Press Release

For the sixth consecutive year, The NRA Foundation has received a four-star rating from Charity Navigator, America's largest independent evaluator of charities. Rated for efficiency and effectiveness, four stars is Charity Navigator's highest rating. In the past 15 years, the foundation has funded more than 11,000 grants totaling more than $72 million dollars, becoming America's leading charitable organization in support of competitive shooting, range development, education and training, and the second amendment. …

Ruger is now retrofitting SR9 pistols and will continue to send shipping boxes to customers on a weekly basis, the company says.

The Rochester Police Department in New York State has announced the purchase of 775 Beretta Px4 Storm .45 handguns

The Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers Institute (SAAMI), an association of the leading manufacturers of firearms, ammunition and components, elected new officers at its recent annual meeting.

TF Acting Director ATF Michael J. Sullivan released the following statement on the recent Supreme Court decision in District of Columbia et. al. v. Heller:

Smith & Wesson Corp. has introduced the M&P15R, an addition to the company’s M&P tactical rifle series. The new AR-15 style rifle is capable of firing 5.45 x 39mm ammunition and is available as a high-quality semi-automatic rifle or as a complete upper-receiver assembly kit.

Browning has added new models to its line of fitted and flexible gun cases.

Leupold’s Green Ring Cascades and Mojave binoculars and RX-II digital laser rangefinder are now available with Mossy Oak Treestand armor coating. The Acadia is available with Mossy Oak Break-Up.

The Remington Model 11-87 Sportsman Super Magnum Waterfowl shotgun is now available with full Mossy Oak Duck Blind camo coverage. Mossy Oak Duck Blind was designed to maintain its effectiveness throughout the waterfowl season in a wide variety of actual waterfowl hunting environments.

The Massachusetts Gun Owners’ Action League will mark the ten-year anniversary of the signing of the state’s 1998 Gun Control Act on July 23, 2008. It has marked the upcoming anniversary by outlining what it calls the “Decade of Disaster” that resulted from the passage the law, officially known as Chapter 180 of the Acts of 1998.

Mossberg has found yet another use for their popular 930 autoloader with their new 930 SPX.

New for 2008, Nosler Solid Bullets gives hunters the penetration and versatility for hunting large thick-skinned game.