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Springfield still offers a 3" 9mm 1911. With the current popularity of the 9mm round, I would guess they didn't sell many in 45 ACP. 9mm ammo is about half the price of 45 ACP plus you get 9 rounds in the magazine...

These were shot between Nineveh and Trafalgar Indiana.

Colt offers 2 Defender models in 45 ACP- https://www.colt.com/detail-page/defender/?attribute_pa_variant=combat-elite-defender-45acp

NRA World Shooting Championship: 2024 Event By The Numbers According to Practiscore, there were 213 registered competitors at the 2024 NRA World Shooting Championship. There were 149 shooters in the Amateur division and 64 in the Professional division. Perhaps best of all, there was an...

The NRA has issued a statement on this regulation-

Starting in 1974, Bob Reese took over production of a commercially manufactured, semi-automatic-only version of the M14 service rifle, ensuring the future of the fledgling “M1A.” Reese’s move included continuing to sell the rifle under the brand Springfield Armory—which had been chosen to honor...

Fundamentals of pistol shooting. Secrets of success There are many things that contribute to pistol shooting success and each helps in some measure—without them you won’t be a champ. But there are a couple of secrets that are essential to success—without them you’ll be a chump. Sight...

“Imagine a firing line more than two miles long, accommodating nearly a thousand shooters at the same time, and running eight hours daily for the greater part of three weeks. That is Camp Perry.” —The American Rifleman, October 1930...

Just get the regular one without the treasure map drawn on it. :)

Of all the guns I've sold, I miss my Model 52 the most. According to History of Smith & Wesson by S&W historian Roy Jinks, "To insure the accuracy of the pistol, extra rigid inspection was incorporated by having the Model 52 machine rest tested at 50 yards to insure that the pistol would shoot...

Taken a few miles west of Camp Atterbury in Indiana-

Our 20 Favorite 2024 NRA World Shooting Championship Photos https://www.ssusa.org/content/our-20-favorite-2024-nra-world-shooting-championship-photos/ Note the Champion and High Junior are a father and son...

There are only three WB 57s left in the world and NASA will be flying two of them during the solar eclipse out of Ellington Field in Texas. WB 57s are special and used for these experiments because they can fly above most of the atmosphere. They’ll fly between 50,000 and 60,000 feet and follow...

See the effects of the eclipse from space, the moon shadow as it crosses the earth. - watch tomorrow! There's one way to view the eclipse that clouds can't spoil: from space thanks to NOAA's GOES satellites! Check out weather.gov/EclipseFromSpace on Monday!

1 out of 288, about 0.4%, if they fill the field size from this year!