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Repairing the L.C. Smith Hammerless DoubleThe 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.
Super Abrasives for GunsmithsDiamond-abrasive hand files and hones easily cut hard materials when other metalworking implements can’t do the job.
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FOX Bans Firearms and Ammunition AdvertisementsThe 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 2012At 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.
Featured Home Defense
Glock G19 9mm, $646
From the 08-01-2010 Issue of Gun TestsClassification:Handguns
Category:Pistols
Model Name:G19
Manufacturer:Glock
Model Number:G19
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Recently, the Gun Tests staff received a letter urging them to test more deep-concealment guns, claiming that they are the most popular gun of the day. Checking with one of the larger distributors (www.camfour.com), confirmed that it is the subcompact and micro guns that are currently driving the market. In this test Gun Tests did not evaluate pocket guns, but they did shoot four compact pistols that in are just one step larger than the smallest model available from each manufacturer. One test gun the staff chose was the $646 Glock G19, the smaller brother of the G17, found on the hip of law enforcement worldwide. The Glock 19 gets little press, but remains popular.
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Featured Surplus / Collectible
Springfield M1A 308 Win, $1739
From the 12-01-2010 Issue of Gun TestsClassification:Long Guns
Category:Rifles
Model Name:M1A
Manufacturer:Springfield Armory
Model Number:
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(GunReports.com) -- In the world of 308 Win./7.62 NATO auto-loading rifles, the M14 and its look-alikes reign just about supreme. They have it all, looks, power, function, capacity, plus a great variety of stock and accessory configurations from wood to all manner of polymer that can convert an M14 or M1A into just about any configuration you might want, particularly if you have deep pockets. Gun Tests recently tested the Springfield Armory M1A, $1739. We tested with three types of ball ammunition, the only type recommended in these firearms. It was Federal Gold Medal match, Magtech 150-grain ball from Brazil, and mixed lot of recovered ammunition purchased in bulk with headstamps from Israel, Italy, Belgium, and Canada, which we used unsorted. Here’s what we found.
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Featured Law Enforcement
Fulton Armory Titan FAR-308 308 Winchester
From the 04-01-2009 Issue of Gun TestsClassification:Long Guns
Category:Rifles
Model Name:Titan
Manufacturer:Fulton Armory
Model Number:FAR-308
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Fulton Armory is a small manufacturer located in Savage, Maryland, known in the competitive shooting market for its reproductions of the M1 Garand, M1 Carbine, and M-14 models. Their AR-15s aren’t chopped liver either: Fulton’s FAR-15 (5.56/223 Rem.) was our gun of the year in 2009. Now the Titan FAR-308 was in our crosshairs. To ensure neutral opinions on this gun, none of our testers had participated in last year’s review of the FAR-15.
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Featured Concealed Carry
Bersa Firestorm .380 ACP, $307
From the 02-01-2008 Issue of Gun TestsClassification:Handguns
Category:Pistols
Model Name:Firestorm .380 ACP
Manufacturer:Bersa
Model Number:Firestorm .380 ACP
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Back in April 2006 Gun Tests magazine tested three .380 ACP pistols, one of which was the Walther PPK, as made here in the U.S. under license by Smith & Wesson. They loved the well-built little PPK, even though it had to go back for rework before they gave it a clean bill of health. It had failed in DA shooting, but a stiffer spring gave it the equivalent of their Grade A appraisal. They recently found a gun that looked a lot like the PPK, the FireStorm by Bersa ($307 MSRP), from Argentina. Here’s what they found.
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Featured Hunting
Ruger Red Label Engraved No. KRL-1227-BRE 3-Inch 12 Gauge
From the 10-01-2009 Issue of Gun TestsClassification:Long Guns
Category:Shotguns
Model Name:Red Label Engraved
Manufacturer:Ruger
Model Number:No. KRL-1227-BRE
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Gun Tests magazine recently tested the all-American Ruger Red Label engraved model, marketed as a general-purpose model suitable for hunting and casual clays use. In more detail, it was a 3-inch-chamber 12 gauge that would likely be the most expensive shotgun 95% of us might own. The Ruger Red Label Engraved No. KRL-1227-BRE 3-Inch 12 gauge lists at $2180.
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Featured Recreational
Browning BPS Micro Trap No. 012241404 2 3/4-Inch 12 Gauge
From the 01-01-2010 Issue of Gun TestsClassification:Long Guns
Category:Shotguns
Model Name:BPS Micro Trap
Manufacturer:Browning
Model Number:No. 012241404 2 3⁄4-Inch 12 Gauge
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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.
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Featured Competitive
Cabela's Millennium Revolver 45 LC
From the 03-01-2005 Issue of Gun TestsClassification:Handguns
Category:Specialty_handguns
Model Name:Millennium Revolver
Manufacturer:Cabela's
Model Number:45 LC
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Getting into Cowboy Action shooting can be an exercise in frustration, considering only the selection of the handguns needed for that lively game. There are hundreds of them to choose from. So Gun Tests magazine chose three likely six-shooters that promise to do everything needed, and do it well. The three are chambered in .45 Long Colt, which they felt offered a lot more than just an historic viewpoint. The big .45 is a versatile caliber in a good revolver, and was their first choice.
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