Anyhow, the S&W/California Highway Patrol imbroglio continues apace. Here's the original story. Essentially, the CHIPpies decided to replace their aging S&W 4006s with almost 10,000 shiny new S&W 4006TSWs. Such things are competitive bid siutations, but the only other bidder, SIGARMS, was disqualified because it turns out SIG doesn't make a Smith & Wesson .40 pistol. Hmmmm...in Californication, that's known as "business as usual." SIG is less than enthused — this from the morning's SHOOTING WIRE:
Exeter, N.H's SigArms, Inc., is claiming California Highway Patrol (CHP) broke the law when it recently awarded a contract for more than 9,000 pistols to Springfield, Massachusetts-based Smith & Wesson...Here at Poo-Flinging Blog World Command, we thing CHIPpies should be issued rubber band guns if for no other reason than Eric Estrada...there is no statute of limitations for bad taste!
I spent the weekend at the Sportsmen's Team Challenge in San Antonio, mostly hanging out with my old pal Jim Clark of Clark Custom Guns in Louisiana. Jim and I started shooting IPSC about the same time (i.e., when the shift from flintlocks to percussion pistols was almost complete), although Jim had been shooting matches under the tutelage of his father, the great pistol-meister Jim Clark Senior, since Jim Jr. was in his crib. Jim Jr., of course, has both genetics and shooting talent — Jim Clark's dog actually shoots better than I do! I'm goign to get down to Louisiana pretty soon and give you guys a whole show on Jim...
I also ran into my erstwile competititor Jim Scoutten for the first time since he found a home on the The Outdoor Channel. How's the deal going, I asked?
"I'm not going to say anything to you about that," Scoutten said, "because every word of what I say will end up on that damn blog."
Say it ain't so!
Happy Monday...
9 comments:
I'd keep Sig out of the bid too if I were S&W. Talking about a losing proposition. Going head-to-head with Sig in law enforcement contracts can't be fun, even on a good day.
Awe....you mean we got to watch this crappy compatition on your show? What a waste of time. The sportsman team challenge should just og off and die a peaceful death...and take the Bianchi Cup with it. Why do we have such lame competitions that so few people care about? Lets stick with the ones that grow. How many days to the steel challenge?????
The BATF abuse of gun smiths and now NON-GUN MAKERS is still going on. The (BATF) F-Troop has now RAIDED KT Ordnance.
Go to www.jpfo.org for the details
How about S&W charging a ton more than SIG. I guess they figured that if they can't make a premium gun then they can at least price it like one. Congrats to S&W for taking California to the bank. Your stock holders will be very happy.
California Hiway Patrol? Those are the ones who body slammed that old lady against the wall and took her revolver away during hurricane Katrina.
They can all share the sixshooter and save the taxpayers money.
There are some good people in the CHP. It is a shame they didn't ask them which pistol they preferred. I'd bet big money SIG would win in a landslide.
What a scam. CHP gets a 2nd rate gun and pays first rate prices. California is a state of mind...a defective mind.
Wonder why they didn't go to the M&P. Probably all those rumors about problems and guns being returned to the plant are true. This CHP thing is another reason to dislike California. Who wastes that much money and gets away with it?
You're going to criticize the CHP for body slamming the 'little old lady'? So lets see, we have a crazy old gal who just happens to have a loaded gun pointed at them .... Guess you need to meet my mother-in-law. Only thing I can criticize them for is not shooting the camera guy with the old gal's gun and destroying the film.
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