I had reworked many Winchester 94s and both the 336 and 94 Marlins, but I had never done a Model 92 until a friend of mine walked in with a little .357 Rossi carbine—a 16-incher at that. This gun was very tight, too tight for it to operate as he wanted it to as a working gun that goes with him almost everywhere.

If someone were to ask you which products Colt has sold over the years, would you say a .22 semiautomatic rifle? I didn’t think you would. Colt made three versions of .22 rifles, the Courier, Colteer and Stagecoach, as well as others under several private-label names for Sears, Wards and other companies. This alloy rifle shot well, but did not hold up well. Unless it was kept oiled and clean, the alloy parts wore very rapidly. In spite of this, the little Colt rifles were good enough lightweight shooters that most owners will pay to get them fixed rather than discard theirs.

Check out several videos this week: Women competing at this year's Steel Challenge World Speed Championships in HD! Also, a tax website put together a video of an Apple iPad being shot with a shotgun. And Nashville-based songwriters Jamie Teachenor and 'Banjo' Ben Clark produced a powerful video that uses a lot of gun imagery plus some recognizable gun spokesmen.

What's ahead for the midterms? Jeff Knox at The Firearms Coalition says, 'There might be a few Democrats who haven't been able to bring themselves to declare support for the Second Amendment, but the official party line is broad support for the constitutional right, while interpreting it in the narrowest terms, and doing all they can to undermine and dismantle it.' As for the other party, 'Republicans, on the other hand, are generally supportive of the right to arms, but few of them have any more understanding of the issue than do the Democrats. They definitely lack the resolve and the backbone to vigorously oppose the Democrats' attacks on the Constitution and the President's appointments of radical extremists to the courts and high level government positions.'

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Beretta Unveils A400 Xplor Unico Semiautomatic Shotgun

ACCOKEEK, Md.—Beretta claims its just-released A400 Xplor Unico semiautomatic shotgun has the weight of a 3” semiautomatic but it fires 3½” shells.

According to Beretta, the Xplor underwent 3 years of development, 8,000 hours of engineering, 2,000 hours of testing and more than 100,000 rounds fired through prototypes and production models.

Beretta claims the Unico technology allows the A400 to shoot every type of 12 gauge shell from 24g to 64g and 2¾” – 3½” shells.

The new gun also employs the Kick-off3 recoil reduction system, which includes a third hydraulic damper added inside the stock bolt.

Beretta calls its gas operating system Blink. In Blink, a new piston elastic band cleans the internal part of the cylinder and prevents gas from exiting the valve, while the new seal system allows half the gas inside compared to older gas operated models.

The A400 uses Steelium barrels, which Beretta claims meet tougher specifications and forging processes than other barrels.

Also, the gun comes with a Green Receiver anodization process for the aluminum receiver.

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