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Warning about Cheap 123A BatteriesThe picture below is a New York Police Officer’s Glock 22 and M6X light. He was using off brand “cheap” 123A batteries in the light. Quality brand name 123A batteries have a built in circuit breaker to prevent this from happening. This is the only pictures I have as of now.Email:”Officer Safety Alert Glock 22 and Insight M6X?The attached photos are from an explosion and fire incident that occurred with an issued Glock 22 and Insight M6X while driving. This happened to a New York officer. According to him, he heard a popping noise as he was pulling into the courthouse parking lot and saw that his pants were on fire. He jumped out of the car and put the flames out, then once he thought everything was over, the second battery exploded in the light like a “blow torch” (his words). The officer is OK, but the weapon is no longer serviceable.”
When people start talking about their training purely in terms of the number of rounds fired, I get concerned. While it is true that marksmanship skills are important, there are other things to consider. First off, think in these terms. If you were to end up in a shooting incident, what is your goal? My goal is to NOT GET SHOT! Yes, it is true that by shooting I can stop the threat, but in order to shoot effectively I need to make sure I'm fully able to participate in the battle. So my first order of business to do my best to stay safe and fight effectively.How do you do that? It starts with situational awareness. In the best-case scenario you are not caught off guard when a situation escalates to gunfire. You see it coming. If possible you take steps to defuse the situation or at least be looking to get to a position of tactical advantage. Think on your feet. Be looking around for good cover and plan a route to that cover. Keep thinking.This type of planning means that you know the difference between cover and concealment. Cover stops bullets. Concealment just gets you out of your adversary's line of sight. If you have to shoot while moving to cover you'd better had trained to do it. You are responsible for every bullet that leaves your muzzle.Train yourself to pay attention. Train yourself to think tactically before you enter a situation and as a situation unfolds around you. The mechanical elements of firing your weapon are very important, but they pale in comparison to your decision making skills. Hone those skills so that if the time comes you don't end up trying to shoot while wounded. I'm sure you've trained for that, but wouldn't rather not be wounded?
Game Room Manager Shoots Robbery SuspectNovember 18, 2009HOUSTON (KTRK) — A game room manager in west Houston shot and killed a man who tried to rob him.Police say the man came into the D and A game room on Westheimer at noon Monday, pulled a gun and demanded money from the manager.As the man was leaving, the manager pulled out a gun and shot him. He later died at a hospital. Read moreSource: abclocal.go.com
We get a lot of inquiries about big game hunting rifles from guys in search of the one-hole group. While this quest is admirable and I do believe that we should strive to bring our hunting rigs to their full potential, in order to be a successful hunter in my opinion one does not have to have benchrest accuracy.
Many times we are asking a rifle to perform beyond its capabilities and we are disappointed with what should be adequate hunting performance. I have several examples of these rifles in my own safe and am perfectly happy with them, as long as I adhere to their range and circumstance restrictions.
Minute of angle (or less) accuracy is a fine thing in a hunting rifle but we sometimes forget that we achieved that accuracy level on the shooting bench under controlled conditions; these factors go right out the window when the sleet is blowing in your face and the deer is trotting through the timber at 150 yards.
This is why I try to recommend to anyone that asks that you should: 1) practice at the bench to know what your rifle and load will do at certain ranges and; 2) get off the bench and practice off-hand, sitting and prone at unknown distances on life-size targets.
After spending a month or so shooting my Marlin 1893 .30/30 on and off the bench at 50, 100 and 150 yards I gained enough confidence with the gun to take it to the deer woods. The area that I regularly hunt has shooting possibilities from the end of the barrel to 1,000 yards, so I chose to stay in the timber where any opportunities presented would be within my self-imposed range restrictions.
Because I derive much of my hunting pleasure from the gun I carry, it was no sacrifice to pass up a few borderline shooting opportunities and take only the shots that “felt” right. This particular rifle couldn’t produce a 1-inch three-shot group if it was set in concrete and shot by the Almighty Himself, Because I recognize the limitations and “hunt the gun” I have killed every deer at which I have shot with it.
