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    Company develops shocking shotgun shell

    This ought to be interesting. :D http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=0f3a6aab6203068c
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    Army buys 5,000 Ruger 9mm pistols

    http://ruger-firearms.com/Firearms/News-12-23-2004.html U.S. Army Awards Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. Contract for 5,000 Pistols December 23, 2004 Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc., the nation’s largest firearms manufacturer, is proud to announce that it has been awarded a contract for 5,000 9mm...
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    Where did Federal's .38 go?

    Just got back from looking on Federal's newly-revised site for some standard pressure .38 Special ammo for my older wheelguns. I knew they recently moved the nyclad line over to their LEO catalog, but am a bit dismayed to find the 110gr Hydra-Shok Personal Defense as the ONLY non+P .38 Spec...
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    BB gun = firearm in Cleveland

    Remember the movie "A Christmas Story" from 1983? It starred Darren McGavin as the father of a little round-faced, bespectacled 9-year-old Ralphie, whose hopes were set on getting a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas. Everyone kept telling the kid "you'll shoot your eye out!" The story was set in...
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    How old is +P

    I've been looking through old handgun reference books and magazines, and noticed that I'm not seeing any mention of +P or +P+ loadings back in the 1950s and 60s. Anyone out there have an idea when the commercial ammo loaders started putting out cartridges with a +P rating?
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    Federal ammo - shooting under a black cloud?

    I went to the range over the weekend to try some Federal .38 Special +P 158gr SWC-HP in a 4" Ruger. I was surprised at what seemed to me an excessive amount of black smoke pouring forth from each cylinder full of the stuff. By the end of 100 rounds, the entire front half of the stainless...
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