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The World’s Oldest And Largest Firearm Authority

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OFFICIAL JOURNAL
OF THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

CONTENTS
132nd Year of Publication

OCTOBER 2018 VOLUME 166, NO. 10

features What Happens If Our Opponents Take The U.S. House? . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 18

Chris W. Cox There is no question that our liberties are at stake on November 6.

Hodgdon: The Inside Story. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 42

Aaron Carter Best known to handloaders within the firearm industry, Hodgdon Powder Co.’s sphere
of influence is farther-reaching than you’d expect.

Springfield’s 9 mm XD-S Mod.2: Portable, Proven, Optimized . .. .. .. .. .. .. 48

Joe Kurtenbach Springfield Armory’s slim single-stack XD-S has undergone an extensive upgrade—
and Mod.2 models can now be had in 9 mm Luger.

America’s Snipers In The Great War .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 52

John L. Plaster A century ago, American snipers fought in France, and their courage, sacrifice and
marksmanship made a difference on the battlefield.

The Modern Savage Rifle. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 58

B. Gil Horman Savage Arms has stepped into the semi-automatic rifle market with an entire series
of Modern Savage Rifles (MSR) based on the AR pattern.

The Right Ingredients: Cimarron Firearms . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 64

Rick Hacker Texas-based Cimarron Firearms Co. blends the authenticity of the Old West with
popular culture to offer a line of guns as they were—and how they could have been.

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Photo by Forrest MacCormack

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anyway. I have heroes I’ve never met,
men like my favorite founding father,
Daniel Morgan.
But then there are those I know
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and character. For me, one of those
men is my friend Greg Stube. While
an Army sergeant first class, he had
been the tip of the spear in the war in
Afghanistan, a Special Forces soldier
taking the fight to those who enabled
the attack of 9/11. An attack in which
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Holly, and the father of two just-born
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I once sat next to Greg during the
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and sweat, powering through extreme
pain, just trying to stand to a salute
our flag. He wouldn’t accept my help,
but nothing was going to stop him
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a man of incredible bravery. But in his
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Beret’s Guide To Building Your Own
A-Team, he provides some lessons and
insights that all of us can learn from. I
had hoped to run a full article in these
pages written by Frank Miniter, but as
space has been tight, I would ask you
to go to americanrifleman.org/stube
and read “Conversations About Guns
Save A Hero’s Life.”
Last year, I lost two heroes, who
were also storytellers. One was Don
Burgett, a proud NRA member and
World War II paratrooper, an enlisted
man who lived and told the story of the
“Screaming Eagles” from D-Day until
the end of National Socialist Germany.
And I lost James O.E. Norell, probably
the best writer I have known and a
man who could expound on guns as
well as express for NRA members the
ideal words to help defend our freedom.
I urge you to read the article about
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others have always been known to protect their offspring, so it should
come as no surprise that a mom went to great lengths to save her children
from a thief who tried to ride off with her car—with her two toddlers inside.
The woman had pulled into a service station to get gasoline. As she stepped away
to pay for the fuel, a stranger entered her car and started it. Before he drove off,
the mom grabbed the handle of the back door and jumped inside. She told the
would-be carjacker to stop, but he refused. The mother reached over the front
seat, opened the glove compartment and grabbed the gun she kept there for
defensive purposes, then she shot the culprit in the head. He rammed the car
into a utility pole, injuring only himself. He was then taken for treatment and
charged. “I’m not a killer,” the mom told a reporter after the incident, “but I do
believe in defending what’s mine.” (wfaa.com, Dallas, Texas, 7/5/18)
IF YOU HAVE
A FIRSTHAND
“ARMED CITIZEN”
EXPERIENCE,
I f you need another example of a mother’s
love, look no further than Nashville, Tenn.,
where a woman shot her boyfriend after
toward the resident, who shot him to death
through the windshield. (kolotv.com,
Janesville, Calif., 7/11/18)
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police she fired because her children were in
danger. The children corroborated the story
and had injuries from the attack. The boy-
W hen two thugs tried to manhandle a
woman in a driveway and force her
to take them into her home, the woman’s
Studies indicate that firearms friend fled but was caught after he showed husband came to her aid. After hearing the
are used more than 2 million up at a medical facility. (wsmv.com, Nashville, commotion outside, he grabbed a gun, took
times a year for personal Tenn., 7/15/18) aim and yelled at them to stop. With that, the
protection, and that the
attackers responded by initiating a gunfight.

O
presence of a firearm, without
ne employee at a George Webb restau- They might have started it, but they didn’t
a shot being fired, prevents
rant in Milwaukee is undoubtedly glad come out on top. One trespasser was wound-
crime in many instances.
that one of her co-workers owns and carries ed in the head, and the other fled afterward.
Shooting usually can be
a gun. The woman was cooking behind the The two residents were uninjured.
justified only where crime
counter when a man walked up to her and (Houston Chronicle, Houston, Texas, 7/18/18)
constitutes an immediate,
slugged her in the face, giving her a concus-

imminent threat to life, limb,
or, in some cases, property.
Anyone is free to quote or
reproduce these accounts.
Send clippings via e-mail to
armedcitizen@nrahq.org,
or by mail to “The Armed
Citizen,” 11250 Waples Mill
sion. After the injured cook stumbled away, a
colleague emerged from another area of the
restaurant, pointed a gun at the assailant and
directed him to leave. Surveillance cameras
recorded the incident, and police dissemi-
nated the clip to get help finding the suspect.
(jsonline.com, Milwaukee, Wis., 7/6/2018)
A
man who lives in the Ballard neighbor-
hood of Seattle was awakened at 4 a.m.
one day in July (before Mayor Jenny Durkan
signed a law ordering firearms to be locked
up when not in use) when a burglar broke
into the mudroom of his home. The resident
grabbed his handgun before investigating
the source of the noise. The intruder was

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high-speed pursuit with California
Highway Patrol officers behind him
apparently wasn’t enough trouble for a reck-
less driver out west. After the chase, which
reached speeds of 105 mph, led to the loss
of control of his car, the driver exited his
vehicle and fled the scene on foot. Soon
enough, he came upon a home. He grabbed
a beer bottle he found on the ground and
forced his way into the house, whereupon
he threatened to do harm unless the resi-
dents turned over the keys to their car. A
woman in the home retrieved the keys from
another room, but when she returned to
give them to the man, she had a surprise—
a handgun. She handed that to her male
friend, who aimed it at the intruder and
told him to stop. The perpetrator refused
this sound advice and instead went to the
garage and started the car. Later, he drove it
trying to get into the main part of the house,
so the homeowner fired, shooting him in the
stomach. He was later caught when cohorts
took him to a hospital for care. (patch.com,
Seattle, Wash., 7/16/18)
S mash-and-grab robberies are a trend in
thievery of late, but one went bad when
the crew picked a jewelry store where the
owner had a gun. The men busted in armed
with pepper spray and hammers, and did a
slew of damage in the store, including spray-
ing the owner. Fortunately, the alleged rob-
bers couldn’t get out the door without being
buzzed out, which gave the owner time to re-
cover and grab her gun, firing a shot to send
the intruders scurrying off through a broken
pane of glass—leaving behind the loot they
tried to take. (losangeles.cbslocal.com,
Los Angeles, Calif., 7/12/18)

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Democrats Make Gun Control a
“Litmus Test”—a Test They’ll Fail
M
ake no mistake. This election is
about your Second Amendment …
your guns … your freedom.
A recent front-page headline in The Wall
Street Journal spelled it out: “For Democrats,
Guns Are New Litmus Test.”
As the article noted, “Democrats running
for Congress in 2018 are pushing a muscular
gun-control agenda that represents a whole-
sale repositioning on the hot-button issue. In
this year’s midterm election, gun control has
become a [Democratic] Party litmus test from
By Wayne LaPierre which few dissent, alongside abortion rights
and support for same-sex marriage.”
Executive Vice President The article explains that the overt focus on
attacking the Second Amendment has “been
propelled by new money and organization,
as well as energy among Democratic activists
and voters that has pushed candidates [to
support gun control], lest they appear out of
step with the party’s base.”
“IF THEY WANT This represents a shift in the national
Democratic Party that I described last
TO MAKE THIS February in a speech to the American
ELECTION ABOUT Conservative Union’s CPAC conference. As
I explained then, over the last decade—
OUR SECOND the Obama decade—many pro-freedom
Democrats have been forced out as a tidal
AMENDMENT wave of new European-style socialists have
FREEDOM, THEN seized control of the Democratic Party.
Obama’s promise to fundamentally trans-
LET'S ALL OF form America began with his own national
US MAKE THIS party, a Democratic Party now infested with
saboteurs who don’t believe in capitalism …
ELECTION ABOUT don’t believe in the U.S. Constitution … and
OUR SECOND don’t believe in individual freedom—especially
the individual right to own a firearm.
AMENDMENT Obama may be gone, but their utopian
dream for a Euro-style socialist state of
FREEDOM.” America marches on. I’m not just talking about
Bernie Sanders, a self-avowed socialist. Think
about Nancy Pelosi, Kamala Harris, Elizabeth
Warren, Bill de Blasio, Andrew Cuomo, Cory
Booker, Keith Ellison and Christopher Murphy.
These are not Democratic leaders in the
mold of John F. Kennedy (an NRA Life mem-
ber, by the way) or Tip O’Neill. But these mod-
ern socialists could well become the leaders of
the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives
if Democrats take over those legislative bod-
ies in this election.
If that happens, you know what happens
next. They’ll cut President Donald Trump off at
the knees, maybe even move to impeach him
Like us on Facebook at the from office. They’ll expand the U.S. Supreme
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12 October 2018 american rifleman
They have billions of dollars on their side.
They have almost the entire national media
on their side. Hollywood and celebrity elites
are on their side. All of the liberal, socialistic—
even violent—protest groups are on their side,
and they’re ranting and raving and marching
to defeat us … to take our country, our free-
dom and our firearms away—forever.
But there’s another march coming—the
march to the polls in this election. When all is
said and done, it is the only march that really
matters, because it is the one march that
makes all the difference between losing our
freedom and all we care about … or saving it
for another generation.
I know I don’t have to ask you to go to
the polls this year and vote for pro-Second
Amendment candidates on Election Day.
I just want you to know that this year,
it’s more important than ever. You know the
media and the anti-freedom Democrats are
salivating over the prospect of capturing the
House and Senate … and the White House
two years from now. They can almost taste it.
But they’re forgetting about you. They
are ignoring the fact that NRA members, and
America’s gun owners, have made the vital
difference in close elections so many times
before. They think they’ll beat us this year.
That’s why gun control is now their “litmus
test,” and to that, I say, “Great!”
If they want to make this election about
our Second Amendment freedom, then let’s
all of us make this election about our Second
Amendment freedom.
When our freedom is on the line and when
we all turn out and march to the polls nation-
wide, we win!
They’ve had their turn to denigrate and
call us names and blame us for atrocities we
had nothing to do with. They’ve taken their
best shot at destroying our freedom.
Now it’s our turn. These are our liberties.
Our rights.
March to the polls. We were born for this
moment to defend the freedom that runs in
our blood and pounds in our hearts. This is
our time and our election to take.
So get to work. Make sure everyone
votes. Stand and fight, yet again, in this
all-or-nothing election to prove for all time
that we, the members of the National Rifle
Association of America, are “Freedom’s
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This Election Requires Participation from
“Freedom’s Army” of NRA Members
T
he most pivotal election of our lives is
only a few weeks away, and I have just
one question:
What are WE going to do about it?
Please consider what’s at stake and
whether we are willing to join ranks and
accept the challenge of doing what’s good
and right for our nation.
One of the greatest privileges in my life
is to be named the 66th President of our
National Rifle Association.
That privilege is the opportunity to serve
you—the nearly 6 million men and women of
the NRA—our nation’s oldest and largest civil
rights organization.
Your sense of duty, your commitment
to defending our rights, your diligence and
activism in protecting our nation and our
freedoms inspires me. That’s why I’m privi-
leged to be your NRA President.
Your rise to action humbles me. In election
after election, you have helped preserve the lib-
erties and values we all hold dear. But this year,
all we have accomplished is at risk. The time
for action, from every NRA member, is now.
If the Democrat Party’s “progressive-
socialists” seize control of the U.S. House and
Senate in November, they will derail every
conservative judicial nomination and pro-
Second Amendment measure in Congress.
Their stated goals are to roadblock and
impeach President Donald Trump and then
replace him in 2020 with a far-left, anti-
freedom socialist.
Only the NRA stands in their way. You
and our fellow NRA members, nearly 6 mil-
lion men and women strong and growing,
comprise one of the greatest movements for
individual liberty in history.
We are “Freedom’s Army.” If our children
and grandchildren are to enjoy “the blessings
of liberty” tomorrow, we have no choice but
to fight for our freedom NOW.
Our strategy is simple. We have three
immediate missions:
First, we ALL must immediately contact
our two U.S. Senators and urge them to
swiftly confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S.
Supreme Court. Call their offices, email them
and send notes in the mail letting them hear
your support for Judge Kavanaugh.
Senate Democrats are intent on block-
ing Kavanaugh’s confirmation and delaying
a vote until after this November’s elections
when they hope to take over the Senate.
Today, pro-freedom Senators are in control.
That’s why every NRA member and gun
owner must act now. Contact your Senators
October 2018 american rifleman
and urge them to vote immediately to con-
firm Judge Kavanaugh.
Second, I’m asking all NRA members to
upgrade their NRA memberships. If you are
an annual member, please consider signing
up as a five-year member or becoming an
NRA Life member. There is no more critical
time than right now and no better way to
help NRA stand up for liberty.
Our third mission is crucial—and it is per-
haps the easiest part to accomplish: doubling
our membership.
If every one of our nearly 6 million NRA
members signed up just one new member,
we would double our “political firepower” in
defense of the Second Amendment.
We all know someone—a family member,
friend, neighbor, co-worker, someone we see
at the gun range or in the hunting field who
cares about freedom as much as we do. We
need to ask him or her to join us as members
of this great association.
Urge them to call 1-877-NRA-2000 … or
contact me directly at NRA.org/OliverNorth
to become an NRA member. You can even
gift a membership, like I am doing for my
grandchildren as they get old enough to
grasp the value of belonging to America’s
greatest civil rights organization.
Imagine the strength of an NRA with
12 million members!
I’ve been told by some of my former media
“colleagues” that’s a “mission impossible.”
I don’t believe it.
If we “stand together in the breach” we
can accomplish all three of these missions
and preserve our Second Amendment for
generations to come:
■■ Immediately let our Senators know we
want Judge Kavanaugh confirmed as a
Supreme Court justice;
■■ Upgrade our memberships; and
■■ Sign up at least one new member
of our nation’s greatest civil rights
organization, the NRA— “Freedom’s
Safest Place!”
Finally, as this crucial election looms, we
need to encourage everyone we know to turn
out at the polls and vote for freedom-loving
candidates on Election Day. History proves
that when NRA members accept the challenge
to work and vote, we consistently make the
essential difference in close elections.
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A Changing Federal Judiciary Offers
Hope, But There’s Still Work to be Done
S
ince the landmark rulings in District
of Columbia v. Heller and McDonald
v. Chicago recognized an individual
right to keep and bear arms, anti-gun state
and local lawmakers have preserved existing
unconstitutional schemes and continued to
probe the outer reaches of their authority to
restrict firearms. Enjoying the tacit or explicit
approval of some federal courts, this legisla-
tive adventurism has often gone unchecked.
Frustrated gun owners are in good
company. In June 2015, U.S. Supreme Court
Justice Clarence Thomas wrote, “Despite the
clarity with which we described the Second
Amendment’s core protection for the right
of self-defense, lower courts … have failed
to protect it.” Later that year, Justice Samuel
Alito took the federal courts of appeals to
task for what he termed “noncompliance
with our Second Amendment precedents.”
Sadly, these public admonishments have
done little to curb lower court obstinacy.
In April, U.S. District Court for the District
of Massachusetts Judge William G. Young
upheld Massachusetts Attorney General
Maura Healey’s unlawful interpretation of
state law that resulted in a ban on commonly
owned semi-automatic firearms. The judge
ridiculously contended that the late Justice
Antonin Scalia “would be proud” of the Bay
State’s restriction. Young came to his strident
conclusion despite the fact that Scalia joined
a 2015 dissent from denial of certiorari in
Friedman v. Highland Park, where Thomas
made clear that the right to possess semi-
automatic rifles is protected by the Second
Amendment under Heller.
And in August, the 9th Circuit Court of
Appeals upheld California’s Unsafe Handgun
Act, which requires that all new models of
handguns sold in the state after 2013 contain
microstamping technology. The idea behind
microstamping is that it will imprint a micro-
scopic identifying code in two separate places
on spent cartridge casings. The reality, how-
ever, is that this technology does not exist.
No matter. Despite Heller’s determination
that the Second Amendment protects pos-
session of those firearms “in common use for
lawful purposes,” a panel of the 9th Circuit
upheld the microstamping provision.
Thanks to President Donald Trump’s judicial
nominees, however, there are reasons for hope.
Trump, Senate Majority Leader Mitch
McConnell, R-Ky., and Senate Judiciary
Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa,
are intent on placing jurists that respect our
Constitution on the federal bench. As of
October 2018 american rifleman
mid-July, Trump had successfully appointed
43 judges to the federal courts. The Pew
Research Center says Trump’s 22 appeals
court judges were the most of any recent
president at that point in their first term.
Moreover, there is significant room for
growth. As of early August, there were 151
vacancies throughout the federal courts and
84 nominations pending.
And, in nominating Judge Brett Kavanaugh
to the U.S. Supreme Court, Trump has chosen
a jurist with an impressive pro-Second
Amendment record. In 2011, Kavanaugh
employed a careful reading of Heller to deter-
mine that the District of Columbia’s ban on
commonly owned semi-automatic rifles and
registration regime were unconstitutional.
The nomination of a judge willing to
faithfully apply the Supreme Court’s Second
Amendment precedent has sent gun control
advocates into a meltdown, as they fear their
days of exploiting a lethargic federal judiciary
could be coming to an end.
Michael Bloomberg’s Everytown for Gun
Safety wailed that Kavanaugh’s respect for
Heller is “dangerous.” Brady Campaign
Co-President Avery Gardiner said the nomina-
tion was “pretty scary” for anti-gun advocates.
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., has framed
the nomination debate in moralistic terms.
Two weeks after attacking Kavanaugh for
his fidelity to the Second Amendment, the
senator declared at a press conference that
those who do not oppose the nominee are
“complicit in the evil.”
Gun owners must resist taking the opposi-
tion’s hysterics as a sign of total victory, as
there is still much work to be done. Control of
the Senate is at stake in this November’s elec-
tions. If anti-gun lawmakers take the major-
ity, they could obstruct all of Trump’s judicial
nominations. Moreover, our opponents are
sparing no expense or tactic in their attempt
to stop Kavanaugh’s confirmation.
In order to continue the important
progress in securing a federal judiciary that
respects the Second Amendment, gun own-
ers must contact their senators to urge their
support for Kavanaugh, vote for pro-gun
candidates on Nov. 6, and mobilize like-
minded friends and family members to do
the same. Even given the promising signs,
it will require relentless determination and
effort to secure consistent respect for our
Second Amendment rights.
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By Chris W. Cox
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Executive Director

18 OCTOBER 2018 AMERICAN RIFLEMAN

What Happens if our Opponents
Take the U.S. House?
THERE IS NO QUESTION
THAT OUR LIBERTIES ARE AT STAKE ON NOV. 6.

T
he Democrat leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives
has become completely radicalized when it comes to the Second
Amendment. Our constitutional freedoms are standing in the way of
the extreme big-government control that these anti-gun politicians want
to impose.
Add that to the unbridled hatred that many on the left have for
President Donald Trump, and it could not be clearer for NRA members
and gun owners that we have to do everything we can to protect our
pro-gun majority in Congress.

Photo Illustration by NRA Staff

The threat is stark. Current Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is
an outspoken opponent of the Second Amendment. If Democrats take
control of the House, Pelosi would return as Speaker. Her key lieutenants,
Steny Hoyer, D-Md., and James Clyburn, D-S.C., stand shoulder-to-
shoulder with her in their support of gun control.
But, even this rabid devotion to restricting our rights isn’t enough
for the party’s most extreme voters. In June, Democratic Caucus Chair
Joseph Crowley from New York City proved not to be radical enough
for Big Apple Democrats. Instead, they chose to replace him with
self-described socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. It would not be
surprising to see the congressional Democrat leadership move
even further leftward if they can take control of the House.
This will affect the leadership of key committees
as well, which are responsible for drafting leg-
islation that moves through the House.
The chairman of the Judiciary
Committee, arguably

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the most important committee for
gun legislation, would most likely be
assumed by Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y.
Nadler has been an outspoken oppo-
nent of Second Amendment rights
for decades. Many gun owners will
remember the numerous attacks he
made on law-abiding concealed car-
riers last year when he attempted to
block passage of the NRA-supported
concealed carry reciprocity bill. You
can bet he will work in lock step with
Pelosi to restrict our freedoms.
Another key committee for
gun owners and hunters is Natural
Resources. Currently, the Chairman is
Rob Bishop, R-Utah. Bishop is one of
the strongest supporters of the Second
Amendment and our hunting heritage,
and he has sponsored key legislation to
reform the broken and unconstitutional
“sporting purpose” standard that has
long been manipulated to restrict gun
rights. If Republicans lose the majority,
the Committee Chairman would likely
become Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz.
In attacking a provision to reduce
regulatory burdens on the acquisi-
tion of firearm suppressors last year,
Grijalva claimed that “The hunters I
know don’t use ... silencers.” Grijalva is
clearly out of touch with today’s hunt-
ers and his own constituents. Arizonans
have enjoyed the right to use suppres-
sors for hunting since 2012.
And those are just a couple of
examples. The House Appropriations
Committee, which has long sup-
ported a series of pro-gun provisions
on spending bills that help protect
our rights, would without question
by chaired by someone hostile to our
right to keep and bear arms.
Of course, if the pro-gun majority
goes away, we won’t just see dra-
matic changes in the leadership of key
committees. We will also see an end
to any hope of advancing our Second
Amendment rights. And, of course, the
floodgates will open to anti-gun legisla-
tion in virtually every form imaginable.
A Congress led by anti-gun extrem-
ists means legislation like H.R. 38, the
Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, will
never see the light of day. This bill
seeks to greatly improve self-defense
protections by allowing law-abiding
Americans who are eligible to carry a
concealed handgun under the law of a
state to do so in every other state that
allows concealed carry. While it passed
the House with bipartisan support last
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WITH AN ANTI-GUN U.S.
HOUSE, WE CAN EXPECT
TO SEE A TORRENT OF
ANTI-GUN LEGISLATION
PASSED: THINGS LIKE
A BAN ON MODERN
SPORTING RIFLES
AND HIGH-CAPACITY
MAGAZINES WOULD
BE AT THE TOP OF THE
LIST, AND RECIPROCITY
WOULD DROP OFF
THE RADAR SCREEN
COMPLETELY.
year, future efforts to pass National
Right-to-Carry Reciprocity, NRA’s top
legislative priority at the federal level,
will disappear.
With an anti-gun House of
Representatives, we can expect to see
a torrent of anti-gun legislation passed
and sent to the Senate.
We have already seen numerous
attacks on our freedom with gun ban
extremists in the minority. If they
achieve majority status, they will
only be emboldened to ratchet up
their extremism.
Legislation to ban the most popular
semi-automatic rifles would undoubt-
edly happen. Banning the future
manufacture of such firearms will of
course be proposed, but don’t be
surprised to also see a ban on the
possession of currently owned fire-
arms. Anti-gun Sen. Dianne Feinstein,
D-Calif., famously said at the time that
if she could have required gun owners
to turn in the firearms affected by her
1994 ban, she would have. She’s not
alone in that desire.
A ban on semi-automatic firearms
will most assuredly be tied to a ban on
so-called “high-capacity” magazines.
We’ve already seen H.R. 4052 intro-
duced by Rep. Elizabeth Esty, D-Conn.,
which would treat the same maga-
zines most law-abiding citizens have in
their pistols as contraband, subjecting
their possessors to a possible 10-year
stint in federal prison.
In addition, restrictions and
regulations on firearm transfers have
been proposed during this Congress.
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill.,
OCTOBER 2018 AMERICAN RIFLEMAN
introduced a bill (H.R. 4018) that
would impose a three-day waiting
period on the sale or “borrowing”
of a handgun, including between
private parties. The fact that waiting
periods are no more than an arbitrary
impediment to exercising the right to
purchase a firearm is irrelevant to the
champions of gun control.
One proposed bill (H.R. 4057)
would make firearm purchases by
non-prohibited individuals subject to
the discretion of the U.S. Attorney
General, while others (S. 1923 and H.R.
3464) would deny the transfer of fire-
arms to individuals based on incom-
plete evidence, such as arrests without
final dispositions. These bills show
contempt not just for the Second
Amendment but also for basic notions
of fairness and due process.
Another pernicious legislative effort
that could do irreparable harm to law-
ful gun owners, and especially future
lawful gun owners, is H.R. 3984, which
would repeal the Protection of Lawful
Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA). The
PLCAA was a reaction to a coordi-
nated series of lawsuits designed
to litigate the firearms industry into
oblivion by holding law-abiding gun
manufacturers and dealers responsible
for the criminal acts of third parties.
Without the PLCAA, the very
existence of the domestic firearm
industry would be jeopardized, which
is why we can expect gun banners to
try to ram such a proposal through
Congress should they seize control
this November.
These anti-gun proposals are just
the tip of the iceberg. Those legisla-
tors opposed to our freedoms are
only limited by their imaginations
when it comes to drawing up attacks
on the Second Amendment. Don’t
be surprised, should Congress fall
under their control, by any proposal
designed to attack our Second
Amendment freedoms.
These are the reasons that gun
owners must go above and beyond this
year. Make sure you vote for pro-gun
candidates; encourage friends and
family members to do the same; vol-
unteer for local campaigns that involve
pro-gun candidates; and become an
NRA-ILA Frontlines volunteer to help
defend the Second Amendment. The
only way we can win in November is
by working together to keep Congress
under pro-gun leadership.
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Thanks To John Nosler SWWWWWWWWWWWaYEARS OF THE NOSLER PARTITION

It all started with one moose. Hit right, it didn’t go down—

I enjoyed Layne Simpson’s recent article which sent John A. Nosler on a journey to make a better bullet.
We know it today as the Nosler Partition.
BY LAYNE SIMPSON

“70 Years Of The Nosler Partition”

f not for a British Columbia moose wearing a thick
coat of mud from his favorite wallow, we probably
would not have the Nosler Partition bullet today. All
but the tips of the animal’s antlers were concealed
by dense willows, so the hunter—armed with a Winchester
Model 70 in .300 H&H Mag.—had to sneak “uncomfortably
was no exception. Only after taking seven bullets did the
great animal decide to give up the ghost.
An excellent marksman with a drawer full of competi-
tive shooting awards back home to prove it, the hunter
felt confident that his bullets had been placed where they
should have gone. And they were. Bullets recovered while

(August 2018, p. 50) on John Amos Nosler

close” in order to thread his bullet through a screen of field dressing the animal showed excessive expansion at
brush. Even with perfect bullet placement, it often takes a close-distance impact velocity, which resulted in inad-
moose quite some time to discover it is dead, and this one equate penetration on such a large animal.

and his insight into bullet making. I owe

Nosler many thanks for 40 years of one-

[November 1949]
Just as necessity is the mother of invention, John Amos Nosler became the father of the
Partition bullet and the company and legacy that bear his name. In 2007, Nosler’s work

shot kills and the meat they helped put on

earned him the first-ever NRA Publications Golden Bullseye Pioneer Award.
He died in 2010 at 97. Through an advertisement in the November 1949 issue of
The American Rifleman (r.), the inventor thanked his growing cadre of loyal customers.

