By popular demand, EAA is introducing a ported carry version of the EZ pistol. The EZ Carry Pistol has a 3-34-inch barrel for easy conceal and is rounded for an easy draw.
The ports help reduce felt recoil. The EZ Carry comes in a 2-tonefinish with a black frame and matte stainless slide.
Available in 9 mm and .40 SW, the EZ has proven to be perfect for concealed carry and with the introduction of the ported carry model, the EZ line now rivals that similar looking handgun in quality and variety, while besting it in both features and price.
Some of the standard features on the EZ Carry are ambidextrous controls, 3 dot sights, double action/single action, skeletonized hammer, lightweight frame, integral accessory rail, full length claw extractor, firing pin block safety and a tactile loaded chamber indicator.
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EZ Carry: Caliber: 9mm & .,40 SW Capacity: 9mm-14+1; 40 SW-10+1 Finish: 2-tone – black frame with matte stainless slide Overall Length: 7.5″ Barrel Length: 3.75″ Width: 1.5″ Height: 5.5″ Weight: 32 oz. MSRP: $620
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Do you carry everything you think you might need? Do you look things over and determine the weight to value ratio? Whether you are on duty or carrying a CCW, your belt is full and usually heavy enough. And you know the old saying, a gun doesn't get any lighter at the end of the day.So, what do you carry… bare minimum… and why?Do you have a set of cuffs handy? Is there a “bug-out bag” in your car or truck? What about first-aid gear? Many years ago I came upon a car crash with two bleeding teenagers inside the battered sedan. All I had was a couple towels in my vehicle. You can bet that has since changed.If you think you need a gun, do you think you'll need extra ammo or handcuffs? Pick one. Tell us why you chose it.How about a flashlight? A good one can be a force option. It can also light up the dark corners when you feel something just isn't right.So, let's hear it. Tell us about your basic kit.
“Ron Mason, who has managed the site near the Indiana National Guard's Camp Atterbury for three years, says 2,000 to 3,000 people hone their skills at the facility each month.
That's down 30 percent to 40 percent from past years, despite a facelift in 2008 that more than doubled the size of the range.” Mason noted that he had raised fees and limited shooting hours to try to balance income to expenses, but still couldn’t get enough users to keep the range financially viable.
The range was set to close at the end of December 2009, though the Department of Natural Resources said it hoped to re-open it sometime in 2010.
‘The shooting range opened in the mid-1970s with about 30 open-air firing stations. It underwent a $4.7 million renovation in 2008 and now features four trap and skeet fields, a long shotgun shooting area and a pistol and rifle range with 66 stations.
Mason said the facility helped produce a national championship team of clay target shooters.”“I hope that whoever takes it over is successful,” Mason told the Tribune. “It's a fantastic facility, and it's a shame to let ($4.7 million) go to waste of the sportsmen's money.”
“Current law allows anybody to purchase the state's full permit database for $32,” McClatchy-Tribune Information Services reported.
“It includes a permit holder‘s race, height, hair color, eye color and more.” In response, three state lawmakers recently introduced bills that would make the dissemination of the information illegal.
“To protect the safety of gun owners and non-gun owners, it is better to have this information available only to law enforcement,” said Rep. Mike Murphy (R-Indianapolis), who submitted a bill to block access to permit holder data.
Added State Senator Greg Walker (R-Columbus), “The list has intimidated some of the people whose names could be on it. It puts them at risk of predators who are looking for a source of handguns.” The various bills should see action in the near future.
Microstamping — the process by which firearms manufacturers would have to micro laser-engrave a gun's make, model and serial number on two distinct parts of each gun, including the firing pin, so that in theory the information would be imprinted on the cartridge casing when the pistol is fired — must be certified as patent-free by the California Department of Justice before the law can go into effect.
Though microstamping cannot be certified because the technology remains covered by patents, last month the California Department of Justice issued proposed regulations for the technology, a move that was questioned by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) — the trade association for the firearms industry.
