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Before we declare victory remember that the Progressives [Communists!] have control over your children’s education if you are forced to use public schools. They’ve made major inroads in what used to be pure Americana such as the Boy and Girl Scouts. I quit giving to the United Way this year after being a donor for many years. The gun grabbers NEVER quit or give up and the real battlefield concerning our rights is in our children’s minds! Your tax money is funding our own demise!
Take a kid shooting! Frequent the local range! Become involved! Join the NRA!
When the government fears the people…
Lol, intimidating and dangerous. That’s what separates us from them.
Politicians are “dangerous and intimidating” to me!
I got one. Right between the nighsyand and the bed. Its like sleeping under a warm blanket.
Are proud partners sending these in or the women themselves?
Yes. More partners, but definitely not all. Several of the partner emails have a note that says “My wife really wants to win this contest, so she told me to send this in.”
Don’t want those kiddies to see dangerous and intimidating guns handled by responsible, accountable adults. Nothing worse than responsibility. They might grow up as sovereign individuals who contribute to society. They might turn a jaundiced eye towards lickspittles like Texas Gun Sense. A slippery slope, for certain.
HELLO, YOU LIVE IN TEXAS! HAVING GUNS IS THE NORM!
I clicked on the link for Texas Gun Sense and go this message:
This Account Has Been Suspended
yep . . . but their FB page is active
I would like to invite her to speak at the next general assembly of all residents at the Huntsville State Prison in Huntsville, Texas.
For overall composition I really like the young woman in the field with the wheel gun. The colors in the landscape and the way it captures the overexposure of the sunburst at the top of the frame just looks well done.
However, the one on the diamond plate truck box is just my speed. And if you’re going to give away something that recalls the can can girl era, grandma Oakley wins hands down!
For much of this countries history; OC was the accepted norm; some of the first gun control laws were to outlaw concealed carry because only criminals would conceal a weapon. I was talking with a teacher of mine that fought in WWII in the navy; he talked about as a teenager in a small town in the east; he led a band of forty others boys that trained as militia; they made up uniforms; marched, trained with firearms; and they marched in front of the whole town with the mayor and other public officials in attendance with their rifles shouldered. Just think what would happen now if that was tried.
How things change, and not for the better; at least when it comes to our second amendment.
I like to thank the women with the shotgun and black bikini for sending in the picture. That picture made my day!
Next time a kid drowns in a pool in her state I hope she starts campaigning to ban pools. You know, for the children.
Whatever happened to “Keep Calm, Carry On”?
For some further perspective, here is a statement apparently penned by Alex Robinson, which is also available here:
http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_6_2/359131_Robinson_XCR.html
It’s content provides an interesting glimpse into Mr. Robinson views himself and his relationship with his customers.
“Dear XCR Fans:
As usual I don’t have much time to bother with these sites. We’ve made a lot of much need changes at Robinson Armament Co. Before I address the changes, let me put things in perspective.
Robinson Armament could have made lots of money making AR-15 knockoffs. It would have been infinitely easier for us to have just made an upper receiver which would have fixed some but not all of the shortcomings of the AR-15. Instead, we ventured to make a better battle rifle. We began with the M96. The M96 was a tough project. It had a piston drive and a better bolt and ejector. However, it still retained many flaws that were inherent in Stoner’s design. Many didn’t buy the M96s because they were “too expensive” or “had ugly welds”. Nevertheless, the M96 was a step in the right direction.
The XCR was designed almost totally from scratch. We make or have made almost every part, pin, and spring. The goals of the XCR were very ambitious. Especially, the modularity and multi-caliber aspects. I pose this question: How many other firms have really designed anything really new from scratch? FN, Remington, Bushmaster, Colt? The answer is none of them. (I must admit that at least FN has made the P90 and that 2000 Bullpup).
The fact is that almost every “new” rifle out there is based on someone else’s work. The XCR is not. It is truly unique. Yes, it borrows some concepts from other rifles, but each part had to be designed without copying anything else to get the result we wanted. In short, Robinson Armament dared to challenge the establishment with a very different rifle.
