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The lesser-known cousin of the famous PPSh 41, the stamped-steel, 7.62x25 mm-chambered PPSh 43 submachine gun was the real hero of World War II for many Soviet troops. With a slower cyclic rate, and a half-pound lighter thanks to the exchange of a wood stock for a metal one, the PPSh 43 was more portable, controllable and easier produced than its better recognized predecessor. For more on this historic firearm, check out this recent segment of "I Have This Old Gun", from a recent episode of American Rifleman TV.
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Every fall, the National Sporting Clays Association holds its national championship at The National Shooting Complex in San Antonio, Texas, and thousands of sporting clays shooters from across the world come to compete for titles.
Syndicus Defense Corporation, a California-based manufacturer of custom firearms and accessories, is joining the 2011-style handgun market with the Cryptic 1911 DS.
In this episode of the NRA’s The Armed Citizen Podcast, Lott gets into the statistics behind the precipitous drop in the murder rate as American citizens continue to buy, on average, about 1.2 million guns per month.