This week on TGC News, Brownells goes ultralight, X Products is driving the struggle bus and
triggers, ammo and pistols on rapid fire!
Welcome back everyone, my name is Jon Patton and you are watching TGC News.
I know that most of you are already oversaturated on talk about gun control so I will only say
this.
Much like you are the only one that can defend your life, you are also the only one that
defend your rights.
Now is the time to get active and be an educator, not a keyboard warrior.
Now, this weeks first story might be a little eye opening.
Brownells is a company that up until the last couple years, was known as being primarily
a gunsmithing and gun parts resource.
Well it seems as though they've realized that they can accomplish even more and sell guns
and gun parts branded as their own.
I first picked up on this with their Retro line of AR's that was introduced last year.
Well they've been expanding on this and have 2 new offerings.
First up, in the AR world, they've now got a new bolt carrier group.
On the surface that sounds incredibly boring but when you look at it, and realize it might
be one of the lightest on the market for a price that is well under competing brands,
that is out freaking standing.
It's almost as if the entire back end is only kept on the carrier to keep it stable in its
travel.
For comparison, the Daniel Defense standard carrier weighs in at 11 ounces, the Faxon
Ultra lightweight carrier weighs in at 8.5 ounces, and the 2A armament adjustable lightweight
carrier is 7.9 ounces.
This brownells carrier tips the scales at 8.3 ounces, just above the 2A but it costs
half the price of the Faxon at 119 bucks.
The 2A isn't a fair comparison because its adjustable BUT that carrier is over 3 times
the price.
If this Brownells carrier can stack up and hold up to the rigors of use, then we may
see them flying off of the shelf.
Beyond that, they've announced a new extended or Glock 17 sized slide for Glock 19's.
So now everyone that wanted the 19X to have a longer slide can have just that.
Currently they only appear to be offered in a Gen 3 variant but I suspect that may change
in the future.
Pricing on that is $250.
What I want to know is what you guys think of this?
Is it okay that they are taking market share away from the brands they sell or is this
kind of competition a positive thing?
Let me know in the comments.
And in we might have someone new driving the struggle bus news,
James Malarkey, the CEO of AR accessory
manufacturer X-Products has stated on Facebook that he does not want to be in business anymore.
I'm kidding, but what he really said was that gun ownership is a privilege and not a right.
He went on to explain his excruciatingly long solution for solving all gun related issues
in the US which involved a multi-tier licensing system based on a combination of age, training
and a few other things.
He also stated openly that he doesn't understand numbers because he posed that his company
made 20,000 million dollars from selling accessories.
Beyond that, this guys wife is asking people to donate money to Everytown for Gun Safety,
an extremist anti gun group.
This man made millions off of the gun owners in the US yet basically just told all of them
that they don't deserve their rights.
When interviewed about this by Recoil magazine, he tried to floor it in reverse, saying that
he apologized about calling it a privilege and not a right AND that his wife makes her
own decisions.
She sure seems happy living off the money from the gun industry though.
The funniest part of all of this is that the company released a statement saying that what
Malarkey said was not approved by senior management and it does not reflect the views of the company.
They've also turned off comments on their social media because of the onslaught of negativity
they are facing right now is substantial.
It must suck to have a moron as a CEO.
Also in struggle bus news, online retailer Optics Planet, has taken all magazines over
10 rounds off of their website.
On the surface, this seems like a reaction to recent events.
Well in an official statement from Optics Planet, they claim that it does not have anything
to do with the shooting in Florida but rather is a result of local laws.
They are based in Northbrook Illinois which lays at the northern edge of Cook County.
For those that aren't aware, Cook county is where Chicago is located and therefore they
have some of the dumbest gun laws in the country INCLUDING one that says the sale of any magazines
of "large capacity" is prohibited within the county except to law enforcement and government
of course.
Essentially if they were to sell normal capacity mags, they would be in violation of the local
law.
I reached out to them to see if there are plans to move the business outside of Cook
county but have not heard back yet.
Either way, this is not a good look for them.
If we hear back regarding the move between filming and when this gets posted we will
be sure to update you guys!
How about some Rapid Fire news to round us out this week?
First up, the beast known as the FK BRNO is finally shipping.
I know all of you are eagerly waiting to go out and spend over $7,000 on one of those
things.
Funny story though, we have one arriving this week for some special testing we are going
to attempt.
Next, SIG is expanding their ammunition line up once again with some new varmint ammo.
There will be an offering in 223, 243 and 22-250.
With 40 gr, 55 gr and 40 grain bullets respectively.
I think it's a very interesting move to see sig continually expanding into markets
beyond just firearms and this is no exception.
Pricing on that ammo starts at about 20 bucks a box.
Speaking of Sig, Timney is now offering drop in replacement triggers for the MPX.
Personally I think this is a welcome upgrade because even though the MPX trigger isn't
horrible, a good clean flat blade trigger is one of my favorite upgrades on any gun.
The single stage version goes for $234 while the two stage has an MSRP of $264.
Friendly Fire questions this week are coming from the TGC Nation facebook group.
Howard Zach asks what is the lightest 308 rifle on the market?
I think as far as semi auto's go that would either come down to the F4 Defense Small Frame
308 OR the 2A armament XLR-18.
Both weigh in right around 6.5 lbs.
As far as bolt actions go, that's tough because there are so many out there.
I know Gunwerks offers some really light ones, and so does Kimber, Christensen Arms and Nosler.
That's a harder one to pin down.
Aaron Clay asks, why don't manufacturers design more pistols to include a high grip and trigger
guard undercut as standard features?
To be honest, I don't know.
I was handing the sig 365 the other day and was thinking you know if only that undercut
was higher I would really like this thing more.
I suspect the issue at hand is something to do with the molding process for the polymer
grips and frames.
It could also do with structural rigidity but honestly I don't know the answer.
Pistol makers, listen up, we want more options for comfortable handguns.
That undercut needs to be higher!
Nobody's fingers are shaped like that.
Brandon Council asks do you think social media helps second amendment supporters or hurts
us given recent tragedies?
Social media is an amazing thing.
It truly is.
Connecting people all over the world and spreading information faster than we ever could have
imagined.
That being said though, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube are designed to keep you on the
platform as long as possible so they suck up as many ad dollars as possible.
That being said, they purposely feed you thinks they think you will like to accomplish that
goal.
They are creating echo chambers.
Facebook being the worst purpetrator of such things.
It's dangerous because it removes the possibility of reasonable discussion.
If you do not know the discussion is even taking place, how can you participate?
I guarantee there is someone on your facebook friends list that you haven't seen posts from
in years.
I certainly don't think spreading information is a bad thing, but it is dangerous to have
bad information spreading that fast.
My friendly fire question to you guys this week, If you could change one thing about
The Gun Collective to make it better, what would that be?
Sound off in the comments below and If you want your question answered here on the show,
you can send that to me over on theguncollective.com.
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