by David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com August 13, 2004 DefenseReview did not receive any of the information contained in the first two paragraphs of this story from Le Mas Ltd., or from Stan Bulmer. Le Mas/Stan Bulmer will not discuss military operational use of, or field performance data relating to, the Blended Metal
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Looks like the Gorilla just ate another company. King Kong’s got more bullets… The following is a Freedom Group (Cerberus Capital Management L.P. Subsidiary) corporate press release: Freedom Group, Inc. Acquires Barnes Bullets™ Freedom Group, Inc., through a wholly owned subsidiary, has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire certain assets of Barnes Bullets. The
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By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com Every shooter out there is well aware of the dire state of the rifle and pistol ammunition supply and prices over the past year. Search terms for the article: lucky gunner coupon code, Lucky gunner coupon, lucky gunner discount code, lucky gunner review, luckygunner com discount code,
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The following is a press release from the office of U.S. Senator John Thune, South Dakota: July 20th, 2009 – Washington, D.C. – Senator John Thune has Search terms for the article: thune amendment concealed carry, Thune bill, thunes bill, south dakota concealed carry law, what is john thunes office?, south dakota restraining order concealed
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By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com Several weeks ago, DefenseReview had an interesting conversation with Ralph Lermayer, Editor of Search terms for the article: remington r25 review, remington r25, remington r-25, remington r-25 reviews, r-25, remington sr 25, remington r-25 review, remington r25 for sale, r-25 review, remington sr-25, remington ar 25, remington
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By David Crane defrev at gmail dot com November 19, 2008 Human Events is reporting on the use of Chinese armor-piercing a.k.a. armor-penetrating (AP) bullets by enemy snipers in Afghanistan and Iraq. According to the article, this new Chinese AP rifle ammo is copycatting U.S.-made AP ammo design, and is "sending alarm bells through the
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By Captain D. July 15, 2008 Usually, a police agency does not spend a lot of time utilizing unusual calibers or cartridges in its rifles for animal control. My town, which is a first ring suburb of a major mid-west city, is in an area known for record class whitetail deer. To protect my administration,
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By David Crane defrev at gmail dot com DefenseReview would like to get some operational/combat data, including anecdotal information, about the terminal ballistic performance of the 6.8 SPC (6.8x43mm SPC a.k.a. 6.8mm SPC) in combat. So we’d like to request the assitance of any/all U.S. military Special Operations and law enforcement SWAT/SRT personnel in this
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By David Crane defrev at gmail dot com DefenseReview has covered the 6.8 SPC (a.k.a. 6.8 Remington SPC a.k.a. 6.8x43mm SPC a.k.a. 6.8mm Remington SPC a.k.a. 6.8mm SPC) round for quite some time now. We’re a proponent of the cartridge, due to its superior efficacy over 5.56x45mm NATO (5.56mm NATO)/.223 Rem. within its (6.8 SPC)
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By David Crane defrev at gmail.com May 14, 2008 Modified on 5/15/08 — Some information has been redacted/removed from this article by the author/editor (David Crane) for OPSEC. Updated again on 9/11/09 with originally-provided bullet and manufacturer info redacted on 5/15/08. A number of months ago, DefenseReview was informed by one of our contacts in
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