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. Solid Kimber, Renewed Colt, XD Safety K imber’s SIS series of full-size, 4" barrel and subcompact .45 semiautos, designed to the specifications of LAPD’s Special Investigation Section, have made a lot of friends. It doesn’t hurt when the customer learns Kimber sends a percentage of each gun sale to the widows and orphans fund for L.A. cops, and that anti-gun/anticop elements in Los Angeles have already spoken out against the Kimber SIS pistols. I’ve shot all three sizes, and they’re sweet — and they allow the customer to “make a statement” with his purchase. rious shooters, but won’t matter to those customers — you know them — whose motto is, “If it ain’t Colt, it’s crap.” Springfield Armory’s XD series continues to be the single bestselling handgun line in some gun shops, and that will only become more so when customers see the latest. It’s the XD45ACP in service size with a new ambidextrous, frame-mounted safety that will transition seamlessly for the shooter familiar with the 1911 pistol or the Browning Hi-Power. Standard models without thumb safety will, of course, remain available. But all dealers have traditionalist customers who say their big objection to modern polymer pistols is the absence of the manual safety they’ve become acclimated to. There’s more new self-defense firearms, of course. But these handguns seem to have been the real eyeball-grabbers of this year’s crop. 9 The finest Pistol & Revolver grips in a variety of styles and materials. Soft rubber, Aluminum, Titanium and exotic hardwoods such as Kingwood, Rosewood, Coco Bolo, Tulipwood etc. OverMolded™ Rifle and Shotgun stocks in OD Green, Camo & Black. Handall® grip sleeves PowerSpeed holster EZG™ Recoil Pads AR-15 OverMolded grip & free floating forend OverMolded Rifle Slings & Swivels Other fine accessories Hot New Products! Extreme™ Aluminum Grips Ghillie™ Stocks Custom textures Call for a Free Catalog and Free Dealer Display Pack 1-800-Get-Grip www.getgrip.com HOGUE INC 805-239-1440, fax-805-239-2553 PO Box 1138, Paso Robles, CA 93447 • • • • • • • Kimber’s new SIS pistol is available in four models: SIS Ultra, SIS Pro, SIS Custom and SIS Custom/RL. HOT NEW PRODUCTS! One new and one “renewed” offering from Colt this year is the reintroduced Delta Elite in 10mm Auto, a caliber that seems to be undergoing a small resurgence of interest, and a double-action-only subcompact .45 auto. The latter, called the New Agent, has a new trigger mechanism that’s heavy enough to turn off some sethe iconic Smith & Wesson-registered, Magnum-style, large frame .357 revolver with a 3.5" barrel (and three other classic lengths) will be available through Lew Horton Distributors. They will have eightround cylinders. Look for traditionalists to reach for their wallets as they did when last year’s sweet little Model 40-1 “lemonsqueezer” snubs came out. S&W’s line of polymer-framed M&P semiautos continues to grow, with the .357 SIG version now shipping and already adopted by the New Mexico State Patrol. If you have a strong IDPA (International Defensive Pistol Association) contingent among your customers, put one of the new long-slide M&P target models in your showcase. Based on interest shown by competitors who’ve seen it in prototype, it won’t linger long in the showcase. www.shootingindustry.com Ghillie Stock & Extreme Aluminum Free Dealer Display Pack Hogue products are available from your favorite distributor or order direct Circle No. 217 on Inquiry Card APRIL 2008 17