Industry Notes

Gun News from Around the Web: Week of April 11, 2011

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Videos on GunReports.com!

New GunReports.com Videos: 1: NSSF's Ryan Cleckner explains the measurement term 'milliradian' (mil) and how to use a mil-dot scope to measure the distance to your target at the range and in the field. 2: SureFire partnered with Desert Tactical Arms to host a four-day demonstration of tactical technology to industry professionals and members of the media. 3: What is Cowboy Fast Draw? In this episode Ruger looks at what is needed to participate in any one of the numerous Cowboy Fast Draw events that take place across the country.

Understanding Berger Hybrid Bullets

(GunReports.com) -- At the Berger Bulletin, accuracy shooters can learn a thing or two about VLDs and the next Hybrid wave of bullets. According to the Berger Bulletin, the Very Low Drag, or VLD, bullet design was created by Bill Davis, who was one of the top ballistic minds in the late 1980s. His contribution to the shooting sports has made a tremendous impact on how long range shooting has developed over the last two decades. One might think that nothing this good can be improved upon.

Take Action to Stop Pending Gun Ban

(GunReports.com) -- From Neal Knox Associates and the FirearmsCoalition.org: The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) is seeking public comment on their recent 'study' on the importability of certain shotguns. It is critical that rights supporters express their objections to this 'study' and its pending implementation in no uncertain terms.

Law enforcement, security guards and bartenders show highest rates of workplace violence

(GunReports.com) -- The following release from the Justice Department Bureau of Justice Statistics will test your cognitive abilities, but the bottom line is that while there has been a dramatic drop in nonfatal violent crimes against people at work in the last several years, law enforcement personnel, security guards and bartenders are still at the highest risk of being hurt by someone else while at the job.

Mossberg Turkey THUG TV Series Shotguns Feature Break-Up Infinity

(GunReports.com) - Mossy Oak's new television series, Turkey THUG, began the 2011 season with exclusive shotguns from Mossberg. Mossberg's Turkey THUG series includes three shotguns with Turkey THUG Series engraved on the receiver. Select models are available in matte black or Break-Up Infinity®. The guns will be used exclusively on Turkey THUG in 2011 and 2012.

Providence Police Convert to Smith & Wesson M&P40 Pistols

(GunReports.com) -- The Providence, Rhode Island Police Department has chosen to equip each of its officers with Smith & Wesson Military & Police (M&P) pistols for duty use. The department has received 510 Smith & Wesson M&P40 pistols chambered in .40 S&W and has begun the transition process to the new side arm.

Videos on GunReports.com!

(GunReports.com) -- New GunReports.com Videos: 1: Aimpoint's new offerings at SHOT Show 2011. 2: Insight's AA weapon light, WL1-AA, a first.‬ 3: American Tactical Imports covers the Just Right Carbine.

Gun News from Around the Web: Mar 28-Apr 3

GunReports.com aggregates important gun news of the week. Bookmark this page to check back often for new items added weekly, daily, or hourly, or on your Facebook page, search for 'GunReports.com' and click 'Like' to get the newsfeed pushed to your computer, tablet, or mobile device.

Steyr Arms Introduces High-Cap C9-A1

(GunReports.com) — Steyr Arms' new C9-A1 pistol is nearly identical in form and function to the M-A1 full-size series (17-round magazine) and the S-A1 compact series with its 3.6-inch barrel.

NRA Foundation receives 100th Anniversary Model 1911 from Colt Manufacturing

(GunReports.com) – The NRA Foundation has accepted the donation of a unique Anniversary Model 1911 pistol from Colt’s Manufacturing Company that celebrates 100 years of the 1911.

Obama Uses Tucson Shootings to Blame States for NICS Failures

(GunReports.com) -- President Barack Obama had a bylined op-ed in the Arizona Daily Star on Sunday. In it, he creates a fictional number of additional deaths attributable to guns since the Tucson shooting, suggests that gunowners ignore gun violence (we see it and want to protect ourselves from it!), blames states for shortfalls in the FBI National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) system rather than the federal government's implementation. But the real laugher is this: 'Third, we should make the system faster and nimbler. We should provide an instant, accurate, comprehensive and consistent system for background checks to sellers who want to do the right thing, and make sure that criminals can't escape it.'

Weirdness in the Ammo Market

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