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A “Gun Safety 2018—Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.” proposal spearheaded by the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary of Marylhurst, OR, passed on May 9 during the company’s annual shareholder meeting. The Wall Street Journal reports the nuns got in the habit of buying the company’s stock two years ago, along with […]
Paperwork filed with the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives on April 27 indicates gun control lobbyists hired by Dick’s Sporting Goods—from The Glover Park Group—will consist of a menagerie of staff members to advocate the company’s anti-Second Amendment stance. The trio named in the document have a lengthy list of Capital Hill credentials. The […]
Mission First Tactical has rolled out its first line of muzzle devices. There’s five in all, and I’m in the process of getting good pictures to accompany my reviews. The one you see here is the Mission First Tactical E2ARMD4 Compensator. I’m OK with the rim lit, on black version I took of the company’s […]
Rim lighting is a good way to separate flat-black firearm products from a dark background in photography, like this Mission First Tactical compensator. The lines of white on the sides distinguish the outline/borders from the black. You can set up a pair of flashes behind, angled slightly at the product to generate the effect, but […]
In the above image, the main light source is from the right. A 69-cent silver card to the left bounces so much light on the shady side of the M855 EPR cartridge, however, that is almost looks like a flash was running there. Copyright Guy J. Sagi Deep, information-robbing shadows in images leave readers scratching […]
When it came time to create a thumbnail for my YouTube upload today, I went with the spotting scope taken strobist style. I theorized my flashes would light things well due to the overcast, although rain forced a premature retreat. I have very few outtakes, although I hope this one attracts some attention in the […]
No one is immune to the gun industry layoffs. It’s management, marketing, sales and engineering staff affected by Ruger’s announcement last Friday that roughly 50 employees would be laid off from its three factories across the nation. No manufacturing positions are impacted. Federal Cartridge laid off 200 people from its Minnesota plant in October. The move […]
The Glock G19X was submitted for the Army’s Modular Handgun System competition. Although it didn’t come out victorious, it’s Jan. 22 availability is a victory for U.S. consumers. The Firearm Blog is reporting it’s the first factory-colored-slide to be offered by the company, and it comes in the first-ever colored case from the firm. The […]
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives posted an “Advance notice of proposed rulemaking: request for comments” on Dec. 26 that, “…would interpret the statutory definition of ‘machinegun’ in the National Firearms Act of 1934 and Gun Control Act of 1968 to clarify whether certain devices, commonly known as ‘bump fire’ stocks, fall within […]
I posted a modest YouTube video on my Fear and Loading channel two years ago providing all the details on Aguila Minishells, then followed it up with testing. The response has been a resounding, “Where can I buy it?” Thankfully, I received a note from the company public relations manager today that should stop the […]
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