“In the midst of California's budget crisis and despite the possibility this law may never go into effect — as the technology remains encumbered by patents — one has to question the decision by the California Department of Justice to spend its time and limited resources on drafting regulations for the flawed technology,” said NSSF Senior Vice President and General Counsel Lawrence G. Keane. Read more
It is almost a certainty that if it’s a lead nose bullet it will be damaged, so use a bullet comparator to see if it has migrated out in the case.
I have an email buddy who recently sent me a description of his sheep hunt in the Yukon. To say it was “snake bit” would be an understatement. Bad weather, a bad outfitter and bad timing all conspired against him.
The last straw came when his equipment failed. After an aborted stalk, he tried to unload his gun and found the bolt would not open. He and the guide (perhaps foolishly) beat it open with a rock. The problem was that the bullet was jammed into the rifling of the barrel and when they beat the bolt open the bullet stayed in the barrel, pulling out of the cartridge and plugging the bore. This made the rifle inoperative. That was the last straw for my friend and he openly admitted to sitting on the rocks and crying while his embarrassed guide tried not to notice.
I wrote him back that only somebody who has experienced this kind of failure can understand. It’s an overused cliché, but a hunt like this for most people truly is “once in a lifetime” and it requires a huge investment of time, money and emotion. It is, in all probability, the one shot at this that will ever happen in that hunter’s life, and it is something that he has been dreaming about and working toward for most of his life.
For any hunt, but especially for something as important as a sheep hunt, you must check your equipment, including handloads to eliminate any problems.
Only somebody who has been there can truly understand the bitterness when it goes wrong. I know, I have been there and I can’t say I handled myself well either. But then, the hunter who takes this without some sort of emotional display would be suspect in my mind. When hunting stops being an emotional experience it is probably time to put away your guns and take up golf.
So what went wrong with the sheep hunt? Handloads. Don’t take that to assume I am in league with those hunters who claim handloads can’t be trusted, I am not. Many of my most important hunts have been trusted to handloads. I have hunted sheep, Cape buffalo and most recently brown bear with handloads. But there are a few things to keep in mind.
First off, my friend reported that his gun closed hard on his handloads. This is always an indication of a problem. In his case it likely meant that the bullet was seated out too far and was contacting the rifling lands. The problem with this is that it often results in excellent accuracy, so the hunter thinks he has the perfect load. If the contact does not stick the bullet in the barrel as happened to him and the cartridge can be extracted intact, the hunter assumes things are fine. They are not and this is a recipe for disaster.
What I suspect happened with him with the cartridge that did stick is that the cartridge was in the magazine of the gun while he fired to check his sights. If the handload is not done correctly the bullet can migrate out in the case each time the gun is fired. If the shooter keeps “topping off the magazine” after shooting, some of the cartridges can be in the magazine through several firings of the rifle. This can result in the bullet moving forward in the case a considerable distance.
Bullet migration can be a huge problem with dangerous game rifles. The stiff recoil and heavy bullet compound the effect. If, during a charge, the cartridge will not chamber, as is often the case after bullet migration, you are in big trouble. If it happens during a sheep hunt, you probably will not be killed by a charging ram. But, you may feel like killing yourself when you realize that your $30,000 hunt is over.
So what’s the solution? Easy. Make sure there is plenty of neck tension so that the case is firmly holding the bullet. Seat the bullet so that it is well off the lands, never touching. Leave a gap of at least .010-inch, but more is better. With dangerous game loads, always crimp the case mouth to the bullet. That’s not a bad idea with any hunting load if there is a cannelure on the bullet to allow crimping. Just remember to trim all your case necks so that there is a constant case length and so a constant crimp from case to case.
Rotate the ammo in the magazine. During my recent brown bear hunt I emptied the magazine in my guide’s .338 Winchester and clearly the cartridges on the bottom had been there a while. They were beaten and battered from smashing into the magazine well during recoil. They were crimped and sealed Federal factory loads and the bullets had not migrated. Still, when I showed them to him and explained about what could happen his face turned white and he quickly replaced the cartridges with fresh ammo.
Finally, test your equipment. In my never-humble opinion, it’s foolish to gamble an important hunt (and they are all important) on something you can control. Before any big hunt you should have lots of range time with your rifle and loads. You should spend multiple days and hundreds of rounds of ammo making sure nothing is going to go wrong.
