Climb to Glory

By darkvibe | Published: November 22, 2009

NYFirearms.com was invited to co-sponsor a great cause by NYSRPA.  Please consider donating to support the members of the 10th Mountain Division who are putting themselves in harms way to defend our freedom.  Click here for the full sized banner promoting the fundraiser.

Originally posted by “DirectAction” fron NYSRPA:

The New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, in conjunction with AR15.COM, MDTS Training and the Warriors Legacy Foundation (www.warriorslegacyfoundation.org) will be adopting the forwardly deployed units of the “10th Mountain Division,” in a program we are calling “Operation: Support their “Climb to Glory!”

In essence, the NYSRPA will be the monetary collection point for any and all donations made for the purchase of needed items that the “10th” may need to make their deployment just a little easier….We will be sending them personal items, gun cleaning supplies and whatever they decide that they would need to keep them in the fight….

If you are interested, please feel free to send a check in whatever amount – please know that all contributions are welcome!

New York State Rifle and Pistol Association
P.O. Box 1023
Troy, New York 12181

Please include ” Climb to Glory” in the memo portion of your check.

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News article on increased hunting and fishing license fees

By darkvibe | Published: November 15, 2009

The Democrat and Chronicle published a long article regarding the increased fees for sporting licenses which took effect on October 1, 2009.  The fee increase isn’t anything new and was previously reported on in our blog here before the fee increase was final.

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Rockland county man wins appeal after gun confiscation

By darkvibe | Published: November 15, 2009

A Rockland County man surrendered 3 handguns, 3 rifles, a shotgun and shooting accessories to the sheriff’s department pursuant to a temporary order of protection as he went through a divorce in early 2002.  When he returned to claim his property in mid-2006 he learned that his property had been destroyed.  Last week the appellate division of the court overturned the previous judgement that the property had been legally destroyed.  In the decision the court ruled that the shotgun, rifles and shooting accessories were illegally destroyed because they were not considered “firearms” as defined in penal code 265.00.  The plaintiff conceded that the handguns were legally destroyed.  The decision also states that the Sheriff’s department is open to suit and not exempt by immunity because the department had a policy allowing illegal destruction of property.

The full text of the decision is available here.

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Explosion at Bear ammo plant in Russia

By darkvibe | Published: November 13, 2009

Apparently the Ulyanovsk ammunition plant located in Russia had an explosion as soldiers were trying to decommission munitions in one of their arsenals by means of controlled detonations.  The Ulyanovsk plant is the manufacturer of Brown Bear and Silver Bear ammunition.  This is not supposed to disrupt the manufacture of ammunition because the plant was in the process of being shut down as part of a planned decommissioning.  One person was killed and 35 injured in the blast.  3,000 people were evacuated form the area.  RTE news has an article on the event.

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November 19th – National Ammo Day

By darkvibe | Published: November 12, 2009

The 7th annual National Ammo Day is just one week away.  Head to your local gun store and pick up 100 rounds of ammunition.

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Americans buy 12 Billion rounds of ammo in the past year

By darkvibe | Published: November 11, 2009

In a typical year Americans buy between 7 and 10 billion rounds of ammunition.  In the past year they have bought 12 billion rounds.  It’s no secret that ammo is flying off store shelves faster than factories can produce it but it’s nice to see a number put on the hoarding. That equals about 150 rounds of ammunition bought by every gun owner in the United States or about 47 rounds of ammunition for every privately owned firearm in the United States.  Not very much when you put it into that perspective.

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Group Buy: Century Arms WASR-10 AK-47

By darkvibe | Published: October 31, 2009

Allstar Tactical is running a group buy for the Century Arms WASR-10 AK-47 on our forum.  These are the locap models with the narrow magwell.  The magwell would have to be modified in order to fit the preban double-stack 30 round magazines.  They are working on a price to have this modification done locally.  The price will be $399.99 plus tax if 10 are ordered or $449.99 plus tax if 5 are ordered.  The price includes shipping to your FFL or transfer to you if you pick it up in person.

The group buy ends on December 1st and details are available in the forum thread.

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Precision Tactical Shooting lecture flyer

By darkvibe | Published: October 28, 2009

Click the image for a full size PDF of the flyer.

