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Pledge, Practice, Promote, Firearms Safety: GLOCK Launches Firearms Safety Pledge Drive

Tuesday, June 7th, 2016

SMYRNA, Ga. – Today, GLOCK, Inc. launched the annual GLOCK Safety Pledge Drive with the chance to win a 30th Anniversary pistol by helping to spread the word about firearms safety.


Make the pledge on the GLOCK Safety page and earn an entry for a custom engraved 30th Anniversary Pistol. Earn more entries by sharing and spreading the word about firearms safety on the GLOCK Safety Pledge page here us.glock.com/safetypledge.

GLOCK actively works year-round to promote firearms safety across the United States. We proudly join a community of law enforcement, community leaders, businesses, and the firearms industry to raise public awareness about reducing firearm incidents. The responsibility of practicing and promoting firearms safety is an ongoing and everyday commitment. Firearms safety is intrinsically worked into every facet of the company’s ethos, from product design to community outreach.

“Everything we do at GLOCK revolves around safety,” said Josh Dorsey, VP of Sales at GLOCK. “From the three safeties built into the product design, to annual donations that support shooting programs that promote safety, to community outreach such as this annual drive. Safety is at the core of all things GLOCK and it is the responsibility of us all to pledge, practice, and promote firearms safety.”

The 2016 GLOCK Safety Ambassador of the Year award will be announced live on June 30th, on the GLOCKLive original series, Train with Shane. The recognition is given to the organization or individual that spreads the firearms safety message by driving the most GLOCK pledges to the site using #GLOCKSafety. Previous GLOCK Safety Ambassador of the Year awards includes, The Well Armed Woman, in 2016, and the Marietta Police Departmentin 2014.

Pledge. Make your pledge to handle firearms responsibly and commit to firearms safety every day.

Practice. Follow the 4 Basic Rules of Firearms Safety and always use protective gear for your eyes and ears while shooting or around shooting.

Promote. Share the rules of firearms safety with your friends and family.

4 Basic Rules of Firearms Safety

1. Treat all firearms as if they are loaded.

2. Never point the muzzle at anything you are not willing to destroy.

3. Keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on the target and you are ready to fire.

4. Be sure of your target and what’s beyond it.

“Pledge, Practice, and Promote Firearms Safety. Today and every day.” – R. Lee Ermey, “The Gunny”, GLOCK Spokesperson

Ruffwear – Highlands Sleeping Bag

Tuesday, June 7th, 2016

The Highlands Sleeping Bag from Ruffwear is designed to keep your dog warm during cold nights on the trail.


The circular bag with full zip fits the way your pooch sleeps and allows for ventilation.  Additionally, it features a sleeve to accept their accordion fold, closed cell Highland sleeping mat.

UF PRO To Exhibit At Eurostatory

Tuesday, June 7th, 2016

Trzin, 06.06.2016. UF PRO® are going to exhibit their newest product range at this year’s Eurosatory exhibition in Paris. Visit them in hall 6, stand D287.

For the 25th time, the world’s defence industry will gather at the Eurosatory exhibition which will take place from 13th to 17th June at Parc des Expositions in Paris- Nord- Villepinte.

UF PRO® are also going to be present in Paris, where they are going to showcase besides their current products, the new Delta OL 3.0 Suit and the Delta Blizzard Suit in snow camouflage.

Of course, the new generation of the Striker XT BDU, Monsoon Jackets and the new Stealth Smocks are also going to be displayed.

So make sure to visit the UF PRO® booth in hall 6, stand D287.

If you want to book a meeting with the UF PRO® team at this year ?s Eurosatory exhibition, simply write an e-mail to ufpro@ufpro.si.

Find out more about Eurosatory here: www.eurosatory.com

Geissele Automatics – Super 42 Braided Wire Buffer Spring and Buffer Combo

Tuesday, June 7th, 2016

Geissele has a new triple braided wire action spring and associated buffer for the AR platform. The buffer is an H1 but Geissele is also offering tungsten weights which can be added to increase the weight to H2 or H3.

The Geissele Super 42 Spring was designed to improve the function and reliability of your AR-15 pattern rifle. Its unique spring design uses three independent strands of wire, just like the German MG42 Machine Gun. This concept acts as a harmonic damper and energy absorber by allowing the springs to flex separately from each other. This flex helps displace excess energy which decreases the chance of spring failure and assists with making your AR-15 more reliable.

Compared to the stock spring, The Geissele Super 42 Spring has a decreased tendency to lose length and force over a given round count. As an added bonus, it removes the annoying spring reverberations (twang) heard and felt by the shooter through the buttstock. The Super 42 Spring has a 15% stronger average return force than the standard buffer spring. This will assist in stripping rounds out of the magazine when operating with a dirty weapon or when using steel-case ammo.

Blade Show – Hogue Knives

Monday, June 6th, 2016

Designed by Elishiwitz, this is the EX-TO1 from Hogue. What I find most interesting about it is the shape of the head which is cut to accommodate the carrying system. That skeleton design also makes it lighter than more traditional ones.

The sheath is magnetized so the tomahawk will click into place and then there’s a twist lock that keeps it on the sheath. The sheath also incorporates a paddle like you find on holsters. However, you can also mount other Tek-Lok carry options.

The EX-TO1 is just over 14″ long and weighs just under a pound (1.45 lbs with sheath). It is made from .25″ S7 steel and offers G10 scales in a variety of colors.

www.hogueinc.com/knives

Blade Show – Classy Raptor

Monday, June 6th, 2016

Classy Raptor is run by Disabled Veteran Curtis Iovito II. He’s a great guy and for the last several years he’s been a knife dealer. Recently, he started making firearms parts from Copper and Moku-Ti which has been used extensively for knives but so far ignored as an artistic element for guns.

I’m a big fan of this fusion of art and functionality so I bought a copper hexagon backplate for my Z17. The fit is perfect. While it came oiled to inhibit the onset of corrosion, I’m looking forward to the patina.

Curtis tells me there are additional parts in the way but he’s concentrating on parts that aren’t crucial to the actual function of the firearm like takedown pins for ARs.

classyraptor.com/copper-raptor-plate

Blade Show – DDR / Master Proven

Monday, June 6th, 2016

I stopped by ABS Master Bladesmith Darrel Ralph’s booth and saw quite a few new items but I thought we’d initially discuss their DGT line of tactical gear.

This is the Shadrach, a small survival knife designed in conjunction with Master Proven and produced by DDR. The name stems from the Old Testament’s Book of Daniel, Chapter 3. Shadrach is one of four who survived an attempt at being burnt alive.

It includes the knife made from 154CM and ferro rod which is held in place with small rubber bands. This method is quite common. Next, the handle is wrapped with 550 Fire Cord so it includes a combustible material to get the fire going. There’s also a simple, Kydex sheath. 

Thes will be available from Smokey Mountain Knife Works, Blue Ridge Knives and Going Gear.

Blade Show – Spartan Blades / Harsey Folder Wins American Made Knife of the Year

Monday, June 6th, 2016

Cngratulations to our friends at Spartan Blades along with Bill Harsey for their folding knife being selected as Blade Magazine’s American Made Knife of the Year!

Here you can see Mark Carey, Bill Harsey and Curtis Iovito recieving their award.

The knife features a stainless S35VN 4.25″ inch blade along with dual titanium thumb lugs and phosphor bronze bushing for a smooth, ambidextrous opening.  The frame lock design incorprates and internal lock bar stabilizer that prevents the lock bar from over traveling and the slabs are are titanium.

spartanbladesusa.com/folding-blades