Monday Meanderings

Monday, December 01, 2008 Filed in: General gun stuff, Current Events

Massad Ayoob sent me a note the other day, asking if I'd heard about the Python clone to be made in Turkey. HUH???

According to Magnum Magazine (a highly respected journal out of South Africa), the Turkish arms factory MKEK will be bringing out a Colt clone, presumably sometime in 2009. Magnum's reporters may have seen it at the IWA show in Germany last March, so maybe we'll see it at SHOT this January.

I have my doubts, not because MKEK doesn't have the capability of precision manufacture - they most assuredly do - but because purely sporting arms have not been one of their product lines. Could this be an opening salvo in a move to take on Cerberus?

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From the land that used to be Great Britain, we learn that there is a push underway to reduce alcohol-related injuries. The mechanism? Police will station themselves outside of pubs, and offer flip-flops to those intoxicated patrons wearing high heels. No, they're not kidding.

How far the Empire has fallen...

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I'm not usually much for single actions, but I am a sucker for .44 Specials - and next year, Ruger will be making a limited run of flattop Blackhawks in that caliber. Boy, is that ever tempting!

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The post-election rush continues: Hunter Dan reports that his store received a shipment of five AR-15s just in time for Black Friday. The doors opened that morning, a literal foot race to the gun counter ensued, and less than 120 seconds later they'd all been sold.

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Over the weekend came the report that police in Mumbai cowered as gunmen raged unmolested. Pay particular attention to the coordination of the shooters - a sign of things to come?

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