Appointment-Only FFLs: What Customers Need to Find You

A new Illinois ordinance lets up to five home-based, appointment-only gunsmithing and transfer operations open their doors. For FFLs with no storefront, the entire business is being findable — here is the growth playbook.

By Gary Stone •

POTD: 296 Ducats, 296 Pistols, 500 Years of Beretta

Five centuries ago, a payment of 296 ducats reached Bartolomeo Beretta, and the paperwork has never looked better. On October 3rd, 1526, that transaction became the first documented entry in the history of the world's oldest industrial dynasty, and Beretta has now turned it into a pistol.

By Eric B •

Avian-X Launches Power Butt Kicker Duck Decoy Line with 3 New Species

Avian-X has announced several new additions to their Power Butt Kicker Duck Decoy lineup to include Black Ducks, Pintails, and even Mallard Hens. When you are out in the muck and the marsh what really is going to draw in waterfowl is movement – realistic splashing and movement that stationa...

By Adam Scepaniak •

The Wildest Waterfowl Bands Hunters Have Ever Recovered

A metal leg band carries an eight- or nine-digit sequence that records the bird’s age, sex, and where it was banded. Report one, and you receive a certificate telling you when and where the bird was banded. Since the U.S. government’s program began in 1920, the federal effort has tagg...

By James Chen •

The Federal NFA Paperwork Is Gone. The States Are the Rulebook.

ATF's October 9 guidance ended federal NFA approval and registration nationwide, but it left state law in charge. What FFL dealers must verify before a transfer, where Georgia, Washington, Ohio and Wisconsin still bite, and how customers find a dealer who knows the answer.

By Claire Eason •

Argentina Adopts IWI ARAD Rifles

Argentina's Ministry of Defense has completed acceptance testing of the first batch of IWI ARAD-5 and ARAD-7 rifles acquired via Israel's Ministry of Defense, according to an announcement from the Argentine government. Defense Minister Lt. Gen. Carlos Alberto Presti presided over the pr...

By Matthew Moss •

Springfield Armory Launches Three Echelon Pro Comp 9mm Pistols

Lasers are doing the stippling now. The new Springfield Armory Echelon Pro Comp line arrives with a grip texture called LightForged, where precision lasers sculpt and reform the surface of the grip module to create a highly defined pattern with the look and feel of custom hand stippling, but with...

By Eric B •

How a Homebound Buck Betrayed a 287-Pound South Carolina Giant

The lesson in this story concerns deer behavior, and it is one you can put to work on your own ground. Archibald Rutledge held that an old buck keeps a home range he loves, and that even after being run out, shot at, or wounded, he returns to that home within a week or ten […] The post How ...

By James Chen •
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