Industry Notes

KnifeWorks and Doug Ritter are offering a special combination of Ritter's Pink Mini-RSK MK1 knife and the DR Limited Special Edition Pink Photon illuminator for $120 during Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

As Halloween approaches, the Brownells Zombie Elimination Crew (ZEC) promotion is in full swing. The ZEC is made up of mismatched, post-Apocalyptic characters bent on saving the world from the wrath of the Undead. Their single commonality: absolute preparedness for an outbreak. Their continuing existence is evidence that when fully-equipped, anyone can survive.

Glock, Inc. recently donated $50,000 to the Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.) at a ceremony at the GLOCK booth at the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) conference. This marks the sixth consecutive year that Glock has donated to C.O.P.S., bringing total Glock contributions to the organization to $300,000.

American Gunsmithing Institute (AGI), producers of instructional gunsmithing DVD courses, is celebrating its 19th year in business by offering low prices on AGI’s newest video courses now through October 5th, 2012.

Brownells, The World’s Largest Supplier of Firearms Accessories and Gunsmithing Tools, is proud to announce its largest-ever catalog, #65, is now available.

Elizabethtown, NC-based Del-Ton has introduced a new rifle 2013 designed for the sport shooter. The DTI Evolution, $1300, weighs 6.5 pounds and is built for sporting applications, but in particular 3-gun competition. The DTI Evolution will begin shipping in the first quarter of 2013.

Here's our weekly collection of gun-related legislation, offbeat gun news, and other items of interest to the gun-owning community. Feel free to add links to other items in the comments section.

Customers who purchase select Leupold Mark AR scopes (SKUs 67170, 67165, 67160, 67405, 67400, 67390, 67395) can receive a $50 rebate starting October 1. The rebate program continues until December 31st, 2012.

The chairman of a House committee investigating the Fast and Furious gunrunning operation praised a report by the Justice Department's Office of Inspector General on what went wrong in the bungled investigation but said more people involved need to lose their jobs.

Meet national gun rights leaders and grassroots activists at the 27th Annual Gun Rights Policy Conference in Orlando, Florida, September 28-30.

Released Wednesday, the Justice Department’s Inspector General report on the Obama administration’s “Fast and Furious” gun-walking scheme blamed more than a dozen senior officials within the department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) for a variety of professional mistakes in administering the program, according to a story in the Cheaper Than Dirt! Shooter’s Log.

National training facility Gander Mountain Academy is teaming with some of the industry’s top manufacturers and trainers to host the first Concealed Carry Expo Sept. 22-23 in Lake Mary, Fla.