November 19 marks the 7th National Ammo Day - a day when all gun owners/shooters are encouraged to participate in the BUYcott, and to go out and buy 100 rounds of their favorite ammo. Originated by the Nation of Riflemen (NoR), this year the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) is encouraging their members to observe National Ammo Day (actually, week Nov. 16-22). For more information on National Ammo Day, click on the image below.

Here is a guide with photos on how to identify whether or not an AR-15 magazine is pre-ban.  Thanks to ARK for this great information.  ARK has inspected over 500 pre-ban magazines and all of the magazines that he has seen have confirmed what is included in this article.   Read the rest of this entry »

Doug Turnbull (Bloomfield, NY) is known for his firearm restoration and custom work by gun collectors, owners and dealers throughout the world.  His shop’s work on rifles, shotguns and handguns includes finishing, barrel work, wood work and complete restoration.  Take a look at their site for examples of their work, list of services and complete pricing.

http://www.turnbullrestoration.com/

Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) along with the Nassau PD have been hit with a $5M lawsuit.  Freeport resident Gabriel Razzano had his home raided and his legally owned guns confiscated a day after he went to McCarthy’s office to discuss an article regarding an illegal immigrant.  Details are sketchy but this might be one to follow.

See the NY Post article here.

If you don’t know who Rep. McCarthy is, she is a democrat who has represented Long Island’s 4th congressional district for over 10 years.  Her husband was murdered in the 1993 long island railroad massacre.  She is now the most outspoken advocate of gun control in the house.

Some of you may remember her from the infamous video of her on national tv showing just how brilliant she really is.

See that video here.

handgunlaw.us is a great resource of information regarding carrying a handgun for self defense owned by Steve Aikens and Gary Slider.  The site includes laws arranged by state, off limits places, non-resident permits, car carry information and a reciprocity map.  The site has a great feature that lets you select which state permits you have and builds a map of what states honor your permits.  It’s a good place to look for information especially if you plan to travel with your handgun.  Although the site is kept up to date, be sure to verify the information on  your own.

Check it out here: http://handgunlaw.us/

Great News for firearms owners and enthusiasts everywhere. The on-going supreme court case of DC vs Heller has come to a close and the DC handgun ban has been declared unconstitutional. This is great news for handgun owners everywhere. Hopefully we’ll see the effects of this up in NY with handgun permits, and maybe the removal of the Assault Weapons Ban (yeah right, I can dream).

Read about it here at High court strikes down gun ban - CNN.com

This past Sunday, I was invited out to Canandaigua Sportsmen’s Club to do some tactical shooting with Ron Lauinger of LMI, Inc. When I arrived there, Ron was already stapling various zombie targets to stands, and he said we would be hunting zombies today! I was already excited.

After chit-chatting with Ron for a while, I already had a good feeling that he knew what he was talking about and I was in for a great learning experience. Once more people started to arrive, and after the range was set up properly, the training began.

I use the term “training” fairly loosely here not because I didn’t think it was an adequate training, but because it was really a bunch of firearms enthusiasts who wanted some extra tactical training. Ron is happy to offer this to fellow enthusiasts on Sundays.

So, I loaded up my Mossberg 500 Tactical with some target loads and head down to the field, where the targets were set up, to meet Ron. At first we talk about some tactical ways to reload, better ways to hold the shotgun, and what to do once the zombies have been shot in the face. We then procede to run through some drills with various scenarios.

What a blast, though. I cannot emphasize enough that within the two hours I spent with Ron and my shotgun, I had learned a great deal both about good ways to handle my firearm, as well as how to manuver tactically with the shotgun.

For anyone in the Rochester, NY or surrounding areas, I would definitely try to contact Ron (who is a current vendor on NY Firearms) and see about coming to his Sunday adventures.

I can’t wait for more tactical firearm training. It is probably one of the best things to learn, especially if you own a firearm for home defense. I will continue to review the various training sessions I go to.

Be safe everyone.

Everyone, I hope, has heard about the Supreme Court case of The District of Columbia v. Heller, where a security guard has stepped up to say that the D.C. gun ban is an unconstitutional infringement on the Second Amendment, his right to bear arms.

The New York Sun has published that if gun enthusiasts are victorious in the supreme court case, laws in New York City may change. Currently in New York City to own a handgun, it would cost almost $1000 in fees and is a very lengthy process.

Unfortunately, Mayor Bloomberg has come about as a definite foe of the gun community, where he has pressed lawsuits against manufactuers and retail establishments across the east coast. Something that the people of NYC should consider when voting next

While sometimes New York City seems like a completely different state when compared to the remainder of New York, the laws and actions regarding firearms in NYC can have a great impact on the rest of the state.

Personally, I think we, as gun enthusiasts, need to support the Second Amendment all across New York State, with hopes that we can fight these ridiculous anti-gun laws.

After Nine’s Gun Ruling, N.Y.’s Gun Laws May Be Next

A revision to the NYS assault weapons ban has passed the assembly and is currently in the senate.  This bill has made it this far in the past and has died.  Hopefully it dies again this time.

Significant changes to the law include:

Redefines assault weapons as a semi-automatic rille that accepts a detachable magazine having one or more of the following; a pistol grip, a second hand grip that can be held by the non-trigger hand, a folding, telescoping or thumb-hole stock, a barrel shroud or a muzzle brake or compensator.

Adds any semi-automatic pistol that can accept a detachable magazine and had a compensator to the list of banned weapons.

See the full text here: http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A07331&sh=t

See the summary and voting record from the assembly here: http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A07331

Write your senator.  Find who yours is by zip code here: http://www.senate.state.ny.us/sdlookup.nsf/Public_search?OpenForm

We have begun our Project AR-15 with the purchase of a stripped lower receiver! This is the first in a series of posts where we will take building an NY compliant AR-15 that is still fun to shoot, looks great, and built well.

To get started, we have purchased a stripped lower receiver. The one we found was a Sun Devil Mfg lower. The unique part about the Sun Devil lower is that it has a tension screw that adjust the tension between the lower receiver and the upper receiver. This definitely looks to be a cool feature and should help, possibly, with the accuracy of the gun.

For this build I think we are going to go with a 20″ style A3 rifle for some longer range shooting. Stay tuned for updates to this project as we piece it together!