US Army selects B&T APC9 K

US Army was looking for a Sub Compact Weapon, and decided to go with B&T APC9 K. Other competitors were, Global Ordnance, Shield Arms, Angstadt Arms, Sig Sauer, and Trident Rifles

The contract purchases 350 rifles with option to buy 100 more

2019 Knight's Armament catalog

Kinight's Armament posted their 2019 catalog on their website

https://www.knightarmco.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/digital-catlog-2019_webopt.pdf

India buys sniper rifles

India is buying a lot of rifles for their military. This time it is sniper rifles to replace their aging SVD Dragunov rifles.

According to The Firearm Blog, India will purchase Victrix Minerva Tactical Scorpio TGT in .338 Lapua Magnum as well as Barrett M95 in .50 BMG, for a total of 6000 rifles.

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2019/02/19/india-buys-sniper-rifles/


From: The Firearm Blog

Civilian Marksmanship Program finance and performance report

Guns.com reports about GAO's look into the CMP's finance.

Some interesting points:

• Between 2008 and 2017, CMP sold 304,233 rifles and got transfers of 279,032 rifles from the Army.
• 35% of inventory is unserviceable and unsellable drill rifles.
• Out of 8000 M1911s transferred, 39 were deemed highly valuable while 145 were considered unsellable.
• Annual expense for 2017 was $15.1 million dollars

https://www.guns.com/news/2019/02/19/report-finds-cmp-gets-a-lot-of-bang-out-of-surplus-guns

From: Guns.com

Thought on narrowing down guns

Firearm Rack has a good article that discusses on consolidating your shooting tools.

https://www.firearmrack.com/specialization-isnt-for-insects-consolidating-your-shooting/

It's a bit long read, but makes some good argument on focusing on a small number of firearms and practicing with it to become more proficient rather than trying many different things.

From: Firearm Rack

India to buy SIG Sauer rifles

India is supposedly buying SIG716-G2 rifles to replace some of their infamous INSAS rifles. Defenseworld.net reports the deal is for 73,000 rifles for $97 million.

http://www.defenseworld.net/news/24199/India_To_Acquire_73_000_Sig_Sauer_Rifles_to_Replace_INSAS_Rifles

From: Defenseworld.net

Festive Firearms Cookie Cutters

Kitfox Design Group came up with cookie cutters in the shape of Glock, revolver, AR, AK,and an IPSC target. Each order comes with digital download for some of cookie and icing recipes.

MSRP is $15.99

Link: https://kitfoxdesigngroup.com/

From: The Firearm Blog

Gun disarm technique

Warrior Poet Society showed South Narc's favorite disarm technique.

Note that it is best practiced with the man himself

http://shivworks.com




From: Warrior Poet Society

History of AK bayonets

The Firearm Blog has a nice article on how Russian AK bayonets evolved over time.

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2018/10/29/history-evolution-soviet-russian-ak-bayonets/

From: The Firearm Blog

CMP 1911 order starts

CMP is now accepting 1911 order forms.

The window to submit an order closes on October 4th. IT has to be postmarked between the two days.

One gun per person limit applies.

http://thecmp.org/cmp_sales/1911-information/

From: CMP

New NIJ standard coming

National Institute of Justice is taking in public comments for new NIJ standard. Instead of Level II, IIa, III and so forth, it will use more descriptive terms such as Handgun I, II and Rifle I, II, and III

https://www.nij.gov/topics/technology/standards-testing/Pages/comment.aspx

You can look at page 7 and 8 for what type of ammunition will be in each class.

Remington to file bankruptcy(Ch 11)

The rumor is finally true now that Remington found someone to finance their bankruptcy filing. Chapter 11 bankruptcy allows Remington to restructure their debt.

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2018/02/13/remington-chapter-11/

From: The Firearm Blog

Ghost in the Shell VR Game

Ghost in the Shell: Arise Stealth Hounds is a game put on by VR Zone Shinjuku based on manga/anime Ghost in the Shell. It utilizes body tracking and VR technology


This attraction will open on Dec. 9th in Japan

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apos-ghost-shell-apos-vr-045900454.html

There are other games at the venue as well

From: Yahoo News

Black Friday sales set new record

Background checks for 2017 Black Friday set a new record with 203,086 checks. This is a significant increase from last year's 185,713 checks.

http://www.guns.com/2017/11/27/black-friday-background-checks-hit-record-high/

From: Guns.com

USMC adopts Glock 19M as M007

US Marine Corp is getting Glock 19Ms for personnels who need a weapon that can be concealed. This is by no means USMC-wide change in pistol form M9, but for those who need concealment, they have an option.

http://soldiersystems.net/2017/11/08/146606/

From: Soldier Systems Daily

USSOCOM looking for Squad-Variable Powered Scopes

USSOCOM is looking for a scope that has variable power. It is seeking both First Focal Plane scope as well as the Second Focal Plane scope. Interestingly, First Focal Plane Scope will be set aside for small business, while Second Focal Plane Scope is open to everyone.

http://soldiersystems.net/2017/11/10/ussocom-seeks-squad-variable-powered-scopes/

Currently, USSOCOM is using Vortex Razor HD Gen II for this role.

