The full text of Remington’s announcement is as follows:

“Earlier this year, we launched the innovative R51 subcompact pistol to critical acclaim. During testing, numerous experts found the pistol to function flawlessly. In fact, they found it to have lower felt recoil, lower muzzle rise and better accuracy and concealability than other products in its class.

However, after initial commercial sales, our loyal customers notified us that some R51 pistols had performance issues. We immediately ceased production to re-test the product.  While we determined the pistols were safe, certain units did not meet Remington’s performance criteria. The performance problems resulted from complications during our transition from prototype to mass production. These problems have been identified and solutions are being implemented, with an expected production restart in October.

Anyone who purchased an R51 may return it and receive a new R51 pistol, along with two additional magazines and a custom Pelican case, by calling Remington at (800) 243-9700.

via Breaking: Remington R51 9 mm Pistol Update – American Rifleman Mobile.

It had to happen. Remington was catching a boatload of crap for being too slow and not necessarily because they came out with a gun that was not reliable as that will happen to any gun company.

I hope there has been a serious shake up within Remington as people are complaining not about theR51 but many of their other guns plus they are also recalling their two models of their most popular rifles.

Time to step up.

Lawmakers drafting the background check requirement, aimed at keeping firearms away from those with a criminal history, relied on information from a non-partisan research arm of the Legislature that predicted about 420,000 new reviews over the first two years. Accordingly, they budgeted about $3 million to the agency that conducts the checks to handle the anticipated surge of work.

But after a year of operating under the new system, Colorado Bureau of Investigations officials have performed only about 13,600 reviews considered a result of the new law — about 7 percent of the estimated first year total.

via APNewsBreak: Gun law based on flawed estimate – Yahoo News.

The article goes on to say that the original estimate was based on the infamous “40 percent of gun sales nationwide are made by private sellers and thus not subject to background checks. ” so-called study so what we probably have here is a case of GIGO not unexpected in cases like this.

Then again it may just be people not giving two craps about the law and conducting business without telling the State they are doing it…you know…like Free Citizens.

F’ them if they can’t take a joke.

Just when you thought the excuses for the verdict in the Zimmerman case  could not get any stupider, somebody comes along and destroys your faith in Humanity.

And Jerry (‏@JerryMcClellan2 ) wins the Twitterverse!

Home made indirect fire. Click on the pic to appreciate the details.

I guess it is a drop in the quality of education and dependency on Made-In-China electronics that people feel some thing are much harder to do than they really are.  They be surprised the kinds of mayhem that can be achieved with a little imagination and a trip to Home Depot.

Gentleman Jack…

Via the Israel NewsFeed @IsraelHatzola

Yes, that is a grenade and yes, that is a 7.62×39 bullet.

Mazel Tov indeed!

Hat Tip to @Yossikudan 

As a firearms instructor of police and civilians, a firearms store owner, and a longtime ‘gun guy,’ I like to think I’ve seen it all when it comes to firearms techniques: the good, the bad, and the ugly. And while I’ll argue that there isn’t a ‘right way’ when dealing with self-defense firearms training, I can promise you there are many wrong ways.

via 10 common mistakes in self-defense firearms training.

This is very well thought list. It basically won me over after this introductory line:

Just because someone owns a lot of guns or is a police officer or veteran does not make them a firearms expert.

Go over there and save this link for future reference.