Glassing

The outdoor world, seen clearly. Hunting, gear, and the industry that outfits it. We glass first. Then we write.

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Glassing is the pause before the shot.

You get on the glass. You wait. You don’t guess.
That’s the publication too.

Hunting, optics, gear, and the outdoor trade, covered like you’re actually out there, not sitting in a conference room writing catalog copy.

Follow for the desk notes and the stories that don’t need a press embargo to matter.

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The week on Glassing: ATF stops requiring registration for suppressors and SBRs, its director set a deadline for NFA guidance, and anglers crowned 14 indie tackle shops. Dealers, which one changes your fall?

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#NFA #Suppressors #Fishing

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Glassing outdoor industry news: ATF's NFA stand-down stops at 15 state lines. FPC asked those AGs to stop enforcing state laws tied to federal registration. Dealers in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and 12 more states: how are NFA sales going now? https://t.co/7Wr2Rcr7zQ

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New on Glassing: Aero Precision's sale ran through a court-supervised receivership, its own advisor says. Aero, Ballistic Advantage, Stag Arms and VG6 now answer to one unnamed owner. Dealers and distributors writing 2027 programs: what changes for you? https://t.co/7Wr2RcrFpo

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Glassing outdoor industry news: Minnesota DNR passes on an optional three-duck bag limit and keeps six birds, and a Canadian expert panel reviews whether the SKS should be banned.

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#DuckHunting #Waterfowl #SKS

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New on Glassing: Bob Ward's Bozeman store is liquidating ahead of a December reopening as Al's Sporting Goods, and Hong Kong-listed Ridge Outdoor buys British rod maker Harrison Advanced Rods.

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#Fishing #OutdoorRetail #OutdoorIndustry

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Glassing outdoor industry news: Suppressor registrations top 1.1 million this year in @NSSF's ATF data, and the European Parliament clears an EU lead shot restriction with a seven-year transition.

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#Suppressors #LeadShot #Shooting

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New on Glassing: Remington's new 700s and 870s are expected at dealers this fall, and Byrna's Q3 sales fell 46% on slower dealer and chain-store reorders.

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#Remington #Byrna #FirearmsIndustry

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Glassing outdoor industry news: MLF bans live sonar at half of its 2027 Pro Circuit stops, https://t.co/kw4VcuPSq6 now forwards shoppers to Minn Kota, and Orvis marks Tom Rosenbauer's 50 years with a 300-rod Helios run.

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#fishing #flyfishing

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New on Glassing: eFormed Ventures buys Outdoor Life to build a gear marketplace, Federal, @MossbergCorp and Palladyne AI plan a drone-mounted shotgun to stop drones, and Lund takes heavy-gauge aluminum into big water.

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#hunting #boating

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Glassing outdoor industry news: A Maryland judge keeps the Glock-style pistol ban on its Jan. 1 track, @sigsauerinc says the Army starts fielding the lighter M8 rifle in December, and Arkansas duck hunters face fewer mallards.

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#firearms #duckhunting

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New on Glassing: @CZ_Firearms launches the $729 modular DUTY 9mm, 20 are charged in the theft of nearly 1,500 guns from Georgia shipping hubs, and @bassmaster coin flips allow live sonar at five of nine 2027 Elites.

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#firearms #fishing

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Glassing outdoor industry news: EU lawmakers reject a bid to block lead shot limits, commercial fishermen sue over the red snapper catch expansion, and @Springfield_Inc adds a polished blued SA-35.

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#hunting #fishing #firearms

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New on Glassing: GrabAGun's PEW Logistics adds Sarsilmaz (@sarsilmaz_us) as its fourth direct-to-FFL maker, Minn Kota starts selling fish finders under its own name, and DOJ says it won't enforce the under-21 handgun ban.

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#firearms #fishing #2A

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Glassing outdoor industry news: Beretta turns 500 with numbered editions and a dealer-collected buyer medal (@Beretta_USA), and Oklahoma's 2027 rules would make nonresident deer hunters wait two days.

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#hunting #firearms #deerhunting

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New on Glassing: ATF's director sets an end-of-week target for written NFA guidance, and anglers crown 14 independent shops in the first Great American Tackle Shop Awards.

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#NFA #firearms #fishing

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Top Stories of the past week on Glassing: St. Croix's pink TRIUMPH rods for Casting for Recovery, conservation groups backing WDFW wardens and Skamania, and PRADCO buying Kent Outdoors.

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#outdoors #hunting #fishing

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Glassing outdoor industry news: Judge Hendrix gives DOJ until Oct. 12 on NFA injunction scope, and September NICS checks rise 3.6% nationally while the state-table sum falls, with @NSSF's adjusted figure still unpublished.

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#2A #firearms #NFA

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New on Glassing: Simms gives fly shops a week alone on its flagship G3 Pro waders, and Pennsylvania opens archery deer season with every Sunday huntable and new statewide CWD carcass rules.

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#flyfishing #hunting #bowhunting

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New on Glassing: Kent Cartridge recalls 20 lots of 12- and 20-gauge loads over excessive chamber pressure, and @GunBroker's parent becomes a Texas corporation and moves HQ from Atlanta to Dallas.

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#hunting #shotguns #firearms

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New on Glassing: PRADCO acquires Kent Outdoors (13 watersports brands), ZEISS Hunting becomes VALYRA, and @BearArchery prices its 2027 lineup.

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#outdoors #hunting #archery