It is important to seat the bullet well off the rifling lands for any hunting handload. Double check the overall length.
Try loading the magazine and then shooting the rifle 15 or 20 times without changing the ammo in the magazine. Then try to chamber the cartridges in the magazine. If the bolt binds up, do not force it. Remove the cartridge and measure the length. It is almost a certainty that if it’s a lead-nose bullet it will be damaged, so use a bullet comparator to see if it has migrated out in the case.
Most problems will surface early. For example, I had a high-dollar, top name-brand scope turn to rattling trash this year before a big international hunt. If that had happened during the hunt, rather than at the range it would have been a disaster. I don’t keep records, but I would guess I fired about 100 rounds through my rifle before the scope turned belly up. It was a good example of the importance of plenty of pre-hunt trigger pulling. The practice will build your shooting skills, but even more important, it’s far less emotional to expose the problems before rather than during.
For the record, my friend solved the stuck bullet problem with some very creative thinking. But even after the rifle was repaired, the course of bad luck continued and his hunt was unsuccessful.
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This rifle started with an inexpensive Mauser action, a Douglas barrel, a nice piece of eastern black walnut. The money the client saved on components allowed him to buy Talley mounts and a good Zeiss scope. It is a .30-06.
We build custom rifles based on the customer’s wishes and pocketbook. We try to find out just what the client is trying to accomplish and tune the order to meet those needs.
Sometimes it is better to recommend that the client does some of the work himself; the satisfaction factor is pretty big on a gun that is a “partnership” between gunsmith and owner. If you’ve never had a rifle built here are a few tips that might save you some headaches and keep some of that stimulus money in your pocket. (Sorry, I couldn’t resist that one.) THE ACTION
The centerpiece of any rifle is the action. If you have in mind what you want in terms of make and model, you can save a bunch of money right off the bat if you use an action you already have, as in from another rifle.
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We do this for clients all the time; if the bolt face diameter and cartridge length is the same for the new caliber as the old the change-over is simple. You can’t make a .223-sized action work for a 30/06 without major metalwork, but if the new caliber is compatible with the size of the action you’re on the way.
A standard .30/06 length action can be used for dozens of calibers, even those .308-length if a magazine cut-off is used and if the rim diameter is the same. Getting an action the right size for your intended cartridge is always better than modifying an action to fit the round.
Good Mauser actions abound, as do 700 Remingtons, 70 Winchesters, and 77 Rugers. The more modern actions of American manufacture can be had in various sizes for different classes of cartridges. Modern actions usually have been drilled and tapped for scope bases and usually have serviceable triggers and safeties. This will also save money on the semi-custom gun.
THE BARREL
Barrel blanks can be ridiculously expensive or downright cheap. Good, accurate and serviceable barrels can be had from a dozen manufacturers, the choice is yours to make based on your budget and needs. We’ve used about all of them and only once have ever seen a “bad” barrel, one that was actually too rough down the hole to shoot accurately. If you stick with a known brand like Shilen, Douglas, Hart, or any of the other “name” brands I doubt you will be disappointed.
Thin, lightweight barrels can be finicky and harder to find the proper load for than standard or heavy tubes. You should decide what bullet weight you intend to shoot in the gun and choose the twist accordingly, this is a decision that is very important. For instance, if you choose the .223 Remington caliber and want to shoot the newer heavy bullets over 55 grains get the fast twist tube, not the slow 1:12 of the old days.
I have a .223 that we built for groundhogs and 50 grain hollowpoints and with its 1:14 twist it will keyhole any bullets over 55 grains, splattering them all over the target at 100 yards. You can expect to pay from $250 to $400 to have a barrel threaded and chambered and fit to an action and this does not include bluing (if necessary) or drilling and tapping for sights.
Walt Hampton is a professional gunsmith and writer from Virginia. He and his son Wade operate Buck Mountain Rifle Works, manufacturing semi-finished gun stocks and building custom rifles on order. Visit his website at www.buckmountainrifleworks.com or write him at [email protected].
