Jason Schauble just recently took the reigns of fledgling TrackingPoint, the media darlings who started shipping their “almost like cheating” super high-tech rifle only a couple months back. And now he’s been given the boot. Sources close to the company inform TTAG that Jason has been fired. The announcement was just made at an all hands company meeting. We have confirmed this through an independent second source as well. There’s no word as of yet as to the reason for the shake-up since from the outside, with its Remington relationship, the company appeared to be doing extremely well . . .
Jason Schauble came to TrackingPoint after working for Remington, and that background has helped them expand their line into the Remington 20/20 rifles and scopes that are comming out sometime next year. Jason has been an excellent spokesman for the company, providing the public face for TrackingPoint while the media frenzy about computerized firearms boiled over.
We recently reported that Remington managers may be buying the Freedom Group from Cerberus Capital and this news might dovetail nicely with that move. Given Schauble’s past history with the company and his newly raised public profile, could he be headed for a cushy Remington board gig. Stay tuned for more inside baseball.
What about the head guy at AAC that got canned? What is he doing now?
Thanks Nick, this is more of what TTAG needs!
Topgear UK Clarson (Laying it all on the line in reviews-Cars, but the same concept):
“Koenigsegg are saying that the CCX is more comfortable. More comfortable than what… BEING STABBED?”
“On the Mercedes CLS55:
Braking in this car is so brutal, it would be less painful to actually hit the tree you were trying to miss.”
“This is a Renault Espace, probably the best of the people carriers. Not that that’s much to shout about. That’s like saying ‘Oh good, I’ve got syphilis, the best of the sexually transmitted diseases!'”
“The Suzuki Wagon R should be avoided like unprotected sex with an Ethiopian transvestite.”
The man pulls no punches. And punches Peirs Morgan as well 😉
A company that actually wants to stay in business appreciates criticism. An old saw in business is that customers don’t complain, they do not come back. People go tell their friends what an awful experience they had and then post it on message boards. When I research a product I find the very worst reviews, to decide if its a problem I can live with. You can only evade the truth for so so long. If you want to stay in business, be grateful for the opportunity to improve your product. Otherwise, if your product has flaws, you really have no expectation of privacy on the internet. Assume everyone knows.
I don’t understand; what does this have to do with Shannon Watts? /s
People can buy guns w/o a background check online or at a gunshow. Why would they spent thousands on a 3d printer to make a plastic pos?
It’s not just the gun industry that experiences this. I write material reviewing policy, markets, and economics. I have been lucky to remain one of the most independent in my industry but my job has been threatened, more than once, by people with strong political lobby groups. I probably won’t advance higher on the ladder of promotion but I prefer to remain principled. Keep up the good work!
knowing where good peple go is useful for manufacturer competitive advantage and smart ijsiders will cultivate media sources for intel and disinfo. knowing deep tech details independently verified is what customers pay for…
theres only so much time in the day.
Shannon’s big story was “After Newtown, I had to become an accidental activist.” Rubbish. Then she backs up to make Aurora the story, because her timeline is vulnerable to contradiction. Eventually she’ll be outed and we’ll hear she was pushing for a role many months before Aurora, once she smelled the fragrance (stench, whatever) of Joyce/Bloomberg money, as a PR opportunity, “I’m just the right person for the job!”
I am delighted that Indiana moms are stepping up to the plate, taking responsibility for their own safety.
If you know how to read the reviews in AR or other gun mags/websites (are you listening, Jeff Quinn?), you can glean how the reviewer really feels about the gun. Hesitation and excuses are often present, and I take those as negatives. But why should we have to read between the lines? Gun people are usually no-BS people. Hence, TTAG.
To expand on my comment “What sold it is the civil unrest”
If a band of hungry, desparate people start beating down my door/attacking me outside, 6 12ga shells of *any* kind is better than 10 rounds in an ammo-sensitive rimfire.
AR15 shotgun please.
This seems like a no brainer, but maybe it depends our your neighborhood. The 22 is probably great but I feel like it’s utility would be way narrower.
You can’t take the shotgun, it would make too much noise. Plus if you find a .22 rifle lying around you could (probably) adapt the silencer onto it.