Seen at Gun Feed, Norma is making a move.

CHATHAM COUNTY, Ga. — An ammunition manufacturer is relocating its U.S. headquarters to Chatham County.

Norma Precision Ammunition is a subsidiary of the leading European ammunition manufacturer RUAG Ammotec.

The Swiss-based company says it develops and produces high-end ammunition for sports shooters, special operations forces, and peace officers worldwide.

“With their facilities in close proximity to the Port of Savannah – the top port for U.S. exports – and our highly-skilled pool of talent, I’m confident that RUAG Ammotec will be very pleased with their decision to invest in the Peach State,” said Georgia Governor Brian Kemp.

“I am pleased with all that Georgia has to offer our company. I am confident that with our relocation, we have chosen the right community to partner with to ensure mutual long-term success,” added President and CEO of RUAG Ammotec Christoph Eisenhardt.

RUAG Ammotec has operations in 12 different countries. The company says in 2021, Norma Precision Ammunition imported over 400 containers of ammunition from factories in Europe, while also delivering over 30 million cartridges of ammunition made in the U.S.

But are they really moving their headquarters?  Where is it currently?

I couldn’t locate their headquarters, unless it’s a Swiss city.  These two articles (here and here) seem to suggest that there isn’t currently one in the U.S., and they are establishing one in Georgia.

This continues gun valley moving South, or in this case, gun valley choosing South.  See also Parts I, II and III.

By the way, I’ve never had any problems with Norma ammunition, and it’s always performed well for me,

David Codrea’s article at Ammoland should be read, entitled “Ask Dettelbach Tough Questions about ‘AFT’ Abuses During Confirmation Hearings.”

I also enjoyed reading this comment.

On that note, admit there is no epidemic of gun violence and that all 23,000 current laws are totally ineffective. The United States’ 1931 population was 124 million, and we had 11,160 murders and manslaughters, 7,533 committed with firearms.  The United States’ 2019 population was 328 million, and we had 13,927 homicides, 10,258 via firearms.

So…Over the course of 90 years, we increased population by 204 million, citizens built or purchased over 250,000,000 additional firearms, yet America experienced only 2,725 more homicides by use of guns in 2019 than we did in 1931.

Per population growth alone, much less Gun purchases, we should expect around 28,000 murders.  Yet the murder rate has plummeted.

The guns in law abiding hands are NOT a problem; they are employed in defensive means to prevent a crime against persons more than 5 times as often as guns in the hands of criminals are used to perpetuate a crime.

Source data:

https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-8.xls

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsushistorical/mortstatsh_1931.pdf (page 53)

Any time you hear something like that, they’re trying to scare soccer moms.  Be a man.  Chuckle, point out the truth to people, and then ignore the hysterics.

He makes an interesting point about why he chooses a pack that doesn’t go above the top of his shoulders, or in other words, why an assault pack isn’t the same thing as a backpacking pack.

“For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.” – 1 Corinthians 1:18

The body of Christ, which is His Church, is for believers; it’s not a mixed multitude that results from softened, accommodating churches. The Church is in retreat across America and dead in the rest of Western Civilization as a feminine pantywaist sissified Christianity is afraid to hurt someone’s feelings. The world is dying under the weight of the sin curse; billions are on their way to the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. Why would God do that? Because He’s God. It’s offensive! He is holy and needn’t seek to know men’s feelings about who He is.

Concern for the lost is no reason to reply against God as though the clay had some power over the potter. We don’t need to take it easy on them; they don’t need to be coddled; lost sinners need to hear the truth.

We’re losing our civilization because Christians won’t be salt and light, speaking righteousness to all men. The churches everywhere have compromised to suffer their feelings that take offense at the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Jesus and His word are a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence; too bad. If the word of God hurts someone’s feelings, that’s between them and God. No man is responsible for another man’s feelings. This would bring total ruin to civilization, and it is. Their feelings are theirs and theirs alone. The churches are turned into whited sepulchers full of dead men’s bones.