This article appeared in the September 14, 2009 issue of Gun Digest the Magazine. Click Here to learn more about this issue. Click Here to Subscribe.
Unless we are talking about long-range hunting, and here I mean 300 yards or more, it just isn’t required that a hunting rifle be a “one-holer”. With today’s rifles, loads and telescopic sights, 300 yards may seem shorter than ever before but until you have practiced at that range and actually seen what you can do with your chosen rifle, you have no business shooting at game at that distance.
Yes, it makes it easier to hit a small target with an accurate rifle but even the most accurate bench gun will not make up for poor choices in shot selection or a bad technique. I know plenty of guys that have rifles that regularly produce sub-MOA groups at the 100-yard bench only to find out that they can’t keep three rounds in a Number 2 washtub at 300.
Practical hunting accuracy is the accuracy necessary to deliver every time a killing shot within your maximum range requirement and your capability to shoot. Try this simple experiment, if you dare. Buy a life-size cardboard deer silhouette target at the local sports shop.
Place the target at different distances and have at it from different practical shooting positions, doing your best to honestly simulate hunting situations.
Don’t wait until there is fur in the scope to find out that you need more practice.
Given the choice between two identical rifles, one of which is demonstrably more accurate from the bench than the other, of course we would choose the more accurate gun; but we seem to get hung up on the bench accuracy when it comes to hunting rifles.
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Given the choice between a handy, pert rifle that fits my physique and hunting style but will only make 8-inch groups at 300 yards and one that is longer/heavier/less “shootable” or comfortable for me but will deliver from the bench 2-inch groups at the same 300 yards, I’ll be shooting the gun that fits me.
Why? Because I know that with a rifle with which I am comfortable I will be much faster and more confident at closer ranges. At ranges approaching the 300 yard stripe I’ll either: a) try to get closer; b) take extreme care to make sure the shooting situation is right and that I have done all I can to hit what I aim at, or c) I won’t shoot. Since my hunting style is “walk a while, sit a while”, this is what works for me.
If you sit in a box blind for your hunting where you are sure of a solid rest I honestly can only see three reason for missing: a bad shooting choice, too much of a hurry or you don’t know your gun.
Then it wouldn’t matter if you were shooting a laser.
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].
Couple years back I went with the LASIK surgery to rid myself of eyeglasses I'd worn since age 10. What prompted me was a pretty good go-around with a young ne'er-do-well who just simply insisted he didn't want to see the back seat of a police car. We'll my partner and I are kinda funny about things like that. When we invite someone to have seat in our car, we really REALLY expect them to accept our hospitality.The end result was that somewhere along the lines I lost my glasses and was feeling like I was at a real disadvantage. Thank goodness for the ECQB drills and my tag-team partner. As I heard the reassuring ratcheting sound of the partner's handcuffs I found myself thinking… I need to see without glasses. The next morning I made the call to the eye doctor and talked about what I wanted for my eyesight. I was a great candidate and when all was said and done, my vision was perfect for shooting and distance viewing. I might need reading glasses someday… but that can wait.The long and short of this is LASIK works for most healthy young shooters. It also opens up a whole new world if eyewear. Nowadays, I can pick and choose from the best, most protective sunglasses on the market. I still wear glasses every day, but now they are for protection, not vision. If you need corrective lenses, consider the surgery. It works. If your eyes are fine, look for good sunglasses and keep your eyes safe and protected. You can't hit what you can't see.
Just another day at the office. Good glasses are just as much a part of the uniform as a dependable pistol.
Author’s favorite shotgun is an old, well-worn Remington 870 set up with good sights and a 12″ length-of-pull Hogue stock that fits her perfectly.
There is another variable in shotgun selection: type of action. For defensive use, we choose between semi-automatic and manually-operated shotguns (called pump shotguns). Here's a look at both.
Pump or Autoloader?
In the sporting world, double-barreled shotguns are often favored, but their ammunition capacity is too limited for defensive use. The choice between a pump and semi-automatic shotgun is similar to choosing between a semi-automatic pistol and a single-action revolver. The semi-auto shotgun employs some of the gas created by firing the shell to automatically eject the empty case and chamber fresh ammunition after each shot; the pump requires the shooter to pull the forend back to eject the empty shell, then pump it forward to recharge the chamber.
