Industry Notes

(GunReports.com) -- Ruger has introduced the Ruger SR40c pistol, a compact version of the recoil reducing, striker-fired SR40 pistol. The Ruger SR40c pistol has a 3.5' barrel and an overall length of 6.85'. The pistol weighs 23.40 oz. and features a height of 4.61', with the same slim 1.27' grip width (across safety levers) as the full-sized SR40.

(GunReports.com) -- The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) is urging extreme caution should retailers decide to participate in a firearms licensee survey being distributed by anti-gun researcher and activist Garen Wintemute and his colleagues at the University of California at Davis.

(GunReports.com) -- Watch as Larry Potterfield, Founder and CEO of MidwayUSA, demonstrates the basic safety and operational features of pump, semi-automatic and break-open shotguns.

(GunReports.com) -- Leupold has launched a website to educate hunters about the new RCX Trail Camera System.

(GunReports.com) -- The National Rifle Association has selected Marlene Duncan of Lake Havasu City, Arizona, to receive the 2011 Sybil Ludington Women's Freedom Award. This award recognizes exceptional accomplishments of modern heroines through their legislative activism as well as advocacy, volunteerism, and education of others to the goals of the Second Amendment and the NRA on a national level.

(GunReports.com) -- Glock, Inc. is sponsoring a photo contest for Glock owners and other gun enthusiasts to display their passion for the firearms — with the winner receiving a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to have a photograph appear in the official Glock 2012 Calendar.

(GunReports.com) -- Following more than four hours of testimony before a House committee on June 15 by a U.S. Senator, government whistleblowers and relatives of a slain Border Patrol agent, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is calling for the immediate suspension, without pay, of all supervisors involved in a controversial gunrunning sting operation, including the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and his deputies, and the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate and determine who initiated this project and who approved it.

(GunReports.com) -– Missouri-based holster manufacturer Crossbreed Holsters, LLC has amped up their online presence this month with the launches of a new website and an official Facebook fan page.

(GunReports.com) -– Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) today released a report, “The Department of Justice’s Operation Fast and Furious: Accounts of ATF Agents.” The report includes testimony from four Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) agents offering firsthand accounts about the controversial Operation Fast and Furious that allowed suspects to walk away with illegally purchased guns. Two of the approximately 2,000 guns that ATF let criminals walk away with were found at the murder scene of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry in December 2010.

(GunReports.com) -- Shotgunners have skeet, trap and sporting clays. Now a Utah shooting range has brought a new game to town for long-distance riflemen. Spirit Ridge Rifle Golf, located a short drive north of Salt Lake City, Utah, offers more than 30 realistic wildlife targets set at distances ranging from 175 to 1,300 yards for the intrepid marksman.

(GunReports.com) -- Springfield Armory has announced a Father's Day sale on the company's online web store. For a limited time, everything in the online store will be 30% off.

(GunReports.com) -- Airgun maker Crosman is worried that pending regulations in California may actually increase police/citizen mishaps and accidental shootings. According to a letter from Laura Evans, Marketing Coordinator at Crosman, 'Some of you may already be aware, but the State of California is prepared to vote on a new law that will affect the future of the airgun and airsoft industries. It could also jeopardize the safety of the public and especially, police officers.'