Texas Event Draws Attention to Suppressor Legality
First Annual Silencers are Legal Shoot to be held at Elm Fork Shooting Range in Dallas, TX, April 28th 2012
Joshua Waldron, CEO of SilencerCo, recently announced that the company would play host to The Silencers are Legal Shoot this spring. The event, which will take place April 28, 2012 at the Elm Fork Shooting Range in Dallas, TX, is part of a larger Silencers are Legal campaign. The campaign, begun in 2011, seeks to raise awareness about what SilencerCo calls “a booming, yet marginalized US industry that is battling for its constitutional rights.”
In the United States, suppressors (often referred to as “silencers”) are regulated largely by the 1934 National Firearms Act. Although they are generally legal for individual ownership (following the required application and taxation process), some states such as California, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont do not allow Continue reading
GunLink Directory Helps Promote Firearms and Gear Related Businesses
The GunLink website has numerous facets, most of which have been added due to feedback from visitors as the site has grown. In addition to a blog with firearms news, product reviews, event coverage and more, GunLink offers forums for general discussion (firearms related or otherwise), user generated reviews, a Second Amendment grassroots meeting place and more. We are currently working on re-seller programs for firearms related software and other products and, again based on visitor feedback, are considering the addition of a classified ads section for firearms and accessories.
With all of these more recent additions, we don’t want to forget the single purpose for which GunLink was created; the feature from which our site takes its name. GunLink started out as a business directory for firearms related businesses. Basically, a link to guns …hence the GunLink moniker.
The Directory in the Eyes of the Visitor
Although many visitors come to the site to Continue reading
Free Downloadable Pistol Correction Targets
Get in the Ten Ring In No Time With These Free Targets
Having trouble getting your pistol rounds to go where you want them to? There are many factors that go into becoming a proficient handgun shooter. After perfecting (or, at least, moderately developing) core shooting principles like safety, stance, sight alignment and consistency it’s time to dial in other fundamentals like proper grip, trigger finger position, trigger pull/squeeze and work on consistency, proper breathing, not flinching, etc.
GunLink is here to help with free targets that you can download and print to help diagnose and remedy some common issues that pistol shooters face. Whether you are a pistol pro, a handgun hack or a revolver rookie, these targets are a great tool to troubleshoot your rounds right into the ten ring. Developed from data in the United States Army Marksmanship Training Unit Manual, the UIT (now ISSF) pistol book by John Chandler and the Target Pistol Shot Analysis documents from Target Shooting Canada, these targets are perfect for anyone wanting to improve or maintain their pistol shooting abilities. We have had good results using these targets to correct bad shooting practices and have got positive feedback from forum users who have tried them.
These targets are not just for live fire practice, either. If you have a laser training tool or a laser sight that lets you see where your dry-fire “shots” go, these targets are a valuable resource. Print off a target, aim at the bullseye, and pay attention to where your laser beam goes. GunLink staff keeps at least one spare in our range bag for reference to compare to where shots impact when shooting any target. Download and print the targets below.
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Top Hunting and Shooting Equipment Brands for 2012
Southwick Associates has announced the brands hunters and shooters purchased most frequently in 2012. This list has been compiled from the 35,081 internet-based surveys completed by hunters and target shooters who volunteered to participate last year in HunterSurvey.com and ShooterSurvey.com polls. In 2012, top brands included:
- Top rifle brand: Remington, Ruger (each11.5% of all purchases)
- Top shotgun brand: Remington (19.7% of all purchases)
- Top muzzleloader brand: CVA (31.0% of all purchases)
- Top handgun brand: Sturm, Ruger (17.7% of all purchases)
- Top crossbow brand: Barnett (21.7% of all purchases)
- Top air rifle brand: Crosman (29.6% of all purchases)
- Top rifle ammunition brand: Remington (21.4% of all purchases)
- Top shotgun ammunition brand: Winchester (32.1% of all purchases)
- Top handgun ammunition brand: Winchester (17.9% of all purchases)
- Top blackpowder brand: Pyrodex (41.6% of all purchases)
- Top balls, bullets, or shot brand: Hornady (33.0% of all purchases)
- Top bow brand: Hoyt (15.0% of all purchases)Top arrow brand: Carbon Express (30.1% of all purchases)
- Top arrow brand: Carbon Express (30.1% of all purchases)
- Top fletching brand: Blazer (24.4% of all purchases)
- Top broad head brand: Rage (21.1% of all purchases)
- Top release/tab brand: Tru-Fire (33.0% of all purchases)
- Top archery target brand: The Block (11.9% of all purchases)
- Top bow case brand: Plano (35.5% of all purchases)
- Top archery sight brand: TruGlo (27.8% of all purchases)
- Top decoy brand: Mojo (10.8% of all purchases)
- Top game call brand: Primos (26.2% of all purchases)
