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Traditions Firearms to Exhibit at Great American Outdoor Show
NRA Announces All-Star Lineup of Celebrity Appearances at 2019 Great American Outdoor ShowThe National Rifle Association is proud to announce this year’s show will feature appearances and autograph signings by Duck Commander founder Phil Robertson, hunting power couple Lee and Tiffany Lakosky, big game hunter and outdoor television producer David Blanton, and “Growing Deer” expert Dr. Grant Woods. Norma Unveils Jacketed Hollow Point in .22 Mag
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SAAMI Acceptance Of The 350 Legend Cartridge
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ERGO: Post SHOT Show
NSSF Welcomes Jeanelle Westrom to Board of Governors
The 2nd Amendment Goes to Washington, on Tom Gresham's Gun TalkIt’s an important Second Amendment case heading to the Supreme Court, an essential concealed handgun book, a reloading roadshow coming soon to a city near you, a gun safety program proposal for school kids in Illinois, and more, this week on Tom Gresham's Gun Talk Radio. Streamlight Introduces Siege X USB
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Smith & Wesson Seeking District Sales Manager (CA, OR, NV)
Smith & Wesson Precision Components Seeks Operations Manager
American Outdoor Brands Corporation Assoc. Brand Manager
Dwayne W. Charron, Former Director of Research and Development, S&WDwayne Charron, former Director of Research and Development at Smith and Wesson, passed away on January 16th four months short of his 94th birthday. Dwayne was instrumental in the design of many of Smith & Wesson’s most notable firearms, including the Model 41 target pistol, the Model 76 SMG, the Model 59, the Model 469 compact and his crowning achievement, the Model 52 Master 38 Special Wad-Cutter pistol. Clenzoil to Exhibit at the Mid-States Winter Rendezvous
5th Annual HAVA/NSSF Golf Classic
Remington Honors Top Sales PartnersRemington Outdoor Company recently recognized their top sales partners for 2018. Awards for Distributor of the Year, Law Enforcement Distributor of the Year, Retail Chain and Buy Group of the Year, among others, were presented during the SHOT Show. FEATUREEmphasis on Safety
Apparently legacy media is surprised to find any safety emphasis at SHOT Show. There was more than they saw and it's typical of the outdoors industry.
As our publisher Jim Shepherd noted last week, Outdoor Wire editors separated and attempted to see all of the 2019 SHOT Show. I began on the lower deck and vowed to see everything down there. After just over 3 ½ hours, I realized that I’d been on every aisle, but had really seen a fraction of everything there was to see. I could see that safety is taken seriously –the outdoors industry is government(s)- regulated and has had a strong safety orientation as far back as I can remember. This year’s show confirmed my take. For example, NSSF’s Project ChildSafe was located on the first floor, with an exhibit and information about a raffle in support of the noble effort. Our own Tactical Professor, Claude Werner, was on a mission seeking safe storage solutions to prevent the too-common occurrence of youngsters hurting themselves or others with unsecured firearms. He passed along this editorial. Seeming to applaud the safety emphasis from companies and organizations, the writer sadly and stupidly decried the “giant displays by major gun manufacturers and the National Rifle Association” – as opposed to whatever “safety” is decided to be by the manic media-type person. Here’s the deal: the NRA is the original gun safety organization in the industry. And those “major gun manufacturers” probably have a better record of consumer safety – voluntarily – than the auto industry pre-Nader. Tiger-Vac photo.
This device is certified for use in “combustible dust atmospheres.” If you’ve not seen the range video from Brazil in which government folks were firing shotguns until the flash fire started, you may not grasp how critical such maintenance is – thankfully, someone does. Hi-Point photo.
Available for their handguns, in calibers 9mm, .380 cal., .40 S&W, .45 ACP, the pack includes the gun along with an 18-gauge steel lock box, matched and numbered keys, a 40” rubber-covered steel securing cable and a slotted case for mounting to a surface. Smith & Wesson photo.
It’s a great thing and I think it’s something that should be looked at as a standard product enhancement.
Of course, major players in the outdoors industry aren’t as concerned about safety as the editorialist thinks they should be – or maybe they are. Otherwise, why would a company – which started as a bullet-maker, a supplier and maker of ammunition reloading tools, then moving into loaded ammunition for consumer and civilian law enforcement – buy a security company? Not satisfied with simply being Hornady Security, they even bought SnapSafe, a provider of lock boxes and specialty safes, safe organizers and gun racks. The “safety ship” has sailed – and there’s no calling it back. It’s corporate responsibility on display in an industry of enthusiasts. They want to be safe as they enjoy their sport and businesses; they want family and friends to be safe as well as all their customers. - - Rich Grassi |