From: Soldier Systems Daily

Preparing for sales due to emergency

What would happen to your guns if you are seriously injured, or even worse, dead?

When someone is seriously injured or dead, figuring out what will happen to guns is not the priority for most people. For other members of the family and relatives, it is not the most important thing as well.

One of things your collection of guns can provide is some form of money if it can be sold. About half of Americans do not have $500 in emergency in their savings account, which means in case of emergency, something has to be sold off to cover the cost.

Unfortunately, trying to get immediate cash by selling guns will greatly decrease the amount you can get from the market value. Pawn shops are easiest to access for immediate cash, but it also greatly reduces the amount you can get in exchange for convenience. Selling it to gun stores has similar affects as well.

So if you can afford to take some time, you can put it on to consignment and hope that the gun gets sold reasonably fast. If not, you'd have to lower price.

Similar situation happens when you try to sell your guns via person-to-person transfer as well.

Another thing is pricing.

You can't make it too cheap and need to know the value of the gun. If the family is not knowledegable about guns, getting a decent estimate is not easy.

One resource they can use is GunBroker.com

By typing in the make and model, it could give slightly better estimate than just guessing. The prices on Gunbroker has been ridiculed but it does give a starting point. Instead of MSRP prices that can be found(if it is posted on the manufacturers's website) it may give slightly better estimation. One of things you can do is to remind that discounting a certain amount, say 10%, would get better estimate before hand.

Another thing to remind is that custom works do not add value. While the said custom work may mean something to the owner, it probably doesn't fit the potential buyer's taste, and reduce the pool of buyers. This is especially true if it's some custom job done on a polymer gun. There are plenty of those custom works and it doesn't add value.

If it's a rare custom job by a well known gunsmith on a rare handgun, it maybe able to bring in more, but those are far and few inbetween.

Also, it would be a good idea to have list of your guns and the estimated value ready. For surviving families, having any kind of guidance on what to do is a great help. It reduces workload and allows faster sales.

It is very common for us to put off doing it, but having a decent preparedness ready could significantly help those who can benefit from it.

Looking at weapons used in murder

A recent article from The Firearm Blog referenced the Active Response Training article  with regards to the number of weapons a police officer confiscated.

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/09/06/guns-criminals-carry-one-police-officers-data/

Out of curiosity, I looked at the FBI's UCR crime report.

From FBI's Uniform Crime Report 2015

Total number of murders: 13,455
Weapons used:
Knives: 1,544 (11.48%)
Other Weapons: 1,671 (12.42%)
Hand: 624 (4.63%)
Guns: 9,616 (71.47%)


Out of Guns
Handgun: 6,447 (67.04%)
Shotgun: 269 (2.8%)
Rifle: 252 (2.62%)
Unknown: 2,648 (27.54%)

https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2015/crime-in-the-u.s.-2015/tables/table-20

The numbers from the ART was

67 handguns (78.82%)
11 rifles (12.94%)
7 shotguns (8.24%)

http://www.activeresponsetraining.net/criminals-and-the-guns-they-carry

While a direct comparison is not an easy task, it shows that the handgun is the weapon mostly used.

There are many different aspects to be looked at, but here is an intersting tid bit of information from 3:40 of the video.


It's not that there are 400 people shooting, but 40-50 individuals are the ones doing it.

Other things Remington made

Guns.com has a quick video your of Remington Museum in Ilion, NY. There were many other things made by Remington, which survived until DuPont bought the company in in 1930s.

http://www.guns.com/2017/08/30/remington-arms-diversification-at-the-turn-of-the-century-video/

From: Guns.com

New Jersey looking to legalizes Tasers

After coming to an agreement during a federal lawsuit, New Jersey is publishing draft regulations for Tasers.

The draft will go through a 60-day comment period, then the stun gun ban will expire in October.

http://www.guns.com/2017/08/29/new-jersey-moves-to-legalize-tasers-following-2a-lawsuit/


From: Guns.com