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34 Law Enforcement Technology December 2014 www.officer.com much better accuracy, except for one thing: One barrel shot low and the other high. At seven yards this became notice- able. The rounds that shot low and high grouped in tight groups consistently, a testimony of the inherent accuracy of the design. I have to qualify with my guns. On a B-27 target at 15 yards, I can land groups all day with my Big Bear. I just couldn't trust my headshot under stress beyond seven yards, which must be under four inches. This gun is inherently safe, begin- ning with the fact that it will not fire unless the trigger is pulled all the way to the rear and the cross bolt safety is off. One fires it by pulling back on the ham- mer and squeezing the trigger. Cocking the hammer is about 40 degrees. My gun uses a rebounding and locking hammer. At rest, the hammer can- not go forward. It cannot contact the firing pins unless the trigger is pulled. This means that it cannot fire even if dropped with the safety off. Loading is easy. Its spring-loaded lever is parallel with the barrel. Pressing downward releases the barrel and the spring loaded extractors pop the bar- rel upwards slightly while starting the extraction of spent rounds. The extractor has an external lever to allow the shooter to continue the extraction. This is anoth- er safety; popping the barrel prevents the firing pins from contacting anything. The gun cannot fire out of battery. One swings the barrels all the way around and to remove the spent rounds. Two rounds are inserted into the chambers and the user swings the barrels around to their closed position. I found that it was easy to get into a cadence of loading and firing. I would reach over the top of the barrels with my left hand and release the barrels with my thumb. Instead of rotating the bar- rels I would rotate the receiver while thumbing the extractors. Still holding Circle 25 on Reader Service Card FIREARMS TACTICS The American frearms manufacturing industry is at its fnest right now and the increase in frearms laws have only improved the industry. Not only have consumers created a demand in the quantity of guns nationwide, the average consumer is also driving up quality.