There was a signal moment in each of these churches. Somebody asked that the blood of Jesus Christ not be discussed so much. Or, somebody asked not to talk about sin so often, death, or hell. Somebody said; don’t ask spiritual questions that might cause anxiety. Perhaps it was one of these or some other, but that’s how it started. And it happened, at some point, the leadership relented, allowing a toehold for the spirit of antichrist, and all manner of sin and ungodliness came sweeping through the door shortly thereafter because nobody was allowed to be offended.

If Jesus Christ hadn’t offended the wise, making Himself despised, you never would have heard of Him because that’s not Christ. The American church allows the world to dictate what it does appeasing every manner of unrighteousness.

The Gospel is an offense? We should be offended by the full-scale surrender of the churches to the comfortable experience of conscienceless feelingless protection. The Church is dying for this very reason, and with it, your country! The Gospel is offensive because it eats at the center of all religion, leaving a man helpless before the Almighty, entirely at His mercy. That’s the scandal of the cross; there’s nothing any man can do.

Everywhere they’re headed for outer darkness to burn, they’re condemned already, and there’s nothing they can do but depend with all trust in the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ to keep them from the harm. The cross is an offense to them that perish!

Where does it end? It ends, at least partly, in a church run by the women and children, making it all about feelings and a comfortable, inclusive experience for everyone. Why aren’t Christ’s men filled with holy righteous indignation at this offense against His holy name?

These feminized churches soft-peddling the new religion have crawled back behind the gates of hell, but the Gospel is coming for them. The true Church is coming for them all, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it; shall not withstand the onslaught of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. No man will glory in His sight. Every man must choose; will they be destroyed in their wisdom?

“26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: 27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; 28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: 29 That no flesh should glory in his presence.” – 1 Corinthians 1:26-29

You may know what day it is, but do you know what time it is?

“3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: 5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: 6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once…” – 1 Corinthians 15:3-5 with part of six.

The first time I led somebody into the Kingdom of God, it was hot. I was sweating like a stuck pig, half of which was from being nervous—fumbling around in the Bible to find the marked verses with little idea of what to do or how to proceed. But the man was willing to hear what the scriptures say about the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. He didn’t care about what I was overcoming to share verses with him; he had much more significant problems; he didn’t want to die and burn. You’re losing your civilization. It’s time to get over yourself.

Tell somebody about the resurrection of Jesus Christ today.

Outdoor Life.

During the 10mm vs .44 Mag. test, none of us were looking forward to running the S&W 329 PD with the Hornady 240-grain JHP loads I had brought along. But while our hands were fresh we shot the revolver first.  According to Hornady’s data, the XTP bullets from a 7.5-inch barrel clock at 1350 fps and generate 971 foot-pounds of energy at the muzzle. And I can vouch that you feel every one of the foot-pounds when you pull the 329’s trigger. (I’m glad I didn’t bring the 305-grain hardcast bullets I normally carry in the revolver, which step out at 1,325 fps with 1,189 foot-pounds of muzzle energy.)

Not only was the muzzle flip difficult to control, but running the revolver quickly was painful as hell. And quickly was a relative term. Our average run on the five-target array was 5.5 seconds with a -1.3 accuracy score. (Meaning we missed an average of 1.3 targets during the drill.) Interestingly, one of the misses was an edge hit that failed to knock over the steel popper, which drove home our collective observation of how difficult the revolver was to control while going for vital hits.

Well no wonder.  They were shooting a Scandium frame wheel gun.  I also don’t understand why they were shooting JHPs.  No one would carry JHP for bear defense.

We all shot the 10mm Autos much better, despite the fact that the webs of our shooting hands were swollen and bruised after running the .44. We alternated through the pistols, running them in no particular order, but recording our impressions after each run. For ammo we ran 180-grain JHPs from Federal and Hornady loaded to similar velocities. Published data gives speeds of 1,275 fps and a muzzle energy of 650 foot-pounds.

