• Smith&Wesson M&P Pro Approved USPSA
• Browning Tactical Safe
• Introducing The New Smith & Wesson M&P15-22 Rifle
• SIG SAUER® Unveils Limited Edition P226® USPSA

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For immediate release – July 15, 2009

Firearms Sales Figures Climb in June

NEWTOWN, Conn. — Data released by the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) reported 968,145 checks in June 2009. This figure is an 18.1 percent increase from the 819,891 reported in June 2008.

Your First Action Shooting Match Part 1 Equipment

You’ve had your new gun for a little while and you’ve been going to the range shooting at a paper targets, you’re starting to get some consistent hits, but you’d like to do more. You’ve been reading the gun magazines or talking to other local shooters and you’ve heard them talk about Action Shooting competitions. You’re interested but you’re not sure where or how to get started or if you’re ready. Here are some tips to get you started in the Action Shooting Sports.

The USPSA Production Division originally was conceived to allow people who were interested in competitive Action Shooting to get into the sport without spending thousands of dollars to get started. The Production Division was also created to provide a category for the increasing number of Polymer frame, striker fired pistols popularized initially by Glock®.

Ruger® Announces Limited Edition SASS® Vaquero® — The high-gloss stainless steel Ruger SASS Vaquero comes with the lower/wider Montado-style hammer found on the Ruger Montado. The SASS Vaquero, chambered in .357 Magnum, features a 4-5/8″ barrel, a blade front sight and wider (.140″) rear sight, and black checkered, hard rubber grips with SASS grip medallions.

UniqueTek has partnered with Slash K to introduce a new line of high-quality hard cast lead bullets to the market. Although Cowboy Bullets™ are being marketed to the cowboy action shooting sport, they are also available in calibers and weights commonly use by other shooting sports.

Today the SPEC OPS 9 is released to the world. This new custom pistol has been an interest for me and others here for a while now. Starting with a uniquely designed polymer frame wearing our signature Star Burst grip design and sporting such cool onboard features as slide top serrations, Wilson carry cuts, newly designed trigger guard, and a whole new treatment to the business end of the slide. This cool new pistol carries 16 + 1 rounds onboard a 29.8 oz. package and with tritium sights standard, it is ready for daily concealed carry.

LONDONDERRY, NEW HAMPSHIRE – -(OutDoorWire.com)- Insight Tech-Gear, the world’s leading provider of tactical lasers, illuminators and thermal imaging equipment, has introduced the new MRDS Mini Red Dot Sight designed specifically to meet the demanding operational needs of today’s military and law enforcement operators.