- Top reloading press brand: Lee Precision (37.9% of all purchases)
- Top reloading die brand: Lee Precision (38.3% of all purchases)
- Top reloading bullet brand: Hornady (34.0% of all purchases)
- Top reloading primer brand: CCI (40.3% of all purchases)
- Top reloading powder brand: Hodgdon (40.7% of all purchases)
- Top shot brand: Lawrence (30.2% of all purchases)
- Top binocular brand: Bushnell (28.7% of all purchases)
- Top scope brand for firearms: Bushnell (14.5% of all purchases)
- Top spotting scope brand: Barska (10.5% of all purchases)
- Top range finder brand: Bushnell (36.3% of all purchases)
- Top optic sight brand: EOTech (8.7% of all purchases)
- Top knife brand: Buck (13.4% of all purchases)
- Top cover scent brand: Wildlife Research Center (19.9% of all purchases)
- Top lure scent brand: Tinks (31.4% of all purchases)
- Top odor eliminator brand: Scent-A-Way (35.8% of all purchases)
- Top shooting target brand: Shoot-N-C (31.0% of all purchases)
- Top tree stand brand: Guide Gear (12.1% of all purchases)
- Top blind brand: Ameristep (33.9% of all purchases)
- Top clay brand: White Flyer (51.3% of all purchases)
- Top trail camera brand: Moultrie (25.4% of all purchases)
- Top holster brand: Blackhawk (15.0% of all purchases)
- Top gun sleeves brand: Allen (12.1% of all purchases)
- Top gun safe brand: Stack-on (25.7% of all purchases)
- Top magazine brand: ProMag (11.9% of all purchases)
The marketing data presented here is a summary of a 233-page report that details consumer behavior including what products and brands are purchased, where they are bought, how much customers spend, and demographics of hunters and shooters broken out by each product category. Current information about what gear and brands hunters and shooters prefer, how many days they spend afield and what type of hunting and shooting they enjoy most is vital to businesses trying to build their customer base.
You can stay abreast of consumer buying patterns and overall market trends by purchasing an annual subscription to Southwick Associates’ monthly HunterSurvey.com and ShooterSurvey.com reports. Reports are available for specific product categories including firearms, ammunition, blackpowder, bowhunting and archery equipment, decoys, game calls, apparel, crossbows and more. To purchase a report or subscription, contact John DePalma at jdepalma@brandintelligent.com.
About AnglerSurvey.com, HunterSurvey.com and ShooterSurvey.com: Launched in 2006, AnglerSurvey.com, HunterSurvey.com and ShooterSurvey.com help the outdoor equipment industry, government fisheries and wildlife officials and conservation organizations track consumer activities and expenditure trends. Conducted by Southwick Associates, survey results are scientifically analyzed to reflect the attitudes and habits of anglers and hunters across the United States. Follow them on Facebook at http://facebook.com/huntersurvey and http://facebook.com/anglersurvey or on Twitter at https://twitter.com/#!/AnglerSurvey and https://twitter.com/#!/HunterSurvey.
GunLink’s Best of SHOT Show 2012
Well, the 2012 NSSF Shooting Hunting and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show has come and gone from Fabulous Las Vegas and the 1,600 exhibiting companies brought with them many great innovations in the firearms, law enforcement, personal and home protection and outdoor realms. It also brought out many faces familiar to firearms and outdoor enthusiasts. The NSSF reports record setting buyer attendance (36,383 to be exact – which lead to record-setting numbers of sales orders being written at the show) and what they describe as “what may be the highest level of enthusiasm our industry has shown to start a new year.” The record-setting attendance of 61,000 may have been a part of what prompted the 3-year contract extension which guarantees that the show will remain in Las Vegas at least through 2015.
With a show as huge as SHOT, it can take a little time to digest everything that one sees and does during the show. The 2012 SHOT Show festivities lasted from January 16th through 20th 2012 and included shooting range time, company exhibits, movie screenings, celebrity appearances, meetings and more. By now, we’ve had just about enough time to come up with a brief list of some of our favorite things from this year’s show. Continue reading
Spring 2012 Machine Gun Shoot at Knob Creek is CANCELED
There is a biannual celebration of all things firearms related nestled in the hills of north-central Kentucky. Knob Creek Gun Range normally holds their Machine Gun Shoot and Military Gun Show in April and October, when people from all over the nation and from around the world make their trek to this Machine Gun Mecca. Shooting benches on the firing line are so popular and in such high demand that they must be reserved years in advance.
Unfortunately, both shooters and spectators alike this spring will be without the opportunity to attend what is billed as “The World’s Largest Machine Gun Shoot and Military Gun Show.” The Knob Creek Gun Range website has one of their famously good-natured banners splashed across the front page that reads “Too many floods, not enough bridge.” The website goes on with the crushing news: “NOTICE: KCR regrets to inform our fans and customers that due to major weather damage and unavoidable bridge reconstruction the 2012 Spring Machine Gun Shoot & Military Gun Show has been cancelled.” Continue reading
