The National Rifle Association has been taking a low profile when it comes to the firearms freedom acts that have been passed by seven state legislatures and spawned a growing legal fight between those states, some gun advocates and the U.S. Justice Department.
The firearms freedom act was first launched last year in the Montana Legislature, pushed by local gun advocates. The law states that guns made and sold within a state’s borders are exempt from federal gun control under Congress’ authority to regulate interstate commerce.
A lawsuit filed last year by Montana gun advocates following passage of the law argued the state should decide which rules, if any, would control the sale and purchase of guns and paraphernalia made in Montana. The state would then be exempt from rules on federal gun registration, background checks and dealer-licensing. Read more.
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Today about 20 protesters gathered outside the Starbucks at 6th and Grant Street urging the company to ban guns inside the coffee shops.
“I used to hold a lot of meetings at Starbucks, but the idea that I might be at risk worries me, I will choose a gun-free place,” said Mary Kershner a registered nurse who advocates for gun safety.
In Colorado, one of many states that allows the “open carry” of fire arms, companies still have the right to ban the practice within their properties.
Starbucks’ policy to follow the local law — allowing guns where it is legal outside — is not new, but in recent months, gun rights activists raised attention by gathering for meetings at Starbucks across the country with their guns.
“It’s not a Second Amendment issue, it’s a public safety issue,” said Marilee Posavec, spokeswoman for the Denver Million Mom March, a local chapter of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.
“They don’t allow it in their corporate offices, why should they in the stores?” she said. Read more.
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The measure takes effect 90 days after the current legislative session ends, which likely puts the effective date in July or August.
“I believe this legislation not only protects the Second Amendment rights of Arizona citizens, but restores those rights as well,” Brewer, a Republican, said in a statement.
Alaska and Vermont now do not require permits to carry concealed weapons.
By eliminating the permit requirement, the Arizona legislation will allow people 21 or older to forego background checks and classes that are now required.
Supporters say the bill promotes constitutional rights and allows people to protect themselves from criminals, while critics worry it will lead to more shootings as people with less training have fewer restrictions on carrying weapons.
Some police officials are concerned the law will lead to more accidental gun discharges from people untrained in firearm safety, or that shooters in stressful situations will accidentally strike innocent bystanders with stray bullets.
“I know a lot of 21-year-olds; the maturity level is gravely concerning sometimes,” said El Mirage Police Chief Mike Frazier, an Arizona Association of Chiefs of Police board member. “If you’re going to be carrying a weapon you should know what the law is and how to use it.”
However, the measure was supported by police unions representing rank-and-file officers, who said their best friend on the streets is a law-abiding citizen equipped to protect themselves or others. Read more.
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The bill—H.R. 157, the District of Columbia Voting Rights Act, introduced by the District’s anti-gun delegate, Eleanor Holmes Norton—proposes that the city be authorized a vote in the United States House of Representatives.
NRA members recall that last year, a similar “D.C. House Voting Rights Act” bill—S. 160, introduced by Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.)—passed in the Senate after adoption of Sen. John Ensign’s (R-Nev.) Read more.
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As a little boy, author “imprinted” on this picture of the 3.5-inch Magnum in his dad’s 1948 edition of Stoeger Shooters Bible.
I took a cherry (as-new, apparently unfired) Model 27-2 to the range and set up some NRA bulls-eye targets scaled for the 25-yard distance I was using. With me were three classic loads by three justly famous manufacturers, in as many different bullet weights.
First was the mild .38 Special 148-grain mid-range Match wadcutter load by Federal, which has been called the Gold Standard for accuracy in handgun ammunition. I used an MTM rest and, because this specimen of the Model 27 had the wide target trigger and beavertail hammer intended for single action shooting, I fired it that way. Recoiling with a gentle bump at each shot, the pristine pinned and recessed Model 27-2 put five rounds in 1.15 inches.
After years of shooting them in other lengths, finally got one in 2008. It’s a five-screw pre-27 dating to 1953.
Curiously, four of the five bullet holes exhibited slight yawing of the projectiles. The best three shots in the group, a measurement that generally factors out enough human error to give me a good idea what the gun could have done for all five shots from a machine rest, was 0.60 inch. All measurements were done to the nearest 0.05 inch.