50 August 2018 AmericAn riflemAn Images courtesy of Nosler AmericAnriflemAn.org August 2018 51

my table. I bought my first deer rifle in the

early 1970s and was quickly dissatisfied with the combination of poor accuracy
and performance of the gun and the ammunition.
A gun-dealer friend of mine listened to my stories, and his recommenda-
tion to me was spot on: “Buy a Colt-Sauer and handload Nosler Partitions.” No
one ever gave me better advice. I purchased a Colt in .30-’06 Sprg., picked up a
Nosler loading manual and looked up the recommended load for best accuracy.
I did the same with a couple of other brands. Not to slight the others because
they also make fine products, but after my range work the Nosler whipped them
all, including the target rounds. I had a target that hung above my reloading
bench with a 1/2" five-shot group at 200 yds. I haven’t loaded anything except
Nosler Partitions for that Colt since.
I seldom fire on running game, but many years ago there was one that stands
out. I had pulled up on a nice whitetail buck that started to run with my Colt-
Sauer drilling using the same load that I feed my Colt-Sauer rifle. I touched off
a shot, and the deer dropped. That Partition went through both shoulders and
took out the top of the heart as it passed. I paced off the distance at 275 yds.
I never knew how the Partition was developed, but I am sure glad that back in
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10 mm Auto Omissions & Additions

Great article by Field Editor Jeremiah ammunition

Knupp “Nine Lives Of The 10 mm Auto”

NINE LIVES OF THE
nyone in search of a candidate for the title “Comeback Kid of the Cartridge
World” should take a serious look at the 10 mm Auto. Though ballisti-
cally the 10 mm is known for its flat trajectory, its arc through history

(August 2018, p. 56). But, having been

has seemed more like the peaks and troughs of a heart monitor readout.
Touted as the “ultimate,” lampooned as a “dud,” ensnared in problems and
mired in controversy not of its own making, no other cartridge in the modern
era has teetered on the brink of obscurity and clawed its way back as many

10 mm AUTO
times as this proverbial cat.
Along the way, the 10 mm Auto has acquired its own mythology, including a
healthy dose of downright falsehood: the power of a .41 Magnum; a destroyer of

a 10 mm fan since the early 1990s, I

firearms; a recoil monster waiting to gobble up weak and timid shooters. The 10 mm
is not really any of these things. Those who have taken the time to get to know
the 10 mm have discovered what it really is—a powerful and versatile handgun
cartridge that favors the performance-oriented aficionado of semi-automatics.
Lately, the 10 mm has experienced a renaissance of sorts that has resulted in
its greatest popularity since it was introduced. To understand the 10 mm Auto’s
new-found success I took a look at some contemporary 10 mm firearms. But to

wondered why there was no mention of the

understand how the 10 mm got to where it is today, I also needed to understand
its history. So, first, a little truth.

The History
The 10 mm Auto was born from an did much to advance both shooting
attempt to get maximum performance techniques and handgun design. By
out of a 9 mm Luger-size handgun. the late 1970s, two IPSC competitors,

legendary S&W Model 1006. I have hand-

Gun writers such as Jeff Cooper had
been kicking around the idea of a
.40-cal. cartridge that would offer
more power than a 9 mm and more
capacity than a .45 ACP. In the early
1970s, Guns & Ammo editor Whit
Collins experimented with the concept
Pachmyr gunsmith Tom Dornaus and
police officer Michael Dixon, decided
to join forces to develop the ultimate
law enforcement and military service
handgun. Though both were M1911
shooters, they felt that an entirely
new handgun and cartridge design was

loaded this cartridge with no problems, and

using a Browning Hi Power. The result
was the .40 G&A, a cartridge based
on the .30 Remington case with the
180-gr., .40-cal. bullet from the old
.38-40 Winchester launched at around
1000 f.p.s. Cooper envisioned an even-
necessary, a combination that would be
“the heir to the Colt .45 Auto.”
Forming Dornaus & Dixon
Enterprises, the pair sought to
pull together the best elements of
contemporary service handguns into

it remains my favorite self-defense arm. It’s

higher-performing “.40 Super” that
would fit in a .45 ACP frame. At the
time, he was particularly enamored
with the then-new CZ 75, stating
that the Czech pistol produced in a
“serious caliber” would be “the great
leap forward.”
one design, taking their inspiration
from the M1911, the High Power, the
SIG P210 and the CZ 75. When you’re
trying to best the M1911, who better
to consult than Mr. 1911 himself?
Dornaus and Dixon approached
Cooper through their IPSC connec-

a monster and just might be the best one

From its origin in 1976, the Int’l tions, and he happily joined the
Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) project as a consultant.

Counted out more than once, the 10 mm Auto cartridge simply refuses to give up—and the latest

ever manufactured. Shame on you guys. crop of guns chambered for it proves that the 10 is more than just a survivor.
BY JEREMIAH KNUPP, FIELD EDITOR

GERRY ZANZALARI, NEW HAMPSHIRE

56 August 2018 AmericAn riflemAn Photos by Holly Marcus AmericAnriflemAn.org August 2018 57

The shame is on us for not mentioning the 1006 and on Smith & Wesson for
not continuing to produce this excellent platform for the 10 mm. In the article,
we tried to focus on not only the history of the 10 mm Auto cartridge but also the
contemporary offerings, of which S&W is absent.
I theorize that if the FBI had adopted the 1006 (or 1066) with its decades-
proven slide-mounted decocker and trigger system, the history of the 10 mm
would be a much different one. Please note that additional information related to
the article is online; if you haven’t had a chance to look at it, go to:
americanrifleman.org/10mmfieldnotes.
—JEREMIAH KNUPP, FIELD EDITOR
“Readers Write” affords members an opportunity to comment on material published in
American Rifleman. Single-topic letters are preferred and may be edited for brevity. Send letters to:
Readers Write, NRA Publications, 11250 Waples Mill Road, Fairfax, VA 22030-9400 or e-mail us at
publications@nrahq.org.

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rifle currently available from and manufactured by Bula Defense
Systems (buladefense.com) in Cleveland, Ohio. More than a significant
feat of reverse mechanical engineering, the Bula M14LH rifle is a true first
since the Garand-based M14 was originally adopted by the U.S. military
in 1957. It is also, of course, a godsend for southpaws, transposing the
locations of the charging handle, ejector and extractor so that left-handed
shooters can shoulder and fire an M14-style rifle in an entirely natural
manner. According to Jeff Miller, president of Bula Defense Systems, the
project presented a few unexpected challenges, such as the develop-
ment of a reversed magazine follower, but it also allowed the company to
employ some of the parts that it already manufactured for its right-hand
models. And, no, the rear sight pinion assembly was not reversed—a detail
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RCBS Turns 75
I
t was 1943 when
RCBS founder Fred
T. Huntington
began designing
swaging dies, due
to wartime bullet
shortages, to make
Foundation Seeks Scholarship Applicants jacketed bullets for
the pursuit of rock chucks and other

F
ounded in 2006, and funded entirely through private donations, the varmints—the die was aptly named
Jeff Cooper Legacy Foundation’s mission is to preserve, protect and the Rock Chuck Bullet Swage and
defend the principle of self-reliance and the individual right of self- provided the acronym RCBS that
defense, as espoused by Col. Cooper. The Foundation provides scholar- would become the company’s moniker
ships for firearm training in the Cooper tradition—paid tuition to Gunsite in later years. Huntington’s initial
Academy’s (gunsite.com) introductory 250 Defensive Pistol class—and operation consisted of a small, 12'x6'
is now accepting scholarship applications. Worth a total of $1,695, the room in the back of an Oroville,
scholarship covers the cost of the class; however, the recipient will need Calif., laundromat. As time advanced,
to provide his or her own firearm, ammunition and equipment, and is also so did the company’s product offer-
responsible for any transportation, meal and boarding costs. The applica- ings, and today RCBS is a leader in
tion, which involves an essay portion, is available on the foundation’s handloading equipment and employs
website, and scholarship recipients are selected by the foundation’s board more than 150 people at its Oroville
of directors. jeffcooperfoundation.org facility. rcbs.com

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reports | news & notes
Trijicon Acquires AmeriGlo
B I
est known for its optics used by law enforcement
and military personnel around the world, Trijicon
recently acquired AmeriGlo (ameriglo.com), a
specialized iron sight company whose products are con-
structed from U.S.-sourced steel and feature Swiss-made
tritium. AmeriGlo’s handgun night sights are trusted by
armed professionals, and are popular OEM and aftermarket
upgrades for civilian gun owners. “The AmeriGlo brand is a
natural fit for us,” said Trijicon President Stephen Bindon.
“This purchase will further enhance Trijicon’s ever-expand-
ing product and brand portfolio, while increasing our
manufacturing capacity to better serve end-users across
the spectrum.” At this time, Trijicon expects to keep the
AmeriGlo business plan unchanged, and will operate the
company as a separate entity. trijicon.com
50 YEARS AGO Second Shots
Dummy bullets that show the principle of bullet matching.
Sections (A, A) of the bullet on the left do not match. Sections
(B, B) of the other bullet match, as would two bullets fired from
the same gun. Markings on left bullet incline to the left while
those on the right bullet incline to the right. This indicates the
direction of rifling twist.
ON HIGHER CAPACITY
30 October 2018
M&P380 Shield EZ Consumer Advisory
n the case of the M&P380 Shield EZ Manual Thumb
Safety, in very rare circumstances, ammunition that
produces increased levels of recoil can cause the manual
safety to move from the “fire” to the “safety on” position
during firing—the subsequent round will not fire until the
manual safety is reset to the “fire” position.
Any M&P380 Shield EZ Manual Thumb Safety pistol pro-
duced before April 4, 2018, is eligible for a no-cost upgrade. To
read the full release, and to determine if this advisory applies to
your pistol, visit: americanrifleman.org/380EZsafety.
If your pistol is subject to the advisory, contact the company
by email at MP380EZAdvisory@Smith-Wesson.com or by phone
at (800) 331-0852. A FedEx return label and shipping instruc-
tions to facilitate the return of your M&P380 Shield EZ pistol
will be mailed promptly. smith-wesson.com
[October 1968]
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The Gunpowder People
C
ertain books should be in the
library of any serious sportsman;
immediate to mind are titles such
as Weatherby: The Man. The Gun. The
Legend. and John Nosler Going Ballistic:
The Life And Adventures Of John Nosler.
To these must be added The Gunpowder
People by James W. Bequette.
Heavily referenced while writing
this month’s article (p. 42), Bequette
thoroughly chronicles the story
of Hodgdon Powder Co., decade by
decade, from its founding through the
current era, yet in an easy-to-read for-
mat. Each chapter begins with notable
events of the decade to provide histor-
ical context, and then he delves into
history specific to the company. To
aid understanding of what’s being pre-
sented, interwoven through the pages
are numerous illustrations and images,
including images and reproductions of
correspondences between B.E. Hodgdon
and a who’s who of gun writers of the
day. Such personalities include: Elmer
Keith; Jack O’Connor; P.O. Ackley;
and Col. Charles Askins. Not only do
these writers provide insight into the
importance of Hodgdon Powder Co.
and its products, but of B.E. Hodgdon’s
persona and ethics.
Also found within each chapter is a
section entitled “In their own words,”
in which former and current Hodgdon
employees respond to a series of ques- continued increasing the amounts
tions in an easy-to-follow dialogue. until ... well, you’ll have to read for
Outside of the main text body, which yourself to find out. In the end, you’ll
is rife with information, there are find the book to be a page-turner; in
lesser-known “juicy” tidbits in these fact, unable to put the book down, I
sub-sections. For example, when finished it in a couple hours’ time. The
alone at home one night, young Bob 199-pp., 11¼"x8¾" hardback book
Hodgdon became enthralled with can be purchased at Hodgdon’s web-
slowly sprinkling propellant atop a site (hodgdon.com) for $44.95.
lit trash burner in the basement. He —AARON CARTER, FIELD EDITOR
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most compact form, yet features a
spring-loaded buttpad that can be
set to deploy to any of four lengths
(for a total adjustment of 1.25") at
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carbine-length buffer tubes, the
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Crimson Trace AK LiNQ

I
ntroduced in 2016 for use with
AR-pattern rifles, the Crimson
Trace LiNQ light/laser system is
now offered for Kalashnikov-style
carbines—as well as other guns that
utilize AK-type pistol grips, such
as the Springfield M1A CQB. LiNQ
pairs a control unit that replaces
the firearm’s grip with a light/laser
module that can be mounted to any
two-slot section of Picatinny rail on
the rifle, allowing the two to commu-
nicate wirelessly using a secure connection. As a result, when the user assumes
a natural grip on the control unit, LiNQ’s green laser sight and/or its 300-lumen
white light, depending on the mode selected, will automatically activate.
Alternatively, the light/laser can be controlled manually via a push-button
located on the rear of the module. Price: $380. Contact: Crimson Trace Corp.;
(800) 442-2406; crimsontrace.com.

SnagMag Magazine Holster

A
discreet way to carry pistol magazines, the SnagMag concealed
magazine holster is essentially a Kydex sheath with a steel
pocket clip. When fastened to a left- or right-hand specified
pocket, the patented unit is shaped to mimic a pocket knife, cover-
ing the magazine from view. A protruding Kydex spur is designed to
hook into the pocket opening, allowing the magazine to be easily
withdrawn as the SnagMag remains in the pocket. The SnagMag is
only available in black Kydex at this time, and is compatible with 94
firearms/magazines. Price: $35. Contact: SnagMag; snagmag.com.

Ultradyne Mercury/C4 Dynamount Sight Combo

E
ven when properly installed, the position of
a carbine’s free-floating handguard shifts
slightly during use relative to its barrel,
which can cause serious accuracy issues if the
firearm’s front sight is affixed to said handguard—
as is typically the case. Ultradyne’s Mercury/C4
Dynamount Sight Combo remedies this problem
by pairing the company’s Mercury muzzle device
with its C4 Precision Front Sight, which mounts to
(and times with) the Mercury itself instead of to
the rifle’s handguard. Threaded 1/2x28 TPI for use
with .223 Rem./5.56x45 mm NATO firearms,
the Mercury features three progressive side
ports for a longer, less sharp recoil impulse.
Using an innovative aperture post, the
folding C4 Precision Front Sight offers an
intuitive circle-in-circle sight picture when
used with an aperture rear sight. Available with ($349) or without ($199) the C4
Precision Rear Sight. Contact: Ultradyne; (573) 299-0900; ultradyneusa.com.

36 October 2018 american rifleman

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Pantheon Arms Prometheus SC

M
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Arms, once installed, enables shooters to switch out barrels and handguards
on AR-15-style firearms in seconds. To use the system, simply pull the bottom
unlocking tab of the Tri-Lug receiver adapter ring and rotate the handguard, with
the barrel and gas system affixed, counterclockwise and withdraw it from the
receiver. Installation is in the reverse order. The Prometheus SC provides a
6.5", ventilated handguard, that once installed with Dolos hardware, projects
roughly 7" past the receiver. The system is especially useful when switching
between firearms that share bolt head dimensions and buffering systems.
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T
he .40 S&W has a reputation as a fight- ALLIANT BLUE DOT/10.4 GRS.
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CASE: STARLINE
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deliver, such as big-game hunting and defense VELOCITY @ 10' (F.P.S.): 1236
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USES: RECREATION, HUNTING, SELF-DEFENSE,
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quarters or a distant deer with your cherished absolutely necessary to properly carry on similar
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—AARON CARTER, FIELD EDITOR SAFETY PRECAUTIONS BEFORE ATTEMPTING ANY
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[Advertisement for the Lyman Cutts Compensator, June 1952]

“Old-Style” Chokes
Q
I have two great old shotguns
that I would like to keep shoot-
ing and continue to hunt duck
and dove with. I would like to improve
the patterning ability of each and can’t
seem to find the “old-style” Lyman
and Weaver, 12-ga. chokes.
impossible. The same holds true for
the Weaver choke. These chokes have
not been made for somewhere around
40 years, and the popularity of this
choke style dropped dramatically
with the introduction of internal
screw-in choke tubes.
If your guns have interchange-

A
If your Lyman choke is actu-
ally a Cutts Compensator,
you can perhaps find some
tubes on eBay or elsewhere on the
Internet. If it is a Lyman choke,
however, you can also look on the
Internet, but I suspect your search
will be far more difficult, if not
able barrels, that might be the best
solution. Otherwise, Briley is your best
bet. The company can remove the old
chokes and install internal choke tubes.
Contact: Briley Mfg. (Dept. AR), 1230
Lumpkin Road, Houston, TX 77043;
(713) 932-6995; briley.com.
—JOHN M. TAYLOR, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR

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is a privilege reserved to NRA members.

[September 1940]
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Side-By-Side
E
arly on in my marriage, my
father-in-law, Jack, presented me
with a vintage Ithaca 1916 side-
by-side. As he cradled it in his arms,
the only words he spoke were, “If my
daughter comes back, so does the
shotgun.” Over a quarter of a century
later, I’m proud to still be looking
after both of these prized possessions,
as best as I know how. The scattergun
had belonged to his father, Alpheus P.
(Bud) Mitchell, and Jack took posses-
sion of the shotgun after his father’s
passing in 1978. It came into my care
in 1991.
The piece was not in very good
condition when I inherited it, to say
the least. The buttstock had been
cut quite short and the buttpad was
missing; the stock was nearly falling
off the gun, and bluing was scarce.
So, as not to appear ungrateful for his
well-intended gift, I attached a pine
board spacer with a couple of dry wall
screws and then slipped a Pachmayr
sleeve over my amateur stock work.
I immediately noticed that the gun
shouldered surprisingly well. I’ve been
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my brother’s as a youth, and on our buttpad from a long-discarded gun.
first grouse hunt of the year I took The “beauty” that you see in the
a nice red-phased ruff with the new accompanying pictures is now my
shotgun. The next hunt produced two most prized firearm—and not just
ringnecks in two shots. By the end of because I shoot it better than any-
the season, it was my favorite gun. thing else in my gun cabinet. Being
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42 October 2018 american rifleman Photos courtesy of Hodgdon Powder Co.

