ATK Bushmaster Chainguns
It’s GLORIOUS. So much destruction. When you need your target to be destroyed into a puddle right now. Here is a video ATK made of their medium caliber chainguns.
Orbital ATK, the defense contractor who manages and operates the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant, will soon be bought by defense giant Northrop Grumman, according to an article released on Reuters. The purchase price is expected to be close to $8 billion USD. From [Read More…]
Just one day after Orbital ATK’s announcement of a $92 million order for 5.56 NATO and 7.62 NATO ammunition the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in Independence, Missouri suffered a detonation in a primer mixing cell that has left one person dead. News [Read More…]
In a new twist to the ongoing story of the US Army’s XM25 CTDE “Punisher” airburst infantry grenade launcher, Orbital ATK, a technology partner on the program, has sued fellow partner Heckler & Koch for failure to deliver 20 units of the new [Read More…]
When dealing with conventional automatic or semiautomatic man portable firearms, a failure to fire usually results in one having to manually clear the misfired round and chamber a new one. What if there were a firearm that would automatically eject the misfired round [Read More…]
It’s GLORIOUS. So much destruction. When you need your target to be destroyed into a puddle right now. Here is a video ATK made of their medium caliber chainguns.
Savage Arms announced the release of a new over and under shotgun called the 555. The shotguns were first shown at the 2014 NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits, and are now part of the company’s line-up. The shotguns can be had in 12- and 20-gauge, and will [Read More…]
ATK has announced that the company is splitting into two companies, a defense company, which will be called ATK Orbital and a sporting company that does not yet have a name. ATK Orbital will take control of the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant and will sell ammunition [Read More…]
Reuters has broken the news that Alliant Techsystems (ATK), the owner of Weaver optics and mounts, is in talks to purchase scope and accessory maker Bushnell. Bushnell is said to be valued at around $1 billion. The company is currently owned by the private equity [Read More…]
It is not often we get to peer into the accounts of a gun company. Up until recently there were only two publicly listed firearm makers in the USA, Ruger and Smith & Wesson, but they both produce a huge range of firearms, teasing out the financials from a particular [Read More…]
The firearm industry consolidation continues. ATK, a major player in the defense industry, has purchased Blackhawk Industries. MINNEAPOLIS, April 12 Alliant Techsystems (NYSE:ATK – News) has acquired Blackhawk Industries Products Group Unlimited, LLC, one of the [Read More…]
Federal have produced two new loads, under the American Eagle brand, for the M1A (M14) and M1 Garand rifles. The cartridges have staked primers and the powders used were chosen with the rifle’s specific gas system design in mind. The M1 (.30-06) load pushes a 150 [Read More…]
Because of demand from customers have Federal have brought back the .22 Long Rifle UltraMatch Rimfire Target load. Two Gold Medal loads are now available: UltraMatch and Match. Both are standard target loads (40 grain subsonic).
Alliant Lake City Small Caliber Ammunition Co., LLC is a subsidiary of Alliant Techsystems (ATK) who among other things manufacture military and commercial ammunition. They own the CCI and Federal premium brands. In the fiscal year 2008 ATK’s annual report says [Read More…]