The most famous “manstopper” in the history of the .357 Magnum cartridge is unquestionably the 125-grain semi-jacketed hollow point. I used Winchester. The uniform group measured 1.25 inches for all five, and 0.70 inch for the best three hits.
158s grain was the original weight of the .357 Magnum bullet, and is still very popular. Black Hills ammo, using Remington’s 158-grain scallop-jacketed hollow point was my choice here. The 27-2 sent the quintet of 158-grain Magnums into 1.70 inches (measured center to center between the farthest bullet holes, like all groups here). The three tightest hits were 0.80 inch apart.
This is par for the course with a Model 27, and I’ve seen some that would put five consecutive shots under an inch at this distance with loads they liked best. Almost from the beginning, the big Smith & Wesson .357 proved itself accurate enough for bulls-eye shooting, and in the 1970s in the early days of IHMSA (the International Handgun Metallic Silhouette Association), the 8-3/8-inch barrel version was often the winning gun on the firing line. In IHMSA, remember, we’re talking about knocking down steel rams at 200 paces, using iron sights.
-screw pre-27 is “barbecue ready” in custom Galco holster and matching dress gun belt.
The tradition continues. In mid-2006, I tested the Smith & Wesson 327 tactical model, introduced at the SHOT Show a few months earlier, flashlight rail and TruGlo red dot sight and all. Two of the loads I used were from the same lots as those I had accuracy tested in the 27-2. The .38 Special Federal Match wadcutters put five keg-shaped 148-grain slugs into 1.65 inches, with the best three in 1.20 inches. With the Black Hills .357 Magnum loads, all five shots were in four fifths of an inch, and within that 0.80 inch five-shot group the best three shots clustered exactly half an inch apart, center to center.
Smith & Wesson built the original large frame .357 Magnum to be accurate. More than 70 years later, their new ones apparently still are. Shooting the Model 27 Today’s N-frame .357 cylinders hold eight rounds, but the original contained only six narrow chambers. With that little metal cut away, the cylinder was heavy. This had some interesting ramifications as to the gun’s handling and shooting characteristics.
It was, of course, heavy, so much so that Gaylord, famous as a holster maker, called the 3-1/2-inch Model 27 one of “the top heavy trio,” the other two being the 2-inch barrel versions of the S&W Model 10 and the .41-frame Colt Marshal. The Model 27 weighed about 44-1/2 ounces in the short form, and 48 ounces or so with its longest barrel.
That heavy six-round cylinder with its thick walls between chambers made the N-frame Smith a favorite for handloaders who experimented near the edge of red-line .357 Magnum loads. But it also made for a very fast, sure double action pull. Charles “Skeeter” Skelton noted that he particularly liked the feel of a Model 27 in fast double action shooting because the heavier cylinder seemed to gain momentum more quickly from the beginning of the trigger pull, making the end of the pull feel proportionally lighter with less resistance, because the cylinder hand required less mechanical effort to raise for cylinder rotation.
The deep frame gave a high bore axis. Over the years, I and others discovered that the Model 27’s muzzle actually jumped a little more than that of the much lighter Combat Magnum, whose barrel was lower and therefore much closer to the axis of the wrist. However, the weight of the N-frame absorbed more of the rearward kick of the recoil, making it a more comfortable gun to shoot, especially for long strings of fire. (The aforementioned Jerry Miculek began his spectacular competition career with an 8-3/8-inch S&W K-38. He told me he switched to the big N-frame Model 27 with the same long barrel, because his heavy “bowling pin loads” were killing his K-frames.)
The recessed chambers, which began in 1935 and continued late into the epoch of the Model 27, were prized by revolver aficionados. The reason was the exquisite machining that went into them. They served no actual purpose, according to most firearms engineers and experts, other than creating an illusion of more steel support for a high-powered cartridge.
In field use, they actually had a downside. Particles of unburned powder could find their way there as spent casings were ejected, creating a buildup that could prevent full insertion of the next cartridge. This could potentially lock up the gun.