HODGDON
THE INSIDE STORY
Best known to handloaders within the firearm industry,
Hodgdon Powder Company’s sphere of influence is farther-reaching than one might expect.
BY AARON CARTER, Field Editor
odgdon. It’s a name deep-seated within the hand-
loading community; however, each and every day the
Shawnee, Kan., company impacts all Americans’ lives
in some manner, as well as many other people worldwide.
From humble beginnings as a literal basement business,
a propellant powerhouse has arisen that serves dissimilar
facets of society. Goex blackpowder, for example, was uti-
lized for special effects in the Hollywood blockbuster series
“Pirates of the Caribbean,” and NASA employed H4227 in
the NASA Standard Initiator (NSI) pressure cartridges used
to break the separation bolts attaching the Solid Rocket
Boosters to the space shuttle during the propulsion phase.
AMERICANRIFLEMAN.ORG
Many resulting NASA “discoveries” have been adapted for
everyday uses in the private sector.
Hodgdon also keeps Americans—both the military and
civilians—safe from terrorists hell-bent on doing us harm.
Case in point: dissatisfied with the then-current 1,200-yd.
“on-paper” performance of the Mk 248 MOD 0 .300 Win. Mag.
sniping load, Naval Special Warfare Center-Crane (NSWC)
sought an honest 1,500-yd. solution when developing
the subsequent round, the Mk 248 MOD 1. Beyond range,
though, NSWC demanded decreased wind deflection,
minimal muzzle flash and temperature sensitivity from the
propellant. Hodgdon H1000 was selected for the task.
Like the Good Samaritan, Hodgdon Powder Co. contrib-
utes much to civilization, though often unbeknownst to the
general public and without great fanfare. This sentiment is
echoed in the company’s mission statement, which reads,
“Hodgdon Powder Company operates following Biblical
principles to honor God. Our Mission is to provide quality
products and services in a manner which enhances the lives
of our employees, families, customers and our communities.
In doing so, we will deal with integrity and honesty, reflect-
ing that people are more important than dollars and our
purpose is to bring credit to our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Not unlike many successful businesses, the story of
Hodgdon Powder Co. is one of ups and downs, successes
and failures. Through adversity and risk taking emerged
an enterprise that has forever changed shooting, hunting,
handloading and America.
Hodgdon’s first ad appeared in these pages in January 1948. What
started off as an entrepreneur selling surplus powder 71 years ago
has become one of the industry’s most influential companies.
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hodgdon
RISKS AND REWARDS
Uncle Sam is neither thrifty nor cautious with taxpayer
money. For Brewster Eltinge Hodgdon, a U.S. Navy veteran of
World War II also known as “B.E.” or “Bruce,” America’s waste-
fulness was a godsend—an untapped opportunity. Hodgdon
learned that, after World War I ended, the government dis-
carded surplus propellant into the world’s oceans. Surmising
a similar situation would occur after World War II, as well as
exhibiting keen foresight about a budding handloading mar-
ket, Hodgdon inquired into the purchase of leftover stores. His
letters went so far as to include the president of the United
States, Harry S. Truman. His persistence paid dividends.
In 1947, Hodgdon purchased 50,000 pounds of remnant
4895 propellant at the cost of $0.04 per pound in DeSoto,
Kan. Securing the money for the procurement proved to be
problematic, as no banks wanted to loan money for such a
volatile purchase. A prudent decision evident only in time,
Hodgdon borrowed $1,500 against his life insurance policy
to get the funds. Of the millions of pounds of government-
surplus powders offered through the years for sale, Bruce
would eventually buy most of what would be known as
H4895, H4831, H4198, H4227, BALL C and many others.
Obtaining the money was only the beginning of
Hodgdon’s quandaries. His winning bid wasn’t for a mixed
box of “smalls,” but rather 25 tons of highly flammable
solids. This begs the question, “Where do you store it?”
Hodgdon had 30 days to find an answer. Unsurprisingly,
farmers didn’t want to rent Hodgdon vacant barns, so he
purchased two railroad boxcars, removed the wheels and
set them on railroad ties on leased ground—a temporary
arrangement. He would eventually purchase 189 acres,
some of which was still utilized as late as 2005.
Next came advertising and distribution. Hodgdon sensibly
elected to take the proven path. It’s widely understood in the
firearm industry that, for a successful company launch, there’s
no better route than American Rifleman magazine and its
unparalleled, dedicated readership. His first advertisement was
placed in the January 1948 issue, and it immediately gener-
ated considerable interest. Hodgdon was now in business.
Initially, Hodgdon charged $0.75, $6.75 and $30 (plus
freight) for 1 lb., 10 lbs. and 150 lbs. of propellant, respec-
tively. Given the profit margins, it was a lucrative business.
Still, the going wasn’t easy.
Packaging and shipping the propellant were both
difficulties. The packaging facility was Bruce and Amy
Hodgdon’s basement, with orders being hand-filled by
Bruce and his two sons, J.B. and Bob, after school. Chores
became secondary. Sizable amounts of propellant for pro-
cessing were stored there at all times.
Before FedEx, UPS and other large carriers got into busi-
ness, shipping occurred via the postal service and railways.
That wasn’t an easy feat; B.E. Hodgdon fought hard to get
the Bureau of Railroads, which would later become the
Dept. of Transportation, to permit the shipment of propel-
lant on trains. In addition to transportation, he was instru-
mental in addressing regulations on storage and packaging
44 October 2018
Company founder B.E. Hodgdon bet everything that handloading
would become a big deal after World War II—and he was right.
of propellant. Perhaps no achievement surpassed getting
smokeless powder downgraded to an easier-to-ship “4.1C
Flammable Solid” classification.
Thanks to changes aided by Hodgdon, today propel-
lants can be transported in approved containers in amounts
weighing up to 8 lbs. and in shipments weighing less than
100 lbs. Most importantly, without Hodgdon’s tireless
efforts, common carriers couldn’t transport propellants. It
certainly would be a different world.
BIG CHANGES AND DIFFICULT DECISIONS
Hodgdon’s success in selling surplus propellant fur-
thered the handloading industry as a whole. Previously
stifled by the efforts of large-scale ammunition manufac-
turers, which disliked competition, in the post-World War II
era enterprising individuals began offering consumers the
components they needed to assemble ammunition at home.
Besides B.E. Hodgdon, there was Fred Huntington (RCBS),
Dick and Vernon Speer (CCI and Speer), Joyce Hornady
(Hornady Mfg. Co.), Fred Barnes (Barnes Bullets) and
John Nosler (Nosler Partition Bullet Co.), among others.
Obviously, Hodgdon offering propellant was a critical part. To
advance handloading, many of those individuals also traveled
widely together to put on informative handloading clinics.
Unimpeded access to ammunition components and
equipment, as well as positive changes in discretionary
income after World War II, also led to increased wildcatting.
In fact, some of the popular factory cartridges enjoyed
today were wildcats originating in the 1950s and ’60s.
These include: .243 Win.; .260 Rem.; and 7 mm-08 Rem.
A cursory glance at P.O. Ackley’s 1962 and 1966 books,
Handbook for Shooters & Reloading: Volume I and II, respec-
tively, revealed the importance of Hodgdon’s propellants for
experimenters of the time. Propellants such as 4831, 4198
and 4895 are heavily represented in the load data accompa-
nying the cartridge descriptions.
To ensure that handloaders had reliable data to use with
his propellants, Hodgdon personally tested them and devel-
oped safe loads. He also extended the lineup; by 1960, the
company was selling 11 different propellants.
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hodgdon
Despite the initial achievements experienced by the com-
pany, there were major setbacks, too. For instance, there was
a costly fire in Hodgdon’s retail operation in 1967, and a year
later lightning ignited a powder magazine. The 1970s were
especially turbulent times; at one point the company teetered
on bankruptcy. Ignoring the suggestions of attorneys, the
Hodgdons chose to press forward. Some cost-cutting measures
employed to salvage the company included: layoffs; liquidat-
ing assets; closing sister company B.E. Hodgdon, which sold
accessories; driving leased cars; eating at home, not out; and
sons J.B. and Bob not collecting paychecks for years at a time.
In 1976, Hodgdon Powder Co. founder B.E. Hodgdon made
an important decision; he relinquished control of his business
to J.B. and Bob, whom he believed could carry the company
forward into further prosperity. Still, Bruce remained chair-
man of the board for some time. He passed away in 1997.
FROM THE ASHES
Ron Reiber, product manager for Hodgdon Powder Co.,
attributes the company’s success to making powders with
properties that no others have. One of the first outside-
the-box powders it offered was pyrotechnic deflagrating
explosive, or Pyrodex. Co-invented by Dan Pawlak and
Michael Levenson, Hodgdon representatives met with
Pawlak in 1975 and signed an exclusive distributorship of
Pyrodex. Why? Blackpowder, the go-to powder for muzzle-
loading hunters and re-enactors of the day, was (and still
is) highly dangerous to manufacture, store and transport.
A direct, volume-for-volume replacement, Pyrodex burned
cleaner, ignited easily, offered improved shot-to-shot
consistency, and could be more safely produced, kept, and
transported. Since it wasn’t classified as an explosive (as
is blackpowder), it could be sold in discount stores and
gun shops alike—as is the case today. It was a no-brainer
move. With much fanfare, Hodgdon introduced the shoot-
ing world to Pyrodex in May 1976. Demand for Pyrodex
was prodigious; in fact, the company sold 250,000 lbs. the
first year—limited only by what Pawlak could deliver.
Unfortunately, on Jan. 27, 1977, Pawlak and three others
perished when product at the Washington-based Pyrodex
facility flared. Production of Pyrodex subsequently moved to
Herington, Kan., where it continues to be made today in a
safer, state-of-the-art facility with minimal human interac-
tion. The Pyrodex incident, combined with a product recall
and a miserable economy, nearly bankrupted the company;
however, in time aggressive cuts and increasing sales of
Pyrodex—no doubt due to the surge in modern muzzleload-
ing promoted by the debut of Tony Knight’s MK-85 inline
muzzleloader—would ease financial hardships.
From Pawlak and Levenson’s brainchild, Dean Barrett,
chief officer at the Pyrodex production plant, created a
game changer for convenience in loading inline muzzle-
loaders: pelletized powder. Introduced in 1996, Pyrodex
Pellets consisted of compressed Pyrodex with a smidge of
blackpowder on one base to aid ignition (Pyrodex has a
higher ignition temperature than blackpowder. A hollow
core permitted the pellets to burn from the base forward,
46 October 2018
In 1976, J.B. (l.) and Bob took over Hodgdon. The company faced
tough times, but today it offers 65 different smokeless propellants.
outside in, and inside out. With each .50-cal. pellet being
equivalent to a 50-gr./vol. charge, a 100-gr./vol. charge
required only dropping two pellets down the barrel—con-
venient. Differing weights and calibers of pellets were sub-
sequently added. Tom Shepherd, then president and CEO,
said, “We were selling Pyrodex Pellets like popcorn.”
There was then a flood of new blackpowder replace-
ments from Hodgdon in short order. First came Triple Seven
powder, which generated additional energy for higher
velocities with the benefit of lacking the rotten egg smell
and dirtiness of Pyrodex and blackpowder. Triple Seven
would be then pelletized and offered in magnum charges.
After its acquisition by Hodgdon in 2003, IMR would intro-
duce White Hots, the only pelletized white, blackpowder
replacement. Most recently, Triple Seven has been molded
into a different shape, literally; the geometric star-shaped
FireStar Pellets are touted as cleaner burning, more effi-
cient and boosting velocities by 50 f.p.s.
Nonetheless, don’t get the impression that blackpowder
is dead—it’s not. In fact, after much internal debate, Goex
was acquired by Hodgdon in 2009. It’s the only manufac-
turer of blackpowder in the Americas, as well as the only
supplier to the U.S. military. Besides sportsmen, shooters
and re-enactors, Goex is heavily used in Hollywood movie-
making and television shows. Some well-known productions
that employed Goex for special effects include: “Rambo”;
“The Patriot”; “The Last Samurai”; “Pearl Harbor”; and
“MythBusters,” among many others.
Reiber’s statement about inequality in propellants is
especially apparent in smokeless powders from Hodgdon
and IMR, the former DuPont brand that dates to the early
1800s and that Hodgdon acquired in 2003. Clays, for
instance, was created by Australian Defense Industries
(ADI) to fulfill Hodgdon’s desire for an ultra-clean-
burning propellant exhibiting minimal muzzle blast and
a consistent burn. Since making its debut in 1991, the
propellant has been an unparalleled staple of skeet,
trap and sporting clays shooters with its greatest threat
emerging recently from a sibling, IMR’s new Red. It’s but
one of IMR’s 10 new rifle and shotgun/handgun propel-
lants unveiled during the past decade.
Beyond shotshells, Hodgdon has greatly improved the
performance of its (and IMR’s) rifle and handgun propel-
lants. Among the technologies to emerge were tempera-
ture-insensitive propellants. Found in Hodgdon’s Extreme
series, as well as IMR’s Enduron lineup, the propellants
continued on p. 86
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48 OCTOBER 2018
Portable,
AMERICAN RIFLEMAN Photos by Forrest MacCormack
 SPRINGFIELD’S 9 MM XD-S MOD.2
Far more than a facelift, Springfield Armory’s slim, single-stack XD-S has undergone an extensive
upgrade to better meet the demands of the modern armed citizen, and Mod.2 models are now
chambered for the prevailing 9 mm Luger cartridge.
ince the introduction of the original XD-S in .45 ACP
(Jan. 2013, p. 50), Springfield Armory’s most diminu-
tive, single-stack pistol line has remained among the
most popular semi-automatic handguns in the micro-
compact concealed-carry category. Indeed, Springfield
deserves credit for recognizing the need for a pocket-
size platform chambered for a “full-power” cartridge.
The rise of the XD-S and similar lines coincides with
the surge of American citizens choosing to exercise
their Second Amendment right and take the respon-
sibility of personal safety into their own hands. And it’s a
testament to the pistol’s design that it has performed reli-
ably in its intended role as a personal defense firearm, and
continues to move briskly across gun store counters.
Even with the continued success of the original XD-S,
though, the market has changed in the years since its
introduction. Armed citizens and concealed carriers have
evolved, particularly when it comes to tactics and techniques,
but also regarding guns and gear. Much time, energy,
ammunition and ink have been spent, and continues to be
spent, in an effort to better understand and equip—with
hardware and knowledge—today’s self-defense practitioner.
And, as it relates to guns specifically, features and
components have been identified that increase performance,
and, therefore, the user’s odds, in a defensive shooting
scenario. Many such enhancements were pioneered in small
custom shops or by DIY gunsmiths who saw a need and
decided to address it. Now, though, many gun manufacturers
are incorporating these innovations into upgraded renditions
of their production firearms. This trend is a great benefit
to the armed public, and Springfield Armory’s XD-S Mod.2
chambered in 9 mm Luger is the most recent example.
Proven, Optimized AMERICANRIFLEMAN.ORG
BY JOE KURTENBACH, Executive Editor
Like all of Springfield Armory’s XD pistols, the XD-S
is produced by HS Produkt in Croatia, and can trace its
roots to the HS2000 pistol, a version of which still serves
as the primary sidearm of the Croatian military. In its
Mod.2 rendition, the fundamental recipe for the XD-S is
unchanged—it’s a semi-automatic pistol chambered for a full-
power cartridge and fitting within physical dimensions that
make it easy to carry and conceal for the purpose of armed
personal defense. The XD-S is striker-fired in operation—
both for the reliability of that system, and its ease of use—
possessing a 3.3" barrel and feeding from a true single-stack
magazine, again, for its reliability over staggered or double-
column designs. To achieve the XD-S, Springfield of course
had to find compromises between portability, concealment
qualities, ammunition capacity and shootability—a quality
that describes a combination of the gun’s ergonomics, natural
pointing characteristics, accuracy-enhancing features and
how the gun handles during recoil. Regarding shootability,
that is where Springfield Armory raised the bar significantly
with the Mod.2 version of the XD-S.
Following the pattern of its original XD-S launch,
Springfield introduced its first Mod.2 model in .45 ACP.
Despite 9 mm Luger being the most commonly encountered
handgun cartridge in use with military, law enforcement
and armed citizens today, the .45 ACP still enjoys a large
and faithful following. Originally, Springfield hit a home
run with the .45-cal. XD-S because it was the first gun of its
size—among its “generation” of new guns—to feature the
all-American fight-stopping cartridge. It also made sense from
a manufacturing perspective; many gun makers still design
pistols around the .45 ACP cartridge—the largest common
handgun round—and then develop a multi-caliber family by
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simply reducing the bore diameter and changing
the magazine. (Ok, it’s a little more complicated
than that, but a platform that can accommo-
date the .45 ACP can fairly easily be adapted for
.40 S&W, 9 mm Luger, etc.) The subject of this
review, though, is the 9 mm Luger version of
the pistol, which was released in August of this
year. Not only is the new XD-S Mod.2 cham-
bered for the preferred defense cartridge of the
day, Springfield took a different approach, and
designed the entire pistol around the 9 mm Luger
cartridge, resulting in a gun that is even trimmer—in length,
height and slide width—than its .45-cal. stablemate.
By the numbers, the XD-S Mod.2 in 9 mm is 4.3" tall,
6.3" long and 1.06" wide at the controls—though it’s just
0.91" wide across the slide—and it weighs 21.5 ozs. with
an empty magazine. Overall, a very trim package that is
eminently easy to conceal and light enough to be carried
all day, every day, without becoming a burden. The heart
of the pistol is a 3.3" hammer-forged steel barrel with
six-groove, 1:10" right-hand rifling and hardened inside
and out through Springfield’s proven Melonite nitriding
treatment. Two single-stack, stainless steel magazines
are included: a seven-rounder with a flared baseplate to
accommodate a full, three-finger grip; and a nine-round
extended magazine with a grip-extending collar. For
maximum concealment, a flat baseplate is also included
for the seven-round magazine, allowing for a truly flush
fit. Finally, an eight-round magazine with a grip-extending
collar is also available for purchase separately from
Springfield Armory.
Working from the bottom up, the polymer frame incor-
porates some of the ergonomic enhancements seen in
Springfield’s line of double-stack XD Mod.2 pistols, including
the hand-filling swells, shallow finger grooves and effective
texture patterns that help keep the fingers and palms locked
on. There are also bilateral molded thumb shelves that help
anchor the grip during one-handed firing, and guide the
thumb toward the magazine release when reloading. The
XD-S Mod.2 is further refined with a deeply undercut trigger
guard and a deep relief beneath the beavertail—features
that, combined, encourage a high shooting grip, and effec-
tively lower the gun’s bore axis closer to the hand. There
are also new bilateral recesses near the magazine well that
allow access to the magazine’s baseplate to facilitate manual
removal, should the need arise.
Whereas the original XD-S
in 9 mm Luger (l.) shared
components, and dimensions,
with its .45 ACP kin, the new
XD-S Mod.2 (r.) was designed
specifically around the 9 mm
cartridge, and exhibits slimmer
slide and barrel profiles.
50 OCTOBER 2018
The XD-S fieldstrips easily (above) and offers several enhancements
including (r., top to bottom): a luminescent front sight with tritium
insert; a ledge-style, U-notch rear sight; and an extended grip safety.
In terms of controls, the XD-S Mod.2 follows the basic pat-
tern of Springfield’s other XD models. The takedown lever and
slide stop lever—both horizontally serrated for purchase—are
found on the left side of the frame. The magazine release is
bilateral, and the pressure required to depress the checkered
metal button is the same, whether engaged from the left or
right side. Springfield’s trigger assembly features the central
safety lever commonly seen on striker-fired pistols. The safety
lever has a rear tab that engages the frame to block an inad-
vertent trigger pull, and must be depressed in order to fire the
gun. Speaking of safeties, the final control is the grip safety
lever at the rear of the frame that blocks the trigger bar from
traveling rearward. Much like an M1911, this safety must be
depressed with a firm firing grip in order to pull the trigger.
New for the 9 mm XD-S Mod.2, the grip safety now features
a memory bump to ensure positive engagement even with a
less-than-perfect firing grip. Internally, the slide assembly
also includes a striker-block safety, which is only disengaged
when the grip safety and trigger safety are also disengaged by
a good grip and positive trigger pull.
Moving on to the slide assembly, the machined steel body
is rounded and relieved at the exterior edges, corners and
near the muzzle, yielding a very trim component designed
for snag-free operation. Six wide cocking serrations on both
sides of the slide’s rear provide good purchase for manual slide
manipulations. The Mod.2 version of the XD-S features a new
external extractor assembly, the primary difference being the
spring-tensioned plunger housed between the extractor and
the slide’s striker locking plate. It’s not a new system, just
new to the XD line, and its use by other manufacturers has
proven it to be robust, reliable and easy to maintain.
Riding beneath the slide is the barrel and the dual, cap-
tured recoil springs. As with other XDs, the spring assembly
features a full-length guide rod that actually protrudes
AMERICAN RIFLEMAN
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9 MM LUGER VEL. @ 15' ENERGY GROUP SIZE (INCHES)
CARTRIDGE (F.P.S.) (FT.-LBS.) SMALLEST LARGEST AVERAGE
BROWNING 1083 AVG. 300 1.37 3.04 2.15
115-GR. FMJ 11 SD
HORNADY 1052 AVG. 332 0.90 1.69 1.31
CRITICAL DUTY 11 SD
135-GR. +P FLEXLOCK
REMINGTON 1050 AVG. 304 0.89 2.27 1.55
ULTIMATE DEFENSE CH 21 SD
124-GR. BJHP
AVERAGE EXTREME SPREAD 1.67
NOTES: MEASURED AVERAGE VELOCITY FOR 10 SHOTS OVER AN OEHLER MODEL 36
CHRONOGRAPH AT 15 FT. ACCURACY RESULTS FOR FIVE CONSECUTIVE, FIVE-SHOT GROUPS AT
15 YDS. FROM A SANDBAG REST. TEMPERATURE: 71° F. HUMIDITY: 65%. ABBREVIATIONS:
BJHP (BONDED JACKETED HOLLOW POINT), CH (COMPACT HANDGUN), FMJ (FULL METAL
JACKET), SD (STANDARD DEVIATION).

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forward of the slide and is even with the end of the barrel.
Despite being a common feature to the XDs, Springfield is
now, rightly, starting to advertise the unique benefit of the
protruding guide rod, namely, that it offers a small amount
of standoff for the firearm should it come into contact with
the target. The standoff may prevent the slide from being
forced out of battery, thus allowing the gun to continue
cycling without issue. This doesn’t mean the XD-S can be
jammed muzzle first into targets and expected to run, but it
does provide a bit of margin for incidental contact. Finally,
on top of the slide there is a loaded-chamber indicator flag
that is raised when a round is in the chamber—a visual and
tactile cue—and, of course, the sights. The XD-S Mod.2 is
being offered with either a two-white-dot rear and fiber-optic
front arrangement, or, my personal preference, a bold, green,
tritium-powered front sight from AmeriGlo paired with a
black, horizontally serrated U-notch rear—both are effective
sighting systems. The sights are made from steel, and both
rear units feature cocking ledges to facilitate one-handed
slide manipulations.
Disassembly follows the typical XD process: With a fully
unloaded firearm, lock the slide to the rear and rotate the
takedown lever clockwise 90 degrees. (Note: the takedown
lever cannot be rotated unless the magazine is removed—
a nice redundant safety feature.) Next, release the slide
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open warfare that followed cracking the German lines. The courage, sacrifice and
marksmanship of trained American snipers made a difference on the battlefield.
MAJ. JOHN L. PLASTER, U.S. Army, (Ret.)
U.S. Army photos courtesy
52 October 2018 american rifleman of Armor Plate Press
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AMERICA’S SNIPERS IN THE GREAT WAR
hen the United States declared war on
Germany in April 1917, not a single
American division existed, just a regular
army of 127,000 men organized as regi-
ments. After hurried stateside training,
the fall of 1918 would see 98 divisions under arms with
nearly 2 million soldiers and Marines in France.
Getting there from the United States was no small accom-
plishment. The summer of 1917 saw 32 training camps pop up
across the country, like mushrooms after a spring rain. After
just 16 weeks of training, each camp shipped off a freshly
trained division to France and then began training the next.
Fortunately, before being sent into combat, these newly
arrived divisions had several months to train up, which
included exercising the 4,000 or so soldiers and Marines
who’d completed stateside sniper schools. The French
commander-in-chief, Gen. Philippe Petain, applauded, “the
partiality of the American soldiers for sniping,” a role, he
found, “in which they easily excel.”
While their divisions conducted pre-combat training,
selected soldiers were sent off to France-based British sniper
schools, where they were found to be similarly proficient. The
commandant of the British 1st Army Sniping, Observation
and Scouting School, Maj. H.V. Hesketh-Prichard, shared
Gen. Petain’s view, finding America’s hunters and riflemen,
“especially right material” for the job.
For some Americans attending the British schools, this
sniper training became extraordinarily realistic; when Germany
launched its March 1918 Spring Offensive, the schools
suspended instruction to rush instructors and students—
including Americans—to help hold critical sectors.
Among those unexpectedly thrust into combat was
Lt. Edward Klepfer, a New York Yankee pitcher who’d
Snipers were issued the Model of 1903 Springfield with
the Warner & Swazey “Telescopic Musket
Sight.” The Model 1908 (top) had 6X mag-
nification while the Model 1912 had 5.2X.
The Winchester A5 riflescope was also fitted
to the ’03 Springfield (below). The A5s were
procured by both the Army and Marine Corps.
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earned a 1917 record of 14-4 with a 2.37 ERA in 213
innings. Klepfer, a sniper platoon leader, later wrote of
his experience under enemy fire. “You know what it’s like
when you’re at bat and Walter Johnson buzzes one of his
fast ones past your ears?” he penned. “That’s what it feels
like when the Huns are trying to pick you off.”
It appears that French units, too, received U.S. sniper
support. During the first German offensive, a March 1918
stateside newspaper described a French officer pinning a
Croix de Guerre to the coffin of a U.S. soldier who’d fought
to the death from, “a sniper’s nest,” holding off German
attackers until French reinforcements could arrive.
In The Trenches
When American divisions reached the front lines, they
initially fought the same trench warfare as had been the
case since late 1914. Each U.S. Army or Marine battalion
included a sniper platoon within its intelligence section,
led by a lieutenant or sergeant, and containing three to
five sniper teams. Their missions were counter-sniping,
precision shooting, scouting and observation—with special
emphasis on dominating “No Man’s Land.”
Some inexperienced Doughboy snipers were eager to
demonstrate their skills, which could get them into trouble.
Three Alabama snipers, “went out in broad daylight to see
if their new camouflage suits would camouflage,” a journal-
ist wrote home. They nearly reached an enemy dugout
before being discovered, then the Alabamans, “began
firing as fast as they could load,” and quickly retreated.
One sniper did not make it back. Never again would that
platoon take combat so lightly.
Journalists were especially impressed by the snip-
ers’ marksmanship. New York Sun correspondent Herman
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World War I Sniper
Medals of Honor

T
he first Medal of Honor ever awarded to a sniper went
to U.S. Marine Cpl. John Henry Pruitt (r.), with the
78th Company, 6th Marine Regiment. While supporting
an attack on Oct. 3, 1918, the young Arizonan spotted two
German machine guns that were impeding his company’s
advance. Pruitt took on the two guns, rushing and killing
the crews with well-aimed fire and capturing both. Totally
amazed, 40 enemy soldiers surrendered to the lone Marine.
Afterward, Cpl. Pruitt was sniping at more Germans when an
incoming shell mortally wounded him.
The war’s most remarkable one-sided engagement had to
be that of U.S. Army PFC John Lewis Barkley, a 3rd Division
sniper. On Oct. 7, 1918, while scouting ahead of his unit, he
observed 500 to 600 Germans massing to attack across an
open field. Taking cover behind a knocked-out French tank,
he noticed a nearby abandoned German Maxim machine gun
and a pile of ammunition belts. Setting aside his sniper rifle,
Barkley dragged the Maxim into the tank and then fetched
4,000 belted rounds. Loaded and ready, he poked the Maxim
muzzle through a hatch and opened fire, pouring belt after belt
into the Germans, who fell in droves. So much return fire hit
his tank that it sounded like a hailstorm, and then a 77 mm
German shell slammed home, knocking him unconscious—but
he awoke in time to engage a second wave of Germans until
they abandoned the fight. Barkley was credited with single- Painting courtesy of the National Museum of the Marine Corps
handedly fighting off a battalion-size enemy attack.

Whitaker wrote of a “Tennessee moonshiner” who “simply
couldn’t stand discipline.” Officers usually looked the other
way because, “He’s the finest shot we’ve got; can pick an
eye out of a Boche at 300 yards.” His commander gave
the Tennessean free reign anywhere along the line. “When
he draws a bead on one,” an officer said, “it’s good night
nurse, for he never lets loose until he’s certain.”
“And he’s not the only one,” a lieutenant added. “We
have a dozen snipers who go out like that.”
New York Herald reporter Haywood Broun told of several
U.S. Army snipers irritated to see a German soldier walking
nonchalantly beyond the trenches, 1,700 yds. away, thinking
Rifles courtesy of the Bruce N. Canfield collection
himself immune from long-range fire. Knowing the odds
were all but impossible to hit at such extreme range, the
entire group, “agreed to count to five and fire together.”
Sure enough, the snipers fired as one, and, Broun
reported, “down he came.” In another case, witnessed by
a Stars & Stripes reporter, three American snipers fired
a precision volley to hit a German officer well beyond
1,000 yds.
Among America’s snipers, Native Americans stood out.
According to Cato Sells, the U.S. Commissioner of Indian
Affairs, the Germans especially feared Native American
soldiers and snipers. He told Congress of a captured
American officer whose interrogators asked not about his
unit strength or future plans, “but on how many Indians
there were” opposing them. To Sells, the American Indian
made an ideal sniper because he was a “born sharp-
shooter, a scout by intuition and an instinctive artist in
the intricacies of camouflage.”
Private Ewing Peters, a Klamath tribesman sniper,
found himself entirely suited to sniping. “I felt as though
I were hunting deer, only the German was the devil.”
During his first of many missions he killed two such
“devils.” A Literary Digest writer interviewed Silas
Samuels, a Choctaw from Oklahoma and a sniper with the
312th Infantry Regiment, whose “eyes danced” as he told
of one night engagement. “This Jerry was peeping over
a trench one night,” his story went, “when Samuels was
exploring around in a shell hole. Years of hunting deer at
night gave the Indian a skill with the rifle that can be
obtained in no other way, and the German ‘went West’ on
one bullet.”

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AMERICA’S SNIPERS IN THE GREAT WAR

Out Of The Trenches, Into The Open

By mid-summer 1918, Germany’s final offensive
had been repulsed and the Allies went on the offen-
sive, beginning a new phase of maneuver called “Open

U.S. Army photo courtesy of Armor Plate Press

Warfare.” Left behind were the tactics of trench warfare,
but when it came to snipers, some commanders did not
understand how to employ them effectively in this new,
offensive, environment. However, other commanders
appreciated their shooting and scouting abilities, and
employed them to the fullest.
All along the Western Front, the Kaiser’s army had had
more than three years to dig in, expand and improve its
formidable defenses. Some positions even included con-
crete and steel bunkers. Anchoring these strong points
were machine guns that covered approaches, flanks and
obstacles, often with multiple guns integrating fire for a
seemingly impenetrable defense. Entrenched infantry were
arrayed to protect the machine guns.
Thus, the key to cracking German defenses was locating
the machine guns and then suppressing their fire or killing “by sniping,” and then, with a buddy, turned the cap-
their crews—an ideal mission for the keen observation tured guns on the enemy and defeated a counterattack.
and precision shooting of scout-snipers. Attesting to the Another time, his well-aimed rifle fire forced 100 Germans
courage and skill of American snipers in this role are the to abandon a trench, allowing its capture. He was awarded
numerous award citations which describe their actions. the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC), our nation’s second-
Army Cpl. George Ogden, “while acting as a battalion highest valor award.
scout,” drove the crews from two German machine guns continued on p. 90

Unusual Tools of the Sniper’s Trade

W
orld War I’s protracted trench
warfare saw many sniping
improvisations. The most elabo-
rate were artificial trees designed to
conceal snipers and observers. An exact
copy of a tree in No Man’s Land—lined
with 1/2"-thick chrome-steel—was
fabricated and switched at night for the
real one. “A man could walk past within
two feet of one,” reported Australian
sniper Ian Idriess, “and not realize it
was a dummy—unless he tapped it.”
Paper-mache horses and cows—
similarly steel-lined—replaced
carcasses in No Man’s Land, providing
snipers concealment and armor protec-
tion. If detected, of course, the sniper
was trapped in No Man’s Land.
Promoted with exaggerated claims,
several countries developed body armor.
An American inventor, Dr. Guy Brewster,
offered his “Brewster Body Shield” to
the Army. Although he demonstrated it
could withstand a .30-’06 Sprg. bullet
at 60 yds., he failed to convince the
military of its utility.
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For counter-sniping, the
British and Americans manufactured
paper-mache heads to attract enemy
sniper fire. A more advanced version
added a periscope to look down the tube-
like bullet path through the paper-mache
to discover the sniper’s hidden lair.
Another sniper’s tool was the Fixed
Rifle, which used a cradle to hold a
rifle firmly in place. In daylight it was
carefully aimed at a spot enemy troops
likely would congregate after dark.
After sundown, the sniper fired his
Fixed Rifle to hit enemy soldiers who’d
assumed that since they couldn’t be
seen, they couldn’t be shot.
Widely used were Periscope Rifles
which enabled a sniper to aim and fire
from a trench without exposing himself
to enemy fire. The shooter manipulated
a rod or cord to pull the trigger on his
frame-mounted rifle.
The U.S. Ordnance Dept. developed
OCTOBER 2018 AMERICAN RIFLEMAN
the Elder Periscopic
Attachment, Model of 1918,
for M1903 Springfield and
M1917 Enfield rifles. Also a unique
1903 Springfield stock (above) was
built; by pushing a button, the soldier
pivoted the stock open, scissors-like,
and locked it into place 35 degrees
below the receiver and aimed via an
Elder Periscope. Neither device reached
France before the Armistice.
Although useful during trench
warfare, once the Allied armies left
the trenches and maneuvered on open
ground, these clever improvisations
became obsolete.
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rifle

For more than a century, Savage Arms has kept its customers shooting with a variety of
traditional sporting arms. Now it has an updated logo and a new series of MSRs—in this
case, Modern Savage Rifles—based on the AR-pattern semi-automatic design.
BY B. GIL HORMAN, Field Editor

58
THE MODERN October 2018 american rifleman Photos by Forrest MacCormack
A
lthough many folks think of
Savage primarily as a maker of
purpose-built bolt-actions, the MSR 15 PATROL
company has actually been in
and out of the AR business for several
years. It has been quietly producing
barrels for other manufacturers, which
in turn has given the firm time to pol-
ish its processes and work out some
ideas of its own. After meeting with MSR 15 RECON LRP
thousands of customers, online and in
person, the company’s seasoned team
of engineers spent a good deal of
time and resources working out which
rifles should be released first.
The Savage MSR family of rifles
is available in two receiver sizes.
Based on the more compact AR-15, MSR 15 VALKYRIE
the company’s MSR 15 line currently
stands at six models, ranging from
entry-level tactical options to fully
decked-out competitive rigs: the
Patrol; the Recon; the Recon LRP; the
Valkyrie; the Long Range; and the
Competition. Meanwhile, the MSR 10
line—encompassing the Hunter, Long MSR 10 LONG RANGE
Range and Competition HD models—
takes its cues from the larger AR-10
platform. Cartridge options vary by
rifle, but include 6 mm Creedmoor,
6.5 mm Creedmoor, .308 Win. and MSR 10 COMPETITION HD
.338 Federal. For this review, I spent
some quality time at the range with
the MSR 15 Patrol and MSR 10 Long
Range models.
tube’s length is properly matched to barrel length and chambering, extend-
Key Platform Features the length of a particular rifle’s barrel. ing the dimensions beyond those
The Savage development team However, it’s not uncommon to find typical to the AR-10. An adjustable
was perfectly aware that its products 16" mid-length rifle barrels fitted with gas block has also been incorporated
would be launched into an exception- carbine-length gas tubes designed for into the rifle’s action that can be fine-
ally competitive, even saturated, facet 14" carbine-length barrels in order to tuned for optimized performance.
of the shooting market. In order to reduce production costs. The result is The configuration of an AR barrel’s
compete, the MSRs would need to an over-gased action that can increase rifling plays a key role not only in the
stand out from the crowd by offering felt recoil, enlarge down-range group gun’s accuracy, but its longevity and
desirable features along with a high sizes and decrease the rifle’s working maintenance, as well. Standard rifling
level of quality at a fair price. life span. Savage’s 16"-barreled MSR 15 patterns consist of four to six lands
The direct-gas-impingement models feature appropriately scaled and grooves cut with 90-degree corners
system commonly employed by many mid-length gas systems. For the where the lands and grooves meet. While
modern AR platforms has proven to MSR 10s, the company customized this is a proven approach to giving bul-
be exceptionally reliable when the gas each rifle’s system to best fit the lets the proper spin as they travel down