Racking the pump gun’s action to eject the empty shell and chamber another round, the shooter manually controls the supply of ammunition. On a smoothly finished pump shotgun this operation can become as automatic as shifting a manual transmission: you learn to do it almost without thinking.
Ghost ring shotgun sights.
The great advantage of manual operation is the gun’s ability to cycle the variety of powder charges as found in different brands and kinds of ammunition. A number of semi-automatic shotguns will not cycle low-powered bird shot, an inexpensive choice students favor for training.
The pump shotguns just don’t care, since they need not harness the gases or the recoil-impulse generated when the shell is fired to operate the gun. A pump-action shotgun can be forced to cycle a greater variety of ammunition and can operate when dirty or unlubricated, since the shooter does all the work.
On the down side, the pump-action shotgun may produce more felt recoil than a semi-automatic shotgun of the same gauge. Most semi-automatic shotguns use the gases produced during the firing cycle, channeling gas through small holes in the barrel assembly to cycle the action. As a generalization, an autoloader recoils slightly less than a pump shotgun.
There are, however, two types of semi-auto shotguns, and one does not bleed off any of these gases. Typified by Benelli and Beretta brands, some semi-auto shotguns cycle the action using the recoil impulse or the energy from the rearward thrust of the burning gases. A recoil- or impulse-operated shotgun will hit just as hard as a pump shotgun.
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Nomenclature for common defense shotguns.
There are several modifications made by custom gunsmiths that can tame the shotgun’s recoil. A barrel modification called backboring reduces felt recoil by redistributing the gases created by the burning powder, and as a side benefit it rearranges the pellets into a tighter shot group that does not spread as widely in flight to the target.
Best in the business for this after-market modification is Hans Vang, who developed the Vang Comp System and has worked his magic on both my “working” and competition shotguns.
Major modifications aside, a competent gunsmith can do much to simply “slick up” the operation of your shotgun. On the pump gun, this means smoothing away any rough places on the action bars and related working parts. Some of the same effect can be accomplished by pumping the action thousands of times, which could be accomplished practicing dry fire.
Extensive dry fire isn’t recommended for shotguns, however, as it is feared that the long firing pin may crack from vibrations that run through the metal during dry fire. If your manual shotgun cycles roughly, however, you can do everything but pull the trigger, racking the action repeatedly until the parts wear themselves into a smoother fit. The action release lever will have to be used if the trigger is not pulled; otherwise the action will remain locked closed.
Another common after-market modification is shotgun sights. Many shotguns come from the factory with no rear sight whatsoever, just one or two beads on a ventilated rib running along the top of many sporting shotguns.
Slug guns, set up for deer hunting, are the common exception, wearing better buckhorn or pistol style sights but their rifled barrels don’t work for bird shot or buck shot, since the rifling slings the shot toward the edges of a large circle with no shot in the center.
I believe a self-defense shotgun absolutely requires a good set of sights. Variations include a rear notch and front blade that are very like pistol sights; or a ghost ring rear sight that is much like an aperture sight, commonly used with a blade front sight. In my opinion, the Express Sight designed by Ashley Emerson and marketed by XS Sights can’t be beat on the shotgun.
The latter three are excellent choices for the combat shotgun, although the beads will suffice for those who will simply pursue basic competence with their home-defense shotgun at relatively short distances.
Your skill with your defensive shotgun will be only as good as the practice and training time you put in with your equipment. Good technique is the first step in rendering the shotgun enjoyable for training and informal practice. The second step is setting up the shotgun so it is comfortable. Let’s outline some of the accessories that make a difference.
Before you set out to replace the recoil pad on your shotgun, look at your undies. Metal parts on brassiere straps are downright dangerous beneath the butt of a recoiling shotgun! My favorite cure is the PAST Hidden Comfort Recoil Shield for women, which is secured beneath the bra strap with several Velcro strips. Another cure is to wear a sports bra without any metal, but that won’t offer any recoil protection.