So what?  I confess that I just don’t get this fascination with 10mm guns for the bush.

I can push 230 grain 450 SMC (Short Magnum Cartridge) bullets at 1150 FPS, and Buffalo Bore +P .45ACP almost that fast.  I don’t consider those rounds difficult to shoot at all.

If you wanted to take a step up for semiautomatic handguns, you could buy a new barrel (with compensator and new spring) and shoot the 460 Rowland and have all the advantages of the rapid reload.

But to each his own

All Outdoor.

The Nitro 505 is supposed to be the perfectly balanced reverse-draw crossbow and is allegedly capable of delivering 400-grain arrows up to 505 fps.

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Two packages will be available with the more affordable one being the Nitro 505 which comes complete in a Moss Green camouflage and a black scope for $2,999.99, or the high-end Veil Alpine Camoflague with a matched camouflaged scope for $3,099.99.

My goodness!  You can buy a Bighorn Armory rifle for that.  Good equipment costs a lot of money these days.

You look lonely.  I’ll be your friend.

Here, I’ll share with you.

Yes, I took it.  What?  Do I look guilty or something?  What gave me away?

I’ll be your ears for you.

I’m so happy to see you!

You CANNOT leave without me!

If only I had opposable digits, I could do that too.

We dogs know the difference between good people and bad.

Free to have and use tools for telling people about Christ: Background on how to Share the Gospel of Jesus Christ and a Gospel Primer with specific step-by-step instructions. These posts are tagged Gospel Witness, so you can find them all as they are posted over time.

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“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.” – Ephesians 2:10

If you are saved by the grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ, having received the Lord as your Saviour, then you have a duty to share that faith with lost souls by being a witness for Jesus Christ. Holy God ordained these works for you before you were saved. Jesus did not save you for no reason. He saved you for good works in the Kingdom of God to bring glory to His holy name.

“Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ? Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.” – John 4:29-30

After hearing the good news, the very first thing the Samaritan woman at the well did was to go tell the whole town and bring them to Christ.

When Jesus was just twelve years old, He told Joseph and His mother that serving the Father was the most important thing.

“And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business?” – Luke 2:49

Soul winners are disciples that continue the mission of Jesus Christ, seeking that which was lost. Christ offers the lost sinner salvation through forgiveness from sin so that they might be saved from death and wrath and hell. As was Jesus, we must be about our Father’s business.

Some of the worst opposition to your service of the Lord may come from family, friends, and other Christians. They are either not truly born again or are hearers of the word only, deceiving themselves (James 1:22). Pray they would repent and also serve. The job is to conquer the world in the name of Jesus Christ, bringing salvation to all nations by wielding the sword of God, which is His word. Go through them, over them, or around them. Lead, follow, or get out of the way!

“I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.” – John 15:5

If you abide in Christ, you will see the power of the Holy Spirit firsthand to beholding mighty blessings when you share the Gospel leading souls to Christ. Pray, asking God to use you, give you boldness to proclaim the truth of salvation in Christ, and go before you convicting the lost of their need for salvation.

There is no checklist, process, specific method, system, or program that saves a lost soul. And no rite or ritual, or particular words or prayer that saves a lost sinner. Jesus Christ saves lost sinners by grace through faith in His finished work on the cross, plus and minus nothing. Your job is to go and tell them.

I think he makes it clear that he hasn’t been through all of it and there’s more to come.

BLUF.  The rule is a mess, with massive vaguery throughout (probably by intention).  Lack of clarity is always the friend of overbearing regulators and controllers.

For now, until and unless the ATF decides otherwise, they have a calculated mess for manufacturers to deal with, but AR-15 upper receivers are not included in this mess and do not require serialization.

If you’re a mechanic and like to work on things, the FedGov hates you.

UPDATE: The rules are as clear as mud.