SAVAGE RIFLE AMERICANRIFLEMAN.ORG OCTOBER 2018 59

SAVAGE MSR
the barrel, Savage used the MSR lines to
introduce its 5R rifling system.
As the name implies, 5R employs
five lands and grooves. With each
land positioned directly across from
a groove, the rifling provides just
the right amount of support for the
bullet without the added constriction
or friction of a sixth land. Instead
of squared edges, the lands are more
trapezoidal in shape. This is intended
to reduce the buildup of fouling,
which affects accuracy, and to make
the barrel easier to clean.
The barrels are treated inside
and out with a Melonite finish. This
thermo-chemical nitrocarburizing
process continues to gain in popu-
larity as a barrel finish because it
provides a uniform, non-reflective
appearance that is harder than
chrome with a lower coefficient of
friction. It’s a durable option that
can comfortably withstand the rigors
of harsh outdoor conditions.
Factory-assembled ARs tend to fall
into one of two categories: general-
purpose models and purpose-built.
SAVAGE MSR 15 PATROL
MANUFACTURER: SAVAGE ARMS (DEPT. AR), 100 SPRINGDALE ROAD, WESTFIELD, MA 01085; (800) 370-0708; SAVAGEARMS.COM
0.5" 0.5"
10.25" to 13.75"
CHAMBERING: .223 WYLDE
ACTION TYPE: DIRECT-GAS-IMPINGEMENT,
SEMI-AUTOMATIC CENTER-FIRE RIFLE
RECEIVER: 7075-T6 ALUMINUM,
HARDCOAT ANODIZED FINISH
BARREL: 4140 STEEL, MELONITE FINISH
RIFLING: 5R; 1:8" RH TWIST
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General-purpose models sell at a rela-
tively low price because they’re fitted
with basic, but serviceable, compo-
nents and furniture. Amateur gun-
smiths who enjoy tinkering with their
rifles often swap out these Plain-Jane
parts for various upgrades.
Savage opted to go the purpose-built
route with its MSRs by installing hand-
picked feature sets selected to comple-
ment each rifle’s primary purpose.
The custom-forged receivers give the
rifles a sleek appearance. High-quality
furniture is either produced in-house
or provided by trusted companies
including Blackhawk and Magpul. The
triggers have been upgraded at the
factory to save the time and trouble
of swapping them out. The MSRs may
cost more than the typical general-
purpose models, but they arrive ready
for use and already featuring some basic
enhancements.
The MSR 15 Patrol
Thanks to the MSR 15 Patrol’s qual-
ity construction and a top-notch set
of polymer furniture from Blackhawk,
32" to 35.50"
MAGAZINE: 30-ROUND DETACHABLE BOX
SIGHTS: FRONT, ADJUSTABLE POST;
REAR, FLIP-UP APERTURE
OCTOBER 2018 AMERICAN RIFLEMAN
the rifle’s features are a tangible step
up from the general-purpose model
category that its $849 suggested retail
price might imply. The custom upper
and lower receivers are forged 7075-
T6 aluminum with a matte-black,
hardcoat anodized finish. The pivot
and takedown pins exhibit a snug fit,
which is an indicator of close align-
ment between receivers.
The flat-top upper has an integral
Picatinny rail for optics. The 16.125"
4140 steel barrel features 1:8" twist
right-hand rifling, M4-style feed
ramps and a Melonite finish. The
muzzle is threaded at 1/2x28 TPI and
fitted with an A2-type flash hider.
The mid-length gas tube is paired
with a milled, custom A-frame gas
block that is pinned to the barrel and
has an adjustable front sight post.
This front sight has much cleaner,
crisper lines than the typical cast
mil-spec version. A removable flip-up
Blackhawk BUIS (Back-Up Iron Sight)
rear sight is shipped with the rifle to
complete the sight system.
The M16 bolt carrier group (BCG) is
16.125"
TRIGGER: SINGLE-STAGE; 7-LB. PULL
STOCK: BLACKHAWK KNOXX AXIOM;
SIX-POSITION ADJUSTABLE
WEIGHT: 6 LBS., 8 OZS.
ACCESSORIES: OWNER’S MANUAL,
LOCK, EAR PLUGS
MSRP: $849
The MSR 15 Patrol carbine exemplifies the purpose-built con-
cept behind Savage’s AR-style rifles. Its price belies a feature
set that the company is able to offer by producing many of
the components in-house. Examples include (far l. to r.): a
unique six-position buttstock; a milled gas block/front sight;
M4-style feed ramps; and a metal Back-Up Iron Sight.
fitted with a Carpenter 158 steel bolt,
and is manually cycled with a mil-spec
charging handle. All of the BCG’s com- some makes. However, it was still a bit
ponents appeared to be well-made and mushy with a 7-lb. pull.
properly fitted. The right side of the It’s readily apparent that Blackhawk
upper receiver is where two particu- put plenty of thought into the Knoxx
lar cost-reducing measures are often Axiom furniture line so as to compete
applied. Some makers offer models with the established big players in the
that ship without a dustcover or have AR market. The designs are both useful
no place to install a forward assist. and easy on the eyes. The M4-style
Savage initially split the difference two-piece handguard, held in place
by shipping the gun with a dustcover with a spring-loaded delta ring, cleverly
installed and a port for a forward extends past the front sight. It’s shaped
assist machined but capped with a to provide a bilateral thumb rest and
polymer plug to keep out the dust. hand stop for those shooters who prefer
That way a customer could add a for- the straight-arm support-hand grip
ward assist. Now the gun ships with a favored by 3-gun competitors. Four
forward assist assembly installed. M-LOK-compatible accessory slots are
The six-position buffer tube houses found at the 3-, 6- and 9-o’clock posi-
a standard carbine buffer. All of the tions. The handguard also has lightly
rifle’s lower receiver controls are typi- textured grip-enhancing areas and
cal mil-spec offerings, including the quick-detach (QD) flush sling sockets on
magazine release, bolt release, left-side the right and left sides.
safety selector and mil-spec, single- The single-piece, molded-polymer
stage trigger group. The traditional grip is designed to comfortably fit a
straight aluminum trigger guard has wide variety of hand sizes. Sections of
been replaced with a curved, enlarged straight-line raised ridges are sepa-
polymer component. The single-stage rated by fine, non-abrasive texturing.
trigger was an improvement when The grip is narrow at the top with
compared to others in its class because deep bilateral thumb grooves and
it did not exhibit the grittiness of a hand-filling palm swell. It offers
SHOOTING RESULTS (100 YDS.)
.223 Rem. Vel. @ muzzle Energy Group Size (inches)
Cartridge (f.p.s.) (ft.-lbs.) Smallest Largest Average
Federal 2887 Avg. 1,018 2.15 2.43 2.30
55-gr. FMJ 25 Sd
Federal Fusion 2759 Avg. 1,048 1.61 1.85 1.74
62-gr. JSP 18 Sd
Federal Gold Medal 2423 Avg. 1,004 0.66 0.95 0.83
77-gr. SMBTHP 15 Sd
Average Extreme Spread 1.62
Notes: Measured average velocity for 10 shots fired next to a Lab Radar
chronograph 12" offset from the firearm. Accuracy results for five consecutive,
five-shot groups at 100 yds. from a bench rest. Temperature: 72° F. Humidity: 34%.
Abbreviations: FMJ (full metal jacket), JSP (jacketed soft point), Sd (Standard
deviation), SMBTHP (Sierra MatchKing Boat-Tail Hollow Point).
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an improved fit for those users with
smaller hands, while providing plenty
of room for larger ones.
The sleek, A-frame, six-position
buttstock provides four sockets for
QD sling mounts and a slot for direct
threading of slings. The rounded top
provides a positive cheek weld. The
buttplate has large diamond-pattern
texturing with two ports that allow
for the attachment of a Knoxx recoil
pad. The stock’s adjustment lever is
placed at the front to keep it out of
the way.
The MSR 10 Long Range
More AR fans are looking for rifles
that can be used for extended-range
precision shooting without being
overly heavy. Savage’s answer to
this customer request is the AR-10-
type Long Range model, the 6.5 mm
Creedmoor variant of which weighs in
at 10 lbs., 6 ozs. The MSR 10 upper
and lower receivers are also forged
from 7075-T6 aluminum and hardcoat
anodized like the MSR 15s.
The Picatinny-rail-topped upper
receiver is paired with an 18" free-
floating aluminum handguard that
features a full-length top rail. Together
they provide a total of 25.75" of rail
space to work with. The handguard is
attached directly to the upper receiver
using four bolts for added stability and
strength. The remaining handguard
surface area is thoroughly perforated
with numerous M-LOK-compatible
accessory slots to provide maximum
accessory potential, reduced weight
and plenty of ventilation.
The 22"-long 5R rifled barrel is
constructed of fluted 4140 steel with
M4-style ramps, an 11-degree crown and
a Melonite finish. The muzzle is threaded
at 5/8x24 TPI and fitted with a Savage
four-chamber muzzle brake to reduce
felt recoil. A small gap in the top of the
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While the MSR 10 Long Range’s name suggests a familiar

format, its details reveal considerable innovation, including (r.,
top to bottom): a left-side-mounted folding charging handle;
an adjustable gas block; a nickel-boron-finished bolt carrier and
dual-ejector bolt head; and a Magpul PRS Gen3 buttstock.

handguard provides easy access to the Separating the receivers reveals a be mil-spec with a nickel-boron finish.
adjustable gas block attached to the Savage-designed bolt carrier with a But any similarity to a mil-spec trigger
extended-length gas system. nickel-boron finish. The E9310 high- ends there. It is in fact a Blackhawk
The Long Range’s upper receiver pressure bolt features dual ejectors for AR Blaze 2-Stage precision trigger that
does come with a polymer dustcover added reliability. provides a short, light take-up before
and a forward assist. In addition to The external controls—bolt release, breaking cleanly with just 2 lbs.,
the typical top-mounted AR charg- safety selector and magazine-release 15 ozs. of trigger pull according to a
ing handle, Savage incorporated an button—are of mil-spec type, shape Lyman digital trigger gauge. It proved
additional non-reciprocating, side- and location. The polymer pistol grip to be a real treat to work with at the
charging handle on the left side of is the same comfortable Blackhawk shooting range. The Long Range ships
the upper receiver. This second charg- Knoxx Axiom AR model installed on with one 10-round Magpul PMAG.
ing handle is, in my opinion, more the MSR 15s, and an integral trigger The mil-spec-diameter AR-10-length
intuitive and easier to use than the guard is enlarged to provide extra buffer tube is fitted with the excellent
standard AR type, especially when a space for gloved fingers. At first glance, Magpul PRS Gen3 buttstock. The length
magnified optic is mounted. the smooth-faced trigger appears to of pull (LOP) and cheek piece height
are easily click-adjusted using hardcoat
SHOOTING RESULTS (100 YDS.) anodized aluminum knobs running along
6.5 MM CREEDMOOR VEL. @ MUZZLE ENERGY GROUP SIZE (INCHES) Melonite-treated steel adjustment shafts.
CARTRIDGE (F.P.S.) (FT.-LBS.) SMALLEST LARGEST AVERAGE The LOP can be extended an additional
FEDERAL AMERICAN 2686 AVG. 2,243 0.67 0.83 0.77 1.4" with the cheek piece providing up
EAGLE 140-GR. OTM 21 SD to 0.75" of additional height. The 0.85"-
thick soft rubber recoil pad is supported
FEDERAL FUSION 2770 AVG. 2,385 1.23 1.38 1.31
140-GR. JSP 16 SD by a reinforced buttplate designed to
withstand severe impact and recoil up
FEDERAL GOLD MEDAL 2885 AVG. 2,402 0.99 1.20 1.10
BERGER 130-GR. HOTM 22 SD to .50 BMG levels. Other features include
right- and left-side metallic QD flush
AVERAGE EXTREME SPREAD 1.06 sling sockets, a reversible 1.25" alumi-
NOTES: MEASURED AVERAGE VELOCITY FOR 10 SHOTS FIRED NEXT TO A LAB RADAR num sling loop with one QD sling swivel
CHRONOGRAPH 12" OFFSET FROM THE FIREARM. ACCURACY RESULTS FOR FIVE CONSECUTIVE, port and two M-LOK slots along the
FIVE-SHOT GROUPS AT 100 YDS. FROM A BENCH REST. TEMPERATURE: 72° F. HUMIDITY: 34%.
ABBREVIATIONS: HOTM (HYBRID OPEN TIP MATCH), JSP (JACKETED SOFT POINT), OTM
bottom edge of the stock for rails, sling
(OPEN TIP MATCH), SD (STANDARD DEVIATION). mounts or monopods.

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 MANUFACTURING

Cimarron Firearms Co. blends

the authenticity of Old West
legend with popular culture to
offer a complete line of guns
as they were—and how
they could have been.
BY RICK HACKER, Field Editor

t the 1983 NRA Annual

Meetings in Phoenix, Ariz.,
history was made in more
ways than one. Not only was President
Ronald Reagan, an NRA Life member,
the keynote speaker, but Mike and
Mary Lou Harvey, owners of a Houston,
Texas, sporting goods store, were about
to make a decision that would have a
profound and lasting effect on practi-
cally anyone who collects or shoots
19th century replica firearms today.
A few years previously, Mike had
become a distributor for Leonard
Allen, a major U.S. importer of Uberti
replica revolvers and rifles. Now Mike
and Mary Lou were about to purchase
Allen’s company, which would make
them one of the nation’s leading
Uberti firearm distributors and deal-
ers. With his penchant for detail,
Mike had already contributed to
upgrading Uberti’s replicas, including
having them re-locate the manda-
tory-but-distracting governmental
proofmarks to less conspicuous areas,
such as under the barrel. He also had
sent the company, located in the
historic Italian armsmaking capital of
Brescia, original cap-and-ball revolv-
ers and Colt Single Action Armys
from his personal collection so they
could better duplicate the look and
feel of the originals.
Mike and Mary Lou’s new com-
pany, re-branded as Cimarron
Firearms, was launched in 1984 and,
true to its name, has become known

On a visit to Italy, Mike Harvey (r.)

inspects a fore-end from a Model 71 while
Pierangelo Pedersoli (c.) discusses the
stock’s fit with a worker.

Photos by author AMERICANRIFLEMAN.ORG OCTOBER 2018 65

 the guns of cimarron
for creating classic, authentically styled guns of the
Old West, not only from Uberti, but from other replica
gun makers as well. In fact, their combination of both
mechanical and historical innovations—differences both
subtle and apparent—has set Cimarron apart from other
replicas. In fact, the company is now the go-to source
for Hollywood as it continues to wrangle the box office
revenue good Westerns have always returned. (For more
on the connection between Cimarron and Tinseltown, visit
americanrifleman.org/cimarron-stars).
The Harveys’ insistence on authentic detail is relentless.
For example, the “Cimarron F.A.” nomenclature on its
Model P single-action barrels is roll-stamped in the same
length, height and type style as the lettering on pre-war
Colts. “We had our own marking dies made and even copied
the lettering style found on the originals,” said Mike. “We
even counted the characters in each line and matched the
length of our stampings to the length and height of the
originals. That’s one of the things that make our guns stand
out—we demand that the guns look authentic.” Cimarron
was also the first to put the original patent dates on SAA
frames, and its revolvers are the only guns that Uberti
produces with period-correct nitre-blued screws, in addition
to being the first to offer an antiqued “Original” finish on
its revolvers. Additionally, even though the latest CNC and
computer-controlled techniques are employed, the forged
Uberti single-action frames receive 30 different polishings,
many of which are accomplished by hand and with leather
straps, duplicating some of the gunmaking procedures of
more than a century ago. And, because Italian law forbids
the use of animal bone in the case-hardening process, Mike
elects to have some of his guns case-hardened in the United
States to achieve an authentic 19th century rainbow hue.
As an alternative to the hammer-block transfer bar
found on most of today’s single-actions, with its telltale
squared-off hammer profile, Mike devised an alternate
concept of a trigger block safety by positioning a shorter
transfer bar, spring and firing pin arrangement inside the
hammer of some Uberti single-actions, where it can’t be
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Even though CNC technology is used on most of its guns,
Pedersoli still applies a lot of hand work. Cimarron made this
customized, special-order 1871-72 Open Top in .44 Colt (above,
r.), featuring period engraving and fancy-grade, one-piece wal-
nut stocks. The accompanying Slim Jim holster was made by El
Paso Saddlery (epsaddlery.com).
seen. This system blocks the trigger from tripping the ham-
mer until the gun is fully cocked, yet permits a non-ridged
Colt-style firing pin to be visible in a “natural-looking”
hammer contour when cocked, allowing all six rounds to be
safely loaded in the cylinder. This feature is incorporated
on Cimarron and other Uberti–made single-actions.
Uberti, now owned by Beretta Holding Co., isn’t the only
Cimarron manufacturer today, although it remains their
largest supplier, producing Cimarron’s cap-and-ball revolvers
and many of its Model P-style single-actions and lever-action
Henry and Model 1873 rifles. Mike also works closely with
the other three top replica gun factories in Brescia, each
selected for its specific areas of expertise: Chiappa creates
Cimarron’s Spencer-style rifles—now produced with authen-
tic Spencer stampings, as Cimarron has trademarked the
name. In addition to .45 Colt, Spencer rifles will also soon be
offered in the historically correct .56-56 Spencer chamber-
ing. Chiappa also produces Cimarron’s Model 92 lever-actions
and its Model 1887 lever-action shotgun. Davide Pedersoli
manufactures Cimarron’s single-shot “Trapdoor” Springfield
and Sharps rifles, along with the Model 1886 and Model 71
lever-actions. Pietta, with a proficiency in laser engraving,
creates a number of Cimarron’s commemoratives and other
laser-engraved firearms.
Cimarron also imports a World War I-era replica M1911,
in .45 ACP, made in the Philippines by Armscor. Clearly,
though, its 19th century reproductions that have established
the company’s reputation, most noticeably among cowboy
action shooters, re-enactors and the motion picture industry,
as well as hunters, plinkers, and other aficionados of 19th
century-style firearms who demand the utmost in craftsman-
ship and authenticity.
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Sadly, Mary Lou Harvey passed away a few years ago after
a courageous battle with cancer, and today the company is
headed by Mike, assisted by his daughter Jamie, who serves
as Cimarron’s vice president of media, and her husband,
Bryce Wayt, vice president of retail operations for the com-
pany’s Texas Jack Wild West Outfitter subsidiary.
Having followed Cimarron since its inception—when the
guns were first being imported under the Western Firearms
label (which was then changed to Allen Firearms to resolve
a legal dispute with Winchester-Western Ammunition)—I
decided to accompany Mike on one of his annual trips to
Brescia to see how a down-home Texas boy with an easy-
going drawl was able to achieve such exacting results from
the four highly respected firearms firms.
“Each factory has its own personality, its own vibe,”
Wayt said on the first day of our trip, as we entered the
sprawling Uberti factory located within the massive Beretta
industrial complex in Gardone—a suburb of Brescia—where
Beretta was founded in 1526. With approximately 60
employees, Uberti is the largest Italian producer of 19th
century replicas. This was evident by the numerous gun
parts that were arranged along multiple rows of benches
manned by workers who were surrounded by rifles and
pistols in various stages of assembly, from stock and action
fitting to barrel adjustments, most of which were being
done by hand. The automated and highly specialized com-
puterized machining operations were in another part of the
factory. And although each worker was intently concentrat-
ing on one specific task, most were capable of assembling
an entire gun, from start to finish. This is what it must
have been like in Colt’s old Hartford factory, I thought.
That image was reinforced when we entered Uberti’s spa-
cious conference room, its walls covered with posters of Italian
and American western movies that had featured Uberti guns.
In addition, gun racks and a huge, glass-topped conference
table displayed numerous Uberti single-actions and lever-
actions, giving the room the semblance of an 1880s gun store.
The frontier ambiance of the room was further accented
by the faint sporadic sounds of gunfire. But it wasn’t from a
high-noon showdown on Main Street; rather, it was coming
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Reminiscent of a 19th-century gunmaker’s factory, many of
the hand tools used at Uberti were made by its workers. At the
Uberti factory, Vitale Bettinsoli hand polishes a single-action’s
stocks and frame to insure a seamless fit.
from Beretta’s underground testing range. For anyone enam-
ored with Sergio Leone’s Spaghetti Westerns, this room was
nirvana. That feeling culminated when I was introduced to
Giacomo Merlino, managing director of A. Uberti, for as we
shook hands, I distinctly heard the haunting strains of the
theme from “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.” But it wasn’t
my imagination; it was the ring tone from Giacomo’s cell
phone, as someone was calling him at that exact moment.
Speaking of Spaghetti Westerns, Uberti makes one of
Cimarron’s most popular handguns, an 1851 Navy conver-
sion in .38 Spl. that replicates the sixgun—complete with
silver coiled-rattlesnake-inletted stocks—deftly wielded
by Clint Eastwood’s “The Man With No Name” in Leone’s
famous Italian-western trilogy: “A Fistful of Dollars,” “For
A Few Dollars More” and “The Good, the Bad, and the
Ugly.” But unlike the movie gun, Cimarron’s version sports
a couple of improvements that make it more practical: a
fixed rear sight dovetailed into the rear of the barrel and a
Harvey-designed removable rod concealed in the rammer so
that empty cases can be punched out of the cylinder.
“At first I didn’t think a gun like this would sell,” Mike
admitted, “because it’s basically our blackpowder 1851
Navy and still had the rammer, which would be useless in
a cartridge conversion. But I kept getting calls for it—a
lot of calls—so I finally told Uberti we would just do a run
of 500, because we might not sell any more. But when we
announced the gun six months prior to production, we
immediately got orders for over 500.”
The “Man With No Name” ’51 Navy cartridge conversion
has become one of Cimarron’s most sought-after guns, along
with its Single Action Army replicas and Model 1873 rifles
and carbines. And as a bonus, all of Cimarron’s Uberti-made
replicas now come with Stoeger’s warranty, which covers any
Uberti firearm—including replacement parts and labor—for
five years from the date of purchase by the original owner.
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As Uberti is currently the only Italian company making
a replica 1848 Walker, Mike revealed he will be bringing out
1,000 appropriately marked military Texas Walkers. And
although the majority of Cimarron’s guns are historically
correct, Mike is not averse to melding previously existing
guns to create, to paraphrase the late motion-picture direc-
tor John Ford, not what they were, but what they could
have been. This was the philosophy behind Cimarron’s
introduction of the Thunderer a few years ago, which
paired a single-action Model P frame with an enhanced
version of the Colt 1877 Thunderer’s bird’s head grip. And
using a combination of pencil drawings, CNC machinery
and 3D imagery along with some of Mike’s original guns,
Uberti is now working on an improved version of an
S&W American that will have the internal parts of a S&W
Schofield, a gun already in its line.
“We do whatever Mike asks for because he’s the one who
gives us all the ideas,” Giacomo said. “Mike knows all about
the history of the guns, and he knows what he wants.”
Our next stop was at the spacious and modern Chiappa
factory, where we were met by Rino Chiappa, whose late
father started the family’s predecessor company, Armi
Sport, in 1958. Rino changed the name to Chiappa in 2015
because he wanted the family name on the business, since
two of his four children are now working at the factory. As
we entered the showroom, we were met by Rino’s charming
wife Susanna, standing alongside a life-size color cutout
of John Wayne. Indeed, the spirit of the American West is
alive and well in Italy. And no wonder—the U.S. accounts
for 50 percent of Chiappa’s business, and it takes 45 other
countries to make up the other half. With the recent pur-
chase of a new laser and milling machine, Chiappa plans to
ramp-up production even further.
The factory is flooded with natural light, but the window
of Rino’s office faces inside, toward the workers and the
machinery, so he can keep an eye on production at all times.
Chiappa uses no external suppliers and all of its R&D, design,
schematics, 3D printing of prototypes, CNC work, and of
course, final manufacturing—including stock milling, finish-
ing and fitting—is done in-house. Chiappa even owns the
company that does the bluing and nickel plating, and has
its own in-house shooting range for testing guns, including
functioning prototypes they make from aluminum and steel.
Working three shifts, 24 hours a day (except Sundays, when
closed), Chiappa produces 2,000 guns each day, ranging from
blank starter pistols to its Rhino revolver.
For Cimarron, in addition to the Spencer carbine and
various lever-actions, Chiappa produces .22 single-action
revolvers. Interestingly, guns sent to the Italian govern-
ment proofhouse in Galdona del Trophe are temporarily
fitted with “beater” stocks, but once they come back from
proofing, they are re-stocked with high-grade European
walnut and re-shot at Chiappa’s in-house range for a
final quality control. Then they are cleaned, polished and
inspected once more before being packed for shipping.
Like Chiappa, Davide Pedersoli is family-owned, hav-
ing been started in 1957 by the late Davide Pedersoli.
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Today, the company is run by his son Pierangelo Pedersoli
and Pierangelo’s son Stephano, and specializes in CNC-
engineered 19th century replicas that are renowned
for their accuracy. I experienced this firsthand with its
trapdoor Springfield carbine and, more recently, with
Cimarron’s Billy Dixon Officer’s Model—one of the most
authentic on the market—featuring an engraved lockplate
and an 1879 rear sight in addition to the folding tang sight
found on other replicas.
One of the unique features of Pedersoli’s rifles is that
they are all stocked with American walnut, rather than
European wood. Pedersoli is also one of the few Italian
companies that can produce full-length Kentucky rifle
stocks. Pierangelo personally inspects every stock for grain
quality and dimensions. It was here that I saw Mike’s pen-
chant for detail, as he re-checked the length of pull on the
Pedersoli-made Cimarron’s Model 71 rifles, which he had
the factory adjust from 15" to 14", to make it more accept-
able for American shooters. He also checked the radius
of the curve on the Model 71 fore-ends, and specified a
more authentic, reddish-brown stain for the walnut, which
Pierangelo subsequently told me has now been adopted by
other companies as well. The same situation occurred with
Pedersoli’s case-coloring for Cimarron rifles, which Mike had
altered to provide a more authentic appearance.
“The Italians have two different types of case-color-
ing,” Mike said. “One is case-coloring and one is case-
coloring with added color. I told Pierangelo I wanted to
add color, which they can do with chemicals, but they
can’t use bone charcoal. Those chemicals are heated up
to between 700 and 800 degrees, which is almost red hot.
Then they’re quenched in cold water. And I think potas-
sium is added to the water, which in turn gives the steel
a darker color. So I had him do that on all of his guns for
me. And as soon as another customer of his saw it, they
had to have it, too.”
At Pietta, as was his custom throughout our trip, Mike
opened the meeting by presenting Alberto and Alessandro
Pietta—sons of company founder Giuseppe Pietta, who had
also stopped in for a brief visit—with a bottle of Sweet Baby
Ray’s Barbecue Sauce—a tasteful reminder of Cimarron’s
American roots. Then he unexpectedly rolled a prototype
of a .22 rimfire conversion cylinder for an 1858 Remington
revolver across the conference table towards them and
said, “Here, make this.” After a brief exchange of surprised
glances, Alberto and Alessandro picked up the cylinder and
studied it. Perhaps some day it will be in the Cimarron line.
For the present, though, Pietta is producing a number
of Cimarron’s special laser-engraved and commemorative
single-actions with some higher-end models embellished
even further with hand-engraving, while still being able to
keep prices competitive. Already available is Cimarron’s Texas
Ranger Model P, a nickel-plated, laser-engraved single-action
chambered in .45 Colt and sporting a 4¾" barrel. But what
really sets this sixgun apart is the “C”-type Helfricht-style
laser scrollwork. In addition, the ejector rod housing is
continued on p. 93
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SEMI-AUTOMATIC CENTER-FIRE RIFLE
shoulder sling and a set of removable
blued-steel sling swivels.
At the shooting range, the 10 mm
Auto 1095TS Edge experienced two
failures to feed in the first 50 rounds.
After that, it performed reliably
using a variety of ammunition types,
ranging from relatively low-velocity
(1,150 f.p.s.) imported practice-
grade loads to premium, American-
made hunting and defensive loads.
The carbine is a bit on the heavy
side at 7 lbs., 13 ozs., with an
empty magazine, but it handled
nicely. Our reviewers also noted that
the sight system is quick to acquire
and easy to see. The recoil-reduction
system built into the shoulder stock
works effectively to moderate the
rifle’s kick.
In most cases, formal pistol-caliber
carbine accuracy testing is conducted at
50 yds. from a benchrest. However, the
five-shot group sizes of the 1095TS Edge
expanded to around 5" at that distance
when firing practice-grade ammuni-
tion. The carbine printed more practical
groups, 3" or smaller, when the target
distance was reduced to 25 yds.
As expected, the 17.5" carbine-
length barrel of the 1095TS provided a
marked increase in bullet speed when
compared to the listed ammunition
velocities for pistol-length barrels. The
heaviest load tested, Buffalo Bore’s
Heavy Outdoorsman 220-gr. Hard Cast
Flat Nose, gained 125 f.p.s. of muzzle
velocity. SIG Sauer’s Elite Performance
180-gr. V-Crown jacketed hollow point
picked up an additional 150 f.p.s.,
with Underwood Ammunition’s 115-gr.
solid-copper Xtreme Defender bullet
traveling 212 f.p.s. faster.
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Auto
17.5"
SIGHTS: ADJUSTABLE; HOODED POST FRONT,
APERTURE REAR
TRIGGER: SINGLE-STAGE; 5-LB., 11-OZ. PULL
STOCK: POLYMER WITH RECOIL BUFFER;
REALTREE EDGE CAMOUFLAGE FINISH
WEIGHT: 7 LBS., 13 OZS.
ACCESSORIES: OWNER’S MANUAL, LOCK,
RECEIVER: ZAMAK 3 ALLOY, STEEL SHROUD SIGHT-ADJUSTMENT TOOL, SLING,
RIFLING: 1:12" RH TWIST SLING SWIVELS
MAGAZINE: 10-ROUND DETACHABLE BOX MSRP: $439
SHOOTING RESULTS (25 YDS.)
10 MM AUTO VEL. @ MUZZLE ENERGY GROUP SIZE (INCHES)
CARTRIDGE (F.P.S.) (FT.-LBS.) SMALLEST LARGEST AVERAGE
BUFFALO BORE HO 1325 AVG. 858 2.31 2.70 2.53
220-GR. HCFN 20 SD
SIG SAUER V-CROWN 1400 AVG. 783 1.56 1.81 1.70
180-GR. JHP 12 SD
UNDERWOOD 1912 AVG. 933 1.35 1.67 1.47
115-GR. XD 13 SD
AVERAGE EXTREME SPREAD 1.90
NOTES: MEASURED AVERAGE VELOCITY FOR 10 SHOTS FIRED NEXT TO A LABRADAR
CHRONOGRAPH AT THE MUZZLE. ACCURACY RESULTS FOR FIVE CONSECUTIVE, FIVE-SHOT GROUPS
AT 25 YDS. FIRED FROM A BENCH REST. TEMPERATURE: 54° F. HUMIDITY: 51%. ABBREVIATIONS:
HCFN (HARD CAST FLAT NOSE), HO (HEAVY OUTDOORSMAN), JHP (JACKETED HOLLOW
POINT), SD (STANDARD DEVIATION), XD (XTREME DEFENDER).
The new Hi-Point 1095TS Edge
increases the power potential of a
platform favored by those who are
looking for a reliable pistol-caliber
carbine at a rock-bottom price.
Although the gun’s accuracy poten-
tial was less than that of other
pistol-caliber carbines we’ve tested,
quality 10 mm loads fired through
the Hi-Point carbine will still get the
job done. With a retail price starting
at $389 ($439 for the camouflage-
dipped Edge), fans of the 10 mm The Hi-Point carbine’s buttstock incorporates
Auto now have a new inexpensive a soft-to-the-touch rubber cheekpiece and
way to put this well-regarded car- a polymer buttplate, the latter of which is
tridge to use. mounted on three recoil-reduction springs.
The American Rifleman has used the phrase “Dope Bag” since at least 1921, when Col. Townsend
Whelen first titled his column with it. Even then, it had been in use for years, referring to a sack used
by target shooters to hold ammunition and accessories on the firing line. “Sight dope” also was a
traditional marksman’s term for sight-adjustment information, while judging wind speed and direction
was called “doping the wind.”
WARNING: Technical data and information contained herein are intended to provide information based
on the limited experience of individuals under specific conditions and circumstances. They do not detail
the comprehensive training procedures, techniques and safety precautions absolutely necessary to
properly carry on similar activity. Read the notice and disclaimer on the contents page. Always consult
comprehensive reference manuals and bulletins for details of proper training requirements, procedures,
techniques and safety precautions before attempting any similar activity.
OCTOBER 2018 73
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STEYR ZEPHYR II

