NBC LA reports …
Carranza was just a few feet away. She survived a gunshot to the chest, but the the bullet left a scar and deflated the implant.
“She’s just one lucky woman,” Dr. Ashkan Ghavami told the LA Times. “I saw the CT scan. The bullet fragments were millimeters [...]
Go to Breast Implants Stop BulletFrom The Arizona Republic, via. SayUncle …
Cavalry Arms Corp. says on its Web site that it has been “engaged in an ongoing dispute” with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, or ATF, for two years over “regulatory and compliance mistakes.”
But in federal court last week, owner Shawn [...]
Go to More on the Cav Arms SituationGunsAmerica has just launched an online gun magazine. I contributed an article entitled SHOT Show 2010 Insider’s Look. In the article I discuss a variety of new guns, including the .416 Barrett Model 82A1, American Tactical Imports AT-94 (9mm MP5 clone) and FN SCAR SSR (Sniper Support Rifle), which were on display at the show [...]
Go to GunsAmerica MagazineSabre published this press release in response to the BATFE raid …
NASHVILLE, Tenn., February 17, 2010 – Sabre Defence Industries LLC, an established manufacturer of firearms and weapon systems to the United States military, state and local law enforcement, and worldwide commercial markets, is fully cooperating with federal agents in an ongoing investigation [...]
Go to News UpdatesIts appears that Anvil Arms went out of business in November last year.
Their website is still online but no products are listed.
From Weapons Cache Forum …
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Fl St. s. 679.610 et seq., MILTON DISSER, LLC, as secured creditor, intends to sell the personal property described below to [...]
Go to Anvil Arms gone out of businessAR-15 manufacturer Sabre Defence Industries has been raided by the BATFE. The Nashville Post reports …
Federal law enforcement agents, led by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, descended on Nashville’s Sabre Defence Industries this morning and closed down the facility for at least the day.
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Go to ATF raid Sabre DefenceWill this story ever end? If you remember, after great consternation (including a protester holding a deer head he bought at a butcher shop) the park commission agreed to allow cops to shoot a whole bunch of deer within the boundaries of Shawnee Mission Park in an attempt to reduce the population from 200 [...]
Go to Birth Control Unlikely For Shawnee Mission DeerThis is not going to make customers happy …
If you purchased a GSG 5 SD model with a barrel shroud (Fake Suppressor) ATF has now determined that this is regulated by the NFA and must be replaced.
To all retail customers:
On January 2010 American Tactical Imports Inc received [...]
Go to ATI’s Fake Suppressor deemed illegal by BATFEI got an email today from the Kentucky Department Fish and Wildlife with a nice little press release letting us know that Terrell Royalty has killed a new state record elk measuring 372 6/8ths B&C non-typical. It also reminds us that you must apply for the Kentucky elk draw by April 30th. I’ve [...]
Go to New Record Non-Typical Elk For KentuckyEven though I’m Canadian, I live in the US and was flattered to be contacted by Liza Peiffer of Team USA News. Lisa asked if I could make a post reminding people to support Team USA. How could I refuse? So, I know the Olympics have already started, but better late than never!
There’s a lot [...]
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has apparently decided that the only option available to stop the spread of pneumonia among wild sheep is to kill off the entire infected herd of roughly 80 animals. Tough blow to the sheep, but it will really be a tough blow if it doesn’t work. [...]
Go to Washington Sheep to be EradicatedBack in August (2009) the Department of Justice published their intention to purchase AR-15 carbines chambered in .40 S&W from Rock River Arms.
Their reasons for choosing the RRA LAR-40 carbine is that, because they already use AR-15s, training and maintenance will be minimized. From the solicitation notice …
BASED ON THE MARKET RESEARCH AND [...]
Go to FBI Purchasing .40 S&W AR-15 carbinesThis graph shows the price (MSRP) of 5.56mm rifles that were launched over the past year (and the HK556 which has not yet been launched). Looking at this chart, it seems unlikely that the ACR would have ever been launched at under $2000.
Go to 5.56mm Rifle pricing over the past year.Rihanna’s music video for the song Hard features lot of guns. Plenty of M4’s (being fired in a very careless manner) and XM-8s can be seen. Seems that while Hollywood has figured out that the XM8 is no longer cool, the music industry has not.
[Hat Tip: Everyday no day off via. Rey]
Go to To the music industry: The XM8 is no longer cool.Abrams Airborne Manufacturing, VLTOR’s parent company, is the third company in recent months to sue Magpul over patent infringement. VLTOR claim that Magpul’s ACS stock violates their Modular Firearm Buttstock patent.
