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So, is this actually really big? We've had a look behind the Wizard's curtain, and there will be a feature story in the pages of the January American Rifleman by Managing Editor Joseph Kurtenbach. Also, the first episode of American Rifleman Television's 2016 season will be on this ballistic development.
Yeah, we think it's big.
Turns out Doppler Radar can do more than just tell you when to carry an umbrella.
In 2024, former owner Gregg Ritz purchased Thompson/Center Arms. Now the company has introduced a modern take on its classic Contender/Encore concept: the ENCORE PROHunter.
While it's certainly a saturated marketplace these days, the AR-15 has never been more popular with American firearm enthusiasts, and many manufacturers are continuing to feed the need with new options loaded with new features.
Like any hobby or pastime that is in any way even vaguely related to machines or technology, firearms attract a (possibly) disproportionate number of “right-brained,” STEM-oriented personalities who like numbers.
Slingshots are fun, but they can also be a legitimate backup defensive tool—in 2023, a 13-year-old Michigan boy saved his 8-year-old sister from being kidnapped by using a $3 slingshot to fire a marble and a rock at the assailant, striking him in the chest and head.