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15 Questions with 15-Time Bianchi Cup Champion and Team S&W® Member Doug Koenig SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (June 13, 2013) – Smith & Wesson Corp. announced today that Team Smith & Wesson® member Doug Koenig was named the winner of the 2013 NRA Bianchi Cup National Championship. Shooting a Smith & Wesson 1911DK pistol, Koenig posted a [...]

Last weekend Team Smith & Wesson cleaned up once again at the ICORE International Revolver Championships. It’s a fun and challenging match near beautiful Morro Bay, CA which is also not too far from Apex Tactical HQ. I have shot the match twice with my Smith & Wesson 627 V-Comp made open division race-ready by [...]

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (May 22, 2013) – Smith & Wesson Corp. today announced that Team Smith & Wesson members captured three national titles in the Overall as well as the Senior and Women’s categories at the 2013 United States Practical Shooting Association (USPSA) Revolver National Championships. Top winners included Smith & Wesson Champion Jerry Miculek, who [...]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:16 — 35.8MB) | Embed Watch a photo montage from the Barricade, Practical, Plate and Moving Target Events from the 2012 NRA Bianchi Cup featuring images taken by the talented Yamil Sued in this special video podcast from JulieG Radio and JulieG.TV. Watch the Video What’s on [...]

At this year’s SHOT Show the NRA Women’s Network was on site filming and I was honored to be included among the group of talented women interviewed. The finished product is beyond anything I expected and I am extremely excited to share the NEW ENERGY Trailer. NEW ENERGY As Seen On Yahoo News Meet the [...]

San Antonio Police Department Converts to Smith & Wesson® M&P® Pistols SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (May 1, 2013) — Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: SWHC), a leader in firearm manufacturing and design, today announced that it has been awarded a firearms contract from the San Antonio Police Department for duty side arms from the company’s M&P [...]

On Sunday afternoon I had a chance to chat with Kate Krueger of Talking Guns. Talking Guns is a weekly radio show based out of Phoenix where host, Kate Krueger discusses gun laws, shooting disciplines, the latest products, books, events, training, politics, hunting, competition and more. Basically if it is related to the outdoors and the [...]

This week Randi Rogers and I are chatting with Juliana Crowder on her wildly successful A Girl & A Gun Women’s Shooting League. Learn more about this fun program that both welcomes women and nurtures first time shooters on the range. Tune in to hear about the exciting national conference presented by Smith & Wesson [...]

ICYMI tonight’s Impossible Shots episode on the Outdoor Channel is some 3-Gun Christmas fun with my Smith & Wesson M&P-15, M&P Shield, Model 41 and Benelli M2 3-Gun. Read more about the show in my December blog post, learn how to make your own ornaments here and tune in tonight! An Impossible Shots Christmas We’re ringing in the holidays Impossible Shots style. [...]

I have been living vicariously through Miss Randi Rogers for the Smith & Wesson IDPA Indoor Nationals! This week on Gun Girl Radio I grill Randi on all the important stuff like her performance, the stages, moving targets, lighting conditions, the awards ceremony and (of course) FASHION! Check out past posts about the match here and [...]

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (February 27, 2013) – Smith & Wesson Corp. today announced the successful completion of the 16th Annual International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA) Indoor National Championships. Held at the Smith & Wesson Employee Shooting Sports Center in Springfield, Massachusetts, this year’s match featured over 320 competitors from across the United States, three foreign nations [...]

Tonight on the Outdoor Channel’s Impossible Shots, it’s a tribute to the amazing Annie Oakley. I get to honor Little Miss Sure Shot with my first ever mirror shot using a modern sporting rifle, the Smith & Wesson M&P15-22! More about this week’s show: “This week we pay tribute to the original exhibition shooter, Little Miss Sure [...]