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Ask Dan: The Answers, Vol XI

And as always, thanks to everyone who’s submitted questions for the Ask Dan feature. In this episode, Dan responds to reader-submitted questions about the potential for a 10 mm, the Cadet, and the semantics of “automatic” and “semi-automatic,” all with … Continue reading

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Ask Dan: The Answers, Vol IX

Here’s the next installment of our Ask Dan series, where legendary gun designer Dan Coonan response to reader questions submitted to our website. In this episode, Dan discusses the perils of bad ammo, Coonan’s standard ammo, and the brief and … Continue reading

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Ask Dan: The Answers, Vol VIII

Watch legendary gun designer Dan Coonan answer reader-submitted questions about how much lube to use on a gun, what sort of groupings to expect from a Coonan .357 Magnum Automatic, and how holsters are like… socks.

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Ask Dan: The Answers, Vol VII

Thanks as always to all the readers who have submitted questions for the Ask Dan feature. We’re up with a new video below. In this episode, Dan answers reader-submitted questions about serving Guiness, identifies the lone weak part of his … Continue reading

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Update on Prior Lake Trap Club

Congratulations to Prior Lake Trap Shooting Club members Hunter Lewis and Haleigh Lewis, who represented the team at the Scholastic Clay Target Program Nationals in Sparta, Ill. Click the link for the full story from the Prior Lake American. Coonan has long … Continue reading

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Coonan .357 Magnum on the Big Screen

Look for our Coonan .357 Magnum automatic featured in the indie film Blind Pass. Check out the trailer. The important parts come at: 1:38 – a gunshot! From a Coonan? Probably SFX, but still. 1:40 – a bullet hole in … Continue reading

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Follow-up on MN High School Trap Shooting

Interesting article in the Star Tribune about the phenomenon we wrote about last week. The piece, by outdoors reporter Doug Smith, discusses some of the reasons for the explosion in popularity, among them the fact that trap shooting is a … Continue reading

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Trap Shooting Participation Growing in Minnesota

Trap-shooting teams at the high school level is something of a passion we have at Coonan. We think they’re great: these teams expose kids to safe firearms use, give anyone who wants it a chance to participate and succeed, plus … Continue reading

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Imagine if They’d Been Holding a Coonan

Heard about this study that shows that if you see someone holding a gun, they appear to your mind to be larger than they actually are. The study was funded by the Air Force and performed at UCLA, and it … Continue reading

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Prior Lake Trap Shooting Team Wins Conference Title

Coonan is a very proud Gold Sponsor of the Prior Lake High School trap-shooting team. And we’re even prouder than usual this week, because with the results from the team’s May 15 competition, the Lakers have clinched the conference 8A … Continue reading

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