MyGunDB Sponsors NRA National Matches High Power Rifle at Camp Perry
Developer of Firearms Collection Management Software Continues to Support the Firearms Community
Intelligent Firearm Solutions, LLC., makers of MyGunDB – a unique computer program that makes managing firearm collections for both collectors and Federal Firearm License (FFL) dealers simple, has announced that they are now the official High Power Rifle sponsor of the NRA National Matches, to be held this August at Camp Perry.
As part of their 3 year commitment to a partnership with the NRA, MyGunDB’s Platinum level sponsorship level’s duties will include awarding prizes to the HP Service and Match Rifle Champions. Currently the prize package includes 2 Sig Sauer M400 ARs and 2 Henry Survival Rifles with a large number of other prizes to be announced shortly for the 2 winners — plus over 600 copies of the MyGunDB software are to be given out free to competitors.
“We are proud to support the community that has made us what we are today,” said Alan Ellis, the founder of the company. “The shooting community has made us the #1 firearm inventory software for collectors, with over 100,000 users and this is one way of giving back.”
“The HP Rifle Sponsorship, the most prestigious position, has not been available for 8 years so we jumped at the chance when the NRA approached us,” said Tom Denniston, head of business relations.
Based in Derry New Hampshire, MyGunDB, and it’s parent company Intelligent Firearm Solutions, LLC. is a sponsor for numerous competitive events including through the CMP and IDPA, and are dedicated to helping 2A organizations throughout the country.
Read the GunLink interview with MyGunDB‘s developer here or ask questions of your own on the MyGunDB discussion board within the GunLink Forums.
Also, be sure to check out MyGunDB GunLink Edition and enter to win one of several free full copies of MyGunDB, along with other great prizes, in the giveaway on the forums.
Project Appleseed Mixes US History and Marksmanship
Project Appleseed is a program offered by the Revolutionary War Veterans Association (RWVA) that focuses on American Revolutionary War education, basic firearms safety and rifle marksmanship skills. The program started in 2006 in North Carolina, stemming from commentaries under the byline of “Fred” that ran alongside his surplus rifle-stock advertisements in Shotgun News. From those humble beginnings, the program has grown to much larger proportions with thousands of attendees at hundreds of events across the nation every year.
The RWVA mission statement reads, in part:
Through Project Appleseed, the Revolutionary War Veterans Association is committed to teaching two things: rifle marksmanship and our early American heritage. We do this for one simple reason, the skill and knowledge of what our founding fathers left to us is eroding in modern America and without deliberate action, they will be lost to ignorance and apathy.
I first started hearing “buzz” about Project Appleseed around 2008 or so and Continue reading
Strip Gun Club Offers Unique Shooting Experience on Las Vegas Strip
During SHOT Show 2013 we had a chance to take a break from the show floor and visit Las Vegas’ newest firearms-oriented addition. Opening in early December 2012, the Strip Gun Club, which describes itself as the “first and only shooting range on the world-famous Las Vegas Strip,” offers a high-end shooting experience for visiting shooters and locals alike.
The double doors at the front of the building (featuring rifle- and pistol-themed handles) give way to a well appointed lobby/gift shop complete with hardwood floors, attractive furnishings and a gun safe protected by the door of a bank safe allegedly knocked over by John Dillinger himself. The place is decidedly a touch classier than many other shooting ranges I’ve been to.
The point of a shooting range, however, is not the decor – however nice it may be here. Strip Gun Club offers seven shooting lanes divided among Continue reading
Tracking Point Xact System Offers Amazing Update to Long Range Shooting
The first documented use of firearms was somewhere in circa-12th-century China. While it’s quite clear that firearms and their accessories have come a long way since the first gunpowder-filled tubes, the basic principles remain the same: ignite the propellant and the expanding gasses send the projectile out of the business end of the barrel. For the most part, any advancements since then have been been to make firearms more effective in terms of power, portability and accuracy. A big advancement in the accuracy department was on display from Tracking Point at the 2013 SHOT Show.
Tracking Point’s XactSystem is a Precision Guided Firearm (PGF), which the company describe as “fighter-jet-style, lock-and-launch technology into a rifle system.” This closed-loop system consists of ultra-consistent ammo loaded by Barnes, a precision Surgeon Rifle with a 22-27″ Krieger barrel and Harris bipod on a LaRue QD mount, and the smart networked tracking scope mounted on top. Given the components involved, the precision of the rifle itself is spectacular, but the scope is what makes the system truly amazing.
The XactSystem’s tracking scope takes the ballistic guesswork out of Continue reading
SHOT Show Action Not Confined to Convention Hall
The 2013 NSSF Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show is in full swing, but the action isn’t just on the show floor.
On Monday, January 15 – the day before the official start of SHOT Show, registered media attendees had the opportunity to travel to Boulder City for SHOT Show® Media Day at the Range™ at Boulder Pistol & Rifle Range. While there, we had the opportunity to get hands-on time with some of the latest and greatest gear on the market – and some that isn’t even on the market yet.
Some of the highlights from this event included new offerings from SilencerCo, Glock, FN, and others. There was also plenty of cutting edge optics, long range rifles and AR platform innovations on display as well as the latest hunting and target shooting gear. With everything going on at the range (as well as on the show floor), there is a lot to write about. We’ll be putting up more details of all this amazing gear right here on the GunLink blog in the coming days but, in the mean time, the GunLink Forums are an excellent place to find more information and share your thoughts.
While Media Day at the Range was a great opportunity to get some trigger time with the newest firearms advancements, we didn’t have a chance to really put the weapons through their paces. We’ll leave that to the pros at the 3-Gun Nation championship on Wednesday night. The “Rumble on the Range” will showcase 3-Gun pros vying for $50,000 at Clark County Shooting Range while other 3GN top shooters will be gunning for $5,000. The 3GN competitors won’t be the only ones with a chance at great prizes; one lucky match attendee will be walking away with an FNH USA 3-Gun prize package worth over $5,000. A live performance by Mark Wills and a side-shoot sponsored by the American Silencer Association cap off the event, which lasts from 6PM to 9PM.
Stay tuned to GunLink for updates from the show floor and from the range as this 35th edition of SHOT Show rolls on.
NSSF Files Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit Against Traditional Ammunition
NEWTOWN, Conn. — The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industry, today filed a motion to dismiss a second lawsuit brought by the radical anti-hunting Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) and six other groups demanding the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ban commonly used traditional ammunition containing lead components, representing 95 percent of the ammunition sold in the United States today. The suit is before the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
The EPA already has twice denied attempts by CBD to have the agency ban traditional ammunition, noting correctly that it does not have the authority to regulate traditional ammunition under the Toxic Substances Control Act. The court has already dismissed an earlier case brought by CBD seeking the same relief.
The CBD’s transparent goal in petitioning the EPA and repeatedly filing lawsuits is to end hunting in America by banning the ammunition millions of Continue reading
