Industry Notes

(GunReports.com) -- Ruger has introduced the new Ruger SR-556E, a value-priced derivative of the SR-556 with a two-stage piston and multi-stage regulator. The Ruger SR-556E comes with a new adaptable handguard which provides multiple options for mounting optics and other accessories. This new round handguard features a full-length Picatinny rail at the 12 o'clock position, which aligns with the rail on the flattop receiver.

(GunReports.com) -- From the NRA-ILA: The Texas House is expected to debate and vote on NRA-backed employee/parking lot protection legislation May 2.

(GunReports.com) -- NRA’s Competitive Shooting Division is hosting the “Pyramyd Air” Air Gun Range during the 2011 NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Sponsored by Pyramyd Air, the Air Gun Range will be open from April 28 to May 1 in Room 315 of the David L. Lawrence Convention Center.

(GunReports.com) -- New GunReports.com Videos: 1: Rendered in high-speed video, here’s what a 130-grain .308 Barnes Tipped TSX Lead free bullet looks like when shot into into 3' of ballistics gel. Then it's shot into a longer segment of gelatin. 2: This video shows you the contents of the Brownells DIY S&W J-Frame Revolver Upgrade Kit and how to install the parts. 3:GunReports.com's Kevin Winkle surveys new products at SHOT Show 2011. Here, National Sales Manager Brandon Williams with American Tactical Imports discusses aspects of the company's Filipino-originated 1911s.

(GunReports.com) -- “Express Yourself. Personalize your card with an image of your choice.” That is the claim made by Capital One for anyone who wants to have a personal photo put on a Capital One credit card. You can even design it yourself online with a photo you upload. But you can’t use a hunting photo. Capital One considers them unacceptable, the NRA-ILA reports.

(GunReports.com) – Stop by the FNH USA booth (#1326) at the NRA Annual Meetings in Pittsburgh, April 29 to May 1, and enter to win a 3-gun competition package worth $7,000. Simply guess the correct number of fired cases in the container on display at the booth and you may be the winner. There is no fee or purchase required to enter.

(GunReports.com) -- Kahr Arms, the manufacturer of compact pistols based in Worcester, Mass, is engaged in a patent infringement lawsuit against Diamondback Firearms, LLC, the maker of compact .380 ACP and 9mm pistols based in Cocoa, Florida.

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(GunReports.com) -- At the Berger Bulletin, accuracy shooters can learn a thing or two about VLDs and the next Hybrid wave of bullets. According to the Berger Bulletin, the Very Low Drag, or VLD, bullet design was created by Bill Davis, who was one of the top ballistic minds in the late 1980s. His contribution to the shooting sports has made a tremendous impact on how long range shooting has developed over the last two decades. One might think that nothing this good can be improved upon.

(GunReports.com) -- From Neal Knox Associates and the FirearmsCoalition.org: The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) is seeking public comment on their recent 'study' on the importability of certain shotguns. It is critical that rights supporters express their objections to this 'study' and its pending implementation in no uncertain terms.

(GunReports.com) -- The following release from the Justice Department Bureau of Justice Statistics will test your cognitive abilities, but the bottom line is that while there has been a dramatic drop in nonfatal violent crimes against people at work in the last several years, law enforcement personnel, security guards and bartenders are still at the highest risk of being hurt by someone else while at the job.