Firearms News

When California enacted Assembly Bill 28 in 2024, it imposed an 11% excise tax on firearms and ammunition—a thinly veiled attempt to penalize lawful citizens for exercising a fundamental right. As soon as the law passed, CRPA joined the fight, challenging the tax in court. Challenging a tax is legally more complex than a straightforward constitutional challenge. The state threw every procedural hurdle imaginable in our way to protect this tax. The bureaucrats and gun-control politicians...

The long-standing battle for CCW rights in California just gained a powerful new ally: the Trump Administration. Today, US Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that the U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, alleging that the Department’s concealed carry licensing (CCW) process violates the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens. Read the full complaint here. “For years, my firm and our clients have been fighting...

The long-standing battle for CCW rights in California just gained a powerful new ally: the Trump Administration. Today, US Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that the U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, alleging that the Department’s concealed carry licensing (CCW) process violates the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens. Read the full complaint here. “For years, my firm and our clients have been fighting...

New Lawsuit Challenges Santa Clara County’s Exorbitant CCW Prices On behalf of our clients, the California Rifle& Pistol Association (CRPA) and the Second Amendment Foundation, this week Michel & Associates, P.C. filed suit against the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Department over its unconstitutional application process and fees charged to process applications for a license to carry a concealed firearm (CCW). CRPA’s CCW Reckoning Project was launched shortly after the Supreme Court ruled...

Still Leading the Fight for Your Rights We are proud to announce that C. D. “Chuck” Michel, Founding Partner of Michel & Associates, P.C., has once again been named one of California’s Top 100 Lawyers by the Daily Journal for 2025. This repeat recognition underscores Chuck’s decades-long dedication to defending constitutional rights and his leadership in some of the most influential firearms and civil rights cases in the nation. As the Daily Journal notes, Chuck has been at the forefront...

The long road to success in Rhode v. Bonta may still have a ways to go, but our latest filing is aimed at moving things forward. Building on the significant victory we secured just a few weeks ago, Michel & Associates, P.C. has filed a brief opposing the state’s attempt to delay justice through an en banc review. Able’s Ammo, AMDEB Holdings, Ammunition Depot, R&S Firearms, and Sam’s Shooters Emporium have joined the case alongside lead plaintiff, Olympic champion Kim Rhode. The State’s...

If you do any work with rifle barrels you are likely familiar with Forster Products’ extensive headspace gauge sets. They’ve recently expanded their tooling and gunsmithing line, adding reamers and a roughing drill I just put to work! Disclaimer Ultimate Reloader LLC / Making with Metal Disclaimer: (by reading this article and/or watching video content […] Continue reading...

Just how well can a rigid 18″ 6.5 Creed shoot and what velocities will we see? For this build we take a McGowen ECM Barrel down to 18″, install it in a 1934 BE1 Action, and drop it into the WOOX Furiosa Micarta! In this video we walk through the build components, process, and put […] Continue reading...

We just concluded testing of all Gen 1 muzzle brakes from Botnia Solutions and had shocking results! Read on and watch the video to see what we found! Disclaimer Ultimate Reloader LLC / Making with Metal Disclaimer: (by reading this article and/or watching video content you accept these terms). The content on this website (including […] Continue reading...

Practice makes perfect but we need more 9mm ammunition to continue! We set up a Dillon RL550C with a case feed system and bullet feeder to make the process as efficient as possible. Disclaimer Ultimate Reloader LLC / Making with Metal Disclaimer: (by reading this article and/or watching video content you accept these terms). The […] Continue reading...