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The .300 H&H Mag. is still a popular round on the Dark Continent.
June 15, 2012
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Southwick Associates releases its 2011 brand and market share results.
February 27, 2012
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“German engineering” is a phrase we’ve come to associate with high-performance automobiles like BMW and Mercedes-Benz, but the concept applies to firearms every bit as much, if not more. This was brought home to me recently as I took a long look at the guns of Heym and Blaser.
February 14, 2012
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Famed English gunmaker John Rigby & Co. has weathered a driving storm of controversy the past few years, tossed from one owner to the next amid lawsuits, a bankruptcy and even a second “John Rigby” firm claiming to be the original, but it’s all in the past now that a Dallas-based pair of investors have bought the storied brand.
February 08, 2012
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Checkbooks were flying and pens were racing at the biggest gathering of hunters in the world this past weekend at the Safari Club International’s 40th annual convention where every exhibitor visited by the Insider reported land-office sales.
February 06, 2012
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Rumors of the Freedom Group looking to buy a handgun maker have been bantered about by industry insiders ever since the holding company (owned by Cerberus Capital) began gobbling up gun and ammunition companies several years ago. The buzz centered on European handgun makers, specifically GLOCK or HK, however, the card has finally dropped and Freedom Group now owns Canadian-owned, but U.S.-based Para USA Inc.
January 31, 2012
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From the exotic to the innovative, new guns came aplenty.
January 23, 2012
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The shooting industry’s annual trade show begins next Tuesday in Las Vegas. The Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show is always a spectacular event, but this year is special because it marks the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the SHOT Show’s owner and sponsor, the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF).
January 12, 2012
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Even if you don’t need a last minute gift, buy this book because it’s a must-read for anyone with an interest in the inside story of the most fascinating firearm since Eugene Stoner invented the AR180, which became the AR15/M16 family. What gun could as dramatic in its impact as the M16? What else? The Glock.
December 20, 2011
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The Insider just placed a call to the North Pole and, after assuring Santa that he does not intend to hunt caribou anytime soon, was formerly pronounced “nice.” Accordingly, I put together the Insider’s Christmas Wish List and submitted it to Santa:
December 12, 2011
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Black is beautiful. I stopped in Spurlock’s Gun Shop in Henderson, Nev., on Black Friday to find a crowd of customers besieging Rance and Pat Spurlock, the husband-wife owners. Black Friday is so named for the widespread belief that retailers only go from “being in the red” to becoming profitable on the Friday following Thanksgiving. Such is not the case at Spurlock’s Gun Shop, even though Black Friday was a huge day for the shop.
December 05, 2011
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I just returned from having an inside look at a fascinating subculture within our law enforcement community. I attended Sniperfest 2011, an invitation-only two-day training event near Phoenix, Ariz., for SWAT snipers.
November 22, 2011
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Don’t look now, but a brand-new 90-year-old gun company is reinventing itself. O.F. Mossberg & Sons has become a dynamo of innovation, far removed from the staid, stodgy pump-shotgun maker that you might have previously thought of the Connecticut-based manufacturer. Today’s Mossberg is not your great-grandfather’s Mossberg.
November 10, 2011
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It’s about that time. Yes, it’s almost the first Saturday in November when the white-tailed deer season opens in Texas and, as a visit to McBride’s Gun Shop in Austin just validated, it’s gun-buying time. You see, the firearms business can be quite seasonal, like the ski business or the boat business. The only difference is that the pivotal season for the firearms business is not weather-related—it’s mostly geared around hunting.
November 06, 2011
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Yikes, I just got a fright! Try it yourself and see if Birchwood Casey's newest zombie target sensation website doesn't make your heart jump.
October 27, 2011
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