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Crimson Trace Opens Product Center at NRA’s Annual Meeting

April 9th, 2015

(Wilsonville, OR) — Crimson Trace, the world’s recognized leader in laser sight design and manufacturing, will be displaying many new products at the upcoming National Rifle Association’s Annual Meeting and Exhibits in Nashville, Tennessee. The company will be located in booth #2525 on the show floor during the event which opens on Friday, April 10th.

Crimson Trace customers are invited to visit the company’s product center booth to meet Lewis Danielson, the company’s Founder and Chairman of the Board. Danielson will be receiving recognition—the NRA’s Golden Bullseye Pioneer Award—for his significant contribution to the laser sight industry. He can also provide booth visitors with insight into the company’s 20-plus years of manufacturing excellence and first-class customer service.

During the NRA’s annual event, Crimson Trace will have a unique photo booth—a mini booth within the larger booth— that will permit visitors to place themselves in a new Condition Crimson advertisement. A winner will be selected from the photo booth participants’ selfies to win a Crimson Trace Rail Master laser sight system. Full details are available in the #2525 product center display on the show floor.

Crimson Trace staff will also be on hand during show hours to cover information on the full product line, reveal details about new products and the growing line of green laser sights, and answer questions about product fit and holsters. The booth at this NRA event will also have a store located inside. Anyone wanting to learn more about the advantages that laser sights provide to firearms owners and concealed carry enthusiasts are encouraged to visit the display and test products to examine the red and green laser sights.

Visitors to the Crimson Trace booth can also learn more about Condition Crimson®, the company’s new online training videos, and obtain a free copy of The Laser’s Edge educational DVD. Nearly a million copies of that DVD have been distributed since it was produced.

To learn more about laser sighting systems, visit www.crimsontrace.com. Customers with questions can also call 800-442-2406. Crimson Trace is the world’s leading brand of laser sighting systems for firearms.

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Please Join Me In Donating To The Combat Control Museum

April 9th, 2015

The Benini Heritage Center and Museum is located at the Combat Control School at Pope Field, NC.

The museum is named after Alcide S. “Bull” Benini (seen above circa 1951), a WWII Bataan Death March survivor 1942 and veteran of the 82nd Airborne Division 1946-1952, he transitioned to the USAF and became its first Combat Controller in 1953.

There have only been about 3,000 Combat Controllers in the history of the careerfield. Unfortunately, the facility cannot be properly maintained solely from funds donated by survivng CCT members and the USAF does not find the museum. That’s why they need our help.

My first two USAF assignments were as a Special Tactics Intelligence Officer. I learned first hand about the capabilities Combat Control brings to the fight. Many of you have worked with them in other capacities. Now is our chance to give back and help them preserve their heritage.

Every little bit helps.

www.gofundme.com

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French Special Forces Spotted Wearing A-TACS In Mali

April 9th, 2015

It appears that French SF are now wearing A-TACS AU camouflage uniforms. A long-time reader of SSD pointed out this video released by the French Ministry of Defense, in which French SF are shown eating along side Dutch national Sjaak Rijke, who they rescued over the Easter weekend. The video later shows the SF rehearsing drills, where you can clearly see the uniforms in use.

Thanks to ‘AK’ for the tip!

www.a-tacs.com

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H&K Announces The New P30SK Subcompact 9mm Pistol

April 9th, 2015

Heckler & Koch has just announced the new P30SK 9mm pistol. A subcompact variant of the P30 series, the P30SK has an overall length of less than 6.5″, modular components, and an 11-round capacity. The full release can be read below:

New P30SK Subcompact Joins the HK P30 Line

Heckler & Koch adds a new subcompact pistol, the P30SK, to its renowned P30 series line. Retail priced at $719, the new P30SK is one of the smallest HK handguns made and is ideally suited as a concealed carry pistol. With an overall length of less than six-and-a-half inches, the P30SK is small enough for discreet, everyday carry but still packs a substantial 11 rounds of full power 9 mm cartridges in an easy to shoot, ergonomic design.

“Shooters love HK P30 series pistols. They are packed with features like incredible durability, superb accuracy, and the only grip in the industry that can be customized to fit any shooter,”said Michael Holley, HK-USA Vice President for Commercial and Law Enforcement. “With the P30SK you get those same features in a small, extremely handy package and at an amazing price.”

The P30SK (“SubKompact”) has all of the sought-after characteristics of the larger frame P30 and P30L pistols but in a more concealable design.

The completely adjustable P30 grip feature -consisting of interchangeable backstraps and lateral grip panels -is replicated in the shortened grip frame of the P30SK. Changeable backstraps and grip panels allow the pistol to be easily modified to fit any individual user. Like its larger frame P30 counterparts, the P30SK is available in multiple trigger firing modes including HK’s enhanced double action only “Law Enforcement Modification (LEM).”For the P30SK, the LEM trigger is configured with a “light strike V1″setup -requiring approximately 5.4 pounds-force to pull the trigger.