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Precision Tactical Shooting Lecture – 12/10/2009, Rochester, NY

By darkvibe | Published: October 20, 2009

Precision Tactical Shooting
Presented by: Kevin Mussack and Curt Drewel

Sponsored in part by Rochester Personal Defense, LLC., AR15.com, and NYFirearms.com

Date: Thursday, December 10, 6:30 to 9pm
Location: The Genesee Conservation League lecture room, 1570 Old Penfield Rd, Penfield, NY
Cost: FREE and open to anyone to attend

What is precision tactical shooting? What equipment do you need in order to participate? How do you get training and practice for this sport? Where are there competitions? What calibers and platforms are the best to use? What scope is best? How do I get involved?

This presentation will answer all of those questions and more. Both Kevin Mussack and Curt Drewel are highly experienced shooters and instructors for this very sport and we are lucky enough to have them both, together in the same room,  for this highly informational seminar.

In addition to being a participant in many of the pistol events here at GCL, Kevin Mussack spent 19 years in the US Army (Major), is a licensed pilot, a SCUBA diver, NRA Life Member, and a certified NRA Instructor. He attended the National SWAT Sniper Symposium in 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007, where he presented seminars on “Counter Sniper Technology”. He has also been to Storm Mountain in WV for many classes and instruction and has a long list of other training he has participated in! (much more than we can fit here)

Curt Drewel is also a SCUBA diver, a NYS Bow Hunting Instructor, spent many years in the US Marine Corp in a Sniper/Scout Platoon, and taught their Marksmanship program at Stone Bay Camp Lejune in North Carolina. He has competed in “Special High Angle Rifle” at Thunder Ranch, The Snipers Hide Cup in Texas, and the Allegany Snipers Challenge in WV.

These two Subject Matter Experts are bringing you a lot of information about the what, why, how and where in regards to the sport of Precision Tactical Shooting. We’ve all seen the movies and read the stories about it, now come listen and talk to a couple of the guys that do it.

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Sales of GSG-5 rifles to cease by 1/31/10

By darkvibe | Published: October 15, 2009

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H&K had filed an infringement lawsuite against German Sport Guns GmbH and its U.S. distributor, American Tactical Imports, Inc.  The suit and all counterclaims have recently been settled.

Terms of the settlement are that production and import of the GSG-5 rifle cease by 10/9/2009 and all remaining units can be sold until 1/31/2010.

If you want a GSG-5 you had better get one soon.

ATI is located at 100 Airpark Drive, Rochester, NY.

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NYSRPA Political Victory Fund

By darkvibe | Published: October 8, 2009

Election time is coming.  The 2010 elections are not far off and campaigning is underway.  The anti-gun groups will be making large donations to anti-gun candidates.  We are lucky to have NYSRPA on our side.  They can use donations to effectively fight the good side of the fight.

Please consider donating to the NYSRPA Political Victory Fund.

If you’re not a member of NYSRPA now is the time to join.  This membership application is all you need to fill out.

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Rochester Personal Defense in the news

By darkvibe | Published: October 8, 2009

I was sitting in the automotive shop waiting for my car to get some new tires and watching the news in their lobby this afternoon.  I looked up and who do I see on the TV??…  Dave Jenkins of Rochester Personal Defense.

Read the article here.  There is a video of the segment on the website.

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Spikes Tactical AR-15 Lowers Group Buy

By nyfirearms | Published: October 6, 2009

One of our vendors, Allstar Tactical, is holding an AR-15 lower receiver group buy for Spikes Tactical ST-15 Lower Receivers. The price is only $95 each for nyfirearms.com members.

Check it out here:
Spikes Tactical Lower Receivers Group Buy – NY Firearms Forums

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NYFirearms.com Stickers Now Available!

By nyfirearms | Published: October 5, 2009

NYFirearms.com stickers are now available!!!

NYFirearms.com Diecut [IHS-C-NYF] – $1.00 : ihatestickers.com

NYFirearms.com Stickers

Check it out!

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Mossberg 930 SPX: Shotgun of the year

By darkvibe | Published: October 5, 2009

O.F. Mossberg and Sons was recently awarded the Shooting Industry Academy of Excellence 2009 Shotgun of the Year award for the Mossberg 930 SPX (Special Purpose Extreme).  The shotgun is similar in function to Mossberg’s other 900 series autoloaders and features a 7+1 shot capacity with a Choate magazine extension, 18.5″ cylinder bore barrel, LPA ghost ring rear sight with winged fiber optic front sight and black synthetic stock.  “We are extremely pleased with the award from  Shooting Industry Acedemy of Excellence.” said Iver Mossberg, CEO of O.F. Mossberg and Sons Inc.  “Mossberg continues our never-ending quest to inject the most versatility and value out of a single firearm, and we knew we had something special on our hands with the 930 SPX.”  The 930 SPX sells for around $600 in stores.

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