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SHOT Show 2013 Coverage Begins Next Week!!!

By Mike Centola | Published: January 12, 2013

Once again we’ll be attending media day and walking the show next week for SHOT Show 2013!! Stay tuned as we provide coverage from Las Vegas for this year’s largest firearms show in the country!

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SHOT Show 2012 Coverage on NY Firearms!!!

By Mike Centola | Published: January 17, 2012

Stay tuned for SHOT Show 2012 coverage starting tonight. We’ll be posting up all the pics and video from yesterday’s SHOT Show Media Day at the Range! For now, follow our twitter feed at @nyfirearms! We’ll be tweeting pics all day and all week long! Then each night we’ll be posting up a full day’s [...]

Posted in Events | Also tagged 2012, coverage, enthusiasts, firearm, firearms, gun, guns, media day, media day at the range, new york, new york state, ny, nyfirearms, NYFirearms.com, pics, second amendment, shooters, shooting, shot, shot show, shot show 2012, SHOTShow, twitter, twitter feed, video | Comments closed

REVIEW: VRI Tactical EDC Belt

By Chris Fry | Published: January 13, 2012

BACKGROUND: Located in Cheektowaga NY, VRI Tactical is a fairly new (3 yrs or so) division of VRI Sharpening owned and run by Brian Benson. Brian is a big, unassuming guy who is always eager to help you out, answer a question, or discuss a piece of gear. Last year Brian attended an MDTS Combative [...]

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NEShooters Summit 2012 Announced!

By Mike Centola | Published: October 5, 2011

NEShooters has just announced their 2012 Summit. This year they will again have some of the best trainers and instructors in the industry. If you missed this last year, then now is your chance to plan early for it! What’s even better is that NYFirearms is an official sponsor of the event for 2012. What [...]

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SHOT SHOW 2012

By Mike Centola | Published: September 7, 2011

Once again we will be attending the SHOT SHOW 2012! It will be held on January 17-20, 2012, again at the Sands Expo in Las Vegas. We were invited to come back and attend the Range Day as well. This year we will be live blogging and updating twitter again, and hopefully we’ll be more [...]

Posted in Main, News | Also tagged conference, enthusiasts, firearm, firearms, gun, guns, handgun, laws, lecture, new york, new york state, nra, nssf, ny, ny shooters, nyfirearms, NYFirearms.com, nyshooters, pistol, politics, protection, safety, second amendment, shooters, shooting, shot, shot show, show show 2012 | Comments closed

Home & Family Defense Skills with MDTS

By Mike Centola | Published: April 12, 2011

We all like to get out and train, whether it be fitness, firearms and especially “tactical” training. However, very few people ever train to defend their home and family, let alone train with their family members. Enter Modern Defensive Training Systems’ Home and Family Defense Skills training class. According to the description by MDTS, the [...]

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Coming Soon to NYFirearms.com!

By Mike Centola | Published: February 14, 2011

This month we will be making some major changes to the site! In this post I’m going to outline some of these changes so you all know what to expect. First, as you all have probably noticed we are growing like crazy! We’re about to tip the scales at almost 50,000+ visits per month. We [...]

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REVIEW: Alessi Holsters Ankle Rig

By Chris Fry | Published: February 8, 2011

Background: There exist numerous methods for concealed carry of handguns and with each method come a number of manufacturers, materials and types of of holsters. I am a fan of very few methods of carry for personal protection and admittedly NOT a fan of ankle carry for a primary handgun. Unfortunately, things don’t always go [...]

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CMMG Takedown Upper

By Mike Centola | Published: February 5, 2011

While I was at SHOT show, I had the opportunity to go through some of CMMG’s new products with owner, John Overstreet. One that particularly caught our eye was their new takedown upper, which allows the rifle to be broken down in half for easy transportation and storage. This was a pretty cool innovation by [...]

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SHOT SHOW 2011 Day 1

By Mike Centola | Published: January 19, 2011

Yesterday was the first day for the SHOT show. I would have had this blog post up last night, but well… you know, it’s Vegas and all Anyways, the show is held at the Sands Expo and Convention center. It’s in like 6 different rooms across 3 floors, and I’m pretty sure I might have [...]

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REVIEW :: Lumintop L1C Tactical Flashlight

By Mike Centola | Published: January 12, 2011

Just finished up a review on a new flashlight that I picked up at the gun show this past weekend from my friends over at VRI Tactical. It’s a great little piece. Check out my review: REVIEW :: Lumintop L1C Tactical Flashlight

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Review: Stag Arms Model 8 Gas Piston AR-15 Rifle

By Mike Centola | Published: March 21, 2010

Stag Arms is quickly becoming widely known as a great manufacturer of reasonably priced, quality AR-15 rifles. They are also very well known for making left-handed models of their AR-15′s. When I heard they were going to be releasing a Gas Piston rifle, I needed to get my hands on one to review. Well, thanks to [...]

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Review: Tactical Pistol Shooting Book

By Mike Centola | Published: December 29, 2009

I recently picked up this book to get me by through the long nights when our newborn cannot sleep, and found myself not being able to put it down! The book is Tactical Pistol Shooting by Erik Lawrence. Despite some simple editing errors in the book, it was very informative, had accurate and helpful pictures, [...]

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Emerson La Griffe neck knife review by Chris Fry of MDTS Training

By Jeff | Published: December 9, 2009

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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SHOT Show 2013 Coverage Begins Next Week!!!

SHOT Show 2012 Coverage on NY Firearms!!!

REVIEW: VRI Tactical EDC Belt

SHOT SHOW 2012

Home & Family Defense Skills with MDTS

Coming Soon to NYFirearms.com!

REVIEW: Alessi Holsters Ankle Rig

CMMG Takedown Upper

SHOT SHOW 2011 Day 1

REVIEW :: Lumintop L1C Tactical Flashlight

Review: Stag Arms Model 8 Gas Piston AR-15 Rifle

Review: Tactical Pistol Shooting Book

Emerson La Griffe neck knife review by Chris Fry of MDTS Training

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