WED | NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Norma is making their quality components – including projectiles and precision-manufactured brass – available for hunters and shooters.
onXmaps, Inc announced the availability of an iOS version of the onX Offroad App. The new app was designed for off-roaders and includes mapping of more than 985 million acres of public lands and over 240,000 miles of roads and trails.
Industry Day at the Range has announced exhibitor registration will close on November 8, 2019. The 15th annual Industry Day at the Range will take place at the Boulder Rifle and Pistol Club one day prior to SHOT Show.

SIG SAUER, Inc. announced the sponsorship of the Third Annual SIG Relentless Warrior Championship set for Saturday, March 28, 2020 at the SIG SAUER Academy in Epping, New Hampshire.
Designed specifically for demanding LEO and military operators, hunters and precision shooters by two high-speed, low-drag Dallas SWAT officers, Kopfjäger Reaper Grip Gun Rests are designed to the provide the best, most versatile, high-stakes, SHTF stability on the market.
Adams Arms, under new ownership since May, has made many changes. Among these are new leadership, new products, and now a new facility -- as well as a new logo.

Joel Harris announced the launch of Harris Global Marketing & Communications. He has worked for several of the industry’s leading companies including Sig Sauer, Swarovski Optic, ZEISS, G5 Outdoors, Eastman Outdoors, and has been consulting for many others.
Sovereign Sportsman Solutions (“Sovereign”) is pleased to announce that Richard Bonazzoli has joined the company as senior vice president of technology innovation. In this newly created role, Bonazzoli is responsible for technology strategy and integration across all of Sovereign’s increasing number of products and services.
Galco is excited to announce a Concealable belt holster for the compact SIG-Sauer P365/Streamlight TLR-6 combination. The Concealable is constructed of premium saddle leather and made to fit belts up to 1 1/2" wide.

SIG SAUER is pleased to announce the SIG SAUER Super Target .177 caliber, single-shot pneumatic air pistol is now available, along with a new line of pellets from SIG AIR.
Kopfjäger Reaper Rail Systems provide sturdy reliability in virtually any environment. They are available in four configurations,including Picatinny and Arca Swiss rail systems.
High Performance Technology white papers #1, and #2 explained how HIPERFIRE's trigger technology reduced trigger pull weight without compromising hammer fall power. White paper #3 shows the pull weight data that backs up HIPERFIRE's technology claims.

HIPERFIRE’s latest HIPERTECH Bulletin describes the influence that the magnitude of trigger creep has on the “feel” of trigger pull. The trigger pull experience, what our minds perceive, includes both simultaneously.
Senior members of the USCCA team, including Kevin Michalowski, USCCA’s Director of Media and Executive Editor of Concealed Carry Magazine, proudly joined grassroots activists from across the country Saturday as they rallied in front of the U.S. Capitol in support of the Second Amendment.
The Spirit of Blue Foundation announced that it has awarded a Safety Equipment Grant to the Glendale Heights Police Department to outfit their entire force of officers with lifesaving tourniquets inside of rugged duty belt cases.

November is Military Appreciation Month at ERGO. The company offers active duty members of service and military veterans 25% off their orders from November 1st through the 30th, 2019.
Beretta recently implemented a new, lower price strategy for its APX series of striker-fired, polymer pistols, which means lower prices at retail for the consumer. The Beretta APX pistol is offered in Full-Size, Centurion, Compact, and Carry models and in both 9mm and .40 calibers.
This week on Guns & Gear, hear the story behind the creation of Black Hills Ammunition. Also, the program features Timney Triggers’ AR Impact value trigger, Springfield Armory 911 in 380, 300 BLK ammo from SIG and more.

This week, on Shooting USA, it’s USPSA’s classic Steel Challenge . . . drag racing with guns. Plus the story of the Colt Peacemaker and more.
 

