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The clock is running and the pressure is on. With each passing day we are getting closer and closer to Christmas. If you are in the same boat as most Americans, you are watching rising expenses take more and more money from your wallet which leaves less and less money for your Christmas shopping...

The Christmas shopping season has officially begun.  Yes, it’s still well before Thanksgiving, but, and for logical reasons it is wise to get a jump on your Holiday shopping.  No, this isn’t about the commercialization of one of the year's most revered days, but about budgeting so that you don’t...

The Christmas shopping season has officially begun.  Yes, it’s still well before Thanksgiving, but, and for logical reasons, it is wise to get a jump on your Holiday shopping.  No, this isn’t about the commercialization of one of the year's most revered days, but about budgeting so that you don...

The Christmas shopping season has officially begun.  Yes, it’s still well before Thanksgiving, but, and for logical reasons it is wise to get a jump on your Holiday shopping.  No, this isn’t about the commercialization of one of the year's most revered days, but about budgeting so that you don...

Airguns come in all different configurations.  Most of the time when you see the words “full auto” and “CO2 powered” you can safely assume that the airgun in question is going to be some iteration of a “black” gun. Well, not every gun out there is some form of AR or AK variant and that is ok. W...

Without a doubt, the biggest news in the airgun world happened nine years ago and that was Umarex’s announcement that we had acquired licensing rights for the most universally recognized firearm manufacturer on the planet, GLOCK. One of the first officially licensed products to appear in the Um...

Some things are just American institutions. You know, baseball, apple pie, 1911’s. Once in a while the powers that be mess with the rules of baseball, but, more or less, the game you can go to the park and watch today is the same game you could have watched in the 1980’s and that game was the s...

Hunting season is just on the horizon. Actually, some rays are peaking through the trees. Most hunters are making preparations for their fall hunting right now.  Food plots are being tended to, trail cameras are going up, gear is being purchased and hunters are reviewing regulations for the upc...

So our blog entry is a little late on this… For that I apologize. The Notos G2 arrived right in the midst of preparation for the Pyramyd Cup competition.  As the guy who heads up our website content and also leads our the Umarex USA Shooting Team, I dropped the ball on writing this summer in fa...

This summer has been a busy one. Who am I kidding, every summer month, every fall month– the whole dang calendar is busy year after year.  This year has felt especially busy.  I know my time has been divided up more between work, family, events, and even carving out some time to relax. Norm...