Gun Doctor Dishes the Dirt on Ruger SR9c vs. SR40 Triggers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p35IfCsR_2c
When I told Ruger that the SR40's trigger felt nothing like the go pedal on the Ruger SR9c, and nowhere near as good, the company said the triggers were identical. Same factory. Same parts....
QinetiQ Scores $38.4m Contract for Shoulder-Worn Acoustic Targeting System
Heard about gunfire identification systems? As we reported back in July, Newark, New Jersey has one called ShotSpotter. The U.S. Army has a few at forward bases whose location they ain't sayin' (Is there...
Question of the Day: Any Bargains?
"In the wake of the Great Recession, the stigma attached to certain consumer behavior has fallen away," washingtontimes.com reports. "What some people once thought of as lowbrow, they now accept — even consider a...
Beretta Takes Fresno PD by Storm
I'm trying to get some gun reviews on the boil, so I'm offering this news McNuggett as the plain, unvarnished, uh, press release.
ACCOKEEK, MD Beretta USA is pleased to announce that the Fresno (CA)...
Hornady Goes Downmarket (ish) with Steel Match Ammo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21iqJ3GA9bs
That's a good thing, not a bad thing.
Remington Still Fighting CNBC Model 700 Hatchet Job
Spinmeisters facing a publicity crisis are advised to live by the "Golden 24." What you say to the public in the first 24 hours of a crisis is all that counts. Everything afterwards is...
Mayors Against Illegal Guns Revealed. Ish.
RF:
Despite Bloomberg PR guy Jason Post's recent denial, I've been trying to determine if Wal Mart has given any money to Mayors Against Illegal Guns. After three or four hours I'm no closer than...
Portland Police Add Fuel to Remington 700’s Pyre
"The Portland Police Department's special reaction team has stopped using its Remington 700 sniper rifles,"pressherald.com reports. "Because one of them started firing unpredictably and a network news report said similar problems elsewhere have...
NRA Can’t Say “Remington Model 700 is Safe” Either
The National Rifle Association has plenty of good reasons to support Remington in its defense of the Model 700, recently vilified by CNBC. For example, Remington and the NRA cut a deal just last...
WaPo Poll Highlights Gun Dealer Jihad
I wonder what bright spark at the Washington Post decided to dedicate a year's worth of reportorial resources on "semi-outing" local gun stores whose weapons ended up in the hands of criminals. Stores that...
Ammo Prices: Are Happy Days Here Again?
Wal-Mart shelves were empty, and online bulk retailers were 'backordered' for months on end. Even cast lead pistol bullets saw steep price increases and supply shortages. Conspiracy theories abounded, with rumors of secret Executive...
Remingtongate, Bushmaster ACR Recall Ding Freedom Group
Remington's CNBC model 700 expose isn't bound to please its new owners. Sherman, set the way back machine for 2007. That's when the ultra-super secretive Cerberus Group bought Remington for $118 million, assuming...