Springfield Armory’s Little Gem, the XDS .45 ACP Sub Compact!

Las Vegas, NV—I’ve never been a fan of polymer frame guns. It’s more because of the sensitive triggers and my fear of an unintended discharge.

Springfield Armory just released their XDS compact .45 ACP pistol. It has an additional grip safety that makes me feel somewhat better.

The size, feel and quality of this little self-defense gun are wonderful.

Sit back and let delightful Dawn present this to you.

Nuremberg, Where Firearms Manufacturers Meet From Everywhere—March 9 thru 12, 2012

Nuremberg, Germany—This venerable and historic old city every March is the site of the International Arms Exposition or IWA. This is similar but just a bit smaller than the international SHOT Show most often held in Las Vegas, NV. The IWA Nuremberg show is split into a civilian sports section and a military and police area. Some 35,000 people visited over 1100 exhibits last year. There are also many exhibitors with exciting new products never seen before in the United States.

Aside from the show the real draw here for me are the sights, elegant women and food. Located in the state of Bavaria it’s just a two hour drive North of Munich and there is a lot to see if you can stay an additional week or more.

As for sights you will be able to visit the Hall of Justice where over a dozen trials were held bringing many Nazi to justice for War Crimes. Six-million Jews and Gypsies were murdered by the National Socialist regime but over nine-million Germans were annihilated as a result of Nazi tyranny. The penalty for any German citizen criticizing or revealing Nazi atrocities was certain death.

Nuremberg was considered the epicenter of the failed National Socialist movement. This was the place where the Nuremberg Race laws were born that stripped Jews of their citizenship enabling their deportation. As such this became the ideal place to try and hang Nazi tyrants that were convicted.

After Germany surrendered over 200,000 women and girls were savagely raped by the smelly, Communist Russian swine that took brutal control over much of Germany. These Russian criminals all escaped war crimes justice because of a willing accomplice, Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Somehow Germany rebuilt better than ever and became a great ally for America and the free world. The grand children and great grandchildren of this sad chapter in Germany history are an educated, social and creative bunch. They work, play, love and many enjoy collecting firearms and shooting like Americans.

IWA also exhibits state of the art firearms for police and military. Of course the technology of firearms has evolved little over the last century. They are prettier and somewhat better functioning today than they were in 1911. The best of the best can be seen and handled right here.

If you love history and firearms Nuremberg is the place to go. I must warn you that attendance to the IWA like the SHOT show is limited to people in the firearms trade and manufacturing businesses.

Saying all of this I’m looking for some company to send me to IWA for the show to work at marketing and or public relations. I speak German and know my way around this great nation.

Click here for the official IWA show website.

Here are two videos from the last show:

Gun Grips can be Sexy! Spice up you personal protection!

Carol Stream, IL--In this Chicago suburb Eagle Grips is making incredible choices for gun owners. There is no compromise on materials used. Check out the latest material for your personal protection. You can set your own style and watch your friends copy your lead. Kirinite is the latest material employed by Eagle Grips to dress up your handguns.

James Bond would always be as stylish as possible, How about you? Watch the video below!

Cops And Robbers IS Gun Art At It’s Best…

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Gun as art had seemed to have had its heyday in the 1970s. A lot of historic guns were engraved and are priceless today. There are engraved guns that are not so special, and there are the Rembrandts and DiVincis that belong in a well guarded museum.

In the 1970’s a private collector had two unfired and perfect early manufactured blue Smith & Wesson, Model 27s in .357 Magnum caliber. These were chosen for this art project of a wild imagination. That was the gun chosen by J. Edgar Hoover’s G-Men of the FBI. A large frame gun that could handle the increased pressures of the Magnum cartridges used to penetrate the vehicles of the infamous motor bandits of the Great Depression.

John Dillinger and a short list of bold bank bandits were hunted by the FBI. The crimes were indeed notorious and they inspired an endless stream of books and movies.

They also inspired the Leonardo DiVinci of gun artists, Leonard Francolini to create one of the finest masterpieces ever made. Francolini is undisputed as the best engraver ever to work at the Colt Firearms factory in Hartford Connecticut.

Francolini was on his own being commissioned by the wealthiest gun collectors in the world to do his magic. In that era, Cops and Robbers was born.

The pair of exquisitely engraved revolves represent both sides of this story. One revolver is dedicated to the Robbers and the other to the cops hunting them.

Gold inlay is profusely used to recreate faces and places involved in this rich historical period. The artisans of Eagle Grips of Carol Stream, IL partnered with Francolini creating the elephant ivory grips, accessories and the hand carved, rosewood case that houses this one of a kind pair.

They are for sale if you have the money. The price today is a cool $100,000. Send me an e-mail or leave a comment that won’t be disclosed here if you dare.