Jeff Pittman

Colt update. Daniel Defense sues Remington again.

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Colt Defense LLC, on the brink of bankruptcy, has been awarded a $36,104,812 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity foreign military sales contract for M4/M4A1 carbines to several countries. Hopefully they can fill it. Colt again extended the deadline for creditors to exchange notes or vote in support of a pre-packaged plan for bankruptcy. The extension was announced after the second deadline elapsed this […]

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Sako & Tikka slick bolts factoid

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The reason that Sako (Sock-O) and Tikka (Tee-ka) rifles’ bolts operate so smoothly is that the receiver raceways are broached instead of drilled, leaving no extra points of contact beyond the locking lugs. If you’ve never worked a bolt on one of these fine Finnish rifles, go try one. Take your wallet with you. They’re also extremely accurate and have

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Guinness shooting record

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CZ-USA pro shooter Dave Miller, broke 3,653 clays in one hour (3600 seconds) to set a new Guinness World Record for “most sporting clays targets broken in one hour” as part of a fundraiser for Pheasants Forever’s youth programs. He used 30, CZ 712 shotguns holding 12 rounds each and a team of folks reloading them to achieve this rate

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Bad Apple Trainer in Ohio

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Over 170 concealed carry permits that were issued in the state of Ohio have been revoked after it was learned that the permit holders didn’t actually receive any training. Instead, their instructor simply signed off on their certificates. The as-yet unidentified instructor is facing numerous felony charges (fraud related, I presume), and the permit holders will have to start over.

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