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.

Sandia’s self-guided
bullet prototype can hit
target a mile away

Take two Sandia National Laboratories engineers who are hunters, get them talking about the sport and it shouldn’t be surprising when the conversation leads to a patented design for a self-guided bullet that could help war fighters.

What CTD’s Top-Selling Handguns
Say About the Market

Though most shooters know CheaperThanDirt.com as an online ammo and accessories seller, the company also has a sizable brick-and-mortar retail gunstore presence in Texas’s Dallas-Ft. Worth area. CTD recently released a list of its top-five selling handguns for December, and the company's top-sellers for the Christmas season show a decided tilt toward affordability and utility.

Sig Sauer Launches
Factory Short-Barreled Rifles

To meet the increasing interest in short-barreled rifles, SIG SAUER has introduced a line of factory-built SBRs for the consumer market.

Firearms Industry Matches
ATF Reward in Houston Area
Firearms Thefts

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) has announced a matching $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for eight burglaries at Federal Firearms Licensees (FFLs) in the Houston area.

CCRKBA Says Anti-Gun
San Francisco Sheriff
Should Quit Over DV Charges

The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today called on newly-sworn-in San Francisco County Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi to step down as a result of domestic violence charges now filed against him.

Merkel Introduces
RX Helix Bolt-Action Rifle

Merkel claims the new linear-bolt-action RX Helix is the fastest-operating centerfire bolt action in the world.

Arizona police sergeant's Facebook photo
prompts Secret Service probe

A Peoria, Arizona, police sergeant posted a photo of seven local high school students -- four with guns and one holding up a T-shirt with a bullet-riddled image of President Barack Obama.

AZ Republic:
F&F U.S. Att. Burke's Anti-Gun Past

The Arizona Republic has assembled a superb career recap of one of the main players of Fast and Furious, now-resigned U.S. Attorney Dennis K. Burke. Highlights from the story by Dennis Wagner: