The story about America’s oldest gunmaker continues. In our article published a few days ago about the Remington assets being divided Roundhill Group, LLC was mentioned as one of the successful bidders. Today it was made official that they have purchased Remington Firearms, and that the purchase includes “all long guns, shotguns, pistols, the firearms manufacturing facilities, museum and giftshop.” So the question everyone is asking themselves is who are the people behind Roundhill Group? The Press Release gives some information and, probably most importantly, their intentions with Remington seems real and genuine. Hopefully they have the knowledge and skills to take Remington into the future.

Long Live the Lever Gun! Earlier this week we covered how the Remington firearms company was being divided up amongst various bidders in massive asset liquidation. Chief of interest among those potential acquisitions was the sale of the Marlin brand to Sturm Ruger. Ruger has now had its offer accepted and the acceptance of that order comes with some good news for lovers of the Marlin brand of products.

Social Commerce company GoWild has gained traction in the year 2020 in the way of increasing eCommerce engagement, active users, and overall revenue. This growth has piqued the interest of Otis Technology who is heavily invested in the firearms maintenance industry and since then Otis Technology and GoWild have partnered up to bring their brand available to more customers.

Long-lived firearms manufacturer Remington Arms has been divided up amidst its bankruptcy auctions which started shortly after its second bankruptcy filing earlier this year with the intent to sell assets. The Remington asset bids have recently been revealed with some surprising results with perhaps some looming consequences for some of the more popular firearms from Remington.

Glock is no stranger to a good lawsuit. For many years now, this titan of the handgun world has made repeated headlines for a smorgasbord of litigation. They’ve filed suit against others, they’ve been sued, and numerous times members (or former members) of the operation have even gone after each other. Thankfully, TFB TV’s own James “Not Disbarred Yet” Reeves has thus far avoided a lawsuit target for leaving his G17 out in the rain earlier this year. All the way back in 2014, the Austrian-based firm sued an airsoft company over unlicensed replicas. Six and a half years later, this lawsuit has finally concluded, as detailed in the following press release.

Firearms dealers are having a crazy year. Whether you have a front-line brick-and-mortar storefront, a range that also sells products, you’re an online retailer, a home-based FFL, a distributor like RSR Group or pretty much any other gun-related business, 2020’s weirdness has almost certainly affected your business. Some of these effects have been positive – demand for guns and ammo has never been higher, and millions of Americans are becoming first-time gun owners. New, higher background check numbers have continued to come out throughout the year, and internet sales pretty much across the board have seen a major boost as circumstances have led buyers to accelerate the already-extant shift toward online shopping and away from in-person purchases.

Additive Manufacturing (AM) or 3D printing, although now over 30 years old, is still a relatively new family of processes. Indeed it is not yet fully integrated in many industries, and in firearms manufacturing, we tend to see it sparingly, mostly for niche products. Moreover, many customers, and manufacturers alike, tend to be fully aware of the limitations, real or perceived, of AM processes and believe that they are more suited to prototyping than production.

Heckler & Koch released a statement earlier today addressing the Bundeswehr’s selection of the C.G. Haenel MK556 over HK’s HK416 and new HK433 rifles.

Competition in the firearms and firearms accessories market benefits consumers. It stands to reason, right? One of the best ways for a company to earn your business and make you a customer is to put out superior products. If they produce something that you want to buy more than you want to buy a different manufacturer’s comparable offering, they win your business – and in the process, you also win by virtue of improvements and innovations to which you gain access. Another option for a company to make themselves and their products more attractive is to sell them at a lower price point. Most consumers are mindful of their spending; they have to be judicious about how many of their dollars they are willing to relinquish and to whom for what. Buyers in general want good value – some of which will involve the quality and features of the product in question, but cost combines with other considerations to comprise a comprehensive value proposition. It’s not enough just to make a product; you have to sell it at a price that people are both able and willing to pay. Trijicon and Holosun both understand these precepts well, and they recently locked horns over how one another was going about their business.