Robinson Armament’s efforts should have been embraced. However, from the beginning, we have nothing but crap on the internet. I distinctly remember posts on AR-15.com shortly after I announced the XCR. The post were that it was “Vaporware”. Other posts exclaimed that it would never be built or never work as promised. Such posts made it very difficult to get the XCR off the ground and made people very skeptical of the new XCR.
Other posts exclaimed that we were going out of business. It seem that the whole rifle world was against us. I have often wondered why so much negativity for a new weapon platforms? It is as though people really don’t want any new platforms. Thee people claim to want the best but all they do is whine. It is no wonder to me that others don’t venture out with new designs – they are shot down before they begin.
It has been just over 5 years since the first XCR shipped. The XCR was not perfect and our processes and procedures for making it have not been perfect either. When we began the XCR, we had no manufacturing experience. Not only did we come up with a new and different rifle design, we had to learn to manufacture it.
I will say that learning to make the XCR has been equally or more demanding that designing it in the first place. It has taken over 5 years to get the XCR where it is. The XCR now shoots 4 calibers (we are just finishing testing 5.45x39mm). I shoots them all well. It has the best ergonomics on the planet, and the most modularity. It is also super reliable and durable.
With this background let me explain the much needed changes.
We spent much of this year retooling our shop to make XCR parts better and faster. Concurrently, we completely revamped our quality control, not only during making parts but during assembly and final testing. Every rifle that leaves our facility now is much more thoroughly tested. There should be few if any returns needed from this point forward.
In addition to making the rifle better, we have also gone through our complete staff and made the changes necessary to improve customer service which was sorely lacking. We have a completely new staff for sales and service who are eager to help. Turn around on any service problem will be very fast. To get fast service, read on.
I’d like to post just a few more comments regarding service. Some of you will not like these comments:
First, when you call for service, be polite. If you are not polite to my staff, I guaranty you will have a pleasant experience. Remember the old saying, “You can attract more files with honey that with vinegar.” If you call with an attitude, my staff has been instructed to put you on the back burner. If you are nice and polite, you will get quicker service.
Second, please read the manual carefully. I know it’s boring but there’s important information there. Many people do not understand that you need to set the gas correctly for function and durability. It’s really quite simple – put it on the setting that throws the brass 8 to 15 feet from the rifle for any given ammo. Do not just leave the gas system on the highest setting, If you do, for some ammo it will kick like hell, throw your brass 40 feet, give you trigger slap, and damage your recoil buffer (a cheap part).
Third, please send us the following information:
Name, Address, Email and Cell number;
Serial Number;
Signed Copy of your warranty Registration found in the last pages of the Operator’s Manual; and
A complete description of the problem, BE BRIEF. If you write and essay about your vast knowledge of firearms base on your long time relationship with your AR-15, we won’t read it.
We will authorize the return to us of part or all of your firearm. WE DO NOT PAY FOR SHIPPING TO US.
Fourth, if you post a bunch of whiny petty negative stuff here or anywhere, I guaranty very slow service. I have made that a policy. Yes, we’ve made lots of mistakes with service but that is behind us.
Now for some parting comments. I am very happy with the current state of the XCR. It continues to gain in popularity. A great part of our sales are to Military and Law Enforcement professionals. Though we’ve got the XCR to the point where is nearly perfect, we are not stopping. We will continue to perfect the platform and add accessories. Work continues on the XCR .308. It will be finished when it is perfect and we hope that will be soon.
We appreciate those who stand by and support us. They are true patriots. We have to question the motives of those who continue to tear us down on this forum. They cannot stop us. Their petty feeble minds are easily exposed. The XCR will gain momentum until it covers the whole earth. There is no other platform like it and it is the best.
Sincerely,
Alex J. Robinson
General Manager
Robinson Armament Co.
P.S. Don’t expect me to read and respond to this post. It is for your information only.”
