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June 21st, 2023

Patriotic Stars & Stripes Rifles and Pistols from Legacy Sports

Our nation’s birthday, the 4th of July, is just two weeks away. You can celebrate this special time by adding a Patriotic Stars and Stripes rifle or pistol to your collection. Legacy Sports offers a USA Flag series with red, white and blue graphics. From pistols to rifles, the USA Flag collection of handsomely Cerakoted firearms will stand out from the crowd.

The Howa flag collection includes the APC Chassis models (steel and carbon barrel versions), the Mini Action EXCL Lite, and the TSP X chassis rifle. The USA Flag APC carbon-wrapped barrel version is the latest model. For rimfire fans, the CITADEL Trakr .22 LR rifles are also available in the USA Flag and Grayscale options for both the semi-auto and bolt-action models.

Flag Collection Rifles

• Howa APC Flag Chassis with Carbon-Wrapped Barrel (NEW) – 6.5 Creedmoor / .308 Win
• Howa APC Flag Chassis Steel Barrel – 6.5 Creedmoor / .308 Win
• Howa Mini EXCL Lite – .223 Rem /6.5 Grendel / 7.62×39 / 6mm ARC / 350 Legend
• Howa TSP X Chassis Rifle – 6.5 Creedmoor / .308 Win
• Citadel Trakr – .22 LRs in Semi-Auto and Bolt-Action

CITADEL Flag Collection Pistols

• 1911 .45 ACP
• 1911 .380 AUTO
• CP9 9mm Series

Howa APC American Flag Version

The American Flag Edition of Howa’s APC rifle features USA flag-theme red, white, and blue Cerakote finish and 3-chamber muzzle brake. This special edition is available with a scope and rings and shipped in a hard case. See VIDEO of Stars and Stripes APC Rifle.

Howa TSP X Chassis Rifle

The Howa TSP X Chassis rifle has a Cerakoted T-6 Aluminum Chassis and excellent adjustable, 2-stage HACT trigger. This rifle comes with a sub-MOA guarantee and Lifetime Warranty. The flat black version is offered in four chamberings: 6.5 Creedmoor, 6.5 PRC, .308 Win, and 300 PRC.

Howa Sub-MOA Accuracy Guarantee
Howa rifles are guaranteed to deliver sub-MOA performance of 1 inch or less at 100 yards with premium factory ammunition. Guarantee is not transferable. All Howa rifles purchased in the U.S. on or after January 1, 2017 are covered by this offer.

CITADEL Flag Collection Handguns

The CITADEL USA flag pattern handgun collection includes the new 100% USA-made CITADEL CP9 9mm series, the popular CITADEL .45 ACP full-size 1911 (shown above) and the CITADEL 1911 Baby .380 Auto pistols. Cerakoted ammo cans in the USA Flag and Grayscale Flag versions are also available with the CITADEL handgun options.

PDF Product Catalog Available
CLICK HERE to view full Howa/Citadel Product Catalog with all patriotic color options. The Citadel Trakr .22 LR Rimfires and Boss 25 shotgun are also available in the USA Flag and Grayscale options. Cerakoted ammo cans in the USA Flag and Grayscale Flag are available with the Citadel handguns.

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June 21st, 2023

How to Evaluate Flyers During Load Development

Sierra Bullets Reloading Flier Flyer load development groups

by Sierra Bullets Ballistic Technician Gary Prisendorf
Occasionally someone will ask, “Why did I get a flyer that didn’t go in with the rest of my group?” If I had an answer that would stop flyers from happening, I would be rich.

There are many reasons why this can happen. Everything from gripping a forearm differently to variations in the brass casing, the list goes on and on. Most of the time the flyer is usually shooter induced and sometimes what you may think is a flyer, is just part of your group. There are a lot of shooters, that go out and test a load and they may shoot a 3/8” group at 100 yards and think that load is good. But I have seen far too many times that you can shoot another group, same load, same rifle and the next time you may get a 1 ¼” group.

Sierra bullets load development flyer group measurement target

The total opposite can also occur. You may shoot a 1 ¼” group and turn around and follow it with a 1/2″ group without changing anything. If you only shot the one group, you might decide that load wasn’t any good and move on to something else without really knowing what that load was capable of.

To really determine how a particular load is performing we need to shoot multiple groups and take an average of the group sizes to really see what that rifle/load combination is really capable of.

I suggest shooting a minimum of three 5-shot groups and averaging the group sizes before deciding if the load is acceptable or not. Obviously the more rounds you shoot for a group and the more groups that you shoot, you will get a much better representation of what that particular combination can do.

Now I’m not saying to go out and shoot 30 groups with 50 rounds in each group to determine how well your load is shooting. That would be a bit pointless, in some cases it would be time to re-barrel your rifle before your load development was finished.

In most cases, I feel that three to five, 5-shot groups will give you a pretty good representation of how a load will perform in that specific firearm.

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June 21st, 2023

Six Stunning Pistols — Forum Member’s Handgun Collection

FN Herstal High Power engraved silver Belgium 1964

In our Shooters’ Forum there is a popular photography thread. Along with some great nature and hunting images, you’ll find quality photos of handsome firearms. Among the many images were head-turning photos of some very impressive pistols belonging to Forum member Beiruty from Texas. He has some of the most handsome mag-fed handguns we’ve ever seen. Here are six of his favorite semi-auto pistols from his collection. Three of these handguns boast beautiful engraving.

FN Browning High Power Renaissance
This 9mm hand-engraved High Power with silver finish was made in Belgium in 1971:

FN Browning High Power Renaissance
NOTE: This is one of a near-matching pair of FN HP Renaissance pistols featured in the top photo.