New ATF Form 4473 Coming January 16th
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives and really big fires (BATF) has announced a "new" Form 4473. Beginning January 16, 2017, all Federal Firearms Licensees (FFLs) must begin using this latest revision for...
BREAKING: Bill Introduced In Congress to Eliminate ATF
The ATF has been the bane of many a gun owner's existence. The massive bureaucracy has been the most visible embodiment of the gun control agenda imposed on Americans in the last century, a...
New From Standard Manufacturing: S333 Volleyfire
The S333 Volleyfire from Standard Manufacturing, the company bringing us the DP-12 Double Barrel Pump Shotgun, fires two shots with each pull of the trigger. That's a handy feature for a gun chambered in...
New From Hurricane Butterfly: Typhoon 12 Magazine-Fed Shorty Shotty at SHOT Show 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXZ-5CdIHuk
Hurricane Butterfly has been importing and exporting firearms, components, and manufacturing for many years. With deliveries starting this month, they're now officially diving into sales of their own firearms, too. First up is the...
ATF Rules Solvent Traps are Silencers, Shuts Down SD Tactical’s Kit Business
Silencers have become a significant segment of the firearms business and it's growing every day. With the Hearing Protection Act on the horizon it seems everyone and their brother is making a suppressor and...
BREAKING: Leaked ATF Memo Reveals Planned Pro-Gun Moves
It should be no surprise to anyone that the Trump administration's ATF would be a kinder gentler regulator to the firearms industry. The NRA-backed pro-gun president made eliminating wasteful, useless regulations one of his...
BATF Memo Seeks To Preserve Gun Control
On Monday Nick Leghorn wrote about an internal memo that highlights some proposed pro-gun moves by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. The policy change proposals in the internal "white paper" stand as good...
2Fast 2Furious for the ATF? Agents Smuggled Cigarettes to Create Off-The-Books Slush Fund
I'm a bit of a gamer at heart. When I was a child, I loved to play those old-school text adventures from Infocom. Today there's a smorgasbord of opportunities to play role-playing games with heavy...
ATF Creates New Department Specifically for NFA Processing
Those who own a silencer or a short barreled rifle will be intimately familiar with the NFA Branch of the ATF. This tiny office has been overwhelmed in recent years by the deluge of...
YES, It Is Legal to Shoulder an AR-15 Pistol Equipped with an Arm Brace
JULY 2018 UPDATE: It has been clarified that you CAN legally shoulder an AR-15 pistol equipped with a stabilizing brace, irrespective of the manufacturer of the brace. That means a Sig arm brace (e.g. this pistol...
What the ATF Told Me About the SB Tactical Pistol Brace: Ryan Cleckner
Ryan Cleckner of rocketffl.com writes:
During an industry meeting with the ATF at SHOT Show 2015, I argued with the ATF over their absurd determination that shouldering the an AR pistol with a shoulder brace made...
ATF Reportedly Approves Shouldering the Shockwave Pistol Brace
As we reported earlier in the week the ATF issued a new opinion letter to SB Tactical proclaiming that it is once more legal to shoulder and fire the company's pistol arm brace. There...