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Updating Military Brass Story and More

Updating Military Brass Story and More

As we first reported last week, Alliant Techsystems (NYSE:ATK) has announced that it has discontinued a program of recycling spent brass casings from U.S. military installations. The decision should allow…

Multi-Purpose Lasers

Multi-Purpose Lasers

Not too-very long ago, lasers were looked at as nice gadgets for people who liked to hang lots of stuff on their firearms. Today, the laser’s become one of the…

Burning Ammo, Having Fun

Burning Ammo, Having Fun

Sometimes, there’s just nothing more fun than going to the range with friends and trying out a new gun. It doesn’t have to be anything special, expensive or exotic. The…

Brass Issue Not Resolved

Brass Issue Not Resolved

When I last reported on the ongoing question of the release of once-fired military brass to the civilian marketplace, it seemed the issue might finally be resolving itself. Any passing…

Legal Battles, Business Questions

Legal Battles, Business Questions

Earlier this week, the NSSF released polling data showing that eight in ten Americans are anything but gun averse. In fact, they’re downright supportive of the individual rights interpretation of…

Marlin Being Relocated; Military Brass Not Being Demilled and Taken Off Market

Marlin Being Relocated; Military Brass Not Being Demilled and Taken Off Market

After 140 years, the Marlin plant located in North Haven, Connecticut will be closed by the middle of next year. According to Remington Arms sources, the facility is being decommissioned…

Has The Bubble Burst?

Has The Bubble Burst?

For the past few days we’ve been asking our industry contacts, insiders and observers a simple question: has the Obama gun-bubble burst? Since President Obama’s election, certain segments of the…

Bumpy Bullets Better?

In golf, dimples are the wings of a golf ball. It’s not the high coefficient of restitution that gives a ball it’s distance, although the compression (that’s COR) does help…

Go TCU!

Go TCU!

It’s been five years since coach Karen Monenz took over the Texas Christian University rifle program. The program had been around a long time, but never managed to make it…

Mid-Size the New “Standard”?

Mid-Size the New “Standard”?

Over the past few weeks, I’ve had the opportunity to put several rounds through a couple of new semiauto pistols. Both were pitched as “new” but when I first looked…

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