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American Gunsmith Editors
248 indexed articles · 2003–2024
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Anti-Gun Amendments Derail Crucial Bill
Shortly before this issue went to press, anti-gun Senators succeeded in temporarily derailing a legal reform bill (S.1805) that would have stopped “junk” lawsuits against gun makers by tacking on gun-control amendments, despite a plea from President Bush that the Senate pass…
Strong Sales Mark 2004 SHOT Show
Buyers turned out in force for this year’s Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show to review the latest in firearms, ammunition, apparel, and hunting and shooting sport accessories, helping some exhibitors set sales records along the way. “We sold more product…
NRA Foundation Awards $10.7 Million
The NRA Foundation announced recently that it had awarded a record $10.7 million in grants in 2003 to support nearly 1,800 gunsafety and shooter-education programs throughout the United States. Sixty-eight percent of the funding went toward NRA youth programs as well as…
Tech Topics
In this feature, we examine new tools and tooling, tips and techniques, and news items of interest to the gunsmithing community.
Women and Guns
R. L. Wilson’s Silk and Steel, a just-released and richly illustrated encyclopedic history of women interested in firearms, is receiving strongly positive reviews, according to the NSSF’s Bullet Points newsletter, in part for revealing little-known facts about women’s contributions to recreational shooting.…
Taurus Enters High-Tech Partnership
Just as this issue went to press, Taurus International Manufacturing, Inc., announced that they have formed a trilateral partnership to fasttrack the development of firearms that electronically recognize preauthorized individual users. The partnership was formed “to address the long-sought response to the…
Hunter Participation Grew in 2002
In numbers recently released from the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and available on the Hunting section of the NSSF Web site there was an increase in the total value of hunting licenses, permits, and stamps of 2.4 percent over 2001.…
NSSF Awards Hunter Grants
The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) recently announced at the International Association of State Fish and Wildlife Agencies annual meeting that it has awarded over $509,000 in grants through its Hunting Heritage Partnership. The grants went to state agencies to help provide…