I think they are talking about themselves with their child mentality. “Oh no open carry I need an adult”
If open carry is intimidating to the unarmed…using her logic… I assume open carry by patrol officers is “intimidating” as well.
This shows true intent. Set of rules for one group and denial to another.
Haha
Awesome. Difficult to have a favorite yet.
I like the creativeness of the B/W photo with the pink holster, gun and earmuffs.
Ive owned my walther PPS 9mm for two years now. I absolutely love this gun and cannot say enough about it. I am a small girl. 5’6 111lbs and I wear a size 2 in pants. So concealing any weapon on my person is extremely tough. I just got these nifty spandex holster shorts and they work great under clothes. This gun is bigger than the glock 26 but still way thinner. Springfield just came out with the XDs 9mm and they are marketing it “thin is in”… news flash.. the PPS is still thinner! 🙂 I have a Walther fetish, and while this is my first, it wont be my last and I plan to expand my collection. The PPS is what I carry every day. Great review! I wish they would push this gun in the market more.
As a happy Sig Sauer Mosquito owner, who views clearing jams and misfeeds as a useful part of practice, I wonder how well this .22LR semi-auto wiil feed. It seems to me it would have similar “features”.
It sends a message that this is the norm
And so we come to the heart of the matter. All the pro-gun laws, all the favorable court decisions, all the speeches in favor of Second Amendment rights are great, but normalization is the key to everything. For them, and for us. Because once people get used to guns, they stop being frightened sheep. And once that happens, the gungrabbers are out of business.
“Oh, I do love a man in uniform…”
Picture of myself, and separate picture of my lady, or picture of both of us?
Wahhhh! Wahhhh! Wahhhh!
This is so horrible! Somebody call the Wambulance! I want my binky!
Seriously guys, don’t we have bigger concerns in life than SIG running out of a promotional item? A thousand guys are going to be really happy, a thousand more are going to be a little pissed for two weeks, and life will go on for the rest of us.
“I don’t think it’s a good signal to our children in this state that people can open carry something that is so dangerous and intimidating to others.”
Yeah, Frances, being left completely defenseless is a much better signal to our children.
And I do wonder, how is open carry dangerous & intimidating? Are you saying that LEOs who open carry are dangerous & intimidating? Then perhaps you’d better not call them if you have an emergency. And another thing, why don’t you think it’s a good signal just “in this state”? Open carry is peachy in other states?
So, is this a picture of Robert or Dan’s carry set up?
Actually, I think Matt uses this.
: )
”What? It isn’t loaded.” While muzzle sweeping numerous people.
Happens way too often, RULE 1 PEOPLE!
The list was obviously written by someone who thinks gun culture is what he saw in the movies.
I used to shoot USPSA with a couple gay guys. HILARIOUS! We all had a great time together. They were good friends and we loved them …. er in a heterosex-like way.
I hate how the media falsely makes us out to be a bunch of homo-phobes
Oops. Did that hurt?
Dianne Feinstein is a MILF
That add just proves there are greedy turds every where.
It is good to see gun owners trying to screw gun owners. Especially in Texas.
Grinning pinheads. Nothing ever happens to these people, or they wouldn’t think… feel the way they do.
Austin. Fucking place is full of hippies and assholes. Wait, aren’t those the same thing ?? Sadly some moron with more money than brains will buy it from him. God, I fucking hate Austin.
Keep Calm & CARRY On.
Oh my god this is the best article i’ve ever seen about anything in the gun industry. thank you thank you thank you! this is alot to take in, but this has changed everything i thought about rifles and my shooting abilities. i’m gonna take everything i own by gabe suarez and john plaster and use it for target practice. those guys are trash and infantile in their concepts of what shooting is really like for the average man. im just so sick of all the spec ops mall ninja bullshit and im glad to see real numbers that put retired GI-know-it-alls in their place. This is what we need here all the time. real fact, real info. no corporate loyalty crap and book sale pitches.