With its butterknife bolt handle, schnabel fore-end and visible evidence of
hammer-forged barrel construction, the Steyr Zephyr II, shown here with a
Leupold VX-2 2-7X 28 mm scope, is a high-class magnum rimfire rifle with a
decidedly European flair. Details such as a target crown (r., top) and a tang-
mounted safety (r., bottom) with visible indicators for “safe” and “fire” lend a
desirable level of practicality as well.

E
arlier this year, Steyr Mannlicher
of Austria re-introduced an
old favorite: the Zephyr II, a
bolt-action rifle for the discriminat-
ing small-game hunter. Originally
produced from 1955 to 1971, the
updated Zephyr possesses new lines
and an improved action, and it builds
upon the legacy of its predecessor
with a foundation of quality and well-
executed craftsmanship. Chambered for
rimfire cartridges, the gun is available in
.22 Long Rifle, .22 WMR and .17 HMR.
For testing, we received a .22 WMR-
chambered sample.
While there is no shortage of
rimfire bolt-guns, the Steyr is aimed
at the upper end of the rimfire sporter
market, having been created for the
individual who prioritizes quality and
pride of ownership over cost.
Looking at the Zephyr II’s stock
it becomes immediately apparent
that this is not an entry-level gun.
Made from European walnut, the
stock features a Bavarian cheekpiece,
laser-cut fish-scale-style checkering
and a schnabel fore-end. The metal
is ferritic-nitrocarburized in a non-
reflective and protective finish that
Steyr refers to as Mannox. The pistol
grip features an inset Steyr logo,
and there’s a 5/8" rubber buttpad
that gives the Zephyr II a consider-
able length of pull measuring 145⁄8".
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Ergonomics play an important part
in the Zephyr II’s appeal, and its slim
wrist, comfortable cheekpiece and
slender fore-end give the rifle excel-
lent handling characteristics.
The Zephyr II’s 19.7" medium-
weight barrel is cold-hammer-forged.
It is rifled with eight grooves, and the
twist rate is 1:15.75". To protect the
rifling, the gun is given a recessed
target crown. The Zephyr II possesses
Steyr’s signature butterknife-style
bolt handle. Besides looking good,
the contours of the handle allow the
bolt, along with its short throw (just
1.65"), to be manipulated rapidly.
The bolt cocks on opening and does
not require a great deal of effort to
operate. When the action is cocked, a
small pin protrudes from the rear of five-round magazine. One of the very
the bolt cap where it can be seen and few criticisms we had of the Zephyr II
felt. Twin extractors are used for posi- is that the magazine release is just a
tive extraction and smooth cycling. nub of exposed spring steel in front of
On the left side of the receiver the magazine, and, on more than one
is a bolt-release lever, and depress- occasion, we inadvertently engaged the
ing it while moving the bolt to the release while firing from the bench.
rear allows it to be removed from the Steyr outfits the rifle with a two-
receiver. The Zephyr II uses a two- stage trigger, and factory-tunes it for a
position, tang-mounted safety. Pulled light and crisp release. Our test sample’s
to the rear it makes the rifle safe, and trigger broke right at 2 lbs. The manual
a white dot is visible. The rifle should cautions against trying to adjust the
be loaded and unloaded with the safety trigger and states that any trigger work
engaged. Pushing it forward makes must be done at the factory by a quali-
the gun ready to fire and exposes fied technician. The trigger’s gold plating
a red dot. The rifle uses a polymer, adds to the gun’s aristocratic persona.
OCTOBER 2018 AMERICAN RIFLEMAN
 Steyr’s stylized target emblem adorns the rifle’s grip cap
(r.) while various proofmarks on its bolt body—shown
resting on the detachable, five-round polymer magazine—
denote its European manufacture (l.).

Steyr ships the rifle without any
sights, realizing that most will want to
take advantage of its inherent accuracy
by adding an optic. The Zephyr II’s
receiver top has an 11 mm dovetail—
not a terribly common dimension by
American standards—and it took a
little bit of searching on our part to
find compatible ring mounts. Leupold
sent us 1" medium ring mounts that
worked perfectly. One evaluator sup-
plied his Leupold VX-2, 2-7X 28 mm
Ultralight scope for function and
accuracy testing. Its compact size and
light weight were a perfect match for
the lightweight Zephyr II.
American Rifleman protocol for
rimfire rifle testing is to fire 10 shots
per group at a distance of 50 yds.
We fired five groups for each of the
three ammunitions used, with the
results shown in the accompanying
table. The Zephyr II’s stock is rela-
tively straight, with just 11⁄8" drop
at the comb and 13⁄8" at the heel.
Despite the gun’s light weight, we
were able to hold the duplex reticle
centered on our 2" aiming point
while adding pressure to the trigger
until the shot broke.
Our groups were well-rounded and
did not exhibit vertical or horizontal
stringing. The single best 10-shot
group measured just 0.66" and was
produced by CCI’s 40-gr. Maxi-Mag
hollow points. The average group size
for all three loads was well under an
inch. All three of these loads would be
very effective for hunting small game.
The Steyr Mannlicher Zephyr II is
a beautiful rifle that possesses a fine
degree of accuracy. It displays typi-
cal Steyr craftsmanship, attention to
detail, and exemplary fit and finish. At
a suggested price of $995, the Zephyr II
is sure to find a home with discerning
riflemen who place value on both perfor-
mance and aesthetics.

SHOOTING RESULTS (50 YDS.)

.22 WMR VEL. @ 10' ENERGY GROUP SIZE (INCHES)
CARTRIDGE (F.P.S.) (FT.-LBS.) SMALLEST LARGEST AVERAGE
AGUILA SILVER EAGLE 1952 AVG. 338 0.76 1.04 0.88
40-GR. SJSP 25 SD
CCI MAXI-MAG 2031 AVG. 366 0.66 1.05 0.89
40-GR. JHP 53 SD
HORNADY 2371 AVG. 374 0.82 1.10 0.94
30-GR. V-MAX 34 SD
AVERAGE EXTREME SPREAD 0.90
NOTES: MEASURED AVERAGE VELOCITY FOR 10 SHOTS OVER A PACT PROFESSIONAL XP CHRONOGRAPH
AT 10 FT. ACCURACY RESULTS FOR FIVE CONSECUTIVE, 10-SHOT GROUPS AT 50 YDS. FROM A CALDWELL
REST. TEMPERATURE: 65° F. HUMIDITY: 37%. ABBREVIATIONS: JHP (JACKETED HOLLOW POINT),
SD (STANDARD DEVIATION), SJSP (SEMI-JACKETED SOFT POINT).

STEYR ZEPHYR II
IMPORTER: STEYR ARMS, INC. (DEPT. AR), 2530 MORGAN ROAD, BESSEMER, AL 35022; (205) 417-8644; STEYRARMS.COM
39.2"
1.38" 1.13"
19.7"

14.63"
ACTION TYPE: BOLT-ACTION, SIGHTS: NONE; INTEGRAL 11 MM
RIMFIRE REPEATING RIFLE DOVETAIL RAIL
RECEIVER: CARBON STEEL TRIGGER: TWO-STAGE; 2-LB. PULL
STOCK: EUROPEAN WALNUT WEIGHT: 5 LBS., 13 OZS.
MANUFACTURER: STEYR MANNLICHER BARREL: COLD-HAMMER-FORGED, ACCESSORIES: OWNER’S MANUAL
(AUSTRIA) EIGHT-GROOVE; 1:15.75" RH TWIST MSRP: $995
CHAMBERING: .22 WMR MAGAZINE: FIVE-ROUND DETACHABLE BOX

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dope bag
STANDARD MFG. 1911
CASE COLORED #1 ENGRAVED
I
t is probably no exaggeration
to refer to the M1911 pistol as
“America’s Sidearm.” The functional
beauty of John Browning’s masterpiece
has made it one of the most beloved
and recognizable firearms of all time.
In recent years, though, the trend
toward all things tactical has produced
increasingly utilitarian-looking M1911-
style handguns devoid of classical
styling. Connecticut-based Standard
Mfg. Co., though, has moved in the
opposite direction. This company,
which is a division of the Connecticut
Shotgun Mfg. Co., is loaded with the
rare combination of modern machines
and traditional gunmaking know-how.
Built in-house, Standard Mfg.’s 1911
Case Colored #1 Engraved combines
aesthetic design and finish elements
with modern functional enhancements.
It doesn’t take a trained eye to see
why this handgun stands out, thanks
to the case-colored finish that covers
most of the pistol. Case-coloring is
the fortunate byproduct of a harden-
ing technique that has been used in
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firearm manufacturing for centuries.
Unlike many firms in the industry
that use chemicals to imitate case
colors, Standard Mfg. casehardens
these parts the old-fashioned way
using a furnace-heated crucible
loaded with bone and charcoal. The
entire slide, frame, grip safety and
mainspring housing on the 1911 are
covered in swirling blue, purple and
straw hues. The colors are accented by
a variety of small parts, including the
slide stop, safety lever, stock screws
and pins that are brightly nitre or
“fire” blued. The stocks are double-
diamond-checkered rosewood with a
satin finish. These contrasting colors
are all presented over slide flats and
a frame that is highly engraved with
attractive scroll patterns, making for a
visually striking handgun.
Though the engraving and finishes
give this M1911 a throwback feel, its
construction materials and methods
are quite modern. Standard Mfg. CNC
machines the frames and slides from
raw 4140 carbon steel forgings, and
October 2018 american rifleman
While all three parts are engraved, note
how the gun’s nitre or “fire” blued slide
stop contrasts with the frame and slide.
small parts such as slide stops are
machined, not cast. The match-grade
barrel is made from stainless steel and
features a loaded-chamber indicator slot
cut into the rear of the hood. The over-
all design is a fairly faithful clone of the
traditional M1911 design, albeit with
some modern enhancements that have
evolved out of decades of tinkering with
the platform. The cocking serrations on
the slide are end-mill cut at an angle,
the ejection port is both lowered and
flared back to facilitate consistent
ejection, the hammer is a modern
commander-style unit, the magazine
well is slightly beveled and an upswept
beavertail grip safety allows for a high
grip on the gun. Both the frontstrap
and steel mainspring housing are flaw-
lessly checkered at 30 lines per inch,
which provides a solid purchase without
being overly abrasive to the hands.
The overall fit and finish on this
handgun is excellent for a fac-
tory firearm, and better than many
examples produced by custom makers.
The polishing was uniformly excel-
lent, and the engraving—though
done by machine—was well-executed.
Likely thanks to the maker’s use of CNC
equipment and skilled hands, parts
fit was consistently good and there
was no sign of the “rattle” present on
some examples we’ve encountered from
other makers. Slide-to-frame fit, a key
to M1911 accuracy, was very good.
Disassembly is identical to traditional
M1911s, since this handgun uses a
recoil spring plug rather than a full-
length guide rod. Removing the barrel
bushing did not require a wrench, but
the part was sufficiently tight to be
conducive to mechanical accuracy.
The sights on this M1911 are from
the modern end of the spectrum and
are made by Warren Tactical. The black,
0.125", serrated front sight is easy to
 STANDARD MFG. 1911 CASE COLORED #1 ENGRAVED

MANUFACTURER: STANDARD MFG. CO. (DEPT. AR), 100 BURRITT ST.,

NEW BRITAIN, CT 06053; (860) 225-6581; STDGUN.COM
8.6"

find in the U-shaped, 0.150" rear notch

that is also serrated. Both front and
rear sights sit in dovetails (Novak cut),
STANDARD MANUFACTURING CO. LLC
and the rear sight is drift-adjustable NEW BRITAIN, CT. U.S.A.
GVT000000
for windage. These snag-free sights 5"
are devoid of sharp edges with the
exception of a lip designed to aid in 5.4"
one-handed cycling of the slide in the MAGAZINE: SEVEN-ROUND
DETACHABLE BOX
event of an emergency. We found the SIGHTS: WARREN TACTICAL,
sights to be very practical during both CHAMBERING: .45 ACP DRIFT-ADJUSTABLE; BLADE
the formal accuracy testing and more ACTION TYPE: FRONT; U-NOTCH REAR
casual rapid-fire range drills used to RECOIL-OPERATED, TRIGGER: SINGLE-ACTION;
SEMI-AUTOMATIC 3-LB., 8-OZ. PULL
evaluate this handgun.
CENTER-FIRE PISTOL WIDTH: 1.3"
Sights and triggers are vital to accu- SLIDE: 4140 STEEL; WEIGHT: 38.4 OZS.
racy, and the trigger on this M1911 was CASE-COLOR FINISH ACCESSORIES: OWNER’S
on the good side of average. It broke FRAME: 4140 STEEL; MANUAL, BOX, LOCK,
CASE-COLOR FINISH EXTRA MAGAZINE,
consistently at 3 lbs., 8 ozs., albeit
RIFLING: SIX-GROOVE; CLOTH, STORAGE BAG
with some pretty noticeable creep. 1:16" LH TWIST MSRP: $1,899
Though it was undetectable when we
shot the gun on short-range targets,
it was apparent when we moved to the SHOOTING RESULTS (25 YDS.)
25-yd. line. Approximately halfway .45 ACP VEL. @ MUZZLE ENERGY GROUP SIZE (INCHES)
through the trigger pull, there was a CARTRIDGE (F.P.S.) (FT.-LBS.) SMALLEST LARGEST AVERAGE
tactile “shelf” that almost acted as a CCI BLAZER 824 AVG. 347 2.34 2.74 2.56
second stage during our bench testing. 230-GR. FMJ 11 SD
This creep didn’t appear to have a det-
HORNADY CRITICAL 1010 AVG. 419 1.44 2.40 2.12
rimental effect on accuracy, it merely DEFENSE 11 SD
kept the trigger pull from being excep- 185-GR. FTX
tional. Two-handed standing groups at
PMC BRONZE 977 AVG. 392 0.92 2.31 1.72
10 yds. produced one-hole groups, and 185-GR. JHP 18 SD
the 25-yd. accuracy results were con-
AVERAGE EXTREME SPREAD 2.13
sistently good. Don’t let the presenta-
tion appearance of this handgun fool NOTES: MEASURED AVERAGE VELOCITY FOR 10 SHOTS FIRED OVER A LABRADAR DOPPLER
CHRONOGRAPH AT THE MUZZLE. ACCURACY FOR FIVE CONSECUTIVE, FIVE-SHOT GROUPS AT 25 YDS.
you, it shoots and handles like a good
FROM A BENCH REST. TEMPERATURE: 81° F. HUMIDITY: 37%. ABBREVIATIONS: FMJ (FULL METAL
M1911 should. JACKET), FTX (FLEX TIP EXPANDING), JHP (JACKETED HOLLOW POINT), SD (STANDARD DEVIATION).
The M1911 design is not one that
always lends itself to mass production,
and many examples lack the reliability
that shooters have come to expect from
more modern handguns. We found this
1911 from Standard Mfg. to be reliable,
save for one failure to feed with PMC
Bronze’s 185-gr. JHP load. This bullet’s
ogive is fairly abrupt, and we ques-
tioned from the start whether it would
feed reliably. Sure enough, at round
number 60, we experienced a failure to flats of both the slide and frame,
feed from slidelock as the bullet caught and functional enhancements that
on the frame-mounted feed ramp. The keep pace with the M1911’s latest
malfunction was quickly cleared and we evolutions makes for a unique pack-
experienced no further hiccups. age. Non-engraved examples are avail-
M1911s can run the gamut from able, as are models with more subtle
spartan to ornate, and this example finishes. This handgun’s performance
from Standard Mfg. runs toward the is on par with its looks, and, given
latter end of that spectrum. The com- the quality components used and the While the Standard’s externals are anything
bination of contrasting and colorful labor-intensive finishes chosen, the but run-of-the-mill, its mechanical construc-
finishes, engraving that covers the price is very reasonable. tion is typical for a traditional M1911.