Both stocks feature a removable storage compartment. It looks like VLTOR may have a legitimate case.
[ Many thanks to jdun1911 for emailing me the link. [...]
Go to VLTOR sues MagpulTimes of India reports …
NEW DELHI: Maoists may have been dependent on weapons looted from armouries but now they have developed the expertise to clone sophisticated weapons, including assault rifles of AK series, in a development that should worry security agencies as they brace for the offensive against the ultras.
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Go to Maoist insurgents building AK clonesOver the past 6 months I have been following the Marines sly procurement of M45 1911 pistols (formally MEU(SOC) pistol) in small parts. The Marines have just procured 150,000 rounds of Federal Premium Gold Medal .45 Auto 185GR FMJ-SWC Match Ammunition.
The procurement is notable because the rounds are not loaded with classic 230 gr hardball [...]
Go to Marines buying up 185 grain .45 ACPSadly Charles Daly / KBI are no longer trading …
To all our friends, fans, supporters and consumers of Charles Daly and by extension, KBI products, I regret to inform you that the rumors of our demise are true.
KBI is going out of business and closing its doors, effective today.
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This year the Kansas Department of Wildlife tested a whole bunch of heads in the Northwest corner of the state where infected animals have been found before. The results seem to indicate that CWD is spreading, both in geographic area, and in the number of deer affected.
So the question is: what next? [...]
An FBI agent posed as a representative of an Africa nation. An S&W executive (and others) attempted to bribe the government official!
WASHINGTON, Jan 19 (Reuters) – An executive of Smith & Wesson (SWHC.O) and 21 others have been charged with violating U.S. bribery laws after an undercover sting in which federal agents posed [...]
Go to FBI arrest S&W Exec and 20 others at SHOT Show!!!!!Trijicon are under fire after it was discovered that Trijicon scopes supplied to the US Army contain a references to bible verses inscribed on them.
ABC News reports …
One of the citations on the gun sights, 2COR4:6, is an apparent reference to Second Corinthians 4:6 of the New Testament, which reads: “For God, who [...]
Go to Trijicon bible verse controversyFrom the press release …
Steyr Arms announced the acquisition of Merkel USA today. Merkel USA is the U.S. importer and service center for Merkel’s side-by-side and over/under shotguns, fine double rifles, drillings, combination guns, K1 single-shot stalking rifles, the innovative KR1 bolt-action rifle, and the exceptionally reliable SR1 semiautomatic rifle. Merkel Hunting And [...]
Go to Steyr Arms has aquired Merkel USAThe NY Times has posted interesting article about the M4 Carbine.
For bulk purchasers, a new M-4 costs about $800 per rifle, though the price is often higher when after-market rail systems, used for mounting optics and lights, are included. For rifles used by the American military, the United States Army requires Colt to [...]
Go to M4 costs $800 – $1000At SHOT ‘08 Ruger unveiled the Ruger LCP pistol and in ‘09 we saw the new Tactical Mini-14. So what is in store for us this year?
Michael Bane has already gotten his hands on a new Ruger single action …
We took the new Ruger to the range today, and it clocked pretty much [...]
Go to What do we expect to see from Ruger at SHOT Show?A journalist from the Malaysian newspaper Malay Mail was shown around the Colt’s West Hartford factory …
New machines were still being installed at the 26,687-square metre plant as The Malay Mail was shown around by Colt Defence executive vicepresident James R. Battaglini.
It takes 3 1/2 hours to complete a [...]
Go to An M4 takes 3.5 hours to manufactureEarlier this month Congressmen Ike Skelton and Solomon Ortiz sent a letter to the Secretary of Defense and the Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs. In the letter they ask what is being done about the M4 since the Battle of Wanat report. They subtly point out that some Special Forces do not use the M4.
The [...]
Go to Congressmen quiz SecDef on M4From what I read in the media, I had thought that the Swiss tradition of reserve troops taking their military assault rifles home with them was soon coming to an end. Sebastian reports that this is not so.
I am very pleased that our Swiss friends will continue to enjoy their unique, and very practical, tradition.
Go to Swiss will continue to take their military guns homeThe Army was recently demoing the upgraded, and long-overdued, version of the M2 Browning machine gun. Army.mil reports …
The M2 A1 is an upgrade to the M2 machine gun. It provides a quick-change barrel and fixed head space and timing to reduce Soldier errors and associated safety risks, according to a report prepared [...]
Go to The M2A1 .50 Machine Gun and Lightweight M240L