#410
The All-New Single-Shot .410 Bore Rossi Survival Rifle – The Poly Tuffy
I’ve recently been digging pretty heavily into survival rifle coverage on my weekly Rimfire Report series. Along with 22LR, a .410 bore is often found being used in survival rifles including the new Rossi survival rifle dubbed the Poly Tuffy. This new single-shot, break-action .410-bore survival rifle features a simple and durable design that stores spare ammo, has a minimally stacked single-action trigger, and of course, breaks down for better storage.
North Carolina Woman Arrested with "Weapon of Mass Destruction" Concealed in Purse
Last week, deputies from the Alexander County North Carolina Sherrif’s Office recovered a modified weapon during the course of a search of a vehicle during a traffic stop. Jennifer Lee Haun, the driver, was soon arrested for felony possession of a controlled substance during a traffic stop as well as being in possession of a weapon of mass destruction.
The Rimfire Report: 3 Great Lightweight Rimfire Survival Rifles
Hello and welcome back to The Rimfire Report. This weekly series covers all sorts of topics surrounding the rimfire firearm world. Today we’ll be taking a look at the concept of a Lightweight Rimfire Survival rifle. Specifically, we’re going to look at it from the perspective of a backpacker or adventurer. This means the rifle itself will have to be not only lightweight, but also stable without interfering with things like climbing, running, and perhaps even swimming. So what options are out there and what do I think works best? Let’s find out.
Escort Shotguns New BTS Bullpup Semi-Auto in 12 Gauge and .410 Bore
Turkish-headquartered Hatsan Arms chiefly manufactures two product lines: air guns, and shotguns. The latter, branded as Escort Shotguns, includes a variety of models from pump-action to break-open to semi-auto, purposed for hunting/sporting or home defense. From mild to wild, their spectrum of scatterguns runs the gamut. In a July 10th press release, Hatsan has announced a new addition: the semi-automatic Escort BTS bullpup shotgun. See below:
Czech Detonics GLADIATOR Double-Barreled Muzzleloading and 410 Bore Shotguns
About a year ago, we published an article telling about muzzleloading double-barreled break-action derringers made by a Czech company called Czechgun. Apparently, the company has been since renamed to Detonics and recently, they announced that they’ve expanded this line of firearms to now include .50 cal muzzleloading and 410 bore shotguns.
New Henry Axe Chops Down Length of Their .410
Henry has released a new firearm, both in the general and specific sense. The new Henry Axe is a smoothbore lever action chambered in .410, with a barrel length of “just under 16 inches” and an OAL of 26.5″. It is also equipped with a King’s gate (receiver side loading gate) and threaded for chokes. I do believe it is the first firearm from Henry to have a King’s gate in their blued “Steel” receiver. With a “axe handle” grip instead of a buttstock, this puts the “Axe” into the category of a “Firearm”.
The Ranger Point Precision Lever Action Shotgun
The good people at Ranger Point Precision have been on quite the roll recently. As I contemplate one of their custom . 40S&W lever action carbines (yes, you heard that right), they have just announced the release of another gun from my growing wishlist: a Marlin .410 lever action shotgun. Born from a donated Marlin 336 in .30-30, the RPP scattergun is lighter and has more shell capacity than the official version released in 2004 that was built on a hefty 444 frame.
GSG Unveils .410/.45 LC Derringer
German Sport Guns GmbH has introduced a combination .410 bore/.45 Long Colt derringer for personal defense. All4Shooters has the story:
TFBTV: Bond Arms, This Much Fun is Somehow Legal
We here at TFB are big fans of Bond Arms. I first met Gordon Bond at a media event in Florida, and there he invited me to take a factory tour back home in Texas to see what his company is all about. What I saw was nothing short of amazing; Modern machining technology combined with meticulous quality control yields the world’s finest derringers (which have been used by Cowboy Action Champions for the last 15 years to take home the big prize).
GSG-41: Predecessor To The KSG
Back in the 90’s when George Kellgren was leading Grendel Arms, he came up with the idea for a bullpup high capacity pump shotgun. Sound familiar? This is not the KSG we know today. The KSG is a dual magazine tube fed pump shotgun chambered in 12 gauge. The predecessor to that concept was the GSG-41. Or Grendel ShotGun .410. It is a .410 shotgun. According to this image/flyer below, the GSG is fed by a 12 rd selectable column magazine. Not sure what “selectable column” means, but is sounds like the user could load one column with bird shot and the other column with slugs. Similar in concept to the KSG, where the user could choose the next round on demand. Another interesting feature is that they designed it to have an integrated flashlight right above the muzzle. Way ahead of the KRISS Vector or the UTS-15.
Homemade .410 Revolver Carbine
Royal Nonesuch, made his own .410 revolver carbine out of some scrap metal. It is a four shot revolver and even though it is rough looking, it seems to shoot rather well. Later in the video he shows how dangerous this gun build is, with regards to the sear/trigger/firing pin.
Testing The Heizer .410 Pocket Shotgun
Heizer Defense are busy working on their upcoming Pocket Shotgun pistol that will be capable of firing both .410 shotshells and .45 Long Colt. One of the Heizer’s staff emailed me the above photo of two of their employees who had spent two and a half days shooting 5000 rounds of .410 though the prototype Pocket Shotgun. I am sure the first 200 or 300 rounds were a lot of fun … 😉
Drone Mounted Taurus Public Defender .410
To demonstrate how effective their screen protectors are, Clear Plex mounted a Taurus Public Defender .410 on a custom made eight propellor multi-copter (octocopter) and fired at a Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone. I am sure they used a low power .410 load designed for birds or other pests, not a high powered self-defense load, but nonetheless the video is pretty nifty.
Gun Review: Taurus Judge "Public Defender"
Most shooters know the Taurus “Judge” has been on the market for years. In addition to the original model there have been several new variations released over the years with the PD being one of the newest.
Hornady Critical Defense 410 Triple Defense
Hornady has announced a new .410 defensive handgun load in their Critical Defense line. The 410 Triple Defense has a 115 grain .41 Caliber FXT slug backed by two .35 caliber lead balls (.35 caliber is just slightly smaller than 000 buck shot). The FXT slug will engage the rifling of a Taurus Judge.