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S P O R T I N G C L A S S I C S 3 9 T he firearms world has become a hotbed of conspiracy theories. Not without cause. Why, for instance, does .22 Long Rifle ammunition remain virtually impossible to find on dealer shelves? Are panicky consumers buying and hoarding it all, or is something more nefarious afoot? Inquiring minds want to know. On the other hand, the feds have not forced ammo manufacturers to concoct primers that go inert in two years. Nor are anti-gun billionaires buying up all rifle manufacturers and shutting them down. And even buy up the market, they couldn't keep up with American innovators, entrepreneurs, and garage machinists. This is the American way. Talented and creative Pennsylvania flintlock rifle makers in 1770 contributed mightily to wresting this land of the free from the British and untamed wilderness. Our nation remains a hotbed of gunmaking, much of it still in Pennsylvania, and we hunters are the richer for it. Our problem isn't finding new rifles; it's sifting through all that are out there, then selecting a favorite, such as the new Professional rifle currently being Ron Spomer i f l e s R if they were, plenty other gunmakers would spring up, which has been happening anyway. In case you've been asleep in the used-gun shop the past 20 years, you should know that new firearms are popping up like smartphones after a spring shower. Seems every week there's another model by another manufacturer. Where was Kimber in 1965? New Ultra Light Arms, Kilimanjaro, or Cooper Arms in 1980? Christensen Arms in 1990? Fierce Firearms in 2010? Sorry, conspiracy theorists, but even if anti-gunners were trying to The new Professional by Legendary Arms Works continues a great Keystone State tradition. Ron SpomeR