Industry Notes

On Friday, June 1, representatives of the Shikar Safari Club International Foundation joined with the USA Shooting National Team Members for Shotgun to officially fire the ceremonial first shots from the new international trap bunker the club helped construct.

In association with CheaperThanDirt.com, the Gun Tests/GunReports.com team shoots a quartet of high-cap shotguns, with surprising results. The head-to-head findings compare a Saiga 12-gauge autoloader, the Kel-Tec KSG pumpgun, a Red Jacket Saiga Conversion, and the AR-15–style Akdal Arms MKA1919 autoloader.

Austin Miller from GunReports.com takes a minute to talk with Josh Waldron, CEO of Silencerco at the first-ever Silencers Are Legal Shoot at Elm Fork Shooting Range in Dallas, April 28.

Remington has determined that six Lot Numbers of its 270 Win. 150-grain soft-point ammunition may have been improperly loaded. The company warns that, when fired, these improperly loaded rounds may result in higher-than-normal pressures that can damage your firearm and possibly cause serious personal injury or death. The company warns shooters not to use Remington 270 Win. 150-grain soft-point ammunition with lot numbers N16SA24L, N16SA24R, N16SB24L, N16SB24R, N13SC24L, or N13SC24R.

Due to the Privacy Act of 1974, the NICS Section of the FBI cannot provide a reason for a customer’s delay or denial of a gun purchase over the telephone.

Greg Ellifritz, a full-time firearms and defensive tactics training officer for a central Ohio police department and the president of Active Response Training, recently posted an extensive self-study of cartridge and shotshell stops in the Shooter's Log at CheaperThanDirt.com.

On May 11, the Bureau of Land Management announced that it was abandoning the effort to ban recreational shooting on the Sonoran Desert National Monument in Arizona.

USA-based Kahr Arms and its family of firearms that also includes Magnum Research Inc. and Auto Ordnance, recently made a $50,000 donation to the Wounded Warrior Project.

California State Senator Leland Yee is moving to outlaw the “bullet button,” an AR-15 accessory that enables “fixed” magazines to be removed quickly with the tip of a bullet or other pointed object.

The Kel-Tec KSG pump shotgun is a 12-gauge bullpup that’s as short as most submachine guns. The Cylinder bore barrel is 18.5 inches long, but the KSG is still shorter in OAL than the typical police shotgun with a 14-inch barrel. The gun will feed and chamber 3-inch ammunition, but 2.75-inch shotshells provide higher capacity and lower recoil. The accompanying video shows what it looks like in action:

Hunters and shooters who buy a Redfield Revolution riflescope from May 17 to July 8 can receive a $30 rebate. In addition, Redfield Rebel binoculars purchased from Gander Mountain May 24-July 8 are also eligible for a $20 rebate.

Brownells will host Noveske's Shooting Team for the filming of their latest 3-gun instructional video titled, '3 Gun Hero.' A sequel to the popular '3 Gun Outlaw' released in 2011, '3 Gun Hero' will be filmed at Brownells' state-of-the-art production studio and world-class Big Springs Shooting Complex.