If the recoil really bothers you, consider having a gunsmith fit a Pachmayr Decelerator butt pad on the end of your shotgun. This incredible accessory absorbs and distributes the recoil like nobody’s business–it is well worth the price!
When a pistol remains in service for 50 years, it gets Workman's attention. In the case of the Ruger Super Blackhawk, it came as no surprise.
Legend has it that Bill Ruger or someone who worked for him had found some spent .44 Remington Magnum cartridge cases in a trash heap back in the mid-1950s and, as a result, Sturm, Ruger came up with the first single-action Blackhawk in that caliber in 1956.
That may or may not be an urban legend, but regardless how it happened, when Sturm, Ruger unveiled that big-bore Blackhawk, it was a fire-snorter that seemed to many people to be a bit on the small side for that hell-roaring cartridge. In 1959, Ruger unveiled a sixgun that has become a legend in its own right, and this year the Ruger Super Blackhawk turned 50 years old, and we almost overlooked it.
My first experience with this handgun was when I was a teenager hunting raccoons with a couple of guys, one of whom had this monster hogleg hanging from a homemade cartridge belt. I’d never seen a handgun quite that big, and when he touched off a round to bring down a treed bandit one morning, the fire that came out of the bore was simply awesome, and the muzzle blast left me momentarily deaf.
Now, years later, I’ve had the opportunity to shoot various specimens and found the revolver with its lengthened grip frame and the square-backed trigger guard — reminiscent of the old Colt Dragoon — to be one darned fine hunting handgun. Some years ago, Pachmayr did handgunners a big favor and developed a rubber replacement grip that made the recoil easier to handle and actually seemed to fit many hands better than the factory wood grips.
Designed with a couple of “wings” that came up from the rear of the frame to house the adjustable rear sight, and a ramp front sight that looked like it belonged on a rifle, the Super Blackhawk was, and remains, a serious-business single-action. It wore a polished deep blue finish and the unfluted cylinder added not only to the visual appeal but a slight bit of weight that helped to tame the recoil just a hair. After all, this sixgun weighed about 48 ounces, which is one hefty piece of steel, and as it turned out, not all that uncomfortable to shoot.
What really counts about the Super Blackhawk, and the Blackhawk for that matter, is on the inside. Ruger designed the Blackhawk family with modern coil springs and built it from modern steel. It was and remains a modern revolver that just sorta looks like it belongs in the 19th Century.
There are several good histories of the Super Blackhawk readily available on the Internet, and each has its own approach to the history of this gun. I’m going to talk about its functional value, which is proven beyond any doubt by anecdotal evidence; tales of the great gun clobbering deer, caribou, elk, bears and pretty much anything else that got in its way.
With its 7 ½-inch barrel, steel grip frame and ejector rod housing, the Super Blackhawk is a handful. One of my closest pals bought one when he lived in Alaska, and on my first visit up there, it went along with us to his wilderness cabin northwest from Anchorage. He advised me at the time that there were things in the woods that could eat people, and all I had was a piddly-by-comparison Smith & Wesson Model 19 that just didn’t seem at home in those parts.
Shooters and hunters get the most out of the .44 Magnum cartridge from this revolver and barrel length. With enough time at the range, the Super Blackhawk and right loads proved to be an accurate combination for hunters and silhouette shooters.
It was no surprise that the Super Blackhawk eclipsed the original .44 Magnum Blackhawk in popularity, and in 1963, Ruger stopped building the Blackhawk in .44 Magnum (but it wasn’t long before a Blackhawk in .41 Magnum made its debut!) and from that time on, the Super Blackhawk has reigned.
The next evolutionary step came in 1973, when Ruger re-designed the internal workings of the Blackhawk and Super Blackhawk from the old three-screw design to the “two-pin” New Model (older guns were appropriately called the “Old Model”). This revision featured a transfer bar firing system that allows all six chambers to be loaded, and the loading mechanism changed a bit. The cylinder was now released by opening the loading gate instead of bringing the hammer back to half-cock, and instead of four audible clicks during cocking, there are now only two.