Nosler Inc. has announced that they are expanding the partnership with Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF) by stepping up their support of the organization. Particularly, portions of proceeds from a much larger range of Nosler products now will be directed to support RMEF within the enhanced licensing partnership between the companies.

Happy Friday listeners and readers. As we get ready to celebrate the unofficial end of Summer, I thought we should cap off GLOCK week (retro P80 and updated slimline guns) with our SHOT show interview with product manager Jacob Witten. In this episode, we talked about the G44 rimfire pistol and I put Jacob on the spot with some tough questions that we all would ask given the chance. Besides being a great guy, Jacob is a smart and talented product manager in Smyrna, Georgia. I look forward to the release of his future projects. Enjoy the listen.

As hunting season approaches Hawke Optics has unveiled its latest offering to the Straight-Wall, Slug, and Muzzleloader gun optics scene. The Hawke Vantage IR scope is a 3-9x40IR scope which is said to bring more accuracy to your muzzleloaders and other hunting guns.

As you may know,  Heckler & Koch is under new ownership. The Luxembourg-based financial holding company, Compagnie de Développement de l’Eau (CDE), took a majority stake in the company earlier this year. Today they release their first official press release and it’s a very optimistic one, including the promise for “new innovative products“.

Welcome back dear readers (and listeners) to our latest installment of TFB’s Behind The Gun podcast featuring informative conversations with firearms industry leaders and experts in their field. Today we welcome our friends at SureFire, Andrew Wright and George Syrengelas, to talk about illumination, lasers, suppressors and more. Both of these guys are a wealth of knowledge and we were lucky to steal some time from them at the 2020 SHOT Show. Enjoy the listen.

It’s no secret that the gun industry is going through a massive period of high demand right now. Regardless of the reasons for this increase in demand a lot of you are probably looking to buy more guns or perhaps, your first gun. The problem here is that while many more people are buying guns right now, not many are available locally – even at gun shows. The good news is that there are still plenty of guns out there and you can buy them with just a tiny bit of effort  – sometimes at a steal of a price. Today I’ll be going over how to find and purchase a gun online legally with Gunbroker.com.

Timnney Triggers is offering 10 lucky people the chance to become beta testers for its latest offering. Timney Triggers is offering up a replacement trigger for Heckler & Koch and PTR HK91-type rifle platforms. The HK91 Replacement Trigger looks to be a drop-in style trigger as with many of Timney’s triggers so installation should be easy and function should be on the same level after beta testing.

If you’ve ever shopped for gun stuff for more than a few seconds, chances are pretty good that you’ve come across Primary Arms. What started as a small budget optics maker has spent the last thirteen years growing into one of the firearms industry’s most prolific retailers, frequently mentioned in the same breath as major shops like Brownells, Optics Planet, and Midway USA. With supported brand names numbering in the hundreds, in addition to their own house-brand scopes and other equipment, this Texas-based operation offers a superfluity of guns and gear for a vast array of shooting-related disciplines. Now their host of loyal customers has a new reason to keep shopping with them, as they’ve announced a new “ Bonus Bucks” rewards program in the following press release.

Viridian Weapon Technologies has been in business for a little over fourteen years. In that time, they have grown from offering a green aiming laser for pistol-mounted applications to providing a broad spectrum of weapon-mounted lasers and other accessories, as well as holsters and more. They recently made headlines here at TFB and elsewhere with their release of the first-ever laser-integrated hand stop.

Welcome back to TFB’s Behind The Gun Podcast series – today we are joined by Zach Hein from CZ-USA. We took a brief summer hiatus but we are back with conversations with more firearms industry leaders. There are a few additional interviews from SHOT Show 2020 coming up, some fun discussions with TFB staff, a couple recently recorded episodes and we’ve got some new guests already lined up. So thanks for listening and making TFB’s Podcast possible.