Lots of people ask what should be carried off duty or as a CCW holder. The obvious is a pistol. Do you need a spare magazine? It’s a point that could be argued. Most gunfights last only a few seconds and include less than six shots. But once the shooting is done, you might want to do a tactical reload as you wait for the authorities to arrive. How about a flashlight? I think that is a big yes… a hand-held flashlight is a great tool. It is lights up the dark, can be used as a force option and can be used to employ combative moves if you need it. So… yes, carry a flashlight.
Now, for handcuffs. They are, quite simply, a pain in the ass. The use of handcuffs requires training. Think about it. Joe Dirtbag comes face-to-face with your pistol and decides to surrender. You order him face down on the ground and decide to move in for the cuffing. This is the most dangerous time in the encounter. You are within arm’s reach. You have put your gun away and you don’t know what Mr. Dirtbag will decide to do. Unless you are trained and experienced with tactical ground cuffing. Stay back and hold the guy at gunpoint while you wait for the cavalry to arrive.
Do you need a knife? Well, unless you are going to be opening some boxes, I would say no to tactical folder. Don’t get me wrong, they are great tools. But my edged weapon is a Ka-Bar/TDI knife. And it will only ever come out of the sheath if I’m locked in mortal combat and feel I can’t use any other options.
Mark Mueller of Elite Tactical Advantage (ETA) stopped into the office for some show and tell today. The ETA product line currently focuses on tactical shotgun accessories, and the flagship products are the RhinoRail and BullDozer – aftermarket accessory rails that fit Remington 870, 1100, and Mossberg 930 shotguns. Watch out for more models to come.
We were most impressed with the RhinoRail, which weighs only 1.25 pounds!
This rail can take any red dot scope or BUIS-type sight; lasers, lights, sling adapter or even extra shell carriers. When you pick it up, it is hefty, and makes your shotgun look even more ominous. The rails are CNC-machined to tight tolerances for repeatability when using sights and other bolt-ons. The RhinoRail retails for $349; the full-length BullDozer $399.
Both rails feature over 36 inches of rail on four surfaces, and are built using the new NATO Stanag 4694 specification (100% backward compatible with MilSpec/Picatinny 1913 Standards).
ETA claims the rail serves as a heat shield with dissipating fins covering the entire length of the barrel. Assembly is simple, and everything is included – there is no drilling, tapping or other gunsmithing involved. If you’re smart enough to shoot a shotgun, you’ll be able to install this rail.
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A Parksville man shot and killed a large adult black bear that was menacing his daughter at her Parksville home Sunday. The woman was inside with her four children.
The bear attempted to break into a bedroom window of the home and swatted at the dog on the porch, said State Department of Environmental Conservation spokeswoman Wendy Rosenbach.
EnCon and State Police were called to the scene, but before they arrived, the woman called her father, who came over. He fired a warning shot, but the bear did not budge, so he shot and killed the animal. Read more
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office announced Friday that the shooting death of a man whose body was found in a car on April 1 was a justifiable homicide.
Policesaid the shooting happened at Cassat and Shirley avenues in the Hillcrest area on the Westside just after midnight.
Officers saidChristopher Alfaro, 24, was driving in a car when he was shot to death by someone in another car by one shot to the head.
Police saidAlfaro rammed another car during a road rage battle. They said the other driver started spinning out, and that’s when he grabbed his gun and started shooting. Read more
A 55-year-old Forest Grove man narrowly escaped a brawl with a drunk 21-year-old from Cornelius early Wednesday morning by firing a warning shot from his pistol while he was pinned, Police said.
John McKnight was walking his dog on the 1700 blockof Elm Street about a half-hour after midnight Wednesday when he was accosted by a trio of inebriated young men.
McKnight said the three men assailed him withinsults and continued to threaten him.
McKnight then drew a .38 caliberpistol and told the trio to back down.
Police say Michael W. Ryan III, a Cornelius manwith no fixed address, then said he didn’t believe the gun was loaded, and began to assault McKnight. Read more
Cincinnati Police are investigating a shooting where it appears a robber left the scene with the victim’s cell-phone in his hand, and a slug from the victim’s gun in his lower abdomen.