For hunters and even target shooters, this is a considerable improvement. The transfer bar is safer if one decides not to take a shot and lower the hammer. Simply let up on the trigger as the hammer begins to slowly drop and as the transfer bar falls, you can lower the hammer and it will not strike the firing pin.
Ruger introduced a stainless model of the Super Blackhawk, and offered shorter barrel lengths of 4 5/8- and 5 ½-inches, and a Hunter model was produced with a ribbed barrel onto which a scope could be mounted. But always it has been the Super Blackhawk, a handgun that inspired some people to experiment with different loads and wildcat cartridges.
Some people will rave about the smoothness of the action. Others talk about how crisply it lets off. They will boast about the accuracy out to 100 yards or maybe beyond with just the factory sights. A few may simply stare at the finish of a vintage gun that has been well cared for and not say a word.
Fifty is not such a ripe old age anymore, but a sixgun model that has lasted that long is a fairly rare beast. The Colt SAA, of course, has been around for more than 130 years, but a fair number of other single-action revolvers have come and gone, and so have classic double-actions.
The Ruger Super Blackhawk remains, and it would be no surprise to me if it were around for another 50 years.
Pretty hard to kill a legend.
This article appeared in the December 21, 2009 issue of Gun Digest the Magazine.
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Inside This Issue
• Editor Kevin Michalowski muses on a special deer hunt in his “Editor's Shot” column. Click here to read it.
• After holding out for years, Dan Shideler finally gives the SKS a chance and finds it to be a versatile piece that was designed to shoot.
Former CBP Commissioner Robert C. Bonner also called for the United States to more aggressively investigate U.S. gun sellers and tighten security along its side of the border, describing the situation as “critical” to the safety of people in both countries, whether they live near the border or not.
Mexico, for its part, needs to reduce official corruption and organize its forces along the lines the U.S. does, such as a specialized border patrol and a customs agency with a broader mandate than monitoring trade, Mr. Bonner said in an exchange of e-mails.
“Border security is especially important to breaking the power and influence of the Mexican-based trafficking organizations,” Mr. Bonner said. “Despite vigorous efforts by both governments, huge volumes of illegal drugs still cross from Mexico.
“In turn, large quantities of weapons and cash generated from illegal drug sales flow south into Mexico, which makes these criminal organizations more powerful and able to corrupt government institutions,” he said.
Mr. Bonner, a former federal judge who also headed the U.S. Customs Service and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) under the Republican administrations of Presidents George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush, said the still-raging battle “will determine who controls the legitimate institutions of government.” Read more
SAF is joined in the lawsuit by the Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA) and four individual plaintiffs. They are represented by attorney Alan Gura, who successfully argued the landmark Heller case before the high court in 2008, leading to a ruling that the Second Amendment affirms and protects an individual right to keep and bear arms beyond the scope of serving in a militia.
The McDonald case not only challenges the Chicago ban, but also brings up the question of application of the right to keep and bear arms to the states through the 14th Amendment.
“Our filing today will help establish that the right to keep and bear arms is a fundamental right of American citizenship no city official can violate,” Gura said.
Alan Gottlieb, SAF founder and executive vice president, added, “We brought this case because the Chicago ban has denied law-abiding citizens the exercise of a basic civil right for more than 20 years. We are delighted to bring this action with our colleagues in Illinois because this kind of onerous regulation simply cannot go unchallenged.”
“The Chicago case presents an opportunity to challenge a local law in a case that has national implications,” said ISRA Executive Director Richard Pearson. “A victory in this case not only restores a fundamental right to Chicago residents, it will prevent other such outright bans all over the country.” Read more
A Melvindale man, who openly carried a gun into Fairlane Mall in Dearborn while shopping for socks, was stopped at gunpoint by police after leaving a parking space.
An Ohio man was ordered at gunpoint to lie on the ground in July after someone called 911 to report that he was walking down the street with a handgun, which was holstered. One of the responding officers told him, “You cannot just walk down the street with a weapon.”
The Constitution says otherwise.
“If one chooses to carry a weapon in Michigan, one can do so without a license,” Brian Jeffs, president of Michigan Open Carry Inc., said. “There's no law that says it's illegal.”