If you last long enough, you’ll eventually run into a time when the medical types will conclude that it’s time to conduct examinations of your carcass that require some anesthesia. Those who’ve had various operations and intrusive medical procedures will nod sagely and, as they’re here to give comfort, can assure you “it’s no big deal.”

Well, it’s not until it is. And if you’ve been blessed with a reasonably long life that’s been free of such diversions, anxiety can result. Worse, you can be fairly numb, resigned to it all – that creating a little concern.

It’s all over-thinking the problem. As I was recently facing the specter of on-coming inspections of this order, I did what any reasonable person would do.

I went to the range.

Facing a loss of control over part of your life? Go to the range. In this problem-solving exercise, you handicap yourself while attempting to excel.

It was fall, my favorite time of the year. Here, fall can be defined as “winter in the morning, summer in the afternoon” as one internet meme alleged. As it was time to rearrange the brain-housing unit, I took a pair of rimfire sporting handguns, an autoloader and a revolver.

The auto is an early Smith & Wesson SW22 Victory, a gun I had some months before they were publicly announced. I’d installed an after-market barrel – the Volquartsen carbon fiber THM tension barrel – and a red dot sight, the C-More RTS2. I’d fired the gun before and the average of groups from a variety of rounds clustered about 1 ½” at 25 yards.

The SW22/Volquartsen has a just under 7” barrel with a trigger press that’s plenty good.

The revolver was the Ruger GP100-22-4, a limited issue 10-shot revolver with a slightly-over four-inch barrel. A Davidson’s Exclusive – available from their Gallery of Guns -- this is two ounces lighter than their standard 5 ½” GP100-22. The Davidson’s Ruger is heavy.

It features a ten shot cylinder, matching the magazine capacity of the Victory.

The rear sight is the standard Ruger revolver adjustable sight. A fiber optic front sight, green, is atop and slightly to the rear of the muzzle. The front sight is in a dovetail, not the older style front plunger of the original GP-100. The muzzle is recessed and crowned.

The stocks are of GP/SP style, rubber with hardwood inserts. The barrel has an ejector rod shroud but has no under lug all the way to the muzzle as some versions of the centerfire revolvers do.

The current GP-100 22 guns are fabricated of stainless steel and that includes this exclusive model. The trigger has no serrations; the face of the trigger is smooth. This makes me believe they want me to shoot it double-action.

The single action trigger breaks clean and is service weight. The double action trigger can be staged, drawing the trigger and hammer back to a “pause,” confirming the sights and pressing off as a single action.

Why go to the range and why with these guns? Well, to get your mind off of a troublesome – and unavoidable – situation, engage in a little problem solving. I was facing the loss of control and sought to reestablish it.

To further reduce your control, try the same exercise with the "wrong hand" (above). You may be surprised. Then knuckle down and use both hands to bring all your skills to bear. There's really little difference between the three exercises.

So I started at around 25 yards, shooting B-8 bullseye targets one-handed, in the way of my youth. I started with the revolver, shooting it single-action as I had with my first centerfire handgun, a six-inch Colt Python at a state peace officers’ conference match in 1978.

After a pair of five-round strings, I moved to the optic-sighted auto with its fine trigger. With “no control,” I found that I shot okay with both guns – though the group with the auto was around half the size of the revolver’s, the score was the same.

I then did the same exercise left-handed – just to do it. Not surprisingly, I was in about the same place.

So I worked my control by shooting a few strings two-handed with each gun. I worked in close and noted the rather remarkable off-set between the center of the red dot on the C-More and the center of the bore of the Volquartsen barrel. There wasn’t near the off-set with the iron sights of the Ruger GP100, but again the group was nearly twice as big – shooting double action.

I backed out to forty yards with the SW22 on the B-8, giving up eight points out of 100.

The exercise didn’t change the facts of the situation nor the approaching unpleasantness, but it let me feel the sun, smell the fresh air, see the deer scampering across the range road – and the interstate highway on my return to town.

And it elevated my spirit. I think it was worth doing.

- - Rich Grassi

 
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