Snapshot of the Day: IDTTMWYTIM Edition

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I don't think that acronym  means what you think it means...

New from Colt: M2012

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It seems like precision long range rifles for the commercial market is the new trend. For a long time it was only the Big Names in precision (Barrett, APO, AI...) who were making great...

NRA Celebration of American Values Leadership Forum (with Fog Machines!)

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Okay, I can understand having The 1812 Overture or Hooray for the Red White and Blue playing over the sound system, but fog machines?!? Anyway, having hiked all the way out to BFE (thank G-d...

New from Tapco: Smooth Sided Magazines

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FINALLY! The main complaint I've had with Tapco's AK-style magazines is that they're ugly as sin. I understand why people want ridges on their magazine (grippiness and such) but I don't envision myself ever...

New(ish) from CMMG: Ambidextrous Upper Receiver

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CMMG released this product at SHOT (yet somehow forgot to mention it to me when I stopped by their booth), but they're here and showing off some of their production models at NRA this...

Hands-On with the S&W Shield

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As expected, the S&W Shield is here at the NRA Annual Meeting, and it's basically a small version of their existing M&P line. All of the controls and the styling feels familiar, mainly because...

Thursday PM Strategy Meeting

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The crack TTAG strike team assembled the night before the Convention to discuss all the important strategies and tactics for the weekend. Your humble scrivener selflessly volunteered to take on for the team and...

Incendiary Image of the Day: Cottontail Edition

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"I can envision an NRA-backed law giving homeowners the right to shoot any big-eared mammals of the genus Oryctolagus that enter their homes for the purpose of leaving chocolates and brightly colored eggs on...

Trashed NRA ‘statement’ wound up where it belongs

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Ever notice how the organizations that send you junk mail have learned to use every trick possible to get you to open the envelope? One came the other afternoon, an official-looking piece of mail with...

How it’s Made: Hornady Ammunition [VIDEO]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a1G1XGhnTY The NRA published a pretty neat video a few days ago where they took a look inside the Hornady ammunition factory and showed how all the machinery makes the ammunition that we buy and...

Ted Nugent Endorses Mitt Romney

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Ted Nugent has Tweeted his endorsement of presidential candidate Mitt Romney. (Confession: I read it kinda fast and thought the Motor City Madman was endorsing John Goodman.) Given Romney's Domo Arrigato Mr. Roboto personality, the idea...

TTAG To Carpet Bomb NRA Convention. Metaphorically.

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An NRA promo video for the 2012 Convention in St. Louis that starts with a sound byte from a black man? The Age of Miracles is Upon Us! Another Sign that this is The...