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Coonan .357 1911-ish

January 20, 2012 By Tom 2 Comments

Coonan has a bunch of new models out this year: compensated, colored, digital camo patterns and the like.

Why a 1911-ish style .357 Magnum you ask? Because we still can in this country. It’s cool and I can’t wait to shoot one. Unfortunatey, the NSSF folks frowned upon my desire to test fire one in their SHOT Show establishment.

The grip is about 1/4″ deeper than a 1911 to allow room for the long .357 Magnum cartridge. I was still able to get a proper grip with medium dude-sized hands. Compared to a revolver, you can expect about a 25 feet per second increase in velocity due to no cylinder gap gas loss in the semi-auto design. Oh, and you can shoot .38 Specials put of it. Same magazine even.

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Got Saiga?

January 19, 2012 By Tom Leave a Comment

ATI has a slew of new products to enhance your Saiga, Remington 870, AK-47, AR, or just about anything else out there. The pistol grip and stock set for the Saiga caught our eye…

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Wish I’d Thought of That

January 19, 2012 By Tom 1 Comment

Gunslicker! Lightweight and water resistant rifle cover for those rainy days afield or at the range. The whole cover folds into a tiny pouch that’s integrated with the cover.

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GAMO Air Rifles Go Pro

January 19, 2012 By Tom Leave a Comment

Introduced by Doug Koenig, The Bone Collectors, The High Road and others, GAMO’s new compressed air feature set is nothing to sneeze at.

SAT – Smooth Action Trigger Technology brings firearm quality triggers to air guns. The trigger is nothing short of awesome for an air gun.

Bull Whisper barrels make them quiet. No more .22′s in the neighborhood!

IGT – Inert Gas Technology uses a pneumatic system instead of springs. No more "SPROINGGGG!"

We’re anxious to do a head to head comparison with a .22 rifle.

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Charlie Sheen is NOT in the movie.
The Seals portrayed in the movie are active duty. Most deployed or redeployed at some time during production (or after)
Many scenes had to be resumed months later after a character returned from a mid-production deployment.
Operations portrayed in the movie were planned by the Seals. Only then was the camera plan developed.
The movie is a fictitious portrayal of 5 specific Acts of Valor that have occurred during the past 10 years of combat.
Much of the movie was filmed using live fire. Yes, real bullets.
The movie took over 4 years to produce.
“Studios have a way of wrecking the process.” So the movie was funded and produced outside of traditional Hollywood channels.
The producers and actors / seals were average retail customers of 5.11 Tactical prior to the movie.
There is “zero policy” in the film – it’s all about the people.