A New Bloomfield man was fatally shot while he apparently attempted to rob a beverage distributor in Carroll Township, Perry County Saturday night, state police said.Perry County Coroner Michael Shalonis said he pronounced Jeffrey Thomas Harless, 25, dead at Shermans Dale Beer & Beverage at 10:55 p.m. Saturday from a single gunshot wound to the chest.At about 9:44 p.m., an alarm sounded at the 4946 Spring Road beverage distributor and an employee arrived at the store to find the front door’s glass broken out, a news release from the state police said. The employee entered the store and confronted Harless, an apparent burglar, police said.A confrontation ensued, police said, and the employee shot Harless once in the upper chest with a pistol. Harless was also armed, police said. Read moreSource: cumberlink.comTactical Gear Tip: Order the Gun Digest Book of Concealed Carry so you too will be prepared when danger strikes. Learn More
SELAH — It began when two young men with machetes walked into a Union Gap convenience store early Wednesday morning and demanded cash.What they didn't expect was a second clerk who pulled a handgun and held one of the men until police arrived. The other ran off.It didn't end there. Hours later more than a dozen officers — including the Yakima police SWAT team — encircled a Selah house and after a three-hour standoff forced out three other people suspected in at least one other machete-point robbery in Yakima.”It was a busy morning,” Yakima police Sgt. Kelly Willard said Wednesday evening. “We had a real quick turnaround.” Read moreSource: yakima-herald.comTactical Gear Tip: Learn how to shoot back when you study the Gun Digest Book of Combat Handgunnery. Click Here to order.
COEUR D'ALENE — The owner of Sunshine Espresso in Coeur d'Alene fought fire with fire – literally – when she pulled a handgun on a 17-year-old boy who tried to rob her stand Wednesday morning.Police arrested the teen shortly after the incident, which took place just before 6:30 a.m. in the 1900 block of Government Way.Sunshine Espresso owner Michelle Cornelsen said the teen walked up to her stand and demanded cash without showing the gun at first“He didn’t have it at first, he was playing with his pocket, I had a bad feeling though. I had a bad feeling about him,” Cornelsen said.What the robber didn’t know is that Cornelsen has had her concealed weapons permit for seven years and she had received a new 9mm handgun for Christmas from her husband.“My husband got me a 9mm for Christmas … I was pretty excited about that. It made it's debut this morning,” she said.“I’ve never had to use it, thank God, but this morning it came in fairly handy.”She stalled the teen by talking to him about why he was trying to rob her, to which he replied that he didn’t have any money.”He was like ‘I'm really sorry, gotta make some money' and I said ‘I do too, I'm a business owner and I will protect what I have, I don't wanna give you the money. I don't',” she said. Read MoreSource: kxly.com
If you think the Obama administration doesn't need help in dreaming up new schemes to reinterpret the Constitution and add new restrictions on our freedom, think again.
President Bush, for all his mistakes and miscalculations, never allowed his U.N. representatives to participate in such negotiations. But Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reversed course and agreed to join the negotiations.
Secretary of State Clinton announced in October that the U.S. would join the negotiations “if they are based on consensus,” implying that the U.S. could exercise a veto if negotiations went off course. That implies that the U.S. would reject any treaty that violates our Second Amendment rights to keep and bear arms. The problem is she can't make that promise or guarantee that outcome.
The truth is it is very dangerous for the U.S. to go down this road no matter how many assurances are given by Obama and his minions. Once committed to the “process of negotiations,” it is hard to reject a product based on “international consensus.”
There are good reasons why the U.S. ought to stay out of such negotiations, and many good reasons to be wary of any international treaty on the subject.
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To put this whole matter in perspective, ask yourself how well existing arms-control agreements are working and how well international agencies are enforcing those agreements.
There is an existing conventional arms-control treaty among nations in Latin America. How well is that working? Does it prevent the Mexican drug cartels from buying advanced weapons on the black market in Asia and Europe? Hardly. Does it prevent Hugo Chavez from buying arms from Iran, North Korea and Russia and providing them to rebel groups in Colombia and Central America? No.
Has the U.N. and the International Atomic Energy Agency stopped Iran from developing a nuclear-weapons program? Shouldn't we expect some semblance of success from such existing agreements before launching new ones?
