The graceful, light, and distinctive L.C. Smith Hammerless Double sidelock is a favorite of American shotgunners. Here’s how to fix its most common problems. If you own a Smith and want to make it suitable to shoot again, or if you are presented a Smith to repair, here’s what you need to know about the shotgun.

Diamond-abrasive hand files and hones easily cut hard materials when other metalworking implements can’t do the job.

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) — the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industry — has learned that FOX Sports Media Group has banned advertisements featuring firearms and ammunition from its coverage of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) events.

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.

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FOX Bans Firearms and Ammunition Advertisements

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) — the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industry — has learned that FOX Sports Media Group has banned advertisements featuring firearms and ammunition from its coverage of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) events.

SHOT Show Video: Galco’s New Products for 2012

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.

Video: Gun Tests Magazine Recognizes Kel-Tec for PMR-30 22 Magnum “Best in Class Pistol”

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.

Can Housemates of Felons Own Guns?
Yes, then No

Earlier this month, UCLA Professor Eugene Volokh blogged on The Volokh Conspiracy legal website about United States v. Huet (3d Cir.), which considered if the Second Amendment protected the housemates of felons. From the TVC post:

Rumor Alert: Veterans Health and 'Sporting Purposes'

Among the hundreds of questions GunReports.com and other media outlets answer every month are scores of rumors. Three of the most recent top rumors involve veterans’ gun rights, the status of the “sporting purposes” test for firearms importation, and new restrictions on gun shows, the NRA-ILA reports.

Gun Control Kills Jobs

Writing in the Washington Times in last week, Richard Diamond pointed out that ever since Barack Obama was sworn in as president, the economy has misfired. Jobs remain scarce and the market has yet to recover the value it had prior to the 2007 crash.

Gun Tests Magazine Selects SSK Industries’ 300 Whisper AR-15 As 2011 “Best in Class Rifle”

Gun Tests Magazine has named the SSK Industries 300 Whisper AR-15 as the publication’s “Best in Class Rifle” for 2011.

LA Times: Irate Former
ATF Director Melson Tries to Dodge
Blame for Fast and Furious

The L.A. Times reports that in a confidential deposition with congressional investigators, the then-head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives blamed agents, field supervisors and even his top command for never advising him that for more than a year, his agency allowed illegal gun sales along the southwestern U.S. border.

Are Guns & Ammo The New Gold?

Ammo.net, an online ammunition seller, raises a provocative point about recent record levels of gun and cartridge sales: 'The threat of a U.S. double dip recession coupled with this summer's debt debacle in Washington - and the subsequent failure of the so-called 'debt supercommittee' - has many ordinary Americans looking at gold as a safe store of value. However, there's another commodity that historically has risen in price along with gold - and is potentially more useful in the event of a global crisis: Ammunition.'

List of Congressmen Calling for Holder’s Resignation Continues to Grow

Attorney General Eric Holder remains embroiled in controversy over the highly publicized and ill-fated “Operation Fast and Furious.” When NRA-ILA reported on this issue on December 9, 52 U.S. Representatives, two U.S. Senators, and multiple GOP Presidential candidates had called on Attorney General Eric Holder to resign as a result of the scandalous “Fast and Furious” operation. As of December 22, at least 90 congressmen have either signed Rep. Paul Gosar's (R-Ariz.) 'no confidence' (in Holder) resolution or believe he should quit.