It saddens me to report that John Noveske, of Noveske Rifleworks out of Oregon, was killed in a car accident the night of Friday, January 4th. Official statement from the Noveske Facebook page: Noveske Rifleworks would ask you to remember the passing of our founder, [Read More…]
Many people pre-ordered Troy rifles from Dick’s Sporting Goods during their Black Friday sale. Dick’s recently canceled all these pre-orders. One reader wrote to us saying … These rifles were sold before Black Friday, paid for in full and up front, and [Read More…]
The gun buying frenzy is in full swing. Gun stores all over the country are reporting record sales. Stephen emailed us these before and after photos from the store he works at. This week his store has been selling 1,000 each day. Another reader emailed us photos of his [Read More…]
Magpul has published a statement in response to the high prices that some retailers have been charging for PMAGs … We’ve received a lot of comments about some retailers charging extremely high prices for our products. We strongly discourage pricing [Read More…]
The Obama administration announcement that they are supporting a new Assault Weapon Ban, and a ban on high capacity magazines, has sent shockwaves through the industry. All day consumers have been buying guns, ammunition and magazines. Brownells is fast running out of [Read More…]
Reuters is reporting that Cerberus Capital Management will immediately begin selling The Freedom Group … U.S. private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management said on Tuesday it will immediately begin selling its investment in gunmaker Freedom Group in light of [Read More…]
Up-and-comer AR-15 maker Loki Weapons Systems appears to have ceased operating. Two days ago a reader tipped us off on rumors that they were no longer in business. We have been trying to contact them over the past couple of days without any success. Late last year they [Read More…]
A World War 2 Sturmgewehr 44 was handed in at a gun buy back event in Hartford, Connecticut. The police officers were kind enough to tell the owner who handed in the gun that it was worth up to $30,000 and they will allow her to sell it, rather than send it to the [Read More…]
A reader noticed this interesting sniper rifle in a photo of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MNLF) fighters which appeared in his local newspaper. It is a quite a nifty looking rifle, if not a little bulky. Apparently they are fielding quite a few of them. I think they [Read More…]
In 2010 the BATFE arrested 21 people, including Smith & Wesson executives for beaching the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, a law which prohibits US corporations, citizens and residents from bribing foreign officials. Those arrested were charged with conspiring to [Read More…]
Large caliber rifle LAR Grizzly and LAR Manufacturing have been acquired by Remington / The Freedom Group. Remington has not yet sent out a press release about this acquisition, but Ethan at Aftermath Gun Club spoke to the LAR Manufacturing who confirmed the news. LAR [Read More…]
Putin has publicly given his support to the proposed merger of Izhmash and Izhmekh (known as Baikal outside Russia) into a new company called Kalashnikov. Defense News reports … Putin gave his initial support to an idea of Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin for [Read More…]
The weapons in the relatively new video game Borderlands 2 features guns which are randomly generated during the game. Each gun is “made” by one of eight fictional gun companies, each with its own style of weaponry. The companies compete with each other for [Read More…]
SlickGuns.com are adding Black Friday deals and catalog scans at rapid clip. [ Many thanks to jdun1911 for emailing us the link. ]
The hottest gun of 2013 could be the Izhmash AK-12. The company is planning on delivering a semiautomatic version in 2013 chambered for .223 Remington and 12 Gauge. The drawings of the proposed sporting models are below. This is exciting news. Gun enthusiasts around the [Read More…]
Controversy has erupted online over the Wounded Warrior Project not wanting to appear on Tom Gresham’s Gun Talk radio show because they don’t want anything to do with firearms. This must be a new policy because they co-branded the AAC Big Bang Party party I [Read More…]
25 people were killed when the celebratory gunfire took down a powerline setting a tent on fire and electrocuting the women and children inside as they tried to escape the blaze. Al Jazeera reports … At least 25 people have been killed by electric shock in a [Read More…]
The famed original AK maker Izhmash is on the brink of collapse. Production of sporting rifles has stopped, export contacts cannot be fulfilled and skilled workers are leaving the company. Mikhail Kalashnikov and 16 colleagues have written an open letter to President [Read More…]
Gun smugglers are doing brisk business in Nepal. The turbulent political situation in Nepal is causing a rise in demand for firearms. In May the Constitution Assembly (parliament) was dissolved but the political parties cannot agree to how to hold new elections, so the [Read More…]
After trying in vain for months to get hold of a DoubleTap pistol to review on TFB ever since SHOT Show, Phil White and I began to suspect something was up. Raymond B. Kohout, the inventor of the DoubleTap, has announced that he has terminated his relationship Heizer [Read More…]
A group of “Art-Activists”, who call themselves The Centre for Political Beauty, are raising money on IndieGoGo to fly a helicopter over the H&K factory and dump cement on it. They have raised over 3,500 €. They explain their plan in this video … [Read More…]
The Blaze reports … The ruling by the Appellate Division of the state Supreme Court reversed a lower court‘s 2011 dismissal of victim Daniel Williams’ complaint, which accused Ohio gun maker Hi-Point and distributor MKS Supply Inc. of Ohio of intentionally [Read More…]
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Amy Wood, the wife of Idaho State Representative Fred Wood, was injured when a room in their house that was converted to a gun safe exploded! Magicvalley.com reports … Amy Wood, wife of Rep. Fred Wood, R-Burley, was taken by air ambulance to an unspecified Utah [Read More…]
Geissele has long been known for their top notch triggers, but their entry into manufacture of hand guards was unknown to me until last January. I first ran into the new Geissele hand guard at Shot Show where I had some trigger time with it and was instantly a fan. [Read More…]
The WSJ reports on the rise of gun sales … As demand has risen, supply hasn’t kept up. Manufacturers are experiencing backlogs, even as they raise prices and report record profits. Citing the political impact of the election, Olin said its June backlog [Read More…]
Researchers at Purdue University took high speed video of metal sliding over each other and discovered a strange swirling fluid-like behaviour not normally associated with solids. This research might have major implications for the gun industry. Guns are essentially a [Read More…]
Next week National Geographic will begin airing a nine-part series about a father and son who run a antique weapons business. The trailer looks good … From the press release … Meet the Indiana Joneses of historical weaponry: father-son duo Christian and Alex [Read More…]
The Sun (a British tabloid not known for its accuracy) reports that Brad Pitt has build Angelina Jolie a $400,000 shooting range on their French estate … The actor has splurged £250,000 on a shooting range and armoury as a wedding present for her. Well, adrenalin [Read More…]
Ruger sent out a press release congratulating themselves on producing their 1 millionth firearm of the year on 15 August. Normally it takes them all year to produce 1 million guns. Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE: RGR) is on pace to beat its own record of [Read More…]
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