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Divided Appeals Panel Upholds
Calif. Ban on Post-2013 Pistols
LATEST
I
magine if California, to combat what
the Legislature considered the serious
LEGISLATIVE problem of manmade global warming,
required all new vehicles sold by car dealers
NEWS FROM in the state to run on grass clippings, rather
INSIDE THE NRA than fossil fuels.
Would it be fair to say that California was
INSTITUTE FOR legitimately addressing serious environmen-
LEGISLATIVE tal problems and promoting innovation? Or
would the more obvious conclusion be that
ACTION California simply wanted to ban the sale of
new cars?
If you agree with second option, you’d
likely be in the minority of a recent
9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel that
ILA Grassroots: found another non-existent technology—in
(800) 392-8683 that case, Pena v. Lindley, a microstamping
requirement that applies to newly intro-
NRA-ILA: (703) 267-1170
duced semi-automatic pistols—to be consis-
NRA-ILA website: nraila.org tent with the Second Amendment.
In other words, two out of three judges
ruled design requirements that no manufac-
turer can satisfy—nor that are useful enough
to be in development by any manufac-
turer—can still be a prerequisite for the
lawful commercial sale of constitutionally
protected handguns in the state.
The dispute stems from California’s
so-called “Unsafe Handgun Act” (UHA).
The UHA purports to promote public
safety by weeding out “unsafe” handguns
from commercial sale by a series of design
CALIFORNIA'S
DUAL MICRO-
STAMPING
STANDARDS
WERE DESIGNED
TO FORCE
MANUFACTURERS
TO DEVELOP
AND ADOPT
TECHNOLOGY
THAT WAS NOT
YET AVAILABLE.
80 OCTOBER 2018 AMERICAN RIFLEMAN
requirements for semi-automatic pistols
that must be met by the manufacturer.
These include a “chamber load indicator,”
a “magazine detachment mechanism” (to
prevent firing of the pistol with the maga-
zine removed) and a requirement that the
pistol legibly imprint an array of information
(including the firearm’s make, model and
serial number) on two locations on each
fired cartridge case. The microstamping
requirement took effect in 2013, when state
officials determined “that the technology
used to create the imprint is available to
more than one manufacturer unencumbered
by any patent restrictions.”
Significantly, the state’s dual microstamp-
ing standards were not designed around
proven, existing technology. Rather, they were
purposely designed to force manufacturers
to develop and adopt technology that was
not yet available in the commercial sphere. To
date, however, no manufacturer has done so.
The upshot is that the only firearms that
may be commercially sold in the state are
designs that existed before the date in 2013
on which the microstamping mandate took
effect. Such models are “grandfathered”
under the law. Any changes to the design—
including non-mandatory safety features
that weren’t incorporated in 2013—requires
the model to be retested and to meet the
current standards, including those pertain-
ing to microstamping.
The irony is that California’s law effec-
tively deprives state residents of market-
driven changes in design available to
residents of other states that improve the
safety and utility of modern pistols. Indeed,
the law virtually ensures that there will
come a time when the only semi-automatic
Photo by NRA Staff
pistols lawfully available for sale in
California will be used models that
are many years old.
None of that, however, both-
ered the two judges in the panel’s
majority, who breezily concluded
that even if the law burdened
conduct protected by the Second
Amendment, the state’s “public
safety” interest and legislative
“fact-finding” satisfied the low bar
of “intermediate scrutiny.”
Yet even by the standards of
politically motivated judicial activ-
ism, the majority did not—as the
dissent indicated—“take Plaintiffs’
Second Amendment claims seri-
ously.” Indeed, the majority
opinion—written by Judge Mary
Margaret McKeown—is riddled with
errors that have nothing to do with
legal opinion or judicial philosophy,
but one that simply misstate or
misrepresent plain facts.
Perhaps most embarrassingly,
McKeown seemed unaware of the
difference between bullets and
cartridge cases when analyzing the
strength of the state’s interest in
enforcing its microstamping require-
ment. McKeown cited a prior case
from another circuit that held that
the ability to conduct serial number
tracing on firearms constituted an
important state interest. “The same
logic applies to recovered bullets,
and counsels the conclusion that lim-
iting the availability of untraceable
bullets serves a substantial govern-
ment interest,” she wrote.
Yet the law does not require
fired bullets to be microstamped.
Rather, it requires fired cartridge
cases to be microstamped. While
a criminal investigator might be
able to tell which firearm ejected
a particular cartridge case, that
would not necessarily determine
whether a bullet, even of the same
caliber recovered at the same
scene, came from the same gun.
Indeed, cunning criminals could
switch firing pins between guns of
the same make and model or drop
IN MEMORY NRA-ILA CONTRIBUTIONS
July 1, 2018 – July 31, 2018
John S. Cichon, New Hartford, CT (from: the Souney Family); Marge Ballard, Alton, KS (from: Dale P. Nelson);
Richard O. Meyer, Hamburg, NY (from: Hamburg Rod & Gun Club); Robert Johnston, Hamburg, NY (from:
Hamburg Rod & Gun Club); George Alves, New Castle, DE (from: Warren and Vickie Alves).
previously fired cartridge cases at a
crime scene specifically to confuse
criminal investigators.
Thus, McKeown apparently
didn’t understand to which compo-
nent of a round of ammunition the
microstamping requirement applies
or she didn’t understand the dif-
ference between a fired bullet
and a spent cartridge case. These
differences, however, are crucial in
understanding why people who are
knowledgeable about firearms are
so skeptical about microstamping’s
usefulness Microstamping could
produce a lead in a case, but it
could just as easily be used to plant
a red herring.
Regarding the state’s certification
in 2013 about the “availability” of
the technology, the dissent noted
“this certification confirms the lack
of any patent restrictions on the
imprinting technology, not the avail-
ability of the technology itself.”
“If the requirement is impossible
to comply with,” the dissent con-
cluded, “it imposes a burden with-
out advancing any state interest.”
Reduced to their essence, the
facts of the case strongly suggest
that the state’s real goal is simply
banning modern pistols, which
of course is an outcome that any
fair reading of the U.S. Supreme
Court’s prior Second Amendment
cases would prohibit.
Needless to say, that precedent
is not getting a fair reading in most
decisions of lower courts, with
Pena v. Lindley being just the lat-
est and among the more egregious
examples.
President Donald Trump’s nomi-
nation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh for
the Supreme Court could mean that
help is on the way. In the meantime,
however, lower courts are continu-
ing to thumb their noses at the
Second Amendment and the Heller
majority, even to the extent of sanc-
tioning broad bans on firearms that
law-abiding people overwhelmingly
choose for self-defense.
AMERICANRIFLEMAN.ORG
Dylan Scott
is
Photo courtesy Dylan Scott
I
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Dylan Scott, take a few minutes to check him
out and we guarantee you’ll become a fan.
He’s the real deal and one of the hottest rising
stars on radio. His song “My Girl” hit No. 1 on
the country charts and was certified platinum
with sales of over 1,000,000. He has toured with
NRA Country artist Justin Moore, among oth-
ers. But perhaps what stands out most about
Scott is the person he is: a genuinely good fam-
ily man with a deep-voiced Louisiana drawl who
loves hunting and country music and followed
his dream to Nashville, Tenn. NRA Country’s
Vanessa Shahidi sat down with Scott and asked
him about his love for the outdoors.
VS: Was there anyone in particular who shared
their love of the great outdoors with you?
DS: My dad and my granddad are the ones
who really taught me about the outdoors and
hunting. I can remember being 4 or 5 years old
and sitting on my dad‘s knee in a deer stand. I
didn’t know exactly what was happening, but
I loved being out there with him. That was my
first memory of the real outdoors. Those early
days in the woods were special times that I
frequently think about when I go hunting.
VS: Is there a favorite hunt from the past that
stands out in your mind?
DS: My favorite hunt was probably this past
turkey season. I was out with a buddy of mine
in Missouri. It was an extremely difficult hunt
and the way the turkeys approached caused
us to be frozen still for a solid 45 minutes or
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NRA Country is a lifestyle and a bond between
the country music community and hard-working
Americans everywhere. It’s powered by pride,
freedom, love of country, respect for the military
and the responsibilities of protecting the great
American life. For more information visit
nracountry.com, follow on Twitter @NRACountry,
and NRA_Country on Instagram.
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2019 NRA ANNUAL MEETINGS • APRIL 26-28 • INDIANAPOLIS, IN
For hotel accommodations at the NRA Annual Meetings, visit nraam.org
F riends of NRA events celebrate
American values with fun,
fellowship and fundraising for The
NRA Foundation. To learn more
about events in your area, visit
friendsofnra.org, contact your local
field representative or send an email to
friends@nrahq.org.
Central Regional Director—Chad Franklin
cfranklin@nrahq.org
IA, NE—Tim Bacon
tbacon@nrahq.org
Northern IL—Mike Huber
mhuber@nrahq.org
Southern IL—Donald Higgs
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IN—Craig Haggard
chaggard@nrahq.org
KY—John LaRowe
jlarowe@nrahq.org
MI—Allan Herman
aherman@nrahq.org
Northern MO—Travis Scott
tscott@nrahq.org
Southern MO—Tim Besancenez
tbesancenez@nrahq.org
WI—Scott Taetsch
staetsch@nrahq.org
TRAINING
Crime Prevention
T he NRA’s Refuse To Be A Victim®
program provides information on
crime prevention and personal safety.
To learn more about the program, visit
refuse.nra.org. The most up-to-date
schedule is available on the internet by
visiting nrainstructors.org, by sending
an email to refuse@nrahq.org or by
calling (800) 861-1166.
OCT. 6—SPRINGFIELD, MO
(Seminar)
Michael Brooks (471) 366-9965
OCT. 13—CLINTON, IN
(Seminar)
Jennifer Christman (812) 240-3777
OCT. 18—ST. LOUIS, MO
(Instructor Development Workshop)
Kevin Cummins (636) 207-1900
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OCT. 21—LEE’S SUMMIT, MO
(Seminar)
Bill Vandenbos (816) 547-2537
OCT. 22—APPLETON, WI
(Seminar)
Gil Feher (920) 202-3080
OCT. 27—ELMHURST, IL
(Seminar)
Patrick Jones (773) 983-1526
AREA SHOOTS
F or more information, send an email to
Shelly Kramer at mkramer@nrahq.org
or call (703) 267-1459. For a complete
listing, see shootingsportsusa.com.
PISTOL
Ionia, MI OCT. 6
Chandler, IN OCT. 6-7
Holden, MO OCT. 21
Litchfield, IL OCT. 28
SMALLBORE RIFLE
Borden, IN OCT. 7
Waterman, IL OCT. 14
Bristol, IN OCT. 20
HIGH POWER RIFLE
Holton, MI OCT. 6
Marshall, MO OCT. 6-7
Bristol, WI OCT. 7
Effingham, IL OCT. 7
Borden, IN OCT. 13
Waterman, IL OCT. 21
Wabash, IN OCT. 21
SILHOUETTE
Wright City, MO OCT. 14
Ypsilanti, MI OCT. 14
Louisville, NE
Danville, IN
OCT. 21
OCT. 27
Ashland, KY OCT. 27
Effingham, IL OCT. 27-28
GUN SHOWS
D ates and locations of gun shows
are subject to change, so please
contact the show before traveling.
Discounted NRA membership are sold
through NRA recruiters.
*Some shows may offer free admission to
people who sign up for new memberships or
renewals. To become an NRA Recruiter call
(800) 672-0004.
OCT. 5-6 TURTLE LAKE, WI
Brothers Event Center, Turtle Lake
Fire Department (715) 986-4516
October 2018 american rifleman
OCT. 5-6 RICHLAND CENTER, WI
Richland Center Community Center,
Pine River Sports Ass’n.
(608) 604-9595
OCT. 5-7 CLARINDA, IA
Page County Fairgrounds, Southwest
Iowa Gun Show (712) 621-8026
OCT. 5-7 MASON, MI
Ingham County Fairgrounds, Sport
Shows Promotions (517) 676-4160
OCT. 5-7 COLUMBIA CITY, IN
Whitley County 4-H Fairgrounds,
Gun Slinger Promotions
(260) 624-5996
OCT. 6-7 LAFAYETTE, IN
Tippecanoe County Fairgrounds,
Central Indiana Gun Shows
(765) 993-8942
OCT. 6-7 JANESVILLE, WI
Rock County Fairgrounds—
Craig Center, Rock County Rifle &
Pistol Club (608) 754-1911
OCT. 6-7 BELLEVILLE, IL
Belle-Clair Expo Center,
ECA Hunting & Trade Shows
(618) 495-2572
OCT. 6-7 NEOSHO, MO
Newton County A&M Fairgrounds,
R.K. Shows Inc. (563) 927-8176
OCT. 7 WHEATON, IL
DuPage County Fairgrounds,
Pioneer Valley Sportsman’s Ass’n.
(630) 365-2808
OCT. 12-13 CALUMET, MI
Siskiwit Reception Hall & Conference
Center, Calumet Keweenaw
Sportmans Club (906) 337-2470
OCT. 12-13 DELAVAN, WI
Delavan Convention Center,
Freedom Firearms (414) 430-7617
OCT. 12-13 HAYWARD, WI
Sevenwinds Casino, Lodge &
Conference Center, Bearing Arms
Gun Shows (715) 308-8772
OCT. 12-14 MARSHALLTOWN, IA
Central Iowa Fairgrounds, Marv
Kraus Promotions (563) 608-4401
OCT. 13 PRUDENVILLE, MI
Houghton Lake Playhouse,
P.J.'s Promotions LLC (989) 798-8709
OCT. 13-14 GRAND RAPIDS, MI
4 Mile Showplace, Sport Shows
Promotions (517) 676-4160
OCT. 13-14 FORT WAYNE, IN
Allen County War Memorial
Coliseum, CPI Shows (260) 483-6144
OCT. 13-14 INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Marion County Fairgrounds, Central
Indiana Gun Shows (765) 855-3836
OCT. 13-14 EVANSVILLE, IN
National Guard Armory, Irish HitMan
Productions (812) 483-3064
OCT. 13-14 PACIFIC, MO
Eagles Club, Midwest Arms & Armor
Society (314) 631-2799
OCT. 13-14 SPRINGFIELD, MO
Ozark Empire Fairgrounds,
R.K. Shows Inc. (563) 927-8176
OCT. 13-14 ST. JOSEPH, MO
St. Joseph Civic Arena,
R.J. Promotions (816) 676-1200
OCT. 13-14 FOND DU LAC, WI
Fond du Lac County Fairgrounds,
Central Wisconsin Gun Collectors
Ass’n. (920) 634-9909
OCT. 14 ST. CHARLES, IL
Kane County Fairgrounds,
Kane County Sportsman’s Show
(815) 758-2773
OCT. 14 HARRISON, MI
Harrison Sportsman’s Club, Harrison
Sportsman’s Club (989) 539-3214
OCT. 19-21 ARNOLD, MO
Arnold Eagles Hall, Missouri Arms
Collectors Ass’n. (314) 638-6505
OCT. 19-21 COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA
Westfair Fairgrounds, Marv Kraus
Promotions (563) 608-4401
OCT. 20 NAPPANEE, IN
Claywood Event Center,
Northern Indiana Gun Collectors
Ass’n. (574) 936-4431
OCT. 20-21 SEDALIA, MO
Missouri State Fairgrounds,
R.K. Shows Inc. (563) 927-8176
OCT. 20-21 SANDWICH, IL
Sandwich Fairgrounds,
The Cloe Group LLC (815) 263-2810
OCT. 20-21 KNOXVILLE, IL
Knoxville Fairgrounds, Shellstruck
(309) 355-0527
OCT. 20-21 SPRINGFIELD, IL
Illinois State Fairgrounds,
ECA Hunting & Trade Shows
(618) 495-2572
OCT. 20-21 CADILLAC, MI
Wexford Civic Center, Sport Shows
Promotions (517) 676-4160
OCT. 20-21 SEYMOUR, IN
National Guard Armory,
Tri-State Gun & Knife Collectors
(812) 521-9367
OCT. 20-21 KOKOMO, IN
Ivy Tech Conference Center,
Central Indiana Gun Shows
(765) 855-3836
americanrifleman.org
OCT. 21 WOODSTOCK, IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
McHenry County Fairgrounds,
D&J Guns (815) 385-1982
OCT. 21-22 DAVISON, MI
P ublic and private officers interested
in becoming firearm instructors
should attend one of NRA’s Law
Knights of Columbus, Enforcement Firearms Instructor
P.J.'s Promotions LLC (989) 798-8709 Development Schools. 
OCT. 26-28 ROLLA, MO
OCT. 1-5—MACOMB, IL
Highway 72 Events Center, Militia
Armaments Gun Club (636) 295-0624 (Patrol Rifle)
OCT. 8-12—OKOBOJI, IA
OCT. 26-28 TOMAH, WI
Monroe County Fairgrounds, Marv (Tactical Shotgun)
Kraus Promotions (563) 608-4401 OCT. 22-26—SUGAR CREEK, MO
OCT. 26-28 DES MOINES, IA (Patrol Rifle)
Iowa State Fairgrounds, Trade Show OCT. 29-NOV. 2—SUGAR CREEK, MO
Productions (888) 552-1486 (Handgun/Shotgun)
OCT. 26-28 WATERLOO, IA Call Rudis Amaya at (703) 267-1636 or
National Cattle Congress—McElroy email ramaya@nrahq.org.
Auditorium, Midwest Arms Collectors
STATE ASSOCIATIONS
LLC (660) 956-6004
OCT. 26-28
National Guard Armory,
Tri-State Gun & Knife Collectors
EVANSVILLE, IN
J oining NRA-affiliated state associations
supports NRA’s mission in your state.
See stateassociations.nra.org for more
(812) 521-9367 information.
OCT. 27-28 KANSAS CITY, MO Illinois State Rifle Ass’n. Inc.
KCI-Expo Center, R.K. Shows Inc. isra.org
(563) 927-8176
Indiana State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n. Inc.
OCT. 27-28 PRINCETON, IL isrpa.org
Bureau County Fairgrounds, Sauk
Trail Gun Collectors (309) 689-1934 Iowa State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n.
iasrpa.org
OCT. 27-28 PORT HURON, MI
Blue Water Convention Center, Sport League of Kentucky Sportsmen Inc.
Shows Promotions (517) 676-4160 kentuckysportsmen.com
OCT. 27-28 CROWN POINT, IN Michigan Rifle & Pistol Ass’n.
Lake County Fairgrounds, Central michrpa.org
Indiana Gun Shows (765) 855-3836 Missouri Sport Shooting Ass’n.
OCT. 27-28 ANN ARBOR, MI missourisportshooting.org
Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds, Nebraska Marksmanship Ass’n.
Huron Gun Collectors (517) 546-4710 nemarksmanship.org
OCT. 27-28 ESCANABA, MI Wisconsin Firearm Owners, Ranges,
Upper Peninsula State Fairgrounds, Clubs & Educators
J&J Sport Shows (800) 968-5016 wisconsinforce.org
MEMBER INFORMATION & BENEFITS
MEMBERSHIP ACCOUNT INFORMATION: (877) 672-2000
NRA Headquarters: (703) 267-1000 • INTERNET ADDRESS: nra.org
MEMBER SERVICE (800) 672-3888 OFFICE OF ADVANCEMENT/
GIFT PLANNING (877) NRA-GIVE
NRASTORE.COM (888) 607-6007 THE NRA FOUNDATION (800) 423-6894
NRA INSTRUCTOR/
5-STAR MEMBER BENEFITS COACH FIREARM TRAINING (703) 267-1500
EDDIE EAGLE GUNSAFE PROGRAM (800) 231-0752
NRA Wine Club (800) 331-9754 REFUSE TO BE A VICTIM (800) 861-1166
ManageYOURiD (888) 759-7866
RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS (703) 267-1511
NRA AFFILIATED CLUBS (800) NRA-CLUB
Medical Concierge Network 800) 351-6094 RANGE SERVICES (877) 672-7264
COMPETITIVE SHOOTING (877) 672-6282
Global Rescue (800) 381-9754 LAW ENFORCEMENT (703) 267-1640
FRIENDS OF NRA (703) 267-1342
NRA Travel Center NRA.HotelPlanner.com
NRA MUSEUMS/
GUN COLLECTOR PROGRAMS (703) 267-1600
INSTITUTE FOR LEGISLATIVE ACTION SHOWS & EXHIBITS (866) 343-1805
Grassroots/Legislative Hotline (800) 392-8683 MEDIA RELATIONS (703) 267-1595
The “NRA Regional Report,” a service for NRA members, appears in every issue of American Rifleman, American Hunter,
Shooting Illustrated and America’s 1st Freedom. The Regional Report is an up-to-date listing of NRA conducted and/or
sponsored events scheduled in your region for the current month. Call to verify event dates and locations before traveling.
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2019 NRA ANNUAL MEETINGS • APRIL 26-28 • INDIANAPOLIS, IN
For hotel accommodations at the NRA Annual Meetings, visit nraam.org
F riends of NRA events celebrate
American values with fun,
fellowship and fundraising for The
NRA Foundation. To learn more
about events in your area, visit
friendsofnra.org, contact your local
field representative or send an email to
friends@nrahq.org.
East Regional Director—Bryan Hoover
bhoover@nrahq.org
ME, VT, NH—Brian Smith
bsmith@nrahq.org
NJ, MA, RI, CT & Southern NY—
Craig Decker
cdecker@nrahq.org
New York—Bruce McGowan
bmcgowan@nrahq.org
Northern OH—Marc Peugeot
mpeugeot@nrahq.org
Southern OH—David Graham
dgraham@nrahq.org
Eastern PA, DE—Kory Enck
kenck@nrahq.org
Western PA—Tom Baldrige
tbaldrige@nrahq.org
Eastern VA, Eastern MD, Washington,
DC—David Wells
dwells@nrahq.org
Western VA, Western MD, WV—
Michael Swackhamer
mswackhamer@nrahq.org
GUN SHOWS
D ates and locations of gun shows
are subject to change, so please
contact the show before traveling.
Discounted NRA membership are sold
through NRA recruiters.
*Some shows may offer free admission to
people who sign up for new memberships or
renewals. To become an NRA Recruiter call
(800) 672-0004.
OCT. 5-7 OAKS, PA
Philadelphia Expo Center,
Pennsylvania Antique Gun Collectors
(610) 264-7991
OCT. 6-7 SHARONVILLE, OH
Sharonville Convention Center,
Bill Goodman’s Gun & Knife Shows
(502) 538-3900
OCT. 6-7 MASSILLON, OH
Massillon Knights of Columbus, Stark
Gun Collectors (330) 833-2483
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OCT. 6-7 WEST SPRINGFIELD, MA
Eastern States Exposition, Mid-
Hudson Promotions (914) 248-1000
OCT. 6-7 CANTON, OH
Stark County Fairgrounds, Ohio
Shows (330) 539-4247
OCT. 6-7 LIMA, OH
Allen County Fairgrounds, Tri-State
Gun Collectors (419) 647-0067
OCT. 6-7 BRISTOL, VA
Holiday Inn Bristol, A.G. Gun Shows
(423) 664-2715
OCT. 7 ALEXANDER, NY
Alexander Fireman’s Recreation Hall,
Niagara Frontier Gun Shows
(716) 542-9929
OCT. 7 LISLE, NY
Lisle Fire Co., Midstate Arms
Collectors (607) 748-1010
OCT. 12-14 BEL AIR, MD
American Legion Harford Post #39,
American Legion Harford Post #39
(443) 243-1885
OCT. 13-14 SALEM, VA
Salem Civic Center, C&E Gun Shows
(540) 953-0016
OCT. 13-14 FAIRMONT, WV
Marion County National Guard
Armory, Showmasters Gun Shows
(540) 951-1344
OCT. 13-14 FISHKILL, NY
Ramada Fishkill, NEACA Inc.
(518) 664-9743
OCT. 13-14 MOUNT JOY, PA
Mount Joy Sportsmen’s Ass’n. Club-
house, Mount Joy Sportsmen’s Ass’n.
(717) 341-9900
OCT. 13-14 AKRON, NY
Newstead Fire Hall, Niagara Frontier
Gun Shows (716) 542-9929
OCT. 13-14 DAYTON, OH
Montgomery County Event Center,
Bill Goodman’s Gun & Knife Shows
(502) 538-3900
OCT. 13-14 MEDINA, OH
Medina County Fairgrounds, Conrad
& Dowell Productions, (330) 948-4400
OCT. 13-14 BLOOMSBURG, PA
Bloomsburg Fairgrounds, Eagle Arms
Productions (610) 393-3047
OCT. 14 MOUNT BETHEL, PA
Mount Bethel Volunteer Fire Co.,
Mount Bethel Volunteer Fire Co.,
(404) 429-0072*
OCT. 20-21 TIMONIUM, MD
Timonium Fairgrounds, Appalachian
Promotions (717) 697-3088
October 2018 american rifleman
OCT. 20-21 VIRGINIA BEACH, VA
Virginia Beach Convention Center,
Southeastern Guns & Knives
(757) 483-5385
OCT. 20-21 DALE CITY, VA
Dale City VFW, Showmasters Gun
Shows (540) 951-1344
OCT. 20-21 ROANOKE, VA
The Berglund Center, Showmasters
Gun Shows (540) 951-1344
OCT. 20-21 MONTPELIER, OH
Williams County Fairgrounds,
D&K Enterprises (419) 737-2801
OCT. 20-21 GEORGETOWN, OH
Georgetown FOE Hall, Trans-Fusion
Entertainment (513) 317-5550
OCT. 20-21 MANSFIELD, OH
Richland County Fairgrounds,
Heritage Gun Shows (330) 806-1110*
OCT. 20-21 QUARRYVILLE, PA
Solanco Fairgrounds, SLCFSA
(717) 382-4458
OCT. 20-21 CARLISLE, PA
Carlisle Expo Center, Eagle Arms
Productions (610) 393-3047
OCT. 20-21 BEREA, OH
Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds,
Ohio Shows (330) 539-4247
OCT. 20-21 ALLENTOWN, PA
Allentown Fairgrounds, Forks of the
Delaware Historical Arms Society
(610) 438-9006
OCT. 20-21 MONROEVILLE, PA
Monroeville Convention Center, Show-
masters Gun Shows (540) 951-1344
OCT. 20-21 THOMPSON, PA
Thompson Volunteer Fire Co., Jaeger
Arms Promotions (570) 470-6404
OCT. 27 SIDNEY, OH
Shelby County Fairgrounds, River
Valley Classic Gun Show (937) 418-2179
OCT. 27-28 NORWALK, OH
Huron County Fairgrounds,
Bill-Mar Productions (440) 986-5004
OCT. 27-28 YORK, PA
York Fairgrounds, Appalachian
Promotions (717) 697-3088
OCT. 27-28 CIRCLEVILLE, OH
Pickaway County Fairgrounds,
J.S. Shows Ltd. (614) 523-7767
OCT. 27-28 SPRINGFIELD, OH
Clark County Fairgrounds,
C&E Gun Shows (540) 953-0016
OCT. 27-28 TALLMADGE, OH
Summit County Fairgrounds,
Ohio Shows (330) 539-4247
OCT. 27-28 EAST STROUDSBURG, PA
VFW Post #2540, Jaeger Arms
Promotions (570) 470-6404
OCT. 27-28 WIND GAP, PA
Plainfield Township Fire Hall, Eagle
Arms Productions (610) 393-3047
OCT. 27-28 FREDERICKSBURG, VA
Fredericksburg Expo & Conference
Center, Southeastern Guns & Knives
N RA Police Pistol Combat
(757) 483-5385
OCT. 27-28 DOSWELL, VA
The Meadow Event Park, Southeastern
Guns & Knives (757) 483-5385
AREA SHOOTS
F or more information, send an email to
Shelly Kramer at mkramer@nrahq.org
or call (703) 267-1459. For a complete
listing, see shootingsportsusa.com.
PISTOL
Montpelier, VA OCT. 6
Annapolis, MD OCT. 6-7
Wappingers Falls, NY OCT. 7
Eleanor, WV OCT. 7
Carteret, NJ OCT. 20-21
Batavia, OH OCT. 21
Millville, NJ OCT. 27
Brookhaven, PA OCT. 28
SMALLBORE RIFLE
Millville, NJ OCT. 27-28
HIGH POWER RIFLE
Merrimack, NH OCT. 6
Millville, NJ OCT. 6
Westfield, MA OCT. 7
Nelson Township, OH OCT. 7
Bridgeville, DE OCT. 14
Phoenixville, PA OCT. 20
Scarborough, ME OCT. 21
Lexington Park, MD OCT. 27
Montpelier, VA OCT. 27
Buckhannon, WV OCT. 27
SILHOUETTE
Irwin, PA OCT. 6
Mont Vernon, NH OCT. 7
Owego, NY OCT. 13
Manassas, VA OCT. 14
Sudlersville, MD OCT. 20
Fairless Hills, PA OCT. 21
Milroy, PA OCT. 28
Rupert, WV OCT. 28
LAW ENFORCEMENT
P ublic and private officers interested
in becoming firearm instructors
should attend one of NRA’s Law
Enforcement Firearms Instructor
Development Schools.  NRASTORE.COM (888) 607-6007
OCT. 1-5—MONROEVILLE, PA
(Tactical Shooting)
OCT. 1-5—SMITHTON, PA
(Handgun/Shotgun)
OCT. 15-19—BETHLEHEM, PA
(Handgun/Shotgun)
OCT. 22-26—STAUNTON, VA
(Tactical Shooting)
OCT. 29-NOV. 2—HIGHSPIRE, PA
(Tactical Shotgun)
Call Tim Cole at (703) 267-1626 or
email tcole@nrahq.org.
americanrifleman.org
TUITION-FREE ARMORER CLASSES** OCT. 21—BRISTOL, CT
(Register at: le.nra.org/training/tuition- (Instructor Development Workshop)
free-schools.aspx) Michael Ptaszynski (860) 582-4388
OCT. 4—FAIRFAX, VA** (Glock Armorer) OCT. 27—LANCASTER, PA (Seminar)
OCT. 5—FAIRFAX, VA** Wendy Hendershot (717) 209-1056
(Officer Involved Shooting)
STATE ASSOCIATIONS
Police Competition
J
oining NRA-affiliated state associa-
tions supports NRA’s mission in your
state.See stateassociations.nra.org for
competition is intended to be used
as an extension of an officer’s training. more information.
See PPC Rulebook (Rule 2.4) for Connecticut State Rifle & Revolver Ass’n.
eligibility requirements. csrra.com
OCT. 13—LEBANON, PA (Approved) Delaware State Sportsmen’s Ass’n.
OCT. 14—FREDERICK, MD dssa.us
(State Championship) Maine Rifle & Pistol Ass’n. Inc.
Contact lecompetitions@nrahq.org mainerpa.org
or (703) 267-1632. Maryland State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n.
TRAINING msrpa.org
Goal (Massachusetts)
Crime Prevention goal.org
T
he NRA’s Refuse To Be A Victim®
Gun Owners Of New Hampshire Inc.
program provides information on
gonh.org
crime prevention and personal safety.
To learn more about the program, visit Ass’n. Of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs Inc.
refuse.nra.org. The most up-to-date anjrpc.org
schedule is available on the internet at
New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n. Inc.
nrainstructors.org.
nysrpa.org
OCT. 6—ASHAWAY, RI (Seminar) Ohio Rifle & Pistol Ass’n.
Lyd Neugent (401) 377-8184 orpa.net
OCT. 13—CINCINNATI, OH (Seminar) Pennsylvania Rifle & Pistol Ass’n.
Angie Bender (513) 713-9395 pennarifleandpistol.org
OCT. 14—FURLONG, PA (Seminar) Rhode Island 2nd Amendment Coalition
Robert Morris (215) 589-3534 ri2nd.org
Vermont Federation Of Sportsmen’s
OCT. 15—AUDUBON, PA (Seminar)
Clubs Inc.
Daniel McMonigle (610) 613-9813 vtfsc.org
OCT. 18—REEDVILLE, VA (Seminar) Virginia Shooting Sports Ass’n.
Robert Heller (804) 410-5905 myvssa.org
OCT. 20—BRISTOL, CT (Seminar) West Virginia State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n.
Michael Ptaszynski (860) 582-4388 wvasrpa.org
MEMBER INFORMATION & BENEFITS
MEMBERSHIP ACCOUNT INFORMATION: (877) 672-2000
NRA Headquarters: (703) 267-1000 • INTERNET ADDRESS: nra.org
MEMBER SERVICE (800) 672-3888 OFFICE OF ADVANCEMENT/
GIFT PLANNING (877) NRA-GIVE
THE NRA FOUNDATION (800) 423-6894
NRA INSTRUCTOR/
5-STAR MEMBER BENEFITS COACH FIREARM TRAINING (703) 267-1500
EDDIE EAGLE GUNSAFE PROGRAM (800) 231-0752
NRA Wine Club (800) 331-9754 REFUSE TO BE A VICTIM (800) 861-1166
RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS (703) 267-1511
ManageYOURiD (888) 759-7866
NRA AFFILIATED CLUBS (800) NRA-CLUB
RANGE SERVICES (877) 672-7264
Medical Concierge Network 800) 351-6094
COMPETITIVE SHOOTING (877) 672-6282
Global Rescue (800) 381-9754 LAW ENFORCEMENT (703) 267-1640
FRIENDS OF NRA (703) 267-1342
NRA Travel Center NRA.HotelPlanner.com
NRA MUSEUMS/
GUN COLLECTOR PROGRAMS (703) 267-1600
INSTITUTE FOR LEGISLATIVE ACTION SHOWS & EXHIBITS (866) 343-1805
Grassroots/Legislative Hotline (800) 392-8683 MEDIA RELATIONS (703) 267-1595
The “NRA Regional Report,” a service for NRA members, appears in every issue of American Rifleman, American Hunter,
Shooting Illustrated and America’s 1st Freedom. The Regional Report is an up-to-date listing of NRA conducted and/or
sponsored events scheduled in your region for the current month. Call to verify event dates and locations before traveling.
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2019 NRA ANNUAL MEETINGS • APRIL 26-28 • INDIANAPOLIS, IN
For hotel accommodations at the NRA Annual Meetings, visit nraam.org
F riends of NRA events celebrate
American values with fun,
fellowship and fundraising for The
NRA Foundation. To learn more
about events in your area, visit
friendsofnra.org, contact your local
field representative or send an email to
friends@nrahq.org.
Midwest Regional Director—Tom Ulik
tulik@nrahq.org
AR—Erica Willard-Dunn
ewillard@nrahq.org
CO—Brad Dreier
bdreier@nrahq.org
KS—Tom Ulik
tulik@nrahq.org
NM—Michael Guilliams
mguilliams@nrahq.org
OK—Darren DeLong
ddelong@nrahq.org
Eastern TX—Liz Foley
efoley@nrahq.org
Northern TX—Kevin Post
kpost@nrahq.org
Southern TX—Tyler Ward
tward@nrahq.org
Western TX—Jack Cannon
jcannon@nrahq.org
TRAINING
Crime Prevention
T he NRA’s Refuse To Be A Victim®
program provides information on
crime prevention and personal safety.
To learn more about the program, visit
refuse.nra.org. The most up-to-date
schedule is available on the internet at
nrainstructors.org.
OCT. 12—BROOMFIELD, CO
(Instructor Development Workshop)
Gerard Violette (480) 244-6315
OCT. 15—SAN ANTONIO, TX
(Seminar)
Ken Lewis (210) 737-7233
OCT. 16—SAN ANTONIO, TX
(Instructor Development Workshop)
Ken Lewis (210) 737-7233
OCT. 18—AUGUSTA, KS
(Seminar)
Greg Rupp (316) 651-7877
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OCT. 22—MONTROSE, CO (Seminar)
Larry McWhirter (970) 249-2771
GUN SHOWS
D ates and locations of gun shows
are subject to change, so please
contact the show before traveling.
Discounted NRA membership are sold
through NRA recruiters.
*Some shows may offer free admission to
people who sign up for new memberships or
renewals. To become an NRA Recruiter call
(800) 672-0004.
OCT. 6-7 BENTON, AR
Benton Event Center, Kerry Murphy
Promotions (501) 580-3737
OCT. 6-7 FORT SMITH, AR
Kay Rodgers Park, Hanging Judge
Promotions (479) 858-9079
OCT. 6-7 ADA, OK
Agri-Plex Convention Center,
Ada Rifle & Pistol Club (405) 391-7585
OCT. 6-7 GUYMON, OK
Texas County Activity Center,
Badshot Gun Show LLC
(405) 503-3665
OCT. 6-7 PARK HILL, OK
Cherokee County Fairgrounds,
G&S Promotions (918) 659-2201
OCT. 6-7 MESQUITE, TX
Mesquite Rodeo Convention Center,
Premier Gun Shows (817) 732-1194
OCT. 6-7 SAN ANTONIO, TX
San Antonio Events Center, Saxet
Trade Shows (361) 289-2256*
OCT. 6-7
Bell County Expo Center,
BELTON, TX
Lone Star Gun Shows (214) 635-2009
OCT. 6-7 CLEBURNE, TX
Johnson County Sheriff’s Posse
Building., Whipp Farm Productions
(817) 929-1816
OCT. 6-7 COLORADO SPRINGS, CO
Colorado Springs Event Center,
R.J. Promotions (816) 672-1200
OCT. 6-7 PUEBLO, CO
Colorado State Fairgrounds,
Tanner Gun Shows (720) 514-0114
OCT. 12-14 DENTON, TX
Embassy Suites, Texas Gun
Collectors Ass’n. (713) 299-3378
OCT. 13-14 MESQUITE, TX
Big Town Event Center, Premier Gun
Shows (817) 732-1194
October 2018 american rifleman
OCT. 13-14 ARANSAS PASS, TX
Aransas Pass Civic Center,
J&M Gun Shows (432) 438-1090
OCT. 13-14 KERRVILLE, TX
Hill Country Veterans Center,
Hill Country Veterans Center
(830) 315-3101
OCT. 13-14 LLANO, TX
John L. Kuykendall Arena & Events
Center, Eagle Outfitters
(210) 371-3001
OCT. 13-14 LUBBOCK, TX
Lubbock Civic Center, Silver Spur
Trade Shows (806) 253-1322
OCT. 13-14 TAYLOR, TX
Williamson County Expo Center,
Real Texas Gun Shows
(713) 724-8881
OCT. 13-14 WICHITA FALLS, TX
Wichita Falls Multi-Purpose Event
Center, Texas Collectors Gun Show
(940) 867-1309
OCT. 13-14 OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
Crossroads Event Center, Buchanan
Event Co. (405) 844-6055
OCT. 13-14 OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
Oklahoma State Fair Park, Oklahoma
Gun Shows (918) 955-1092
OCT. 13-14 HOT SPRINGS, AR
Garland County Fairgrounds,
G&S Promotions (918) 659-2201
OCT. 13-14 MOUNTAIN VIEW, AR
Stone County Fairgrounds,
Timbo Volunteer Fire Department
(870) 213-5106
OCT. 13-14 COLORADO SPRINGS, CO
Norris Penrose, Tanner Gun Shows
(720) 514-0114
OCT. 13-14 GREELEY, CO
Island Grove Regional Park,
P.E. Gun Shows (970) 779-0360
OCT. 13-14 PARK CITY, KS
Hartman Arena, Chisholm Trail
Antique Gun Ass’n. (888) 851-0888
OCT. 15-16 OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
Oklahoma State Fair Park, Oklahoma
City Gun Show Inc. (800) 333-4867
OCT. 20-21 FORT WORTH, TX
Will Rogers Center—Amon Carter
Exhibit Hall, Premier Gun Shows
(817) 732-1194
OCT. 20-21 MCALLEN, TX
McAllen Convention Center, Saxet
Trade Shows (361) 289-2256*
OCT. 20-21 ABILENE, TX
Abilene Civic Center, Texas Gun &
Knife Ass’n. (830) 285-0575
OCT. 20-21 AMARILLO, TX
Amarillo Civic Center, Pioneer Gun
Collectors (806) 567-8700
OCT. 20-21 HOUSTON, TX
NRG Arena, Houston Gun Collectors
Ass’n. (713) 981-6463
OCT. 20-21 MINERAL WELLS, TX
Palo Pinto Sheriff’s Posse Building,
Whipp Farm Productions
(817) 929-1816
OCT. 20-21 SAN ANTONIO, TX
Austin Highway Events Center,
Austin Highway Events
(210) 242-3683
OCT. 20-21 ELK CITY, OK
Elk City Civic Center,
G&S Promotions (918) 659-2201
OCT. 20-21 HARRISON, AR
Harrison Fairgrounds, Ozark Shooters
(417) 443-3093
OCT. 20-21 DENVER, CO
Denver Mart, Tanner Gun Shows
(720) 514-0114
OCT. 27-28 CONWAY, AR
Conway Expo Center,
P
G&S Promotions (918) 659-2201
OCT. 27-28 OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
Oklahoma State Fair Park,
Grand American Arms Shows
(405) 614-9464
OCT. 27-28 LEWISVILLE, TX
Premier Event Center, Premier Gun
Shows (817) 732-1194
OCT. 27-28 PASADENA, TX
Pasadena Convention Center,
Premier Gun Shows (817) 732-1194
OCT. 27-28 CORPUS CHRISTI, TX
Richard M. Borchard Regional
Fairgrounds, Saxet Trade Shows
(361) 289-2256*
OCT. 27-28 BOERNE, TX
Kendall County Fairgrounds,
Liberty Gun Shows (210) 708-6645
OCT. 27-28 BRENHAM, TX
Brenham Firearms Center, Real Texas
Gun Shows (713) 724-8881
OCT. 27-28 BUCHANAN DAM, TX
Hill Country Hall, Wild Weasel
Productions (830) 992-5291
OCT. 27-28 FREDERICKSBURG, TX
Gillespie County Fairgrounds, Texas
Gun & Knife Ass’n. (830) 285-0575
OCT. 27-28 HILLSBORO, TX
Hill County Fair Grounds—Fair Barn,
Whipp Farm Productions
(817) 929-1816
OCT. 27-28 MIDLAND, TX
Horseshoe Pavilion, Silver Spur Trade
Shows (806) 253-1322
americanrifleman.org
OCT. 27-28 TYLER, TX Police Competition
Harvey Hall Convention Center,
Lone Star Gun Shows (214) 635-2009
OCT. 27-28 COLORADO SPRINGS, CO
N RA Police Pistol Combat
competition is intended to be used
as an extension of an officer’s training.
Colorado Springs Event Center, See PPC Rulebook (Rule 2.4) for
R.J. Promotions (816) 676-1200 eligibility requirements.
OCT. 27-28 LOVELAND, CO OCT. 13—ALBUQUERQUE, NM
Outlets at Loveland, P.E. Gun Shows (Registered)
(970) 779-0360 Contact lecompetitions@nrahq.org
STATE ASSOCIATIONS or (703) 267-1632.
AREA SHOOTS
J oining NRA-affiliated state associa-
tions supports NRA’s mission in your
F
or more information, send an email to
state.See stateassociations.nra.org for
Shelly Kramer at mkramer@nrahq.org
more information.
or call (703) 267-1459. For a complete
Arkansas Rifle & Pistol Ass’n. listing, see shootingsportsusa.com.
arpa-online.org
PISTOL
Colorado State Shooting Ass’n.
cssa.org Whitewater, KS OCT. 6
Byers, CO OCT. 14
Kansas State Rifle Ass’n.
ksraweb.org Arcadia, OK OCT. 20
Houston, TX OCT. 28
New Mexico Shooting Sports Ass’n. Inc.
nmssa.org SMALLBORE RIFLE
Oklahoma Rifle Ass’n. Inc. Houston, TX OCT. 6
oklarifle.com China Spring, TX OCT. 6
Texas State Rifle Ass’n. HIGH POWER RIFLE
tsra.com Carthage, TX OCT. 6
LAW ENFORCEMENT Capitan, NM
Rosharon, TX
OCT. 6-7
OCT. 7
ublic and private officers interested
Desoto, KS OCT. 20
in becoming firearm instructors
should attend one of NRA’s Law Van Buren, AR OCT. 28
Enforcement Firearms Instructor Ramah, CO OCT. 28
Development Schools.  Arcadia, OK OCT. 28
OCT. 15-19—SAN ANTONIO, TX SILHOUETTE
(Tactical Shooting) Bauxite, AR OCT. 6
OCT. 29-NOV. 2—OWASSO, OK*
Arcadia, OK OCT. 13
(Handgun- Law Enforcement & Haltom City, TX OCT. 13
military only)* Garden City, KS OCT. 14
Call Mary Shine at (703) 267-1628 or New Braunfels, TX OCT. 14
email mshine@nrahq.org. Aurora, CO OCT. 20
MEMBER INFORMATION & BENEFITS
MEMBERSHIP ACCOUNT INFORMATION: (877) 672-2000
NRA Headquarters: (703) 267-1000 • INTERNET ADDRESS: nra.org
MEMBER SERVICE (800) 672-3888 OFFICE OF ADVANCEMENT/
GIFT PLANNING (877) NRA-GIVE
NRASTORE.COM (888) 607-6007 THE NRA FOUNDATION (800) 423-6894
NRA INSTRUCTOR/
5-STAR MEMBER BENEFITS COACH FIREARM TRAINING (703) 267-1500
EDDIE EAGLE GUNSAFE PROGRAM (800) 231-0752
NRA Wine Club (800) 331-9754 REFUSE TO BE A VICTIM (800) 861-1166
ManageYOURiD (888) 759-7866
RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS (703) 267-1511
NRA AFFILIATED CLUBS (800) NRA-CLUB
RANGE SERVICES (877) 672-7264
Medical Concierge Network 800) 351-6094
COMPETITIVE SHOOTING (877) 672-6282
Global Rescue (800) 381-9754 LAW ENFORCEMENT (703) 267-1640
FRIENDS OF NRA (703) 267-1342
NRA Travel Center NRA.HotelPlanner.com
NRA MUSEUMS/
GUN COLLECTOR PROGRAMS (703) 267-1600
INSTITUTE FOR LEGISLATIVE ACTION SHOWS & EXHIBITS (866) 343-1805
Grassroots/Legislative Hotline (800) 392-8683 MEDIA RELATIONS (703) 267-1595
The “NRA Regional Report,” a service for NRA members, appears in every issue of American Rifleman, American Hunter,
Shooting Illustrated and America’s 1st Freedom. The Regional Report is an up-to-date listing of NRA conducted and/or
sponsored events scheduled in your region for the current month. Call to verify event dates and locations before traveling.
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For hotel accommodations at the NRA Annual Meetings, visit nraam.org

