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Sig Sauer has been awarded by the Editors of Athlon Outdoors as the Most Diverse manufacturer of 2019. The editors recognize Sig Sauer’s ability to deliver superiority product in class, quality, and innovation.
Searching around the internet looking into firearm information and news. I decided to check out Glock. As, soon as I opened their site I found an announcement of a live broadcast from Glock. Saying that legendary news was coming this Tuesday, December 10th.
The FBI processed the second-highest number of NICS checks in a single day. On Black Friday this year the FBI processed 202,465 NICS background checks. For comparison on Black Friday 2018 the FBI conducted only 182,093 NICS checks.
Recently, Sig Sauer completed its delivery of its 100,000th Sig Sauer M17/M18 service pistols. This is a major milestone for Sig Sauer since winning the contract to produce U.S. military new service pistol back in 2017.
Last month, NICS background checks broke the previous 2016 record for the month of October. That was a month before the 2016 presidential election between now President Trump and Hilary Clinton.
Munitions express is a new online ammunition retailer who is set to launch its website on November 25th. The retailer we offer $7.99 flat shipping and running weekly “mystery deals”. The website is currently functional as of today. It is in a soft launch to flesh out any problems before launch.
On Monday, Stag Arms announced with a press release that it is moving the entire company from Britain, Connecticut to Cheyenne, Wyoming. Within the press release was announced that Chad Larsen would become the President of Stag Arms effective immediately.
Early this week Bushnell announced a VIP purchasing program for active duty military and veterans. The discount will be on all of Bushnell products such as optics, red dots, spotting scopes, range finders, and etc.
FN America recently secured a five year contract at $16.4 million to produce M240 receiver assemblies. The contract was awarded by Defense Logistics Agency to produced the receiver assemblies.
Today, begins National Shooting Sports Foundation,(NSSF) annual initiative to celebrate the shooting sports through the month of August. The annual initiative is called National Sports Shooting Month.
The industry event Triggrcon took place last weekend in Bellevue, Washington. I was unable to attend the event. I did keep my eyes open on social media to get the latest on what is going on within the industry at Triggrcon. Listed below are my Top 5 products from Triggrcon 2019.
ATF just advised FFL dealers in Alabama of a procedural change in firearms transfers in the state of Alabama. Alabama FFL’s can no longer accept Alabama’s Concealed Carry Permit as an exemption for federal NICS background checks.
PROOF Research who is known for innovation, quality, and unparalleled accuracy with their barrels. Proof Research recently announced its will be providing barrels for the Department of Defense extended long range sniper program.
Zev officially announced that they will be releasing a modular build kit using O.Z-9 platform and components.
Back in May I wrote an article discussing a rumor that Sig Sauer was releasing a bigger P365 called the P365 XL this summer. It is official now, today Sig Sauer released the Sig Sauer P365 XL to the market.
This week Strike Industries added to their extensive rifle lineup with the addition of the Fluted Strike Fighter barrel. The Strike Fighter barrel is a premium cold forged hammer barrel built with reliability and performance in mind by Strike.