Horyzen Tactical is an Australian company based in Melbourne, Victoria. They specialize in creating Kydex holders for magazines, and other shooting accessories. Horyzen Tactical have recently released their first pistol magazine carrier called the Universal 9/40.

This episode of TFBTV is an interview with SIG Sauer where James Reeves asks Tom Taylor, Chief Marketing Officer at SIG, these 20-ish questions that Patreon and SubscribeStar supporters mailed in. James nerds out in this interview and Tom gives us the details on the SIG MPX (maybe in 10mm?), The SIG MCX Spear, the news on SIG Germany, SIG’s new 3D printed cans (the SLX, SLH, and MOD X), the P320, and even talks about the gun SIG is proudest of making. There’s all of that and more in this special episode of TFBTV.

We live in interesting financial times. Though unemployment is reaching record levels, firearms and ammo purchases have skyrocketed. It has become exceedingly difficult to find most common gun industry products in stock, and what little stock there is typically doesn’t last long. Amidst all of this chaos, TFB recently reported that America’s oldest gunmaker, Remington, has had to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the second time in just two years. However, there is a vastly different story to be told at one of the industry’s other monoliths: Sturm, Ruger, and Co. In a July 29th press release, Ruger has announced that they have emerged from the second quarter of 2020 in fine fiscal form, and will even be paying investors a dividend. The release reads as follows.

Aquila International, LLC, a US Defense contractor, have announced that they will provide Daniel Defense rifles to various Argentine military organisations. Aquila are the South American distributors for Daniel Defense and have been awarded contracts to supply the company’s M4A1, MK18 and DD5V3 and D4 rifles to elements of the Argentine Marines, Gendarmerie and Army Special Forces.

The Italian ammunition manufacturer, Fiocchi, is looking to expand its operations in the US with a new manufacturing facility in Little Rock, Arkansas. The new Little Rock plant will operate alongside Fiocchi’s current facility in Ozark, Missouri.

A few weeks ago we covered how Remington appeared to be preparing to file for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy a second time. It turns out that everything except for the buyout by Navajo Nation came to pass over the past couple of months which saw a massive spike in gun sales amid the COVID-19 pandemic and civil unrest across the United States.

Many of you will be familiar with the CAA MCK or Micro Conversion Kit for Glock and SIG Sauer pistols. Essentially the MCK takes your handgun and places it inside a stabilizing frame to give you better stability for sport and target shooting. The MCK P80 is now available from CAA USA for the Glock 17 and 19 with Polymer80 frames with a V1/V2 slide.

A Luxembourg-based financial holding company, Compagnie de Développement de l’Eau (CDE), which has been shareholders in Heckler & Koch AG for a number of years, has taken over a majority stake in the company. HK returned to profit in 2019 for the first time in several years, with continued investment they hope to continue this trend and also secure 900 jobs in Oberndorf.

In this episode of TFBTV filmed at Thunder Ranch, James Reeves interviews legendary trainer and good friend, Clint Smith, about his five favorite guns. Clint taps into a half-century of firearms training experience and his personal preferences to tell TFBTV viewers which guns he loves the most.

Hey everyone and thanks for joining us for the latest installment of TFB’s Behind The Gun Podcast featuring our friends Jordan Wilson and Mike O’Dell from CMMG. Growing from an internet parts seller to a firearms industry powerhouse in just a few years, CMMG is comprised of fun and knowledgeable innovators. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the company has been providing free meals to healthcare workers and first responders all while keeping up with the insane demand for firearms. Mike and Jordan are great guys who love their jobs. Enjoy the listen.

In this episode of TFBTV – part of the “TFBTV Goes to Hollywood” series – James Reeves visits Larry Zanoff of Independent Studio Services to talk about the REAL gun (or guns, as it turns out) used by Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry. Larry talks about the origin of the gun, how it was used, and the legacy it left behind, blazing a new trail for guns in cinema.