AREA SHOOTS OCT. 20—CORRYTON, TN

(Seminar)

F or more information, send an email to

Shelly Kramer at mkramer@nrahq.org
Fred Styciura (732) 551-8263

F riends of NRA events celebrate

American values with fun,
fellowship and fundraising for The
or call (703) 267-1459. For a complete
listing, see shootingsportsusa.com.
OCT. 20—WHITE, GA
(Instructor Development Workshop)
Carl Hirt (770) 334-8285
NRA Foundation. To learn more PISTOL
about events in your area, visit Holmwood, LA OCT. 6-7 LAW ENFORCEMENT
friendsofnra.org, contact your local
field representative or send an email to
friends@nrahq.org.
South Congaree, SC
Dawsonville, GA
OCT. 20
OCT. 21 P ublic and private officers interested
in becoming firearm instructors
should attend one of NRA’s Law
Creedmoor, NC OCT. 27
Southern Regional Director— Columbia, TN OCT. 28 Enforcement Firearms Instructor
Al Hammond Development Schools. 
ahammond@nrahq.org Brooksville, FL OCT. 28
OCT. 1-5—SUMMERVILLE, SC
AL, MS—Bobby Berthelot SMALLBORE RIFLE (Patrol Rifle)
bberthelot@nrahq.org Dawsonville, GA OCT. 6
OCT. 1-5—NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FL
Northern FL—Bret Eldridge Cookeville, TN OCT. 7
peldridge@nrahq.org (Select Fire)
Palm Bay, FL OCT. 13
Southern FL—Tom Knight Ridgeville, SC OCT. 20 OCT. 1-5—STAPLETON, AL
tknight@nrahq.org Hazaelhurst, MS OCT. 20 (Handgun/Shotgun)
GA—Neely Raper Columbus, NC OCT. 20 OCT. 1-5—HOLLY SPRINGS, MS
nraper@nrahq.org (Tactical Shooting)
HIGH POWER RIFLE
LA—Chad Bowen OCT. 8-12—OZARK, AL
Covington, GA OCT. 6
cbowen@nrahq.org (Tactical Shooting)
Belton, SC OCT. 7
Eastern NC—Garland “Tra” Storey OCT. 8-12—FLORENCE (UNA), AL
Lakeland, FL OCT. 7
gstorey@nrahq.org (Patrol Rifle)
Chattanooga, TN OCT. 7
Western NC—Doug Merrill OCT. 8-12—PEARL, MS
Pinson, AL OCT. 13
rmerrill@nrahq.org
Salisbury, NC OCT. 20 (Patrol Rifle)
TN—Mike Webb Gonzales, LA OCT. 28 OCT. 15-19—NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FL
mwebb@nrahq.org
(Tactical Shotgun)
SC—Freeman Coleman SILHOUETTE
fcoleman@nrahq.org Hoover, AL OCT. 6 OCT. 15-19—COLUMBUS, MS
Arden, NC OCT. 13 (Handgun/Shotgun)
STATE ASSOCIATIONS Pascagoula, MS OCT. 13 OCT. 15-19—SHREVEPORT, LA

J oining NRA-affiliated state associa-

tions supports NRA’s mission in your
state.See stateassociations.nra.org for
more information.
Alabama Rifle & Pistol Ass’n.
jmoses1936@gmail.com
Florida Sport Shooting Ass’n.
fssaf.wildapricot.org
Georgia Sport Shooting Ass’n.
gssainc.org
Louisiana Shooting Ass’n.
louisianashooting.com
Mississippi Gun Owners Ass’n.
msgo.com
North Carolina Rifle & Pistol Ass’n.
ncrpa.org
Gun Owners of South Carolina
gosc.org
Tennessee Shooting Sports Ass’n. Inc.
tennesseeshootingsportsassociation.org
Gaston, SC
Brunswick, GA
OCT. 20
OCT. 20
Jackson, TN OCT. 21
Jacksonville, FL OCT. 27
TRAINING
Crime Prevention
T he NRA’s Refuse To Be A Victim®
program provides information on
crime prevention and personal safety.
To learn more about the program, visit
refuse.nra.org. The most up-to-date
schedule is available on the internet at
nrainstructors.org.
OCT. 6—FORT MYERS, FL
(Seminar)
Kyle Schutte (239) 673-0790
OCT. 8—BUFORD, GA
(Seminar)
John Bain (678) 238-2504
(Precision Rifle)
OCT. 22-26—HOMESTEAD, FL
(Handgun)
OCT. 29-NOV. 2—SUMMERVILLE, SC
(Tactical Shooting)
Call Rudis Amaya at (703) 267-1636
or email ramaya@nrahq.org.
Police Competition
N RA Police Pistol Combat
competition is intended to be used
as an extension of an officer’s training.
See PPC Rulebook (Rule 2.4) for
eligibility requirements.
OCT. 6—SUMTER, SC (Approved)
OCT. 6—TUSCALOOSA, AL (Registered)
OCT. 20—COLUMBIA, SC (Approved)
Contact lecompetitions@nrahq.org
or call (703) 267-1632.

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D ates and locations of gun shows
are subject to change, so please
contact the show before traveling.
Discounted NRA membership are sold
through NRA recruiters.
*Some shows may offer free admission to
people who sign up for new memberships or
renewals. To become an NRA Recruiter call
(800) 672-0004.
OCT. 6 TOCCOA, GA
Downtown Toccoa, the Carolina
Trader (704) 282-1339
OCT. 6-7 OPELIKA, AL
Village Event Center, East Alabama
Gun & Hunting Shows Shows
(334) 707-4717
OCT. 6-7 MUSCLE SHOALS, AL
North Alabama State Fairgrounds,
VPI Gun Shows (256) 381-0506
OCT. 6-7 FORT MYERS, FL
Lee Civic Center, Florida Gun Shows
(407) 410-6870
OCT. 6-7 HOLLYWOOD, FL
Italian American Civic League,
Florida Gun Expo (305) 922-3677
OCT. 6-7 JACKSONVILLE, FL
Greater Jacksonville Fair & Expo
Center, North Florida Gun & Knife
Shows (407) 275-7233
OCT. 6-7 MELBOURNE, FL
Melbourne Auditorium, Sport Show
Specialists (321) 777-7455*
OCT. 6-7 NEWBERRY, FL
Newberry American Legion, Gun
Trader Shows (352) 359-0134
OCT. 6-7 GROVETOWN, GA
Columbia County Exhibition Center,
Eastman Gun Shows (229) 423-4867
OCT. 6-7 PASCAGOULA, MS
Jackson County Fairgrounds,
Big Pop Gun Shows (601) 498-4235
OCT. 6-7 FAYETTEVILLE, NC
Crown Expo Center, C&E Gun Shows
(540) 953-0016
OCT. 6-7 FLETCHER, NC
Western N.C. Agricultural Center,
Mike Kent Shows (770) 630-7296
OCT. 6-7 GRAY, TN
Appalachian Fairgrounds, R.K. Shows
(563) 927-8176
OCT. 6-7 LEBANON, TN
Wilson County Expo Center, Bill Good-
man’s Gun & Knife Shows (502) 538-3900
OCT. 13-14 HOOVER, AL
Hoover Met Complex, Alabama Gun
Collectors Ass’n. (205) 317-0948
OCT. 13-14 BARTOW, FL
National Guard Armory, Great
American Promotions (865) 453-0074
OCT. 13-14 ORLANDO, FL
Central Florida Fairgrounds,
Florida Gun Shows (407) 410-6870
americanrifleman.org
OCT. 13-14 WEST PALM BEACH, FL
South Florida Fairgrounds,
Sport Show Specialists
(321) 777-7455*
OCT. 13-14 JACKSONVILLE, FL
The Morocco Shrine, Cliffhangers
Gun Show (386) 325-6114
OCT. 13-14 SAVANNAH, GA
Savannah Civic Center, Eastman Gun
Shows (229) 423-4867
OCT. 13-14 NATCHEZ, MS
Natchez Convention Center,
Big Pop Gun Shows (601) 498-4235
OCT. 13-14 GREENVILLE, SC
TD Convention Center, South
Carolina Arms Collectors Ass’n.
(803) 463-9377
OCT. 20-21 HUNTSVILLE, AL
Von Braun Civic Center, Collectors &
Shooters Co. (334) 322-8818
OCT. 20-21 PORT ST. LUCIE, FL
Polish American Social Club,
Great American Promotions
(865) 453-0074
OCT. 20-21 TAMPA, FL
Florida State Fairgrounds, Florida
Gun Shows (407) 410-6870
OCT. 20-21 PANAMA CITY, FL
Bay County Fairgrounds,
North Florida Gun & Knife Shows
(407) 275-7233
OCT. 20-21 MIAMI, FL
Miccosukee Gaming Resort,
Florida Gun Expo (305) 922-3677
OCT. 20-21 MARIETTA, GA
Cobb Civic Center, R.K. Shows
(563) 927-8176
OCT. 20-21 JACKSON, MS
Mississippi Trade Mart: State
Fairgrounds, New South Gun Shows
(601) 922-8138
MEMBER INFORMATION & BENEFITS
MEMBERSHIP ACCOUNT INFORMATION: (877) 672-2000
NRA Headquarters: (703) 267-1000 • INTERNET ADDRESS: nra.org
MEMBER SERVICE (800) 672-3888
NRASTORE.COM (888) 607-6007
5-STAR MEMBER BENEFITS
NRA Wine Club (800) 331-9754
ManageYOURiD (888) 759-7866
Medical Concierge Network 800) 351-6094
Global Rescue (800) 381-9754
NRA Travel Center NRA.HotelPlanner.com
INSTITUTE FOR LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Grassroots/Legislative Hotline (800) 392-8683
The “NRA Regional Report,” a service for NRA members, appears in every issue of American Rifleman, American Hunter,
Shooting Illustrated and America’s 1st Freedom. The Regional Report is an up-to-date listing of NRA conducted and/or
sponsored events scheduled in your region for the current month. Call to verify event dates and locations before traveling.
October 2018
OCT. 20-21 CHARLOTTE, NC
Park Expo, Dixie Gun & Knife Show
Classic (919) 781-1287
OCT. 20-21 MEMPHIS, TN
Agricenter International Park,
R.K. Shows (563) 927-8176
OCT. 27-28 ROBERTSDALE, AL
Baldwin County Fairgrounds, Collec-
tors & Shooters Co. (334) 322-8818
OCT. 27-28 FORT PIERCE, FL
Havert L Fenn Center, Patriot
Productions (866) 611-0442
OCT. 27-28 PALMETTO, FL
Bradenton Convention Center,
Florida Gun Shows (407) 410-6870
OCT. 27-28 BROOKSVILLE, FL
Hernando Sportsman’s Club House,
Hernando Sportsman’s Club
(352) 799-3605
OCT. 27-28 OCALA, FL
Motel 6 Conference Center,
Cliffhangers Gun Shows
(386) 325-6114
OCT. 27-28 LAWRENCEVILLE, GA
Gwinnett County Fairgrounds,
R.K. Shows (563) 927-8176
OCT. 27-28 WEST MONROE, LA
West Monroe Civic Center, Jean
LaFitte Promotions (337) 302-5535
OCT. 27-28 KENNER, LA
Pontchartrain Center, Great Southern
Gun & Knife Shows (865) 671-4757
OCT. 27-28 ROBINSONVILLE, MS
Casino Outlets, New South Gun
Shows (601) 922-8138
OCT. 27-28 WINSTON-SALEM, NC
Winston-Salem Fairgrounds,
C&E Gun Shows (540) 953-0016
OCT. 27-28 KNOXVILLE, TN
Knoxville Expo Center, R.K. Shows
(563) 927-8176
OFFICE OF ADVANCEMENT/
GIFT PLANNING (877) NRA-GIVE
THE NRA FOUNDATION (800) 423-6894
NRA INSTRUCTOR/
COACH FIREARM TRAINING (703) 267-1500
EDDIE EAGLE GUNSAFE PROGRAM (800) 231-0752
REFUSE TO BE A VICTIM (800) 861-1166
RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS (703) 267-1511
NRA AFFILIATED CLUBS (800) NRA-CLUB
RANGE SERVICES (877) 672-7264
COMPETITIVE SHOOTING (877) 672-6282
LAW ENFORCEMENT (703) 267-1640
FRIENDS OF NRA (703) 267-1342
NRA MUSEUMS/
GUN COLLECTOR PROGRAMS (703) 267-1600
SHOWS & EXHIBITS (866) 343-1805
MEDIA RELATIONS (703) 267-1595
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For hotel accommodations at the NRA Annual Meetings, visit nraam.org

F riends of NRA events celebrate

American values with fun,
fellowship and fundraising for The
NRA Foundation. You’ll have the
opportunity to participate in games,
raffles, live and silent auctions and
more. Your attendance contributes to
grants that promote firearm education,
safety and marksmanship. To learn
more about events in your area, visit
friendsofnra.org, contact your local
field representative or send an email to
friends@nrahq.org.
Southwest Regional Director—
Jason Quick
jquick@nrahq.org
AZ—Winston Pendleton
wpendleton@nrahq.org
Central CA, Southern NV—
Steve Wilson
swilson@nrahq.org TRAINING AREA SHOOTS
Crime Prevention
Eastern CA, Western NV—
Cole Beverly F or more information, send an email to

T he NRA’s Refuse To Be A Victim® Shelly Kramer at mkramer@nrahq.org

cbeverly@nrahq.org program provides information on or call (703) 267-1459. For a complete
crime prevention and personal safety. listing, see shootingsportsusa.com.
Mid CA—Sheila Boer
To learn more about the program, visit
sboer@nrahq.org PISTOL
refuse.nra.org. The most up-to-date
Northern CA—Dan Wilhelm schedule is available on the internet by Sloughhouse, CA OCT. 7
dwilhelm@nrahq.org visiting nrainstructors.org, by sending Redwood City, CA OCT. 14
an email to refuse@nrahq.org or by Phoenix, AZ OCT. 20-21
Southern CA—Mike Davis calling (800) 861-1166.
mdavis@nrahq.org SMALLBORE RIFLE
OCT. 29—MENIFEE, CA
UT, Eastern NV—Jim Reardon (Instructor Development Workshop) South El Monte, CA OCT. 6
jreardon@nrahq.org William Flory (951) 928-2794 Modesto, CA OCT. 28
HIGH POWER RIFLE
Carson City, NV OCT. 6
Centerville, UT OCT. 6
Kimber Custom II Seeley, CA OCT. 7
.45 ACP and Silver Stag
Knife with Display Case*
Yuma, AZ OCT. 13
Boulder City, NV OCT. 14
The 2018 Friends of NRA Thousand Oaks, CA OCT. 20
Gun of the Year set brings
together two perfectly Wendover, UT OCT. 27
paired pieces in a custom
display case designed SILHOUETTE
to showcase the Kimber
Custom II “Defending
Tucson, AZ OCT. 6
Freedom” 1911 and the Mesa, AZ OCT. 20
Silver Stag 1911 Sidekick
Fighter knife with matching San Fernando, CA OCT. 21
stocks and Friends of NRA Cupertino, CA OCT. 25
embellishments.
Bishop, CA OCT. 28

