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On October 22, 1836, Sam Houston was inaugurated as the first elected President of the Republic of Texas. — On October 22, 1934, infamous criminal Charles (“Pretty Boy”) Floyd was fatally shot in a field near East Liverpool, Ohio, by FBI agents. — On October 22, 1797, André-Jacques Garnerin, an inspector in the French army who encouraged the use of balloons for military purposes, made a balloon ascent in order to give his first exhibition of parachuting, when he jumped from a height of about 3,200 feet (1,000 meters). And this is the birthday of painter and book illustrator N.C.…

Q. I have a side-by-side 12-ga. shotgun marked “Fulton Special” and “Hunter Arms Co., Fulton NY.” It is my understanding that the Hunter Arms Co. was responsible for the production of the L.C. Smith shotgun. It has some engravings on it, but it’s not made like an L.C. Smith. There are several markings on the barrel’s underside flat near the serial number. Can you provide any information on what they mean? A. Apart from the L.C. Smith sidelock shotgun, Hunter Arms Co. also produced less expensive boxlock models, marketed under the Fulton and Hunter names, as well as private-labeled versions of the…

On October 2, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) announced the Border Lands Conservation Act, a bill that would allow the Department of Homeland Security to enter into cooperative agreements with the Agriculture and Interior secretaries to build roads, install “tactical infrastructure,” and operate aircraft and motorized vehicles on any federal wilderness areas on the U.S. border that lie within a 100-mile radius from that border. Lee and cosponsors have marketed the bill, which would amend the Wilderness Act of 1964 to make all this possible, as a measure to strengthen U.S. border security.It is unclear whether other federal public lands that…

In 2024, TandemKross (TK), best known for its high-quality competition upgrades for rimfire platforms, launched the first ever lower-receiver assembly designed for the rimfire Ruger 10/22 platform. Dubbed the Manticore X, it provides a set of features and configuration options unavailable with the typical trigger groups and stocks made for this popular semi-automatic platform. In most cases, a 10/22 trigger group’s polymer or aluminum housing supports the carbine’s trigger guard, trigger, fire-control group, external safety button and magazine-release mechanism. The trigger group is secured to the serial-numbered receiver using two cross pins that are held in place by setting the…