NEWTOWN, Conn. — The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) has announced a new program designed to help local public and private ranges increase participation in the shooting sports.
The Range Partnership Grant Program is making available a total of $250,000 per year for projects that specifically address one or more of the following objectives: recruitment of [...]
Entries from May 2008
May 20, 2008
Shooting Range Grant Program Created by NSSF
May 15, 2008
Obama Thinks it’s All About Him!
ABC News’ Ed O’Keefe Reports: The Obama campaign is taking issue with a comment President Bush made while speaking to the Knesset on the 60th anniversary of Israel’s statehood.
“Some seem to believe we should negotiate with terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along,” the President [...]
May 14, 2008
Rifle Accuracy, Sub MOA Requirements
Action tuning (blueprinting) is the process of making all the parts that make up the action square and true to the bore. First the locking lugs of the bolt must be lapped to insure even solid contact with the locking surfaces in the receiver. When finished the lugs should have equal contact area and contact [...]
May 9, 2008
Renting Reamers, a great way to save money.
One thing never changes, the cost of doing business goes up.
Renting chamber reamers is one way we hold costs down for our clients. WWW.4-DProducts.com provides some of the reamers I use for custom jobs. It just does not pay to buy every reamer, many of the reamers I own have only cut the chamber they [...]
May 8, 2008
“Diplock’s Syndrome” or Why are Gunsmiths Grumpy?
“Diplock’s Syndrome,“ a syndrome contracted by gunsmiths. The cause is close contact with clients or customers who lack patience. Custom guns are hand made and require a great many hours of work and attention from a highly trained professional. Researchers have found that even the most patient and easy going gunsmith will loose his sense [...]
May 2, 2008
Grizzlies possibly being delisted.
The District Court in Montana granted Safari Club International’s request to intervene and represent hunters in a second lawsuit challenging the Endangered Species Act delisting of the grizzly bears of the Yellowstone area. The delisting turns over management of this recovered species to the states of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. SCI supports state management as [...]
May 1, 2008
Another reason not to live in Chicago!
BELLEVUE, WA – Anti-gun Chicago Mayor Richard Daley has taken one more step toward turning his city into a police state by planning to give police fully automatic M4 carbines, while still fighting to block the gun rights of citizens not only in Chicago but throughout Illinois, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep [...]