Weatherby Mark V Accumark in 338 Lapua Magnum

Weatherby® Offers Mark V® Accumark, TRR Rifles in .338 Lapua Magnum

Weatherby® has chambered its Mark V® Accumark rifle and Threat Response™ Rifle (TRR) for the increasingly popular .338 Lapua Magnum long-range cartridge.

Originally designed as an ultra-long-range sniper cartridge for military use, the .338 Lapua Magnum has become a more common choice for big game hunters as well.

"Our Mark V Accumark and TRR rifles are designed for situations that require pinpoint accuracy at extended ranges, so the .338 Lapua Magnum chambering is a natural," said Brad Ruddell, Weatherby's vice president of sales and marketing.

The Mark V Accumark features a hand-laminated, raised-comb Monte Carlo composite stock with a matte gel coat finish and spiderweb accents. Also working to enhance accuracy is a button-rifled, #3 contour (.705 muzzle diameter) free-floated stainless steel fluted barrel with target crown. The 28-inch overall barrel length includes an Accubrake™ to reduce felt recoil.

Other features for precision shooting are a CNC-machined 6061 T-6 aluminum bedding plate and a factory-tuned, fully adjustable trigger. A Pachmayr® Decelerator® pad on the buttstock helps soften recoil.

Weatherby's Mark V TRR rifle has a black composite stock with the CNC-machined 6061 T-6 aluminum bedding system. The three-position buttstock is adjustable for length of pull, drop at heel and cant of the pad, allowing a "custom-fit" to shooter size and shape for greater comfort, control and accuracy.

Also equipped with an Accubrake, the barrel measures 28 inches in overall length. Accuracy is further enhanced by the hand-tuned, fully adjustable trigger, which is factory set at three pounds with sear engagement factory set at .008 to .014.

Manufacturer's suggested retail prices are $2,270 for the .338 Lapua Magnum Mark V Accumark and $2,879 for the .338 Lapua Magnum Mark V TRR. Right-hand models only.

For more information, contact a local Weatherby dealer, call the company at (805) 227-2600 or visit www.weatherby.com.

Founded in 1945, Weatherby, Inc.'s line features the popular Vanguard® and legendary Mark V® rifles (production and custom), over/under and side-by-side shotguns in the classic Athena® and Orion® lines, Threat Response™ shotguns and rifles, semi-auto and pump shotguns, premium ammunition and security/shooting accessories. The company is based in Paso Robles, Calif., and invites all hunters and shooters to visit and join its free online community at www.weatherbynation.com.
Contact:
Dan Weatherby, dweatherby@weatherby.com, (805) 227-2600

Replica Weapons Used for Training

Scranton Company's Arsenal of Replica Weapons
by James Haggerty

Rob Rozzi glanced around a showroom displaying an arsenal of rockets, assault rifles, missile launchers, land mines, cluster and pipe bombs and hand grenades.

"We're not training people how to kill people," said Mr. Rozzi, president and chief executive of Inert Products LLC, of Scranton. "This is about keeping people safe."

The "weapons" are all replicas, mostly heavy duty plastic materials sold primarily to the U.S. Department of Defense for military and terrorism training.

The Pentagon spends more than $22 billion annually on training and simulation products and services, according to Frost & Sullivan, a research and consulting firm near San Jose, Calif.

"There's only a handful of companies in the country that deal with what we deal with," said Mr. Rozzi, 31, of Clarks Summit. "We're growing 600 to 800 percent a year. Last year, we did $6 million in sales."
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The 300 BLK, the newest and probably most innovative and smart round for the M16/M4/AR15 platform, is selling like nobodies buisness. Advanced Armaments reports that at the end of the first day of the SHOT Show, the first six months production of the 300 BLK manufactured by Remington has been ordered and sold.

More than likely, the vast interest generated by the 300 BLK will likely instigate interest in other manufacturers. If, as I predict, this becomes the defacto second chambering of the M16/M4/AR15 platform, most ammunition manufacturers will come in with their own product line before long.

Stay tuned!

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300 BLK by AAC: An Introduction

Will AAC's New 300 BLK Be The Breakout Product

Of SHOT 2011?

