gun, the maker, the gun’s design or general type, and more about how any modern striker fired gun can be fired in the holster.

If the gun had a light mounted and the holster had to be wide enough to accommodate the lumens, making it overly wide for the gun, it leaves a gap in the holster mouth. That allows a finger, of, say, a struggling suspect when the cop goes hands-on, or a zipper tab, or just about anything else to get inside the holster next to that trigger.

Ignore the comment on the screenshot; look at the holster opening, see how much space there is open between gun and holster.

For me, this is less a “defective gun” story than a “do we have too much junk to carry and put on our guns?” story.

When my outfit first went to guns with accessories rails, I’d asked “why not gun-lights for everyone?” I was told that someone would use the light on the gun to look around inside a violator’s car on nightshift; then use the gunlight to try to read the violator's license whilst it’s held in the officer’s other hand.

No, I replied. No one’s that stupid.

I was wrong.

We found out that it had already been done.

Do you need a light on your pistol? Are you a dog handler? Do you – or could you – be carrying a ballistic shield on high-risk entries?

In those cases, maybe. I used to hang a light on my G19 after I got home from work. I didn’t use it at work and if someone came in the house at zero-dark-thirty, it wasn’t going to be anyone who belonged there. Still, I practiced using bounce lighting to keep the muzzle off the “intruder.”

One never really knows.

That didn’t last long. I find hand held lights – especially the small, powerful lights of today – more useful than a light on a pistol.

As to long guns, you need two hands to wield the firearm and a light can be handy for target ID. Even then remember that it’s not a light – it’s a weapon. Don’t allow it to cover anything you can’t face destroying.

I’m not the first on this bandwagon, I could be close to the last. If the duty rig you’re using allows access to the trigger – by an item of clothing, a suspect’s digits, or anything else – you need to reconsider your carry.

As to the SIG P320 and all the press about it?

How would I know?

Note: All images used are screenshots from KING-5 News, Seattle.

— Rich Grassi

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