since 1944 “The World’s Greatest Gun Book” Gun Digest Annual Book Gun Digest PO Box 7772 Appleton WI, 54913 800-829-9127 gundigest.com About Gun Digest Gun Digest is a long-running American firearms publishing brand. Chicago’s Follett Publishing Co. released the first Gun Digest annual book in 1944, and the annual, billed as “The World’s Greatest Gun Book,” … Read more
started 1944 Connecticut, Missouri 1892 Founded in East Alton, IL by Frank W. Olin – blasting powder for coal mines 1898 Franklin Olin formed the Western Cartridge Company – competitors got suppliers to limit raw materials – Olin diversified 1931 Western bought the Winchester Company. 1935 formed Winchester-Western 1944 Franklin Olin companies organized under Olin Industries, … Read more
1943 Downey, California competed in Jeff Cooper’s Big Bear “Leatherslaps” shooting competitions one of the six “Combat Masters” Gene Autry’s Wild West tour trained actors for acting roles involving use pistols – Russell Crowe – Brad Pitt About Thell Reed Thell Reed is an American exhibition shooter, fast-draw champion and Hollywood firearms trainer, born February … Read more
started in 1943 Lewiston, Idaho 1943 Vernon Speer started building bullets – reloaders couldn’t get components from ammo companies during World War II initially focused on hunting rifle bullets he also built the first mass-produced jacketed handgun bullets for hunting and law enforcement 1960 Lawman line Speer Gold Dot Vista Outdoor Speer 2299 Snake River … Read more
Rock Chuck Bullet Swage dies founded in 1943 Oroville, California leading manufacturer of ammunition reloading equipment for rifles and pistols 1943 founded by Fred T. Huntington in Oroville, California made a die to swage .22 rimfire cartridge cases to form jackets for bullets in the back of a laundromat 1948 relocated to a small shop … Read more
January 1, 1943 Melvin M. Johnson Jr. and Charles T. Haven 374 pages Hardcover Publisher : William Morrow and Co ASIN : B000RH6IKC About Ammunition: Its History, Development and Use Ammunition: Its History, Development and Use, 1600 to 1943, subtitled .22 B.B. Cap to 40mm. Shell, is a World War II-era reference by Melvin M. Johnson Jr. … Read more
(1942)– 1976 – 2018 executive director Gun Owners of America– 1980–1981 Virginia House of Delegates 19th district– Reagan delegate to the 1980 Republican National Convention– Author: Armed People Victorious (1990)– Author: Safeguarding Liberty: The Constitution and Citizen Militias (1995)– Author: On the Firing Line: Essays in the Defense of Liberty (2001)– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Pratt About Larry Pratt Larry Pratt is a longtime gun rights organizer best known for … Read more
First markswoman in history to win an Olympic medal (men and women competed against her) Born 1942 She learned how to shoot by following her father to the rifle range Attended Kansas State University competed on the Kansas State University men’s rifle team – winning two Big Eight Conference championships – the university’s first female … Read more
At a Glance Built a leading armed-citizen and instructor program while tracking his students’ real defensive shootings. Schools Rangemaster, Memphis, Tennessee (1996) Rangemaster Tactical Conference (1998) Accomplishments About 25 years in law enforcement and security work Trained over 46,000 students at the Memphis range Students involved in more than 70 defensive shootings, nearly all prevailed … Read more
1942 – took his 2A-based legal case all the way to the Supreme Court of the United States– His case impacted the legal interpretation of the Second Amendment of the Bill of Rights of the US Constitution, the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to possess a firearm, unconnected with service in a militia A licensed special … Read more
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