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Black Friday 2014 second busiest day in NICS history

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The National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) background check numbers for last weekend confirmed that last (Black) Friday was the second busiest day in NICS history, with 175,754 transactions processed, second only to December 21, 2012. And the National Shooting Sports Foundation reports that 74.66% of those checks used the new E-Check system, indicating support for the E-Check’s more […]

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Smith and Wesson buys Battenfield

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Smith and Wesson Holdings Corporation (SWHC), the parent company of Smith & Wesson, has reportedly made a deal to purchase Battenfield Technologies for approximately $130 million. Battenfield Technologies is a Columbia, Missouri-based maker of firearms accessories whose brands include Caldwell, Wheeler Engineering, Tipton Cleaning Supplies, Frankford Arsenal, Bog-Pod, Lockdown, Golden Rod Moisture Control, and Non-Typical Wildlife Solutions. Battenfield was owned

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Remington leaving NY & Rio Ammunition made in Texas

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Remington update After our report last week about Remington’s lost jobs in New York, we learned that last month Remington Arms confirmed that New York’s onerous gun control laws played a role in the company’s decision to continue expanding outside the state. The company says one reason behind its decision to open a new plant in Alabama rather than expand

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Remington, Colt, and the ATF

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Remington has laid off another 126 employees from its Ilion, NY plant. This is after a 105-man layoff in August. Remington has moved the bulk of its operations to Alabama, due to onerous anti-gun laws and labor unions in NY. Remington is the oldest manufacturer in NY. We don’t need no stinkin’ unions or gun laws down here…. ——————————————- Colt

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Kroenke Sports and Entertainment buys the Sportsman Channel

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Denver-based Kroenke Sports and Entertainment is the parent company of the Outdoor Channel. It will now also be the parent company of the Sportsman Channel. They announced last week that they have purchased InterMedia Outdoor Holdings, Inc. from the private equity group InterMedia Partners VII, LP. In addition to the Sportsman Channel, they received 15 magazines, 17 websites, and TV

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Ammo, gun sales

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It looks like ammo is generally easily available again, except 22 rimfire. We are even seeing some overstock sales on .223/5.56. Some retailers are mad at manufacturers for cutting prices on current production below that of previous shipments, thus undercutting retailers’ ability to sell stocked products for what they have in it. October 2014 has entered the record books for

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