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GUN SHOWS
D ates and locations of gun shows
are subject to change, so please
contact the show before traveling.
Discounted NRA membership are sold
through NRA recruiters.
*Some shows may offer free admission to
people who sign up for new memberships or
renewals. To become an NRA Recruiter call
(800) 672-0004.
OCT. 6-7 VALLEJO, CA
Solano County Fairgrounds, Code of
the West Gun Shows (530) 676-8762
OCT. 6-7 MODESTO, CA
Modesto Centre Plaza, Mountain
Aire Promotions (209) 215-5599
OCT. 6-7 KINGMAN, AZ
Mohave County Fairgrounds,
Pioneer County Events Gun Show
(928) 692-0937
OCT. 6-7 COSTA MESA, CA
Orange County Fair and Event
Center, Crossroads of the West Gun
Shows (801) 544-9125
OCT. 6-7 SONORA, CA
Mother Lode Fairgrounds, Buck Stop
Gun Shows (530) 306-6011
OCT. 13-14 SANTA MARIA, CA
Santa Maria Fairpark, Central Coast
Gun Shows (805) 481-6726
OCT. 13-14 UKIAH, CA
Redwood Empire Fairgrounds, Buck
Stop Gun Shows (530) 306-6011
OCT. 13-14 RENO, NV
Reno-Sparks Convention Center,
Crossroads of the West Gun Shows
(801) 544-9125
americanrifleman.org
OCT. 20-21 CHANDLER, AZ
American Legion Post 35,
AZ Gun Radio (650) 520-6002
OCT. 20-21 WICKENBURG, AZ
Wickenburg Community Center,
Arizona Collectibles & Firearms
(928) 310-8544
OCT. 20-21 LAS VEGAS, NV
Orleans Hotel & Casino,
Western Trails Gun & Knife Shows
(702) 222-1948
OCT. 20-21 LAS VEGAS, NV
World Market Center Las Vegas,
Crossroads of the West Gun Shows
(801) 544-9125
OCT. 27-28 LAKE HAVASU, AZ
Aquatic Center, Arizona Collectibles
& Firearms (928) 310-8544
OCT. 27-28 TUCSON, AZ
Tucson Expo, AZ Gun Radio
(650) 520-6002
OCT. 27-28 VENTURA, CA
Ventura County Fairgrounds,
Crossroads of the West Gun Shows
(801) 544-9125
OCT. 13-14
Weber County Fair, Utah Gun
OGDEN, UT
STATE ASSOCIATIONS
Collectors Ass’n. (801) 486-1349
OCT. 20-21 TURLOCK, CA J oining NRA-affiliated state associa-
tions supports NRA’s mission in your
Stanislaus County Fairgrounds, state.See stateassociations.nra.org for
Code of the West Gun Shows more information.
(530) 676-8762 Arizona State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n.
OCT. 20-21 MCLELLAN PARK, CA asrpa.com
McClellan Conference Center, California Rifle & Pistol Ass’n.
Mountain Aire Promotions
crpa.org
(209) 215-5599
Nevada Firearms Coalition
OCT. 20-21 YREKA, CA
nvfac.org
Siskiyou Golden Fairgrounds,
Chico Gun Show Utah State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n.
(530) 591-3379 usrpa.org
MEMBER INFORMATION & BENEFITS
MEMBERSHIP ACCOUNT INFORMATION: (877) 672-2000
NRA Headquarters: (703) 267-1000 • INTERNET ADDRESS: nra.org
MEMBER SERVICE (800) 672-3888 OFFICE OF ADVANCEMENT/
GIFT PLANNING (877) NRA-GIVE
NRASTORE.COM (888) 607-6007 THE NRA FOUNDATION (800) 423-6894
NRA INSTRUCTOR/
5-STAR MEMBER BENEFITS COACH FIREARM TRAINING (703) 267-1500
EDDIE EAGLE GUNSAFE PROGRAM (800) 231-0752
NRA Wine Club (800) 331-9754 REFUSE TO BE A VICTIM (800) 861-1166
RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS (703) 267-1511
ManageYOURiD (888) 759-7866
NRA AFFILIATED CLUBS (800) NRA-CLUB
Medical Concierge Network 800) 351-6094 RANGE SERVICES (877) 672-7264
COMPETITIVE SHOOTING (877) 672-6282
Global Rescue (800) 381-9754 LAW ENFORCEMENT (703) 267-1640
FRIENDS OF NRA (703) 267-1342
NRA Travel Center NRA.HotelPlanner.com
NRA MUSEUMS/
GUN COLLECTOR PROGRAMS (703) 267-1600
INSTITUTE FOR LEGISLATIVE ACTION SHOWS & EXHIBITS (866) 343-1805
Grassroots/Legislative Hotline (800) 392-8683 MEDIA RELATIONS (703) 267-1595
The “NRA Regional Report,” a service for NRA members, appears in every issue of American Rifleman, American Hunter,
Shooting Illustrated and America’s 1st Freedom. The Regional Report is an up-to-date listing of NRA conducted and/or
sponsored events scheduled in your region for the current month. Call to verify event dates and locations before traveling.
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2019 NRA ANNUAL MEETINGS • APRIL 26-28 • INDIANAPOLIS, IN

For hotel accommodations at the NRA Annual Meetings, visit nraam.org

F riends of NRA events celebrate

American values with fun,
fellowship and fundraising for The
NRA Foundation. You’ll have the
opportunity to participate in games,
raffles, live and silent auctions and
more. Your attendance contributes to
grants that promote firearm education,
safety and marksmanship. To learn
more about events in your area, visit
friendsofnra.org, contact your local
field representative or send an email to
friends@nrahq.org.
West Regional Director—Brad Kruger
bkruger@nrahq.org
Northern AK—Josh Toennessen
jtoennessen@nrahq.org
Southern AK—Greg Stephens
gstephens@nrahq.org LAW ENFORCEMENT Police Competition
ID—Steve Vreeland
svreeland@nrahq.org P ublic and private officers interested
in becoming firearm instructors
N RA Police Pistol Combat
competition is intended to be used
as an extension of an officer’s training.
MN—Eric Linder should attend one of NRA’s Law
See PPC Rulebook (Rule 2.4) for
elinder@nrahq.org Enforcement Firearms Instructor
eligibility requirements.
Development Schools, designed
MT—Joe Crismore to enhance the instructors’ firearm OCT. 6—RICHLAND, WA
jcrismore@nrahq.org knowledge and handling skills, as (Approved)
ND, SD—Doug DeLaRoi well as prepare them to develop OCT. 20—MARYSVILLE, WA
ddelaroi@nrahq.org effective training programs, instruct in (Approved)
a professional manner, and conduct
OR, HI—Mike Carey Contact lecompetitions@nrahq.org
practical training exercises. Restricted
mcarey@nrahq.org or call (703) 267-1632.
to law enforcement officers only.
WA—Michael Herrera
mherrera@nrahq.org
OCT. 22-26—GRANTS PASS, OR AREA SHOOTS
(Patrol Rifle)
WY—Logan Duff
lduff@nrahq.org
Call Mary Shine at (703) 267-1628 or
email mshine@nrahq.org.
F or more information, send an email to
Shelly Kramer at mkramer@nrahq.org
or call (703) 267-1459. For a complete
listing, see shootingsportsusa.com.
PISTOL
Coeur d’Alene, ID OCT. 13
Kimber Custom II
.45 ACP and Silver Stag Sherwood, OR OCT. 20
Knife with Display Case* Honolulu, HI OCT. 27-28
The 2018 Friends of NRA HIGH POWER
Gun of the Year set brings
together two perfectly
Ravensdale, WA OCT. 7
paired pieces in a custom Nampa, ID OCT. 7
display case designed Eagle Creek, OR OCT. 27-28
to showcase the Kimber
Custom II “Defending
SILHOUETTE
Freedom” 1911 and the
Silver Stag 1911 Sidekick Sherwood, OR OCT. 6
Fighter knife with matching Boise, ID OCT. 6
stocks and Friends of NRA
embellishments. Butte, MT OCT. 13-14
Eatonville, WA OCT. 14

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GUN SHOWS
D ates and locations of gun shows
are subject to change, so please
contact the show before traveling.
Discounted NRA membership are sold
through NRA recruiters.
*Some shows may offer free admission to
people who sign up for new memberships or
renewals. To become an NRA Recruiter call
(800) 672-0004.
OCT. 5-7 KALISPELL, MT
Flathead County Fairgrounds, Sports
Connection (406) 633-9333
OCT. 6 CARSON, WA
American Legion Post 137, Cascade
Sportsman’s Club (509) 951-6733
OCT. 6-7 IDAHO FALLS, ID
Shilo Convention Center, Lewis Clark
Trader (208) 746-5555
OCT. 6-7 GRANTS PASS, OR
Josephine County Fairgrounds,
Collectors West (800) 659-3440
OCT. 6-7 LYNDEN, WA
Northwest Washington Fairgrounds,
Falcon Productions
(360) 770-1575
OCT. 6-7 EVELETH, MN
Range Recreation Civic Center,
A.C. Expos (218) 290-0274
OCT. 6-7 ST. CLOUD, MN
St. Cloud National Guard Armory,
Russ Bowers Gun Shows
(218) 845-2530
OCT. 12-14 WISE RIVER, MT
Community Building, Weapons
Collectors Society of Montana
(406) 832-3240
OCT. 12-14 LEWISTON, MT
Fairgrounds Trade Center, Weapons
Collectors Society of Montana
(406) 832-3240
OCT. 13 VANCOUVER, WA
Vancouver Elks Lodge #823, Arms
Collectors of Southwest Washington
(360) 263-7511
OCT. 13-14 ANCHORAGE, AK
Sullivan Arena, Alaska Gun Collectors
Ass’n. (907) 310-3602
OCT. 13-14 CANBY, OR
Clackamas County Fairgrounds,
Collectors West (800) 659-3440
OCT. 13-14 MEDFORD, OR
Medford Armory, Wes Knodel Gun
Shows (503) 363-9564
OCT. 13-14 PUYALLUP, WA
Western Washington Fairgrounds,
Washington Arms Collectors
(425) 255-8410
OCT. 20-21 PORTLAND, OR
Portland Metropolitan Exposition
Center, Collectors West
(800) 659-3440
americanrifleman.org
OCT. 27-28
Evergreen State Fairgrounds,
MONROE, WA
Washington Arms Collectors
(425) 255-8410
OCT. 27-28 MITCHELL, SD
Davison County Fairgrounds,
Dakota Territory Gun Collectors
Ass’n. (701) 361-9215
OCT. 27-28 ST. PAUL, MN
Minnesota State Fairgrounds,
Minnesota Weapons Collectors
Ass’n. (612) 721-8976
OCT. 28 PORTLAND, OR
Jackson Armory, Oregon Arms
Collectors (503) 254-5986
STATE ASSOCIATIONS
J oining NRA-affiliated state associa-
tions supports NRA’s mission in your
state.See stateassociations.nra.org for
more information.
Alaska Outdoor Council Inc.
alaskaoutdoorcouncil.org
Hawaii Rifle Ass’n.
hawaiirifleassociation.org
Idaho State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n.
idahosrpa.org
Minnesota Rifle & Revolver Ass’n. Inc.
mrra.org
OCT. 20-21 BREMERTON, WA
Montana Rifle & Pistol Ass’n.
Kitsap County Fairgrounds, Falcon mtrpa.org
Productions (360) 770-1575
North Dakota Shooting Sports Ass’n.
OCT. 20-21 CENTRALIA, WA ndssa.org
SouthWest Washington Fairgrounds,
Oregon State Shooting Ass’n.
Wes Knodel Gun Shows
(503) 363-9564 ossa.org
South Dakota Shooting Sports Ass’n.
OCT. 26-28 BUTTE, MT
sdshootingsports.org
Butte Civic Center, Sports
Washington State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n. Inc.
Connection (406) 633-9333
wsrpa.org
OCT. 27-28 EUGENE, OR
Wyoming State Shooting Ass’n. Inc.
Lane County Fairgrounds, Collectors
wyossa.com
West (800) 659-3440
MEMBER INFORMATION & BENEFITS
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Jonathan Shue Takes Gold at Camp Perry

in National Precision Pistol Championship
N
ever count a one-time Marine out, not when it comes
to something as fundamental to the Corps’ mindset as
shooting­—not even when he’s up against some current-day
Leathernecks. That’s the lesson Jonathan Shue taught everyone
at Camp Perry for the 2018 NRA National Precision Pistol
Championship in July.
Shue, who shoots for Cabot Guns’ team, stumbled out of the
gate and found himself in 17th place—down by 13 points—after
the .22-caliber shooting on the first day of the competition, and
most people counted him out of the running for any chance to
be a repeat champion. Undaunted, he turned in the rapid-fire
performance of a lifetime on his way to winning the Centerfire
Championship and ended the second day at the top of the heap,
with only Xs separating him from those on his heels.
“This was like a good, old-fashioned Carolina comeback,”
said Shue, a native of North Carolina, referencing his home-
state UNC Tar Heels basketball team that has had its
share of comebacks throughout the years.
At the start of the decisive third day, the
.45-caliber phase, the top 10 shooters were
within a six-point spread. Shue took second
in the High Master Civilian class and
edged out the Army’s top shooter, Adam
Sokolowski, by two points for the overall
win, with a final score of 2625 (out of 2700).
The final tally included 132 hits on the
X from 25 and 50 yards. More than 500
shooters participated in the match.
Mother Nature added a dash of
Photo courtesy of Cabot Guns

uncertainty to the mix.

“Temperature and lighting were almost
perfect, but there was a slight wind
that was just enough to aggravate your
process,” Shue said. “This type of condition
is difficult. You want to settle into your
process, but that bit of excess movement
throws you off your game.” 

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hodgdon
continued from p. 46
offer consistent velocities across a range of temperatures.
Consistency is paramount to top-notch accuracy. That’s
why H1000, an Extreme propellant, was selected for the
current Mk 248 Mod 1 .300 Win. Mag. sniping round. This
attribute began in 1995 with the advent of Varget, which
Reiber reports is No. 1 in powder sales. According to Chris
Hodgdon, Bruce Hodgdon’s grandson and the company’s
public relations manager, a veteran ballistician for ADI
named Alistair Wylie was key. All ADI-produced rifle pro-
pellants feature the technology.
Additional improvements include a de-coppering addi-
tive that removes copper fouling while shooting, as well as
a more environmentally friendly composition. Concerning
the former, a copper-removing ingredient enhances three
propellants in the Hodgdon CFE line, as well as the five
options in IMR Enduron series.
But, what happens if a propellant isn’t available that
provides optimal performance in a given cartridge? Hodgdon
creates one. This is well-illustrated with CFE BLK, which was
designed specifically for the .300 Blackout. That being said,
it excels in .17 Hornet, 6.8 mm SPC and 7.62x39 mm, too.
It’s but one example of Hodgdon’s commitment to providing
consumers with thoughtfully designed and tirelessly tested
propellants for optimal performance.
How many smokeless propellants does Hodgdon sell
Blackpowder substitute Pyrodex was intro-
duced in 1976. Next came Pyrodex Pellets,
Triple Seven and White Hots. Hodgdon
also makes Goex blackpowder today.
today? Combine those from IMR,
Hodgdon and Winchester, the latter
of which Hodgdon has licensed since
2005, and the company offers 65 dif-
ferent propellants. That doesn’t take
into account blackpowder and substi-
tute products, either. “The gunpowder people,” indeed.
Three generations have now served Hodgdon Powder Co.
since B.E. Hodgdon founded the company some 70 years
ago. During that time, it has experienced many successes
and setbacks but remained steadfast in its mission, which
resulted in monumental changes to better the experiences
of handloaders, hunters, competitors and recreational
shooters. In fact, so much has Hodgdon Powder Co. done
for the industry that, in 2009, J.B. and Bob received the
NRA Publications Golden Bullseye Pioneer of the Year Award
for “recognition of exemplary individual achievement
and introduction of shooting products that have made a
profound and enduring impact on the way Americans shoot
and hunt.” I couldn’t have said it better myself.
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continued from p. 51
forward and, with the firearm pointed in a safe direction,
pull the trigger to release the slide assembly. Finish pulling
the slide assembly forward, off the frame, and then remove
the recoil spring assembly and barrel. At this point, field-
stripping is complete and the gun is ready for maintenance.
One feature to note while the gun is disassembled is the
guide rails. The forward and rear guide rails—integral to the
locking block and sear housing, respectively—are serious
chunks of metal. It’s another indicator of the XD’s robust
design and durable construction.
Regarding that robust design, Springfield Armory literature
states that the XD-S Mod.2 in 9 mm underwent a 25,000-
round endurance test and survived without a single failure.
My own range testing was not quite that extensive, but the
evaluation gun did run with perfect performance throughout
several hundred rounds of testing. It cycled a wide array of
ammunition with aplomb, including some +P-rated loads,
regardless of the ammunition manufacturer, bullet weight or
bullet type. To be honest, though, I wasn’t a bit surprised. I’ve
been shooting XDs of various models for more than a decade
with excellent results, and I feel strongly that they are pound-
for-pound some of the strongest guns out there.
So besides simply running, how did it perform? For accu-
racy testing I chose three different types of ammunition:
Browning’s 115-gr. training load, Hornady’s Critical Duty
135-gr. +P Flexlock load—the FBI’s new 9 mm duty ammuni-
tion—and Remington’s Ultimate Defense Compact Handgun
124-gr. load. Given the intended role of the XD-S Mod.2 and
its shortened barrel and sight radius, I opted to test the
gun at 15 yds. Full results are tabulated on p. 51, but I can
report that accuracy for the little gun was quite good. In
my hands, the XD-S achieved an overall average group size
of 1.67", a best five-group average of 1.31" (Hornady) and
a best five-shot group of 0.89" (Remington). With formal
evaluation complete, I tested the gun thoroughly at ranges
from 3 yds. to 10 yds. with a variety of drills and by practic-
ing several defensive shooting techniques. This was the kind
of work the XD-S Mod.2 was intended for, and this is where
it really started to shine.
As I said, accuracy was quite good for a little gun, but
it probably could have been even better. Working from the
bench, the gun’s 7-lb., 4-oz., trigger pull was not conducive
to shooting tight groups. Stepping downrange, however, that
trigger felt just about perfect for a small defensive pistol.
Like most striker-fired guns, the XD-S has a double-action
trigger whereby the trigger pull both completes the cocking
cycle (racking the slide only partially loads the striker) and
trips the sear to release the striker, firing the gun. A benefit
of the design over some hammer-fired semi-automatics is
the consistency of that trigger pull, and its reduced weight
compared to traditional double-action designs. I’ve always
felt that among the polymer-frame, striker-fired semi-
automatics, the XD family offered some of the best produc-
tion triggers, featuring a crisp break after some take-up and
a clear audible and tactile reset. The XD-S Mod.2 in 9 mm
does not disappoint in that regard.
Similar to the trigger, the AmeriGlo sights that topped
my evaluation pistol didn’t hurt benchrest accuracy, but
they certainly aren’t target sights. For defensive shooting,
though, the bold front and black, U-notch rear are without
question my preferred sighting arrangement—and I’m far
from alone in that opinion. When getting shots on target
quickly is the order of the day, it is really hard to beat that
large greenish-yellow dot, which is very easy to visually pick
up and drive toward the target. The inclusion of a tritium
insert for night-sight capability is also a must-have for many
defensive shooters, and it was definitely the right decision
by Springfield to include it.
During the course of my evaluation, I shot the gun with
all of the various magazine sizes, collars and baseplates
(Springfield even sent an eight-rounder for the evaluation).
Function, again, was perfect, ejection from the maga-
zine well was consistently brisk and positive, and I really
appreciate that even the “flush” seven-round magazine
comes equipped with a pinky extension. Of course, the flat,
flush-fitting baseplate is included, but the gun is much
easier to shoot with a full, three-finger grip provided by the
flared baseplate and the collars of the extended magazines.
Were I to carry the XD-S, I would probably run it just as it
ships—the seven-rounder in the gun and the nine-round
magazine as a reload.
Using the aforementioned configurations, the XD-S
Mod.2 was comfortable to shoot and easy to shoot fast. The
combination of texturing, ergonomic swells and grooves,
and the ability to achieve a full grip worked very well to
keep the gun in hand and on target. Designing the grip with
an undercut trigger guard and deep beavertail effectively
promoted a high grip and did much to mitigate the recoil
impulse of the little pistol. And those sights, man, those
sights, well, I just can’t say enough good things about them.
For that matter, I really can’t say enough good things
about the XD-S Mod.2 in 9 mm Luger. I really do appreciate
and respect that Springfield took what was already a popular
and effective pistol, and refined it to better suit the real-
world needs of an increasingly discerning market. Today’s
defense-oriented shooters demand highly concealable,
highly reliable semi-automatics in full-power chamberings.
Springfield Armory’s 9 mm XD-S Mod.2 not only exempli-
fies the right size, cartridge, sights and ergonomics for its
category, it raises the bar for the rest of the field.
america’s snipers in the great war
continued from p. 56
The Warner & Swazey (here a Model 1908) was mounted offset
on the receiver’s left side to allow the use of stripper clips.
Private Lawrence E. Caulder, a 118th Infantry Regiment
sniper, and his partner “crawled through intense artillery
and machine gun fire, 50 yards in advance of their platoon”
to snipe enemy machine gunners who had pinned down his
unit. Enemy fire killed his companion, but Caulder contin-
ued to suppress the enemy gunners until tanks arrived. He,
too, received the DSC.
During the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, Sgt. James
Munnell, a Minnesota Chippewa sniper, received a citation
from his 1st Division commander for “fearlessly advancing
alone and locating enemy machine guns that were holding
up the advance of our Infantry.”
While his infantry company consolidated on a newly
won position, Pvt. Ernest Morgan crawled across the open
to occupy a shell crater just 50 yds. from German positions.
“He remained there throughout the day without food or
water and sniped at and killed ten of the enemy,” his DSC
citation reports.
New York City native Cpl. John J. Finnegan earned two
DSCs, “while acting as a scout and sniper.” Braving intense
enemy fire, he twice crossed the Ourcq River to gather cru-
cial intelligence. During his third one-man recon, however,
Finnegan was mortally wounded.
Despite being hit twice by machine gun bullets, Cpl. Ray
Sanook, a Cherokee sniper, refused medical aid until his
well-aimed shots eliminated the German gun’s three-man
crew. He, too, was awarded the DSC.
A battalion scout-sniper, Sgt. Victor L. Seagraves from
Kansas, led a patrol against several German machine guns,
“which [were] causing many casualties in his battalion.”
Seagraves captured one gun, advanced alone toward another
and was mortally wounded, receiving a posthumous DSC.
Another DSC recipient, Pvt. Edwin Stubbs, a sniper with
the 165th Infantry Regiment, “by his skill and courage
disposed of two enemy machine gunners who were caus-
ing heavy losses.” Seriously wounded by an enemy sniper,
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Stubbs continued to support his comrades until relieved.
Sergeant Charles Ward, an Oklahoma Cherokee, also
earned a DSC. As Sgt. Ward recalled the action: “They
told me there were four snipers who were playing havoc
with our machine guns and that they must be brought
down, and I was detailed to bring them down, and I had
not more than stretched myself on the ground before
the sniper … bullet struck my helmet in front and went
out the back, ripped the back of my coat clear down. I
had shot one sniper [300 yds.] at my left. And then ...
other snipers fired and struck the side of my helmet and
it went clear through and beyond me. I thought it was
time to be getting out of there, and as quickly as pos-
sible I brought down both of those snipers and then the
third one and was off.”
A Cumberland, Md., native, Sgt. Harry Clark, “remained
by himself for two days in a sniper’s post in advance of the
front line, killed 12 enemy scouts,” his DSC citation notes.
He later took command when all his company officers were
killed or wounded and, “steadied his men by his own cool-
ness and courage.”
continued on p. 92
 america’s snipers in the great war
continued from p. 91
A 101st Infantry Regiment scout-
sniper officer, Lt. David Hunter, “led
his battalion scouts into Trugny
Woods, 200 yards ahead of the
assaulting waves,” his award citation
reads. “Crawling to within 30 feet of
an enemy machine gun nest,” Lt.
Hunter, “killed or wounded every
member of the crew.” He and his
scouts successfully identified every
gun location, enabling his unit to
capture the Woods.
Lieutenant Donald S. Mackay,
168th Infantry Regiment, received the
DSC for leading scouts against German
machine gun positions. Severely
wounded, he was credited with
locating machine gun nests, “that
had been stubbornly resisting,”and
destroying them with artillery fire.
Another battalion scout-sniper
officer, Lt. Earl W. Wall, was hit twice
by machine gun fire while reconning
enemy machine gun positions. He was
awarded a posthumous DSC.
Second Lieutenant Blake Lightner
received a Distinguished Service
Cross while a sniper sergeant with
the Army’s 110th Infantry Regiment.
On Sept. 6, 1918, Sgt. Lightner led a
daylight patrol and spotted a trench
filled with enemy infantry. He shifted
his snipers so they could enfilade the
German trench, and then practically
wiped out the occupants. “During this
action,” his regimental citation notes,
“Sergeant Lightner coolly stood erect
and picked off the enemy as they
endeavored to retreat.”
Because they fought under the
U.S. Army’s 2nd Division, some Marine
sniper recipients of the Navy Cross
also received the Army Distinguished
Service Cross for the same action.
Marine Pvt. Clyde Brandon, a battalion
scout with the Sixth Marine Regiment,
one such sniper, employed his stalk-
ing skills and “repeatedly volunteered
for hazardous reconnaissances” and
“penetrating the enemy’s lines with-
out hesitation.” He was also awarded
the French Croix de Guerre.
An especially remarkable Marine
sniper, Pvt. Walter Cook, 5th Marine
Regiment, similarly was awarded the
Navy Cross and Army DSC, plus the
French Croix de Guerre with Three
92 October 2018
Palms (meaning three awards) and
two Silver Stars. Scout-sniper Cook “at
great danger to himself” was credited
with killing 12 Germans. And then,
learning that all his company officers
had been killed, he took command
and led his men through intense com-
bat. Overnight he was elevated from
private to gunnery sergeant.
Secretary of the Navy Josephus
Daniels cited Cook and three other
Marine snipers for their actions at
Belleau Wood: Pvt. Edward Severance,
who “performed valiant services as a
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so we began to pick off the men who
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knocking him from the tree. His
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to carry him to safety despite being
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Privates Barker and Kneeland both
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Clearly, when correctly employed,
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victory to the Allies. However, fuzzy
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utility for modern military opera-
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rifles and sniper doctrine virtually
disappeared—until 20 years later
when, at considerable human cost,
they again were re-developed.
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CHARLES GOURLAY COACH GUN

GUN: CHARLES GOURLAY FLINTLOCK COACH GUN WITH SPRING BAYONET
CALIBER: .88
MANUFACTURED: C. 1818-1820
CONDITION: NRA FINE TO EXCELLENT (ANTIQUE GUN STANDARDS)
VALUE: $8,000 TO $10,500

A
lthough it isn’t readily apparent, this
is a most unusual blunderbuss. The
top flat of its 13"-long iron barrel is
engraved “H.W. Mortimer - London - Gun
Maker to his Majesty,” while the lockplate,
stamped “Gourlay,” sports modest, tasteful
engraving, as does the brass buttplate and
acorn-themed trigger guard. But what sets
this blunderbuss apart is the bold, hand-
engraved inscription around the muzzle’s
thick flat circumference that reads, “Happy
He Who Escapes Me.”
Charles Gourlay, the Scottish gunmaker
who fashioned this unusual blunderbuss,
was also known for crafting flintlock
pistols and, later, percussion shotguns.
He began his Glasgow business in 1818
at 115 Nelson St., then moved to Argyll
Street in 1822, where he was joined
by his brother John, as C&J Gourlay.
The “H.W. Mortimer” inscription on
the barrel provides a solid clue as to
when this gun was made, as it refers
to esteemed London gunmaker
Henry William Mortimer (circa
1780-1835), and by extension,
“Gun Maker to his Majesty”
referred to King George III
(1738-1820). Obviously,
Gourlay bought at least
some of his barrels from Mortimer, and
that makes this one of Gourlay’s earliest
flintlocks, putting its date of manufacture
somewhere between 1818 and 1820.
There is no readily visible proofmark,
which was a requirement for British mili-
tary arms of the period. However, removal
of the barrel reveals a stamped British
crown over the letters “GP” and another
crown stamped over a “V,” which confirms
British proofing. Thus, this was a civilian
coach gun, likely meant to guard passen-
gers or the Royal Mail, or perhaps carried
by an individual who realized the close-
range effectiveness of a blunderbuss, espe-
cially when loaded with a standard black-
powder charge of 120 grs. and 20 balls of
00 buckshot. And for backup, there was the
spring-loaded bayonet, which still snaps
forward and locks into place with a sound
that was the early 19th century equivalent
of racking a shotgun.
In its relatively pristine condition, with
no blackpowder pitting, it appears this
coach gun did its job protecting whomever
carried it just by its presence, aided, no
doubt, by the foreboding warning on its
muzzle. One wishes it could talk, but even in
silence, it is worth $8,000 to $10,500.
—RICK HACKER, FIELD EDITOR

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