What conventional arms treaties do is constrain the actions of law-abiding nations and law-abiding citizens while allowing outlaw nations and leftist guerrilla groups to build their arsenals.
If you think such international treaties apply only to sales and exchanges among nations and not to individuals, you have not been paying attention to the Obama administration's agenda and to what activist judges have been doing in American courts.
What is especially galling is to hear gun-control advocates use the Mexican drug cartel violence as an excuse to further restrict gun sales among private citizens inside the United States. This is exactly what the Obama Justice Department and its sister agencies have been doing lately. Read more
FAIRBANKS – A Fairbanks lawmaker has proposed the Alaska Firearms Freedom Act, which seeks to stop the federal regulation of guns and ammunition made and sold within Alaska.
Republican Rep. Mike Kelly said federal rules should only apply to firearms sold across state borders, where the U.S. government has constitutional authority to regulate interstate commerce.
The bill easily passed the state House of Representatives in April after picking up 11 co-sponsors. It now sits before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Its chairman, Sen. Hollis French, D-Anchorage, said he will schedule a committee hearing this winter.
The bill could place Alaska into a broader national discussion. Similar bills have passed in Montana and Tennessee, and Fairbanks attorney Lynn Levengood said the shift in Congress and the White House to Democratic control has gun-rights advocates following the debate and planning ahead.
“It's a fail-safe position,” Levengood told the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. “If federal law tries to undo our Second Amendment rights, we've got a fail-safe.”
The bill would require the guns to prominently display the words “made in Alaska.” The state attorney general's office would defend businesses prosecuted by the federal government. Read more
In summary, HB 873 would repeal every Code section from 16-11-101 through 16-11-173. The bill offers to replace these Code sections with nothing.
Analysis: Rep. Franklin has been way out in front of right to bear arms legislation in Georgia. He introduced a bill to decriminalize carry in restaurants long before HB 89 became law, and he has introduced in previous sessions Alaska/Vermont-style concealed carry bills seeking to mimic the law in those two states that does not require a license for concealed carry. These bills seem to fit with his extremely principled view of constitutional rights.
For example, Rep. Franklin recently introduced a bill to repeal Georgia driver's licenses, as an infringement on the right to travel freely, and two bills seeking to enforce the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution against the federal government.
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HB 873 will not, however, accomplish its laudable purpose, stated in the legislative findings of fact:
(1) Our founding fathers, in the unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, acknowledged that the purpose of civil government is to secure God-given rights;
(2) As such, civil governments are to punish the criminal acts that deprive their citizens of their God-given rights to life, liberty, and property;
(3) The mere potential to deprive someone of life, liberty, or property should never be considered a crime in a free and just society;
(4) Evil resides in the heart of the individual, not in material objects; and
(5) Since objects or “instrumentalities” in and of themselves are not dangerous or evil, in a free and just society, the civil government should not ban or restrict their possession or use. Read more
As the New York Daily News reported, “Bills obtained by the Daily News show the city Law Department has paid almost $1.5 million to Kroll Associates, a high-end detective firm, for its undercover probe of out-of-state gun sales.
The mayor announced the results of that investigation with a big splash in October, playing secretly recorded videos of dealers improperly selling guns at gun shows.”
That “big splash” was pricy. The Daily News noted that, “The investigators and their bosses billed the city between $225 and $325 an hour each, some of them for more than 100 hours per month.
As they traveled to gun shows in Nevada, Ohio and Tennessee, they spent tens of thousands of dollars on airfare, hotels, meals and other travel expenses. They also billed the city for tens of thousands of dollars for background checks, research costs, cash payments for guns, and equipment – including $58,100 for recording gear.”
A Bloomberg spokesperson insisted that city residents “got their money’s worth.” But what’s the total price tag?
Bloomberg, for example, also initiated legal actions against many gun shops across the nation. NewYorkers have yet to see the bill for those.
Looking to go armed, but are stuck in the weeds as to what to arm yourself with? Here are 20 excellent concealed carry gun options that will keep you on the defensive.
By popular demand, EAA is introducing a ported carry version of the EZ pistol. The EZ Carry Pistol has a 3-34-inch barrel for easy conceal and is rounded for an easy draw.
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