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Air guns now allowed for small game hunting in NY State
Earlier this year the NYSDEC adopted a regulation that allows the taking of small game with an air gun. The air gun must be no smaller than 17 caliber and have a velocity of at least 600 feet per second. An air gun can be used to take any small game that can be taken [...]
New restrictions at Elbridge Rod and Gun Club shooting range
There is an ongoing discussion in this thread on our forum regarding ER&G and some new restrictions on their shooting range. According to the club’s website: “NOTICE!!! In an effort to reduce noise leaving the club grounds, all semi-automatic medium to large caliber rifles are to use the upper range. Only two shooters at a [...]
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Mossberg 930SPX Raffle
NYFirearms.com is holding a raffle! We will be giving away a Mossberg 930SPX Shotgun for a good cause. All proceeds will be donated to the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association. Only 500 tickets will be sold! Tickets are available for $5 each and the drawing will be on July 6, 2010. Mossberg [...]
Shotgun designed by Cornell University students goes into production
Four students at Cornell University designed a shotgun in 2001 and it’s finally going into production after Ithaca Gun had some financial troubles and had their assets sold. It’s a 28 gauge custom gun, Ithaca model 37, and was designed by the students for their masters of engineering project. Read the story on Cornell’s website [...]
NYFIREARMS.COM e-Postal match #3
The next e-Postal match is upon us. This one will run through the end of March. The match is for any center fire handgun shot off hand at 50 feet. Open sights and non-magnifying (red dot, reflex) sights are allowed. Prizes are being distributed a little differently this time. The winner will get their choice, [...]
Tom King (NYSRPA President) up for NRA board reelection
Tom King, president of the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, was nominated for reelection to the NRA board of directors. He is an experienced lobbyist and has done a lot for firearm owners in New York State. See his website here. Below is a list of Tom’s accomplishments taken from an email I [...]
NYFIREARMS.COM e-Postal match #2
Here is our second monthly e-postal match. This match is for .22 rimfire rifles only. To participate you must be a member of our forum. This match is pretty wide open. Any type of sights, any shooting position and any type of rest that does not clamp the rifle in are all fine to use. [...]
Umarex .22LR H&K look-alike… and it’s licensed
I wrote a blog about the lawsuit H&K filed against ATI a while ago where ATI was determined to be infringing on H&K’s design by importing their GSG-5 .22LR H&K clone. Well, it looks like there is an alternative on the market and this time it’s licensed by H&K. The Umarex rifles come in clones [...]
NYSRPA Membership drive
NYSRPA, the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, is having a membership drive with some great prizes including a custom made CQC-S exotic skin holster from Alessi Gun Holsters. For each person you sign up you’ll receive a chance to win. NYSRPA is a great organization that looks out for our interests as firearm [...]
NYFIREARMS.COM e-Postal match #1
Here is our first monthly e-Postal match. This match is for .22 rimfire pistols and revolvers only. Because we are starting mid-month, this match will go for 1 1/2 months, through the end of January. Future matches will go from the first day to the last day of each month. We will mix up pistols, [...]
SCOPE proposal for renewable pistol licenses
I was taken aback by an email I received today. It included a proposal from SCOPE that supports renewable pistol licenses. In the email SCOPE justifies the view by saying “Based on the high probability of the passage of one or both of these bills, which we feel it is not realistic to blanketly oppose, [...]
Emerson La Griffe neck knife review by Chris Fry of MDTS Training
Last fall I was admiring knives at the Rochester gun show when I ran across this small knife. I passed on it so I could do a little research on the internet having never owned an Emerson knife before. It got a lot of praise so I decided to pick it up the next day. [...]
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New York Sportsmen’s Outreach Day – January 12, 2010
Every year the New York Senate Majority Conference has an “anti-gun day” in Albany. This year Senate Minority Leader Brian Kolb and NYSRPA are sponsoring an outreach day to advocate the Second Amendment. New York’s sportsmen are invited to participate in the outreach day on January 12th, 2010 . NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre [...]
NYSDEC announces 2010-2011 waterfowl season dates