Industry Notes

NSSF Offers Colleges $300,000 in Grants To Expand Collegiate Shooting Programs

(GunReports.com) — To encourage collegiate target shooting at both varsity and club levels, the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) is inviting schools to apply for a total of $300,000 in grants to be awarded through its Collegiate Shooting Sports Initiative.NSSF, the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industry, has awarded more than $650,000 to 75 colleges to help establish, expand and sustain shooting clubs and teams. Grant applications are available at…

NRA-ILA not worried about federal LE agencies’ ammo buys

You may recently have seen some in the Internet rumor mill feverishly stirring up fear about recent acquisitions of ammunition by the Department of Homeland Security and a number of smaller agencies. The mildest writers have questioned why seemingly mundane agencies would need ammunition at all; more incendiary authors wrongly suggest that these government agencies are preparing for a war with the American people, NRA-ILA comments.

Charter Arms Introduces 9mm Rimless Revolver Pitbull

Charter Arms has added a new 9mm Rimless Revolver to the company’s popular Pitbull series.

$5K+ prizes available in Youth Wildlife Art Contest

The National Rifle Association is now accepting entries for the 2012 George Montgomery/NRA Youth Wildlife Art Contest. Running annually since 1987, the contest is open to students in grades 1 through 12, including home-schooled children. NRA membership is not required. The deadline to enter is November 5, 2012.

Friends of NRA, Browning, Baron to offer rare Browning Citori

(GunReports.com) — The National Rifle Association is auctioning a one-of-a-kind Browning Citori Gran Lightning XS NRA Edition 4 barrel set, available for a limited time through Friends of NRA at www.GunBroker.com. The skeet set is made possible through a partnership with The NRA Foundation, Browning Arms Co. and Baron Technology, Inc.

Brownells Launches Popular Reloading Supplies Segment

Brownells has launched a new reloading line that features dies, presses and tools from RCBS, Lee Precision, Lyman, Redding, Sinclair International, and other manufacturers, as well as components from major manufacturers including Hornady, Nosler, Sierra, Hodgdon, Remington, Winchester, and others.

California: Anti-Gun State Leaders Want to Confiscate your Legal Firearm

California Attorney General Kamala Harris has teamed up with state Senator Leland Yee of San Francisco and anti-gun state legislative leaders in Sacramento to ban and confiscate the firearms owned by hundreds of thousands of law-abiding Californians, the NRA-ILA reports.

Current London 2012 Olympic Shooting Results

Here are current 2012 shooting-event results from the London Olympic Games, with finishes for U.S. shooters.

Pew Poll: Views on Gun Laws Unchanged After Aurora Shooting

There has been no significant change in public views on the issue of gun control and gun rights following the July 20th shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, a Pew Research Center poll released on July 30, shows.

Anti-Hunting Twitter Mob Urges Olympic Shotgunner Corey Cogdell to Shoot Herself

Corey Cogdell is a Trap Shooter who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and competed in the 2012 Olympic Games in London, placing 11th in Women’s Trap. She also hunts wild game. After Cogdell published photos on Facebook of herself posing alongside animals she killed, anti-hunting activists took to Twitter to threaten and insult her, the political website Twitchy.com

Burris Offers $50 Rebate on Fullfield E1 Riflescopes

Burris will offer a $50 Rebate on it popular Fullfield E1 Riflescope line with the Ballistic Plex E1 reticle. To take advantage of this rebate program, consumers need to purchase one of the Fullfield E1 scopes in 2x7x-35mm, 3x-9x-40mm, 3x-9x50mm, or 4.5-14x-42mm configurations by Dec. 31, 2012.

Methodist Church politicizes Aurora deaths, attacks NRA, calls for gun bans

The national United Methodist Church didn't just call for prayer after the cinema shootings. Instead, the United Methodist Church's General Board of Church & Society stepped up on the bodies of the dead and wounded in Colorado to call for a ban on handguns and semi-auto defense rifles.

Worrisome Questions From SCOTUS

I am uneasy after hearing oral arguments in the Supreme Court case, Garland v. VanDerStok, and reviewing a transcript from the October 8, 2024 session....