Click here to download the catalog as a PDF file. To view this site you need Adobe Flash Player and your browser must allow javaScripts. Go here to get the latest Flash Player. ® Jeff John i n s ide indus t r y n e w s ® From the Editor: Springfield Armory’s XD Match Rules Genuine smiling faces at Brownell’s. This is part of the crew who makes sure the orders go out “just so.” Roy Huntington From the Editor: SHOT Show Lessons Lesson one: It’s always sooner than you think. Sooner than you can remember from last year, and oh yeah, it’s in Orlando this year too. Do they move it around just to be difficult? Probably. Lesson two: Finish one thing at a time and you’ll be ready. As a former marketing manager at a big company in our biz, much of the SHOT Show booth, support, etc. was on my shoulders. I tried doing it all at once — everything. What I did then was do everything “almost” and poorly at best. I then cleaned off the table and picked the first thing, did it, then went on to number two. Everything got done, on time and correctly. Imagine that. So, perhaps take a lesson from two of the most senior attendees at the SHOT Show, Brownells and S&W. Brownells has made a terrific business by taking each customer one at a time, and making sure everything is done right. I’ve been to their shop in Montezume, Iowa, and saw it firsthand. Every customer, every time, done right. And, I plan on sharing my trip with you in the March/April issue. A sort of behind-the-scenes look at this usually very private family. Trust me, you’ll simply enjoy doing business with them even more once you see. The S&W Performance Center, under tony Miele’s able hand, does the same thing — only different. They take one gun, one at a time, and make it right. Period. I know because I was there and watched them do it. One barrel, one cylinder, one trigger … one gun. We’re going to take a look behind the scenes there too, and there will be some video Web Blast online on our home page to go with both of these articles. Lesson three? Don’t panic — just do one thing at a time and the SHOT Show will be a breeze. Yeah, right. Dave Douglas From the Editor: The new match-grade version of the hot-selling Springfield armory XD pistol in .40 S&W graces the February cover of GUNS Magazine and gets a thorough hooting test from Dave Anderson. The new XD is available with a stainless steel slide on a new racy sculpted polymer frame, which adds interchangeable backstraps to the XD. In addition, the XD comes with a holster and mag loader. The new pistol, while following the XD format, has some differences with the regular model. The most important is the magazines are of better quality, have higher capacity and are not interchangeable with regular XD mags. As usual, a light rail is provided at the front of the frame because this pistol will double as a quality defensive pistol when not performing as a high-quality match pistol. SNEAK PEEK Inside the Jan/Feb Issue: Drop The Hammer Clint Smith tests a new .308 Tactical rifle by G.A. Precision and runs it through the paces out to 600 yards. Topped with exquisite Schmidt & Bender PM II 4-16x42mm scope set in a pair of tank-tough Seekins rings, the rifle was dubbed “The Hammer” by Clint after he was able to make first round hits at short and long ranges due to the repeatable quality of the scope dials. Clint fired the Hammer with Black Hills Match, CorBon Match and Federal Match ammo as well as his own reloads with Sierra MatchKing bullets and Hodgdon powder. Featured Article – Rock River’s AR Carbine and AR Pistol Combo Stay tuned for a behind-the-scenes look at Brownell’s by Editor Huntington. • • 4 • • PLUS: • FNH’s Self-loading Police shotguns • Policing In A Combat Zone • Tactical Anatomy III • Officer Survival • Private Security • Carry Options • Corrections • Hard Tools Clint Smith’s G.A. Precision rifle, nicknamed “The Hammer” with a Schmidt & Bender 4-16x42mm PM II is one of the most accurate rifles with one of the most repeatable riflescopes he’s experienced.