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Barnes Bullets is selling loaded ammo with its TSX and TTSX bullets under the VOR-TX name, starting August 1. The ammunition will be available through regular retail channels. The Barnes online store is not allowing pre-orders of the ammo as of this date. http://www.barnesbullets.com/products/barnes-vor-tx-ammunition/ I just got my Graf & Sons 312-page catalog in the mail. The catalog notes that, “Since November 2008 the phone has been ringing off the hook.” With shortages of ammunition, powder, and primers, they skipped printing a 2009 catalog. The November 2008 reference is the only clue to the event that has so altered [...] Barnes Bullets New Home Page The Barnes Bullets Web site is back, with a new design. I’d mentioned in my post about Freedom Group acquiring Barnes that the Web site was down with a weak excuse. Well, the site is back in a reasonable amount of time, although as near as I can see, it [...] Hornady Manufacturing is smiling all the way to the 2010 NRA Annual Meetings in Charlotte, North Carolina this May, where its Superformance® will receive honors as 2010 Ammunition Product of the Year by both American Hunter and American Rifleman. Hornady notes that the criteria for winning include: products must be recent introductions and available to [...] My favorite bullet manufacturer, Barnes Bullets, maker of the Triple-Shock, has been acquired by Freedom Group, Inc. The press release says that Freedom is acquiring “certain assets.” Barnes will reportedly continue day-to-day operations under the direction of founder Randy Brooks. I’m nonetheless a bit nervous, especially since the Barnes Web site has basically been taken [...] |
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