Virtual marksmanship training at Quantico

July 6th, 2012

Source: NRABLOG.COM

The Youth Education Summit’s next stop at Quantico was inside the air conditioned confines of the Indoor Simulated Marksmanship Trainer (ISMT) building.

Adopted by the United States Marine Corps in 1990, the ISMT is an interactive simulator that provides small arms training in enhanced marksmanship, weapons employment, indirect fire and tactical decision-making. The system uses actual firearms that have been instrumented with lasers and mechanisms providing life-like recoil to make the experience as realistic as possible. Read the rest of this entry »

Facing Contempt Charges, Holder Still Has Time for War on Arizona

July 5th, 2012
AmmoLand Gun News

AmmoLand Gun News

Washington DC – -(Ammoland.com)- Arizona has suffered during Attorney General Eric Holder’s time in office. Read the rest of this entry »

NSSF Intervenes to Protect Traditional Ammunition

July 3rd, 2012

Source: http://www.downrange.tv

NEWTOWN, Conn. — The National Shooting Sports Foundation, the trade association for the firearms and ammunition industry, has filed a motion to intervene in the frivolous lawsuit brought by the anti-hunting Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) and six other organizations to force the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ban traditional ammunition containing lead components. Read the rest of this entry »

daisy bb guns

July 2nd, 2012

Daisy.. Few product names in American history possess such overall public recognition. For kids and adults alike. Daisy today remains synonymous with hi rifles, more than 110 years after the company was founded.

When Daisy started, it had several competitors, including Matchless, Atlas, and Heilprin. In fact, the Markham Air Rifle Company had created a mostly wood and rather crude-looking rifle in 1886. Two years before Daisy got its start. Although they were competitors for many years, Daisy ended up buying Markham in 1912, renaming it the King Manufacturing Company in 1928 and dissolving it in 1931. None of these competitors, however. Possessed Daisy’s phenomenal business and marketing sense, nor its excellent product line. As a result, most of Daisy’s early competitors faded away. Over the next century, other companies came and went, hut none ever really challenged Daisy in the gun field. Read the rest of this entry »