Police say the robber ran into someone with a concealed-carry permit,and at some point the would-be victim was able to get his gun out and shoot the suspect, who took off running from the shooting scene on Rosemont Avenue south of Glenway in West Price Hill.
He dropped the permit-holder’s cellular phone somewhere on a six blockrun to West Liberty Street just west of Manss Avenue. Read more
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Dangerous game hunting requires big fire power; but practicing with those heavy loads can lead to bad habits. Nyati, Inc. has solved that problem.
Editor Kevin Michalowski takes a look at an important trial taking place in Chicago. Click here to read his "Editor’s Shot" column.
Spent Casings: Trophies of War
Rifles: New England Firearms
Shotguns: Mossberg
Handguns: Olympic – P.38
Ahern: Always Armed: The Peerless S&W Model 640
On Handguns: Years Ago A Python Was Born
NRA Update: Tactical Rifle Coordinator Named
Field Gun Review: Pigeons and Starlings In The Off Season
Reno police said a 32-year-old homeowner Wednesday night shot and killed a 19-year-old man who drove up to his home and confronted him with a gun while demanding his property.
The robbery suspect’s identity was not released Thursday pending relative notification. He was undergoing an autopsy Thursday morning after police said the unidentified homeowner shot at him several times in front of his residence in the 3300 block of Everett Drive in Northwest Reno.
The shooting occurred about 9:43 p.m. Wednesday. No other injuries were reported.
Lt. Mohammad Rafaqat said the 19-year-old suspect fled from the man’s home in a dark-colored four-door pickup that was occupied by at least three other people. About a half an hour later, the wounded suspect was dropped off at Renown Regional Medical Center, where he died. Read more
An original Registered Magnum from the Chuck McDonald collection. The iconic 5-inch barrel.
Phil Sharpe, Elmer Keith, and other experts of the time were involved in the development of the .357 Magnum.
The country was in a depression, and 1935 was not a commercially ideal time for Smith & Wesson to introduce its most expensive revolver ever. As Askins had noted, the guns were virtually hand built, and luxuriously finished, each fitted with an adjustable rear sight and the shooter’s choice of front blade.
The company kept records on the individuals who ordered these bespoke revolvers, and a great chapter of handgun history thus opened: the era of the Registered Magnum. Explained Dave Arnold, “Each revolver was registered to its new owner and was accompanied by a certificate bearing the customer’s name. In addition, the registration number on the certificate, which had the suffix ‘Reg.’, was stamped on the crane recess of the frame. The revolver had a bright blue finish in keeping with its fine fit and finish.”
This 27 delivers the accuracy at 25 yards that made the S&W .357 Magnum famous for precision “shootability.”
The Great Depression notwithstanding, demand for these guns greatly exceeded S&W’s expectations, and soon the custom/registration thing became unwieldy. Production ceased in late 1941 as the United States went onto a war footing.
After the war, as S&W eased back into production of guns in demand by consumers, the .357 Magnum did not make its reappearance until 1948. It was upgraded with heavier duty sights, and with the short action modification that accompanied all of the company’s postwar double action revolvers.
In 1957, Smith & Wesson gave numeric designations to all its handgun models. The original .357 Magnum became the Model 27 and its plain-Jane economy version, the Highway Patrolman, was designated Model 28. Various dash-suffixes appended the Model 27 name as the gun underwent such production economies as going from five-screw to four-screw frames, and then to three-screw, changes in ejector rods, and other minor updates.
Against increasing competition – lighter guns, smaller ones, and of course, cheaper ones – Model 27 sales dwindled. In the late 1980s, S&W produced a stainless version, the Model 627, which featured stainless construction, a 5-inch heavy underlugged barrel, and a non-fluted cylinder. It did not look like a Model 27, and it did not sell well. By 1994, the Model 27 had disappeared from the Smith & Wesson catalog. It had been long since pre-deceased by the Model 28.
The concept of an N-frame .357 would not resurface again until the 21st century, and then in a very 21st century context. The new (and currently available) Model 327 series uses Scandium in place of steel to bring down weight.
