A bank has announced their intention to liquidate Sabre Defence … Sale by Secured Creditor , Cadence Bank, N.A., as Secured Party under Article 9 Uniform Commercial Code including: all accounts; inventory; general intangibles, equipment; documents; all Government [Read More…]
Two readers from the Netherlands emailed me information about the new Sig Sauer PPNL (Police Pistol Netherlands), a version of the SIG Sauer P250 DC designed for the Dutch police force. One reader said … After a long and thorough public tender the Dutch ministry [Read More…]
Dear Readers, Today I have a huge announcement to make: The Firearm Blog has been acquired by GunsForSale.com! Before I say anything else, and before you start freaking out, let me first say that I am now employed as the Editor-In-Chief and will be continuing to blog. [Read More…]
Public Service Announcement: Just so all my California readers know, online ammo sales continues to be legal after the court struck down the ban.
CB Online reports that the German government is investigating H&K for some undefined weapon export violations and is preventing the company from exporting weapons to Mexico until the investigation has been concluded. BERLIN (AP) – Germany’s government [Read More…]
Earlier this year South Korea made news by deploying two experimental sentry robots that were able to shoot at perceived threats without human intervention. A few days ago the UTSPO granted Samsung Techwin, a subsidiary of South Korean giant Samsung, a patent for an [Read More…]
I am really excited to announce that I am able to attend SHOT this year. I only bought my plane ticket a couple of days ago 🙂 You can look forward to some great SHOT Show coverage on the blog next week. To wet your appetite, here is some unpublished photos from last [Read More…]
SHOT Show ’11, which kicks off next week, is going to be smaller (in terms of exhibitor space) than last year because SHOT-goers complained about the lack of space. It was very crowded last year. Next year it is set to be even smaller. A draw for floor space will [Read More…]
In November last year I reported on a tip I received that the French Army was about to purchase over 10,000 FN Mag machine guns. This deal has now been made public. The French are purchasing 10,881 machine guns from FN for 100 million Euros! The contract most likely [Read More…]
One man has died in an explosion at the Kinematics Research Ammunition plant in Memphis, TN. Very sad indeed. The last ammunition factory explosion in the United States was just 7 months ago and two weeks before that there was another. [ Many thanks to Jeff for emailing [Read More…]
I should have blogged about this last year to ensure the Californian readers are aware of it, but I completely forgot about it in the holiday season madness. I was reminded about the California AB962 “ammo ban” when reading the latest newsletter from online [Read More…]
Fox News reports that the Navy’s experimental Rail Gun has tripled its projectile energy output … An electromagnetic railgun offers a velocity previously unattainable in a conventional weapon, speeds that are incredibly powerful on their own. In fact, since [Read More…]
Smith & Wesson is closing the Thompson/Center Arms factory in Rochester, NH and moving operations to the S&W plant in Springfield, Mass. Fosters.com reports … Pluff said there will be meetings with employees to discuss severance issues and the possible [Read More…]
The Bushmaster factory in Windham, Maine will close at the end of March next year. The Freedom Group is consolidating production. The full press release … Freedom Group, Inc. (“The Company”), the world’s leading innovator, designer, manufacturer, and [Read More…]
Birmingham is the first British city to install the Shotspotter Gunshot Location System, which is in use in 50 US cities. BBC News reports … The ÂŁ150,000 system records an audio clip and sends police a GPS location. … The system, funded by the Home Office [Read More…]
Many readers kindly sent in photos from the on-going police/military operations in the Rio slums. These two photos in particular caught my eye. This police officer is uses a 90 degree mounted EOTech. I have seen small red dot sights mounted on the side of competition [Read More…]
You might remember that in 2008 George W. Bush was presented with a beautiful engraved CZ 550 rifle chambered in .308 Win by the Czech prime minister. Last year the Jordanian King Abullah II was presented with a nifty SA 58 automatic rifle with a special finish and [Read More…]
Narco-gansters gave 77-year-old Mexican rancher Alejo Garza Tamez an ultimatum, move out in 24 hours or die. Instead of capitulating he heroically made a last stand. NY Post reports … He shot so fast and furiously that the confused cartel assumed there were [Read More…]
The Peruvian Army has signed a “Technology Cooperation Agreement” with IWI that gives them a license to develop, produce and market the new Galil ACE rifle. Presumably the Peru Army plans on adopting the Galil ACE. Currently they use a mix of small arms [Read More…]
The Ready Magazine blog has posted a review of last month’s LaRue Tactical Range Day 2010. Being from the area and an avid shooter, I gathered up my step-son and a couple of friends and headed to Liberty Hills to take part in LaRue Tactical’s Range Day 2010. [Read More…]
Turkish AR-15 rifle and AR-15 shotgun manufacturer Safir Arms is opening up a manufacturing facility in Willingboro, NJ. Dawood Qureshi, who works for the current distributor of Safir Arms in the United States, left this comment on this blog … Safir Arms is [Read More…]
Martha emailed me to say that she purchased a Rossi Ranch Hand earlier this month at a gun show in Norfolk, Virginia. It cost her $425. Rossi has officially stated that the gun would not be available until 2011. So if you look hard enough, you may be able to find one [Read More…]
From the Ruger press release … Southport, CT November 15, 2010 – Forbes magazine has named Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. (NYSE: RGR) one of “America’s 100 Best Small Companies” in 2010. The list appeared in the November 8th issue of Forbes. [Read More…]
EAA Corp is once again importing Baikal rifles and shotguns into the US market. They expect the first shipment in December. One of the more interesting guns that they are importing is the Baikal MP-161K, which I blogged about a few months ago. The are import the MP161K [Read More…]
Things are not looking good for Colt Defense LLC. From the S&P press release … Nov 16 – Standard & Poor’s Rating Services said today that it has lowered its corporate credit rating on Colt Defense LLC [CDEFHC.UL] (Colt) to ‘B’ from [Read More…]
India military personal in Jammu and Kashmir are teaching school girls how to use rifles and heavy weapons so that in the event of a militant attack, they will be able to defend themselves. The below video from Reuters (via. WSJ) … [ Many thanks to S’burg [Read More…]
Olin Corp. is moving its Winchester Centerfire plant to Mississippi after the Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 9. Union rejected their proposed contract for the second time. BND.com reports … The Clayton, Mo.-based company said that its [Read More…]
Infanterist der Zukunft (IdZ) is the German Future Solider program. The program’s modernized carbine is the G36K IdZ. Along with the previous G36K accessories it also features … Low profile upper picatinny rail with integrated BUIS. XM8 style enlarged [Read More…]
Last month I wrote a highly critical post about Anschutz’s partnership with Armatix. The Managing Director of Anschutz, Jochen Anschutz, responded to my post by posting a comment. He said … armatix/ANSCHĂśTZ Hunting Control System Obviously there are a lot [Read More…]
Army Special Ops Snipers came in first at 10th Annual International Sniper Competition held at Fort Benning.
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