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Last year Glock sued Maxsell Corp, claiming that the Zoraki M917 blank firing replica they were importing violated Glock’s trade dress protection. The case has now been settled. The lawyers will not reveal the details of the settlement but I think it is safe to [Read More…]
The owner Tacticalauction.com sent us a message about his site. They are offering online gun auctions with absolutely no fees to buy or sell. Edward wrote … I am a 21 retired US Army Special Operations Soldier. After my retirement I owned a 6000sqft Gun Store [Read More…]
RUAG Ammotec, the small caliber ammunition subsidiary of European defense giant RUAG, have announced they are spending “upper double-digit million range” of Euros over the next few years to increase ammunition production because of heightened demand in the [Read More…]
The Peace Research Institute of Oslo have produced a visualization of the imports and exports and military and civilian weapons and ammunition. I have seen many of these types of visualizations before, but this is the first one I have seen that allows you to filter out [Read More…]
Jane’s reports that Ceska Zbrojovka (CZ) has partnered with the Brazilian firm RT Trading to form CZ-Brasil, a gun manufacturer in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. The factory will employ 150 people to manufacture CZ P-07 pistols for the military and law [Read More…]
A contributor at Seeking Alpha reports that Ruger’s has an order backlog worth an incredible $590 million as of the end of the second quarter. This backlog is down only slightly from the Q1 backlog which was $602 million. In Q2 incoming orders were down from Q1 [Read More…]
The Australian Father’s Day Council has named Corporal Benjamin Roberts-Smith, VC, MG, Australian Army sniper and Victoria Cross recipient, “Father Of The Year”. Corporal Ben Roberts-Smith will on Monday be dubbed the 2013 Father of the Year for [Read More…]
Winchester Repeating Arms has a new rifled shotgun for deer hunters: the Super X Pump Black Shadow Deer. The new shotgun has a 22″ rifled barrel for slugs and a 3″ chamber. The stock and forearm are synthetic, and the receiver is drilled and tapped for [Read More…]
A couple of weeks ago I was interviewed by a journalist from the Voice of Russia, a Russian state-owned broadcaster, on topic of how many guns exist in the USA. They have just published an English language article based on the interview. Just for the record, the title [Read More…]
In 2002 Rob Furlong broke the record for the longest confirmed kill. He shot a Taliban fighter at a range of range of 1.5 miles using a MacMillan Tac-50 rifle with a Leupold Mark 4-16x40mm LR/T M1 scope. After he left Canadian Army he joined the Edmonton Police [Read More…]
Champion introduced three new styles of shooting glasses in the recently launched line of military-grade protective eyewear. There are two standards for measuring the level of protection that eyewear delivers: the commercial ANSI Z87.1+ standard and the military [Read More…]
Green laser aiming devices are becoming smaller, cheaper and more common. The latest introduction comes from LaserMax with a green version of the CenterFire for the Ruger LC9 and LC380 pistols. The CenterMax aiming devices fit on the frame of the gun, forward of the [Read More…]
DeSantis is selling a unique product called the Bag-Packer. The system is a combination of backer board and holster that can be inserted into many different kinds of purses or messenger bags. The board attaches to the bag, and then the holster attaches to the board. [Read More…]
Israeli firearm accessory maker FAB Defense just debuted their new TacticSkin slide covers for the Glock 17 and 19 pistols. According to FAB it give you the “ability to customize your Glock slide visibility while allowing enhanced tactical performance and [Read More…]
Remington recently announced a recall of two specific lots of .22 LR ammunition due to the possibility of an insufficient crimp on the bullet. Remington is offering an exchange of the ammo if you contact them. The full recall notice: Consumer Product Notification [Read More…]
Last week I wrote about Palestinian militants ironically using Israeli gun accessories. Israeli gun blogger DoubleTapper wrote to me saying … … the Lebanese who read my posts tell me that Israeli made weapons accessories are highly desirable by Hezbollah BUT [Read More…]
A reader who has recently been discharged from the Marines and is looking for a college to study at visited the University of Florida (UF) to have a look at the campus. While there he logged onto the wifi network and found TFB and AR15.com were blocked (see screenshot [Read More…]
Fox News reports … A report from KeyBanc Capital Markets cautioned that the firearms industry may be running out of steam, sending shares of Sturm, Ruger & Co. (RGR) and Smith & Wesson (SWHC) tumbling. Smith & Wesson, which was downgraded to [Read More…]
Those of you with great memories will recall that Colt announced in 2011 that they were opening a factory in Florida. Richard Johnson has been investigating what became of this factory … According to news reports, Colt’s Manufacturing has yet to take possession [Read More…]
Bushnell recently announced the addition of six (6) new riflescopes for AR-style rifles. All scopes have variable magnification. The configurations are: 1-4x 24mm (two variations, one with illuminated reticle) 2-7x 32mm (rimfire version) 3-9x 40mm 3-12x 40mm 4.5-18x [Read More…]
Ruger have announced they will be building a new manufacturing facility in Rockingham County, North Carolina that will employ 450 people by the end of 2017. Raleigh, NC- Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced yesterday that [Read More…]
The Viridian Reactor tactical light is a weapon light for subcompact pistols like the Ruger LCP. The unit uses the company’s Radiance technology to give the flashlight a wide beam. Finding a way to power this unit was likely a challenge considering the overall [Read More…]
Beretta USA have signed a licensing agreement with Prototype Productions Incorporated (PPI) that will allow them to incorporate PPI’s powered picatinny rail system into the Beretta ARX-100 and Beretta ARX-160. It looks like powered rails are finally ready to go [Read More…]
Viridian released a green laser aiming device for the Ruger LCP called the Reactor 5. The unit is lightweight at only 0.78 ounces, which includes the battery. The unit can be set for a constant beam or pulse. Battery life is listed as one hour for constant on, two [Read More…]
Counterfeiting was limited to currency and Rolex watches when I was growing up – or so it seemed anyway. In today’s global market, nearly any brand name product can be counterfeited and sold online. This includes items of interest in the shooting market. [Read More…]
The Army Times is reporting the United States Marine Corps placed an order for more than 3800 new helmets capable of stopping rifle rounds at point blank range. The new helmet is called the Enhanced Combat Helmet or ECH. According to Military.com, the new helmets use [Read More…]
DeSantis Gunhide announced the company was now making the Intruder holster for the XDS line of handguns from Springfield Armory. The Intruder is an inside-the-waistband rig with a mix of holster: a leather back and kydex front molded for the specific firearm. The [Read More…]
A few examples from an article posted here briefly providing an overview of several criminally manufactured and modified firearms seized in Ukraine. “A poorly thought-out design of a sub-machine gun. It literally falls into pieces when handled (used?). The [Read More…]
Here’s the short version of the story: On December 12, 2012, I turned my completed Form 4 over to my class III dealer who, in turn, mailed the paperwork into ATF. I was approved on July 16, 2013 and the suppressor I purchased was transferred to me on [Read More…]
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