This week on TGC News, big blue drops 2 new wheels, Hi Point and Ruger think alike and
Vista Outdoor shakes things up!
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Welcome back to another episode of TGC News, the only gun news show that covers things
you actually care about, My name is Jon Patton.
I've got an announcement.
This coming Wednesday evening at 9pm Eastern I will be joining forces with Scalpel Arms
again.
We will be auctioning off super limited edition PMAGs, as well as some other limited edition
stuff to raise money to help with relief efforts in Puerto Rico.
We will not be giving money to some big charity, where the CEO makes millions, it will be going
straight to people that are on the ground helping.
They were absolutely devastated by Hurricane Maria and months later are still in peril
down there.
We are going to help as much as we can.
Again that's wednesday at 9pm eastern on the TGC facebook page, keep an eye out.
Now the news.
Let's start with some race guns shall we?
Smith & Wesson has just announced the release of expansion of the performance center line
up with the addition of the 686 and 686 Plus designed for competition use.
They already have a few variants that lean towards competition use but according to big
blue, these were designed for speed.
Being that the first ever gun I purchased was a 686 Plus with a 6 inch barrel, these
things hold a special place in my heart.
It's like seeing a proper race car version of your first car.
These new guns come with a non fluted cylinder, a speed release for the cylinder, an interesting
rib and front sight set up, and of course that renowned Performance Center tune up.
The 686 comes with a 4 inch barrel and holds 6 rounds while the 686 plus comes with a 5
inch barrel and holds 7 rounds.
Both are listed at an MSRP of $966.
I know that revolvers certainly are not as popular as semi autos with the TGC audience,
BUT I have to say that there is something VERY special about a properly tuned wheel
gun.
It just FEELS incredible in the hand.
What do you guys think?
Would you spend nearly a grand on something like this or would you rather buy a bog standard
wheel gun?
Or would you spend that money on something else instead?
And 10mm is best millimeter news, Hi Point has announced that they will be producing
their carbine in 10 mil.
The trigger is atrocious and the magazines are mediocre at best BUT for the money you
spend, the hipoint carbines actually aren't bad.
And now they've turned it up to 10.
Pricing was announced recently on their Facebook page at 389.99 which means we will see it
in stores for about 375 bucks.
I am very curious to see how those things hold up.
I have one in 45, and I really genuinely like it.
And because one 10 mil is never enough, Ruger has just announced that they will be making
the Super Redhawk wheel gun in 10 mil.
I think it's interesting that they felt the need to forego putting this in the GP100 series
and went straight to the platform that handles the likes of 454 casull and 480 ruger.
I guess there will be zero worry about that thing coming apart with even the hottest ammo.
The standard features apply.
Slots for scope rings, a nice rubber grip with wood inserts and 6.5 inch barrel.
It also weighs in at a whopping 54 ounces so I'm betting that 10mm will be a pussycat
when it comes to recoil.
Pricing on these is set at 1159 MSRP.
Here comes that struggle bus again!
This time it's visiting Vista Outdoor aka one of the largest companies in the gun industry.
They are the parent company of brands like Federal, Savage, CCI, Stevens, Speer, Camelbak,
Bushnell and a ton more.
In an earnings report released on November 9th, the new CEO, Chris Metz said "While I've
only been here a short time, I realize that we have much to do.
We must make significant changes, act decisively, and move quickly to reposition and restabilize
the company.
We will take an aggressive position on profit improvement through both margin expansion
and cost reductions across all areas of the core business" ...aka people are getting fired.
In that same release it was announced that the president of the shooting sports segment,
Bob Keller is gone as of November 17th.
They are eliminating that position all together.
Much like every other company that I've mentioned recently, Vista is reporting drops in sales
in the double digit percentages.
They were down 14 percent year over year with gross profit being down 25 freakin percent.
Of course this is slightly better than some others BUT these numbers still do not bode
well.
Metz is spot on with needing to move quickly but I would love to see him also focus on
innovation along with making money and cutting costs.
The only real innovation I've seen from the Vista camp this year has been the 224 Valkyrie
and the performance numbers on that are still unproven.
Everything else they've done this year has been expanding on other lines of products.
That's NOT a bad thing.
Offering more is never a bad thing but true innovations could give the company a major
boost.
What would you guys like to see from Vista?
I know they're watching, so leave a comment down below and let them know what you want.
This is the story that the mainstream media hates.
As you probably know already, there was a very bad mass shooting in Sutherland Springs
Texas last week.
A deranged young man went into a church and murdered 26 people and injured 27, and that
bastard was stopped by a good guy with a gun.
My understanding is that as this was transpiring, Stephen Willeford, and NRA instructor who
lived just a block down the street, was alerted by his daughter that someone was shooting
up the church.
He immediately went to his safe, grabbed his AR15, and started loading mags as he went
to engage.
He encountered the assailant whilst the psycho was exiting the church and took cover behind
a car and had a small shootout.
The shooter was hit a couple times in between the body armor he was wearing.
He then was able to jump in a car and drive away.
The good guy knowing full well that this guy is off his rocker, looks around trying to
figure out what to do.
He looked to his left and there was a pickup truck at the stop sign.
He tells the man in the truck what is happening, and they both take off together and chase
down the shooter.
They go for a couple minutes at high speed and the shooter hit a barrier and then ended
up in a ditch where he later died of a self inflicted shot.
Now there are a few things to take away from this.
First and foremost, if it's legal where you live, you should have a gun loaded and accessible
at all times.
Second, the guy who engaged was an actual NRA instructor and knew how to use his firearm.
He sought out training and was able to properly engage.
The reality is that this psychopath could have gone after way more people if Willeford
didn't show up and engage.
We are seeing all kinds of political nonsense in the wake of this tragedy.
Assault Weapons, Chainsaw Bayonets, Uninformed pundits spouting off about guns when they've
only been educated by other pundits who knew nothing about guns.
Its viscous.
The true American patriot is almost under attack because of the acts of a murderer.
It amazes me that there are people that would rather blame an inanimate object rather than
the truth.
The mental health problem we have here in the United States.
We shouldn't blame an entire religion or political party for the acts of a few, why punish all
law abiding gun owners for the acts of a few?
This is such a tough story to cover, much like las vegas was tough.
What I want to know, is what you think of this situation?
What is the one major thing you took away from this?
Let me know in the comments.
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