Strongly encouraged by Miculek, the factory discovered that modern metallurgy allowed the large .44-frame cylinder to be bored with eight .357 Magnum chambers instead of the original six. It has been produced in formats ranging from a snub-nose with truncated grip frame to a huge, optically sighted competition gun complete with Picatinny accessory rail under its sculpted medium-heavy barrel.
Though it has not caught on as a defensive weapon, the latter model shows promise in bowling pin shooting and for ICORE (International Congress of Revolver Enthusiasts) matches.
The first revolver to be dubbed “Model 627” was this 1989 version with heavy 5-inch barrel, unfluted cylinder, and round butt.
Barrel Length Factor
Over the years, the Model 27 series has been produced in a great variety of barrel lengths. There are few handguns whose fans are so split as to ideal barrel length. During the Registered Magnum years, the ordering customer could specify whatever barrel length he or she desired.
Noted Arnold, “The .357 Magnum revolver was first made in two main barrel lengths – 3-1/2 and 8-3/4 inches.” The guns that Douglas Wesson used on his spectacular big game hunts may well have been the latter length, and not 8-3/8 inches as Keith wrote.
The reduction from 8-3/4 to 8-3/8 inches as maximum length came about after Smith & Wesson discovered that their longest barrel exceeded the maximum length allowed in competition at the time. To achieve the maximum allowed sight radius, 10 inches, the barrel had to be shortened to the 8-3/8 inches dimension.
Soon the company was making 4-, 5-, 6-, and 6-1/2-inch barrels among their standard offerings. I have heard of, but not handled, 7-1/2-inch versions.
Each had its adherents, because in this gun, the balance and overall esthetics changed significantly with barrel length. So, of course, did its ballistics. The .357 Magnum cartridge in most of its loadings dropped velocity dramatically as barrel length shortened.
The great double action revolver expert of the mid-20th century, Bob Nichols, appeared to favor the 3-1/2-inch barrel. However, he also said of this gun, “The .357 Magnum is a lot of gun for any man to hold; and it’s too much gun for the average man.”
J. Edgar Hoover’s Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum (now lost to history, and believed to have been passed on to a relative of Hoover’s heir Clyde Tolson) may have had a 3-1/2-inch barrel. Certainly General Patton’s did. Writes modern authority John Taffin, an enthusiast who owns them in virtually all barrel lengths, “…we have the short-barreled 3-1/2-inch .357 Magnum that is absolutely the most business-like looking sixgun ever made available. Dirty Harry did not originate ‘Make my day!’, the 3-1/2-inch .357 Smith & Wesson Magnum did!”
Today’s 27-series N-frames give you eight rounds of .357 Magnum, and they’ve been chambered for a like number of .38 Super rounds.
Charles Askins’ original .357 Magnum had a 4-inch barrel. So did the specimen Walter Walsh used to kill Al Brady in that famous Maine gunfight.
The 5-inch barrel was perceived by many as having the best balance, in both the visual and the tactile sense, of any of the slender barrels ever fitted to this large-frame, heavy-cylindered revolver. Skeeter Skelton was particularly fond of the 5-inch and influenced so much demand among his loyal readers that Smith & Wesson reportedly produced a short run of 5-inch Model 27s to satisfy the clamor.
The 6-inch and 6-1/2-inch barrels were ideally in proportion to the .44-size frame, in the eyes of some other enthusiasts. Many of the police departments that adopted these original .357 Magnums during their heyday seem to have gone to one or the other of these lengths, the New Hampshire State Police for example.
The 8-3/8-inch barrel was unique to this gun until the coming of the Smith & Wesson .44 Magnum in the mid-1950s. Ed McGivern seems to have used this length more than any other. Chic Gaylord, an influential gun expert in the ‘50s and ‘60s, wrote: “One of the finest sidearms to take along on a hunt is Smith & Wesson’s .357 Magnum with the eight-and-three-eighths-inch barrel. It shoots as straight as a rifle and packs a lot of authority.”
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Looking to go armed, but are stuck in the weeds as to what to arm yourself with? Here are 20 of the best concealed carry gun options that will keep you on the defensive.