Livingston County Prosecutor David Morse agreed, saying, “You're granted the right through the Constitution.”
Michigan Open Carry, a nonprofit organization that promotes the lawful carrying of a handgun, recently participated in a luncheon sponsored by the Christian motorcycle club In God We Trust M/C in the hopes of educating the public about openly carrying handguns. It's a movement that has grown nationwide since 2004, Jeffs said.
However, there are numerous incidents — some of which have led to lawsuits — in which police officers and the general public misunderstand or just plain don't know about the right to carry a weapon openly.
Any law-abiding citizen of Michigan who can legally possess a firearm may openly carry that firearm in a holster in all places not explicitly exempt by law without a concealed pistol license. Those exempt places — where weapons cannot be carried — include banks, churches, courts, theaters, sports arenas, day-care centers, hospitals and establishments under the Liquor Control Act, which would include bars and stores that sell alcohol.
A person may not, however, brandish the weapon. A Michigan attorney general opinion from 2002 states that to brandish is to “waive or flourish menacingly” or “to display ostentatiously.” A person also may not openly carry a weapon in a vehicle unless that individual has a concealed pistol license. Read more
Just because you carry a gun dos not mean you have to pull it out and charge into every situation you see. Well, let me rephrase that. As a civilian, you don't need to charge in. Uniformed officers have a duty to get involved, so that becomes a whole new can of worms… but civilians not directly involved in a violent incident might be better off preparing for action, but remaining outside the fray, gathering information to be a good witness.There are a million possible scenarios and sometimes the best choice is to simply move to a position of tactical advantage and observe. Get on your cell phone and call 911… take time to roll the possibilities through your head, perhaps even maintain the element of surprise. Just remember, the best fight is one you can avoid. Sometimes it pays to play it cool.
Those changes may come via a task force which has begun reviewing the new law.
“The task force's central proposal would make it easier for gun store owners to stock their shelves while still limiting customers to buying one handgun every 30 days,” the Star-Ledger reported. “The law exempts sales between licensed gun dealers, but not purchases from distributors or manufacturers, which are classified differently under New Jersey law.”
“As it stands now, retailers would be prohibited from purchasing guns from their suppliers,” said Burlington County Prosecutor Robert Bernardi, who leads the task force. “I think that was an oversight when the legislation was passed.”
Said State Police Lt. Col. Christopher Andreychak, a task force member, “You couldn't run a used-car business if you can only buy and sell one used car a month. They have to have an exemption or we'll put them out of business.”
The task force was scheduled to make its recommendations to the governor before the end of November.
A three judge panel has declared that Ohio R.C 9.68 – which became law in 2007 with passage of HB347 to preempt local gun control and ensure statewide uniformity of gun laws – is unconstitutional.
Judges Colleen Conway-Cooney, Ann Dyke (both Democrats facing re-election in 2010), and Melody Stewart (a Democrat facing re-election in 2012) reversed a lower court's decision to uphold the law.
Dyke was elected to the appellate court in 1987, after serving 7 years as a common pleas judge in Cuyahoga County. Conway-Cooney was elected in 2000, after serving 9 years as a Cleveland Municipal Judge and 8 years as a Cuyahoga County prosecutor. Stewart was elected in 2006 after serving as assistant Law Director to Cleveland.
We are certain gun owners across the state are resting comfortably, knowing that they got a fair, unbiased hearing from these three, who all owe their livelihoods and careers to the Cleveland political machine.
Ironically, in a footnote to their ruling that the law is unconstitional, the appellate court admitted the state Supreme Court has already, by implication, ruled that the law is constitutional.
Indeed, in Ohioans For Concealed Carry, Inc. v. Clyde, the Supreme Court upheld R.C. 9.68 as it relates to handguns, albeit in dicta, when it stated, “[s]imply put, the General Assembly, by enacting R.C. 9.68(A), gave persons in Ohio the right to carry a handgun unless federal or state law prohibits them from doing so. A municipal ordinance cannot infringe on that broad statutory right.” Read more
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.
