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Just to be clear, the price he cites isn’t related to the gun he’s shooting.  The price he cites pertains to the stock Beretta 1301 ordered from the factory.

The gun he’s shooting is modified by Langdon Tactical with an extended mag tube, forend including Magpul attachment points, Aridus Industries adapters, and a Magpul stock.  This raises the price a bit.

I love the .22 WMR round, and have always believed that the .22LR was underpowered for anything other than plinking on trash can lids (which is what I did with it when I was a boy).

But in an AR?  Will it work?  Will the bolt extract the case without major modifications?  Will it be reliable?  How will the mags work without rim-locking?

Color me skeptical until it proves itself.  I won’t be buying one.

He makes his point well enough.  Bronze is softer than steel (although I suspect he’s using a brass brush).

During a demonstration to share holders last week, the operator clicks the key pad on the side of the 9mm smart gun. Once unlocked, the smart gun is operable. @Lodestarguns @6abc https://t.co/gVzML0sARg pic.twitter.com/c8O8zNbp6i

— Christie Ileto (@Christie_Ileto) January 18, 2022

If you can get past the stupidity of the rest of the video, they do a good enough job of explaining what Ernest Langdon does to the Beretta pistol.

I think it’s fairly popular, maybe not at the level of competing in popularity of the CZ Shadow 2 at competitions.

Field & Stream has some of the newest arrivals.

We had previously discussed the value of traditional Walnut stocks as heirlooms to pass down to your sons.  The latest releases have that – a beautiful Benelli for more than $2000.

There are also some very light rifles, carbon fiber stocks combined with carbon fiber barrels – a Weatherby for more than $3700.

There are some less expensive rifles too, e.g., Connecticut Value Arms (CVA) has one for less than $700.

But just my, my, my goodness, these rifles on the whole are so very expensive.  Nice walnut and light carbon fiber parts cost a lot of money.

This continues his defensive lever gun series.

Nice review, but I would have preferred to see shooting.

Smart guns in the news.

LodeStar integrated both a fingerprint reader and a near-field communication chip activated by a phone app, plus a PIN pad. The gun can be authorized for more than one user.

The fingerprint reader unlocks the gun in microseconds, but since it may not work when wet or in other adverse conditions, the PIN pad is there as a backup. LodeStar did not demonstrate the near-field communication signal, but it would act as a secondary backup, enabling the gun as quickly as users can open the app on their phones.

It sounds like the Babylon Bee, but it’s a serious article. Or sort of.

You can’t make this stuff up.  “Hold on there froggy – it’s raining and I dropped my guns, can you give me a second to access my iPhone?”