I feel so dirty

[midnight rambler]

I picked up one of these, although on the secondary market so as to insure that a new one wasn't called for in the supply chain. It most appropriately suits my needs for a platform however I don't know if I'll be able to wash the stink off no matter how much I scrub.

http://www.gundigest.com/wp-content/uploads/IWI-Tavor-SAR-Lead.jpg

[Ponce]

Hey Rambler? I am willing to wash your back for $1,500.............NICE.
V

[midnight rambler]

The stink is so bad it's probably worth $1,500 just to be free of the stench.

[osoab]

Any 6 pointed stars on that poodle shooter?

[Horn]

Always fancied a bulpup, but then I thought it would be like walking with your shoes on the wrong feet.

Guess I should try that more often.

[Hatha Sunahara]

It's the IWI Tavor Tar-21. Here's a brief history of it:

http://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms/detail.asp?smallarms_id=592

You would expect that people who do a lot of killing would produce the finer tools for that activity. This is what I would call an Urban Assault Weapon, suitable for big city police forces everywhere that life is cheap. Coming to your city's cops soon.


Hatha

[old steel]

Not a fan myself but lots are so as long as you can hit what you are aiming at i say it's all good.

Enjoy your new firearm, after you get it all cleaned up of course.

[EE_]

Nice Palestinian shooter! Hopefully one day you'll get to use that weapon on the people that made it. :)

That being said...

What Happened To All The Gun Buyers?

(Douglas A. McIntyre) Something has gone wrong in gun land. The frenzy of pistol and rifle purchases has abated, without any easy answer for the trend. Large, publicly traded gun company Smith &Wesson Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: SWHC) announced earnings that were poor, and a forecast that was worse.

All Smith & Wesson CEO James Debney could do to explain the problem was say that inventories were high and that typical slow seasonality was to blame. It seems that seasonality was not part of last year’s results for the company’s first quarter, when revenue was higher by $40 million at $171 million. And improved seasonal sales won’t help as the year wears on:

The company expects net sales for the second quarter of fiscal 2015 to be between $100.0 million and $110.0 million and GAAP earnings per diluted share from continuing operations of between $0.04 and $0.08.

Fiscal 2015 net sales are anticipated to be between $530.0 million and $540.0 million. The company anticipates GAAP earnings per diluted share from continuing operations of between $0.89 and $0.94 for fiscal 2015. The company believes that results within this range would generate a cash balance at the end of fiscal 2015 in excess of $125.0 million.

Those numbers were much, much less than Wall Street expected, and it punished Smith & Wesson by driving its share price down 17%. And the seasonality argument was undercut.

The fact of the matter is that people are buying fewer guns. Maybe people are tired of target practice at local ranges. Maybe they feel safer in their homes. Maybe they are sick of hunting. Maybe the NRA has been less effective at making people feel they have the right to own and carry arms. Maybe Smith & Wesson’s product line has aged too much.

Whatever the cause, a $40 million drop in sales is so sharp that Smith & Wesson is no longer considered a good investment.
http://govtslaves.info/happened-gun-buyers/

[Dogman]

Nice Palestinian shooter! Hopefully one day you'll get to use that weapon on the people that made it. http://gold-silver.us/forum/images/smilies/smiley.gif

That being said...

What Happened To All The Gun Buyers?

(Douglas A. McIntyre) Something has gone wrong in gun land. The frenzy of pistol and rifle purchases has abated, without any easy answer for the trend. Large, publicly traded gun company Smith &Wesson Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: SWHC) announced earnings that were poor, and a forecast that was worse.

All Smith & Wesson CEO James Debney could do to explain the problem was say that inventories were high and that typical slow seasonality was to blame. It seems that seasonality was not part of last year’s results for the company’s first quarter, when revenue was higher by $40 million at $171 million. And improved seasonal sales won’t help as the year wears on:

The company expects net sales for the second quarter of fiscal 2015 to be between $100.0 million and $110.0 million and GAAP earnings per diluted share from continuing operations of between $0.04 and $0.08.

Fiscal 2015 net sales are anticipated to be between $530.0 million and $540.0 million. The company anticipates GAAP earnings per diluted share from continuing operations of between $0.89 and $0.94 for fiscal 2015. The company believes that results within this range would generate a cash balance at the end of fiscal 2015 in excess of $125.0 million.

Those numbers were much, much less than Wall Street expected, and it punished Smith & Wesson by driving its share price down 17%. And the seasonality argument was undercut.

The fact of the matter is that people are buying fewer guns. Maybe people are tired of target practice at local ranges. Maybe they feel safer in their homes. Maybe they are sick of hunting. Maybe the NRA has been less effective at making people feel they have the right to own and carry arms. Maybe Smith & Wesson’s product line has aged too much.

Whatever the cause, a $40 million drop in sales is so sharp that Smith & Wesson is no longer considered a good investment.
http://govtslaves.info/happened-gun-buyers/



Temporary saturation of the market?

For most of us here there is no such thing as too many guns.

But most out there are not our "normal" kind of people. (What ever in hell is considered "normal")

[BrewTech]

I think everybody rushed out and bought all they thought they would need and/or could afford. Not everyone is Black Blade... :p

[Horn]

I just noticed that it has no handle in back to shoot from the hip as a bulpup was intended, so there is only one set of shoes.

What good is a bulpup that is not a hip shooter?

Definition of Bullpup is after all being an uncontrollable bull, not a slight of foot swat nose shooter, I don't care what anyone else says.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpGLaf6qHY0