Industry News

Upscale shooting ranges are gaining in popularity across America. Dubbed “guntry clubs,” these high-end ranges offer personalized customer service and state-of-the-art facilities. Here, Ginny Simone takes us inside a popular Miami club.

The VP40 has a suggested retail cost of $719. A law enforcement configuration VP40 with tritium night sights and three magazines is also available for $819. VP40 pistols are available now (June 2015).

Is the NRA losing the culture war?

“We’re bringing back the One Million Gun Challenge with a twist,” said Mike Fifer, Sturm, Ruger & Co.’s chief executive officer. “Our goal is to sell two million firearms between the 2015 and 2016 NRA Annual Meetings. With that, we pledge to donate not one, but two dollars to the NRA for every new firearm sold during that time. We accomplished our goals to support the NRA in 2012, and with the help of our loyal customers, we believe we can do it again.”

Episode 94, Triple feed – This episode we’ll talk about Bullet Safe armor, mission first tactical, AR-500 Armor, Cati Armor, self defense, gun news and more!

There were rumblings recently that UPS was going to stop shipping suppressors, even between manufacturers and federal firearms licensees.

“Due to financial difficulty TrackingPoint will no longer be accepting orders. Thank you to our customers and loyal followers for sharing in our vision,” states a message on top of the TrackingPoint website.

Stag Arms is currently working to resolve an issue with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives following the discovery of unserialized lower receivers along with missing paperwork for related gun parts.

The gun industry is filled with good people. One such person is ArmaLite president Tommy Thacker. Tommy is currently raising money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and we thought we’d help him out by syndicating his letter to friends and family to see if the GunsAmerica readership would also like to get involved with this worthy cause.