Designed by Reed Knight, the Colt All American 2000 utilizes a recoil-operated, rotating-barrel breech-locking system. Unlocking is delayed by the bullet’s inertia; the barrel is rotated with a cam operated by a slot in the trigger group in a manner similar to the AR-15/M16. It was introduced in 1991 and marketed primarily as a police sidearm. Although it was not especially popular with police or the public and was discontinued in 1993, there are enough in circulation that one will eventually come across your bench. A recall was issued shortly after the AA 2000’s introduction, replacing the original solid trigger with an articulated unit designed to reduce accidental discharges associated with a foreign object in the trigger guard when re-holstering the pistol. The pistol has a long-stroke double-action-only (DAO) trigger mechanism, unusual in that the trigger moves linearly in the guard instead of pivoting on a pin. Bearing surfaces of the trigger assembly have rollers on them to smooth the draw. Firing the pistol is very similar to firing a revolver in the double-action mode.

Uberti’s Cattleman with a 3.5-inch barrel differs little from what other manufacturers refer to as a Sheriff’s model. In fact, without a good look at the bore, you can’t tell it apart from Cimarron’s New Sheriff. Moreover, the guns are closely related in areas other than configuration and caliber. The box our Cimarron Thunderer came in had an Aldo Uberti sticker on it covered unabashedly by a Cimarron sticker. We have heard that the parts for many of today’s cowboy guns are made in Italy by Uberti and assembled by differ- ent companies.

At Media Day at the recently concluded SHOT Show in Las Vegas, GunReports.com Publisher Timothy H. Cole gets an overview of Galco’s new products from company representative Mike Barham.

Gun Tests Magazine Publisher Timothy H. Cole recognized Kel-Tec’s PMR-30 22 WMR as the publication’s “Best in Class Pistol” for 2011 at the just-concluded SHOT Show in Las Vegas. Cole made a special award to Derek Kellgren, Kel-Tec CNC Industries’ Director of Marketing at the show.

Gun Report of the Week

Reduced length of pull gave us the best fit out of the box. Our competitors said the BPS Micro was a precise shooter with flawless operation.

Browning BPS Micro Trap No. 012241404 2 3/4-Inch 12 Gauge

Overview

Of all the clay-shooting sports, the game of trap is perhaps the least understood. But the concept is simple. Target presentation is based on the taking of a bird as if it were flushed from the ground. The name trap was taken from the original mechanism, which was as simple as releasing a live bird from a box or trap placed on the ground. The practice of using live birds then gave way to tossing glass balls as targets. (We pity the persons who were charged with cleaning up the broken glass.) According to the Krause publication, “The Gun Digest Book of Trap and Skeet Shooting,” by Christian and Sapp, the glass targets were replaced with clay 'birds' some time in the 1880s. Today, the clay birds are thrown by machine. A voice-operated release system that responds to the shooter’s verbal command is the latest innovation.