Other trigger modes include conventional double action/single action (DA/SA) with a serrated decocking lever located on the rear of the frame. The DA/SA mode is available with and without dual ambidextrous manual safeties located on the left and right side of the frame. Other ambidextrous controls include dual slide and magazine release levers. Like all P30 pistols, the P30SK features an automatic hammer safety and firing pin safety. An abbreviated Picatinny rail molded into the front of the frame enables weapon lights, laser aimers, or other accessories to be easily mounted. All P30SK models have been extensively tested during a three-year development process.

Despite their small size, P30SK subcompacts have excellent weight and balance making them naturally pointable, easy to control, and accurate to shoot. Currently available in 9 mm, the P30SK is designed and manufactured in Oberndorf, Germany and is covered by HK’s limited lifetime warranty. Introduced at the 2015 NRA Exhibition in Nashville, widespread availability of the P30SK is slated for June 2015.

hk-usa.com

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The National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA) Announces Don Kester As Director Of Training And Education

April 8th, 2015

Doylestown, Pa. (April 2015) – The National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA) is pleased to announce Capt. Don Kester (ret.) as the new Director of Training and Education. Don will lead the association’s Training and Education Department, as well as NTOA’s prestigious cadre of instructors. He will also manage NTOA training courses, seminars and conferences, as well as develop strategic plans to keep the NTOA at the forefront of law enforcement training and practices.

Don served more than 23 years with the Pima County (AZ) Sheriff’s Department, retiring in 2015. His assignments with the department included training director, patrol district commander, special operations, tactical response and staff services section commander, as well as the support operations and criminal investigations division commander.

Don’s SWAT experience spans the majority of his career. He served as a trainer, SWAT team operator, team leader, team sergeant and SWAT commander. He is certified as a chemical agents, FSDD and less-lethal instructor, as well as a master Taser instructor. He is also a firearms, defensive tactics and use-of-force instructor, and teaches many other specialties, such as rapid deployment, warrant service, hostage rescue, TEMS and incident command and leadership. He has authored several articles on these topics.

Don has served as a use-of-force consultant/expert on cases in superior and federal court. He has served on the Law and Legal and Defensive Tactics subject matter expert committees for the Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board (POST). He was a delegate to the International Law Enforcement Forum (ILEF) for Minimal Force Options, as well as on the Advisory Council for the Office of Law Enforcement Technology Commercialization (OLETC) and as a member of the SWAT Technical Support Working Group (TSWG).

Don was the Less-Lethal Section Chair for the NTOA from 2001 – 2008; he then served seven years as a member of the NTOA board of directors. He has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Arizona and is a graduate of the FBI National Academy.

An interview with Don Kester will appear in the spring 2015 issue of NTOA’s quarterly journal, The Tactical Edge.

Don may be reached by email don.kester@ntoa.org.

ntoa.org

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It’s Official…SIG MPX Is Shipping

April 8th, 2015

SIG SAUER® SIG MPX™ 9mm Now Shipping

NEWINGTON, N.H. (April 8, 2015) — One of the most highly anticipated new SIG SAUER, Inc., products, the SIG MPX™, is now on its way to distributors. Semi-automatic SIG MPX in 9mm should begin to appear on retailers’ shelves within the next few weeks.

This 21st century take on the submachine gun platform has been one of the most talked-about new products since its reveal, and legions of SIG SAUER® fans have been eagerly awaiting this release.

“We made the decision to start shipping the 9mm variants of the SIG MPX rather than continue to delay its launch as we finalize testing on the .40 and .357SIG variants,” said John Brasseur, Director of Product Management for SIG SAUER, Inc. “We now have the 9mm variants in full production and will be shipping on a daily basis.”

SIG MPX-P (pistol), SIG MPX-P-PSB (pistol, with SBX Pistol Stabilizing Brace) and SIG MPX (short-barrel rifle) is available as semi-automatic options for the civilian market. A carbine-length model is in development now. Select-fire submachine gun variants will be available to military and law enforcement agencies.

MSRP for the pistol variant SIG MPX-P starts at $1,576. The SIG MPX-P-PSB, which includes a side-folding SBX pistol stabilizing brace, starts at $1,862. The semi-automatic SIG MPX SBR starts at an MSRP of $2,062.

To see all the options and learn more about the SIG MPX and all of the new paradigm-changing products from SIG SAUER®, please visit www.sigevolution.com.

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Magpul Officially Launches New Sand M3 Magazines

April 8th, 2015

Today, Magpul has launched the new Sand PMAG M3 magazines. Featuring the standard 30-round capacity, the new M3 magazines also incorporate a new material technology and manufacturing process which improves the strength, durability, and reliability of the magazines. Additionally, these new mags are more receptive to water-based dye processes, so they more easily be altered to any number of colors. Available with and without window.

www.magpul.com/products/pmag-magazines

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