Because the targets are flatter and thicker than standard clays in order to withstand rolling on the ground without shattering, the clays often require a little harder hit before shooters can prove they are masters of “rascally rabbits.”

All Mossberg autoloaders available are gas operated. Each bleeds a set amount of gas from the ignition of the shotshell, down through a port in the barrel to function the action. The oldest of these guns, the Model 5500, requires the shooter to change barrels when switching from non-Magnum to Magnum loads. Two updated 5500s—the new Model 6000 and the Maverick 60—will continue to do so. A totally new Mossberg, the Model 9200, allows free interchange of ammunition without changing barrels.

For the past five years, the National Shooting Sports Foundation has surveyed federally licensed firearms retailers across the country to find out what products are the biggest sellers and who is buying. NSSF has just issued the latest version of that report from an online survey conducted last month. The data shows which types of firearms and ammunition were most popular in 2012, and at the same time allows retailers to compare their businesses to that of other gun stores across the country.

Newly-released data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) proves that more guns in private hands do not lead to more murders, and a Pew Research study showing widespread ignorance of this fact suggests that the public has been misled, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms says.

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Olin Corp. May Move East Alton Plant

(GunReports.com) -- Officials in the East Alton, Illinois, area are scrambling to save about 1,000 jobs that may be leaving for Oxford, Miss.

The munitions manufacturer informed its Winchester division employees at its East Alton site about a potential move that would send the company's centerfire ammunition manufacturing business, which includes rifle and handgun ammunition manufacturing, to the company's Mississippi site.

Company human resource director Valerie Peters would not reveal why the move was being considered or how soon it could come.

According to the Leadership Council Southwestern Illinois, a broad-based economic development corporation that represents Madison and St. Clair counties, 1,821 people are employed at the East Alton manufacturer -- the sixth-largest area employer.

This is not the first time that the Clayton, Mo.-based employer has moved jobs. St. Peters said that between 2004-05, about 150 jobs were transferred from the East Alton plant to the company's Mississippi plant when Olin decided to relocate its Rimfire operation there.

Reader Comments

Another victory for Unions.

Comment by: Mister E | August 26, 2010

To a non-union state, of course! If the new law passes (card voting by unions) moves to non union states will accelerate!

Comment by: longarm45 | August 26, 2010

As a publicly traded company Olin Corp. has an obligation to its shareholders to maximize profits. One way of doing that is to relocate manufacturing from high tax/high wage states like IL to lower tax/lower wage states like MS. Olin is probably factoring IL's hostile attitude toward firearms and firearms owners into the decision also.

Comment by: CHARLES S | August 26, 2010

I'd like to think IL's hostility towards firearms issues helped Olin decide, but there are enough compelling reasons to move without that.

Comment by: PVB | August 26, 2010

"Valerie Peters would not reveal why the move was being considered or how soon it could come" The above statement would suggest the decision was more than profit based. They can't come out and say it was due to the union. The employees would make the transition more difficult.

Comment by: Jeff W | August 26, 2010