Each year at SHOT Show a product catches everybody's attention and usually signals the beginning of a hot sales trend. In his weekly video podcast Michael Bane identified the compact single stack 9mm, like the newest one from Ruger, as the hot ticket for 2011.

AAC's new 300 BLK is a 30 caliber round

is made to deliver AK performance while

using standard AR platforms and magazines.

While this category of concealed carry pistol will no doubt sell extremely well in 2011, it is perhaps not a gun but a new caliber that will mark the beginning of a larger trend in the industry. That caliber is the 300 AAC BLACKOUT from suppressor makers Advanced Armament Corp., one of the Freedom Group companies.

The 300 ACC BLACKOUT, designated 300 BLK, is a 7.62x35 round that was developed in response to military requests for an M4/HK-416 platform to launch 30 caliber rounds both subsonic (suppressed) and supersonic. AAC's new caliber offers loadings ranging from 110 grain for hunting and self defense to 220 grain for suppressed weapons - AAC's undisputed area of expertise.

You can learn more about the 300 BLK at http://www.300aacblackout.com/. But the question for consumers and dealers is what makes this caliber any different than those in the past, like the 6x35mm, that were not widely adopted?

Well, unlike the 6x35mm developed by Knights Armament which was not made available as an open standard (meaning there was no SAAMI specification to follow) the 300 BLK is open standard and SAAMI certification is expected shortly. AAC wisely sought to share the new caliber's specifications as early in the process as possible.

The 300 BLK was developed in response to

military requests for an M4/HK-416 platform

to launch 30 caliber rounds.

Additionally the 6x35mm wasn't designed for the standard AR magazine and standard M4 bolt increasing the costs of adoption by military units or law enforcement already equipped with AR rifles.

For any new caliber to reach commercial viability it must meet production levels high enough to bring the cost to consumers in line with their current expectations. To hit the production numbers needed requires buy-in from the military, and in the case of the 300 BLK that's already begun with the darker side of the special operations community ordering "unspecified" quantities.

Adoption by iconic military units - most of which are the basis for video games, television series and feature films - insures this round will top the must-have lists for all those wanting what the 'cool kids' shoot.

You can't sell ammo without guns though. One of the most important features of the 300 BLK is that it uses a 223 Rem (or 5.56 NATO) casing necked up to 30 caliber. That means it can be used in existing AR magazines - without giving up capacity - in existing AR platforms with the only a change of the barrel.

Can you say ease of manufacture?

Loads will range from 110gr. to 220gr.

for hunting use to suppressed use.

And how interested are manufactures in this new 30 caliber round that fits existing ARs and can deliver performance equal to the 7.62x39 depending on the load? Well, insiders say to expect eight or nine new rifles announced at SHOT. The popularity among manufacturers is said to be significant with one manufacturing supplier already producing a record number of reamers for this new caliber to supply ammo and gun makers.

It is even rumored that Hornady, which currently supplies the aforementioned "dark groups", is rushing to bring a commercial load to SHOT Show that may be sold under the AAC brand.

Yes, the notion of Hornady rolling out ammo for AAC instead of sister company Remington does seem odd. This development, if it does pan out, certainly won't be viewed favorably by Freedom Group executives, but considering that AAC has not lost a military contract in the last four years, and they are a revenue generating juggernaut for the IPO bound company, it's unlikely that Cerberus executives will impede AAC's efforts and will likely fully support them to insure the new caliber's success.

So when SHOT Show opens keep an eye on the AAC booth. Because when you combine the performance characteristics of an AK with the ease of manufacture and wide availability of a standard AR, throw in the über-cool factor of the black SOF community's buy-in, it looks like you have a winner. Wrap all that up in an Advanced Armament bow and you have the makings of a real trend.

-- Paul Erhardt, Editor of The Dealer Wire

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The Rasch Outdoor Chronicles: Snot Nose Lives!

For those of you interested in the day to day things that transpire on Kandahar Air Field, here is an interesting snapshot by Albert A Rasch.

The Rasch Outdoor Chronicles: Snot Nose Lives!