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Remington to acquire Marlin

North Carolina gunmaker Remington Arms is acquiring Marlin Firearms Co., which has been making weapons since 1870.

Madison-based Remington said the deal for Marlin is expected to close by the end of January. No financial terms have been released.

Marlin Firearms produces rifles, shotguns and muzzle loaders and other firearms at plants in North Haven, Connecticut, and Gardner, Massachusetts

Marlin was started by John M. Marlin, who had worked at the Colt plant in Hartford before opening his own business in New Haven with a line of revolvers and derringers.

Under the agreement, Robert Behn will remain as president of Marlin.

WRAL [hattip: The Firearm Blog]

DuPont bought Remington during the Depression. In 1993, Remington was sold by DuPont to an investment firm called Clayton, Dubilier, and Rice, or CD&R.

On April 6, 2007 it was announced that Remington Arms would be sold to a private equity firm, Cerberus Capital Management, for $118 million. The news comes due to the fact that Remington is millions of dollars in debt and did not report a profit during the years 2003-2005.

NYT|2007APR26

Update on the Magpul Masada

Steve at The Firearm Blog interviewed  Drake Clark of Magpul regarding their Masada rifle, introduced at the January SHOT Show.

A-C-E frst posted on the Masada on 14JAN2007.  A 21JAN2007 post linked to firing vdeos. An 03OCT2007 post linked to a Peterson's Rifle Shhoting article, which stated a commercial version will be offered to the MIL/LE market in 1Q/2008.

Mini metal chocolate ammo boxes

Give your firearm loving friends these little mini ammo boxes with chocolate cartridges [$12.95]. They can reuse the boxes for real ammo or whatever:

The Gun Source

Churches review security plans following Colorado shootings

Two separate shootings at Colorado religious centers have raised the once-unthinkable question: Just how secure are you at local places of worship?

Police are trying to figure out if the two shootings that left six people dead are connected.

Early Sunday, a man began shooting after entering the Mission Center in Arvada, Colorado.

Thirteen hours later, 70 miles away, a gunman was shot and killed by a security guard after he opened fire in the parking lot of New Life Church in Colorado Springs.

The shooting has many area churches reviewing their security plans.

St. Peter in Chains Cathedral, in Downtown Cincinnati, and many other churches have off-duty police officers stationed inside and outside the church during service.

JW|WCPO9|2007DEC10

What's the world coming to when we have to worry about security in church services?

Such shootings are usually be deranged or depressed people who just might do anything, anywhere.

Would be robber dropped DRT by husband and father

DRT = "dead right there" (the most efficient way to defer crime).

DeKalb County, GA police continued Friday to look for two suspects after a man shot and killed a third attacker who tried to rob his family as they returned home from a school event.

DeKalb Police spokesman Jonathon Ware said Ronald Johnson, 36, and his family were returning to their home in south DeKalb County and getting out of their vehicle when the suspects, armed with a handgun and a shotgun, attempted to rob them shortly before 9 p.m. Thursday. Johnson pulled his own gun and killed one of the suspects, Ware said, and the other two men fled on foot. Ware said Friday that police had not yet identified the dead man.

He said the shooting "has been deemed justified," and no charges will be filed against Johnson. Neither Johnson, nor his family -- whom Ware identified as Lekeysha Mattox, 34, and two girls ages 16 and 4 -- were injured in the attack.

CBS 46 WGCL Atlanta

Atlanta area gun dealer sues Bloomberg back

In Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s campaign to remove illegal guns from New York City’s streets, he sued 27 out-of-state gun dealerships last year over what he said were illegal sales. Most agreed to settle, while others chose to take their chances in court.

Jay Wallace, owner of a hunting and gun store in Smyrna, Ga. (just north of the Atlanta I-285 perimeter), is suing Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, claiming fraud, slander and libel.

Mr. Wallace's attorney, Bob Barr, called the approach a “rogue undercover operation,” and argued that the proper agency to address Mr. Bloomberg’s concerns about weapons was the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

DC | NY Times | Sun 2007DEC09

See the comments of people at the Candler Rd Gun & Pawn shop outside Decatur, GA (in east intown Atlanta) in the continuation

RND 2000 (.338 Lapua)

A 15DEC2003 A-C-E post featured the RND Edge in .338 Lapua Magnum, which is a beefed up semi-auto AR design.

Lloyd DeSantis, who builds some awesome firearms, has forwarded the latest specs and images of RND'S .388 Lapua, .408, and .50 caliber rifles. Here's the RND 2000 in .338 Lapua:

Compare to this earlier image which has been on the RND site for a couple of years:

Lloyd DeSantis RND Manufacturing 14399 Mead Street Longmont, CO  80504 970.535.4458

See the RND 2500 (.408 Cheytac) and RND 3000 (.50 BMG) in the next two posts.

RND 2500 (.408 CheyTac)

Lloyd DeSantis has forwarded the latest specs and images of RND'S .388 Lapua, .408 CheyTac, and .50 caliber rifles. Here's the RND 2500 in .408 CheyTac:

Lloyd DeSantis, RND Manufacturing, 14399 Mead Street, Longmont, CO  80504, 970.535.4458

See the RND 2000 (.338 Lapua) in the previous post, and the RND 3000 (.50 BMG) in the next post.

Wikipedia entry on the CheyTac .408

An 01MAR2007 A-C-E post reported hints RND was building a semi-auto .408 Cheytac for Cheytac Tactical.

RND 3000 (.50 BMG)

Lloyd DeSantis has forwarded the latest specs and images of RND'S .388 Lapua, .408 Cheytac, and .50 BMG rifles. Here's the RND 3000 (.50 BMG):

See an image of one with a brown coating in the continuation

Lloyd DeSantis, RND Manufacturing, 14399 Mead Street, Longmont, CO, 80504, 970.535.4458

The RND 2000 (.338 Lapua) and RND 2500 (.408 Cheytac) are shown in the previous two posts.

December 7th

It's December 7th.

I know I don't have to tell you the significance of that date.

I just want to remind you to spend a few moments contemplating what we were supposed to have learned from what happened on that date.