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The Formidable Tony Aleo of Tony’s Customs, LLC

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As general counsel for the firearms network, I am sometimes privileged to personally visit with some of my friends in industry, and even luckier, in getting to tour their factories and facilities. Despite the frenzied pace of firearms manufacturing in the current state of affairs, where there is a threat to owning AR-15s, our friends’ Tony and Donna Aleo took the time on Monday, February 18, 2013, to let us tour factory in Wauseon, Ohio. The Aleo’s make each part with love, care, and attention and ship each and every AR part as soon as possible. In a world where everything is mass Read More »

Something Old, New, Borrowed, And Blue: Cabot Gun’s 1911s

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Almost anyone involved in the gun world who is also a shooter comes to value--and sometimes yearn for--simplicity in some facet of shooting, such as a handgun with minimal whistles and bells. In my first Gunsite pistol class several years ago, I shot a different handgun every day for three very loooong days (frustrating to maddening, but I was too suborn to try a handgun other than what I liked on paper), trying to find out what I could effectively shoot under stress, clear, clean and service. When the time was right, the Gunsite course instructor kindly gave me a brief history lesson Read More »