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Weaponized America: Sturm, Ruger Backlog Doubles; Gun Production, Shipments Surge
ZERO HEDGE ^ | April 29, 2013 | TYLER DURDEN

Posted on 04/30/2013 7:22:17 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER

Whether it is due to the recent governmental attempt to enforce assorted gun controlling measures in the aftermath of the Newtown, CT shooting, or, merely driven by the same catalyst that saw a surge in gun sales four years ago, namely the presidential election, one thing is certain: America is weaponizing itself at an unheard of pace, with both Sturm, Ruger shipments and units produced surpassing 500,000 each in one quarter for the first time in history.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Government
KEYWORDS: banglist; guncontrol; guns; ruger; sales; secondamendment
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1 posted on 04/30/2013 7:22:17 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

Just bought a brand new Ruger Mark III and got a brick of 500 bullets.

I love it. Also joined the NRA and am going to get my CCW as soon as possible. (shhhhh . . . don’t tell anybody, ok?)


2 posted on 04/30/2013 7:25:47 AM PDT by laweeks
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

Now if we could only persuade them to move all operations out of ct. that would be even better.


3 posted on 04/30/2013 7:26:29 AM PDT by rktman (BACKGROUND CHECKS? YOU FIRST mr. president(not that we'd get the truth!))
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To: laweeks

500 bullets, eh?

nah, ain’t gonna go there.

But, I will ask how much you paid and marvel that you were able to obtain .22 lr at all.


4 posted on 04/30/2013 7:27:58 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: laweeks

WELCOME ABOARD!


5 posted on 04/30/2013 7:28:50 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

Yay!


6 posted on 04/30/2013 7:32:38 AM PDT by andyk (I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
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To: laweeks
Refinished 3 times and a new stock after 25 years running the swamps in a canoe, but still going strong. I lost track of how many rounds it has fired long ago.

Lots of squirrels in the pot!

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7 posted on 04/30/2013 7:35:28 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

B. Hussein Obama - the greatest firearm and ammo salesman in US history.


8 posted on 04/30/2013 7:39:08 AM PDT by white trash redneck (Just one of B. Hussein Obama's "typical white people")
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

The home of every freedom loving American should have one of those rifles in it somewhere. It’s a close to a perfect gun as one will ever find.


9 posted on 04/30/2013 7:39:12 AM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: MrB
500 bullets, eh? nah, ain’t gonna go there. But, I will ask how much you paid and marvel that you were able to obtain .22 cal at all.

Great for target shooting. My son bought the gun at a gun shop and since I bought it new, they gave him access to a brick of 500 22cal bullets. Not sure what he paid. It's the larger caliber bullets that they can't get due to our government stockpiling.

10 posted on 04/30/2013 7:39:29 AM PDT by laweeks
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To: MrB

.22 LR in both nearby Walmarts....not much else...but .22 lr


11 posted on 04/30/2013 7:46:26 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight,, he'll just kill you.)
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To: laweeks; MrB

Now I have to stick around and watch...I gotta see where this is going.


12 posted on 04/30/2013 7:47:22 AM PDT by Ribeye (Protective headwear courtesy of Reynolds Aluminum Products- Extra-cranial RF Suppression Division)
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To: laweeks

where the hell did you get a brick of 22’s! Those things are is hard to find as hen’s teeth.


13 posted on 04/30/2013 7:48:40 AM PDT by CapnJack
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To: laweeks

you bought ammo, rounds, cartridges....

bullets are just the projectile.

just like the thing that holds the rounds is a magazine and not a clip.

Clips are real, but they either load magazines(removable or internal magazines) or hold rounds en bloc for specific firearms like the M1 Garand.
btw I have the MK II which is basically the MK III but without the lawyer generated ‘inprovements’...


14 posted on 04/30/2013 7:53:11 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight,, he'll just kill you.)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER; All

I am not a hunter or a gun owner and had zero interest in owning a gun until recently, even for safety. Live in a safe area.

But, that is changing after I shot my brother’s AR-15 last year in the country over Thanksgiving. That was a heck of a lot of fun, and I even enjoyed the handgun I shot the same day.

It’s really enjoyable, and heaven knows I need some more hobbies that aren’t nerdy.

If even people like me are seriously wanting guns, Obama has a problem.

He has turned people onto guns that otherwise would have had no interest.


15 posted on 04/30/2013 7:54:16 AM PDT by rwfromkansas ("Carve your name on hearts, not marble." - C.H. Spurgeon)
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To: CapnJack

check walmart....there was lots of .22 ammo in 2 walmarts I went to...not much else..unless you use 28 gauge ammo, and a few other odd size ammo.


16 posted on 04/30/2013 7:55:12 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight,, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Lurker
They will reach out a lot further than some folks suspect too. One of my hunting buddies, now dead, and I used to see who could nail a squirrel at the longest range. That's when I put the 3X9 scope on it.

The squirrels feed on Cypress cones, some of those trees are huge, but you can see a squirrel a long way off.

17 posted on 04/30/2013 8:00:04 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: laweeks
...the larger caliber bullets that they can't get due to our government stockpiling.

Huh? Larger caliber bullets won't work in your Mark III. They are either .22 cal or not.

18 posted on 04/30/2013 8:00:05 AM PDT by TexasRedeye (Eschew Obfuscation)
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To: Vaquero

Not around here, went to Gander last week and the guy laughed at me like I’d lost my mind.


19 posted on 04/30/2013 8:01:13 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: TexasRedeye

Read more carefully before questioning a Freeper. ... And try to think beofre you post, too.


20 posted on 04/30/2013 8:02:04 AM PDT by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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