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gun industry news segment setup
foxtrot mike and integrally suppressed upper
industry hurting and suppressor demand
surefire xc3 and trb vampire pistol

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Double Tap 483 – In His Culture (2026-10-13) · Double Tap 484 – P Club (2026-10-20) · Double Tap 479 – Kitty Cats (2026-09-15)

gun industry news segment setup

“And now it's time for Gun Industry News. Rimfire Radio said Midwest also has the sweet stocks for the Rossi Brawler. Let me look that up.”

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And now it's time for Gun Industry News. Rimfire Radio said Midwest also has the sweet stocks for the Rossi Brawler. Let me look that up.
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“All right. Time for some gun industry news. Let me actually share my screen for those who happen to be watching. Live, and if you're not, I'll try to describe it for you in a way that makes sense.”

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All right. Time for some gun industry news. Let me actually share my screen for those who happen to be watching. Live, and if you're not, I'll try to describe it for you in a way that makes sense.
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foxtrot mike and integrally suppressed upper

“I freaking love this thing. So it's a Foldy Boy, Mike 9 lower, and the ISU-9, which is the... Integral suppressor.”

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I freaking love this thing. So it's a Foldy Boy, Mike 9 lower, and the ISU-9, which is the...

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Integral suppressor.

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“9mm upper that goes for under $500. You can get the whole package under $1,000. Which, now that suppressors can just be transferred on a 4473, Nick also has his ISU-9 there.”

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9mm upper that goes for under $500. You can get the whole package under $1,000. Which,

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now

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that suppressors can just be transferred on a 4473, Nick also has his ISU-9 there.

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industry hurting and suppressor demand

“Yeah. And then the Daria, I just don't. Don't. I'll tell you this. Right now, the entire industry is fucking hurting.”

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Yeah.

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And then the Daria, I just don't. Don't.

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I'll tell you this. Right now, the entire industry is fucking hurting.

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“Now, this one's kind of interesting. Silencer Central ships, sorry, Silencer Central launches ship-to-dealer programs connecting customers with nearly 20,000 licensed dealers. So they introduced their new ship-to-dealer program, which enables customers to purchase suppressors online and have them ship directly to one of near...”

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Now, this one's kind of interesting. Silencer Central ships,

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sorry,

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Silencer Central launches ship-to-dealer programs connecting customers with nearly 20,000 licensed dealers. So they introduced their new ship-to-dealer program, which enables customers to purchase suppressors online and have them ship directly to one of near...

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“I like those. They are the best. So anyway, that exists. Shooting News Weekly reported that suppressor makers are selling out after last week's ATF guidance release, or the week before, or whatever it was.”

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I like those. They are the best. So anyway, that exists. Shooting News Weekly reported that suppressor makers are selling out after last week's ATF guidance release, or the week before, or whatever it was.
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surefire xc3 and trb vampire pistol

“So, kind of a pricey thing. Looks like the activators are good. uh fitment chart list compatibility the glock 30 43x and 48 the hellcat the h&k cc9 that i don't think anyone cares about and the sig p365 they have swappable rail adapters yada yada yada um that's that's pretty cool in my opinion let me show you a little bit of that i think it looks pretty good yeah yeah it's not bad that switch design looks pretty pretty good yep agreed and it takes a cr123a obviously has like you know all the stuff that you would want uh 1000 lumens 14 000 candela not a ton of candela actually but pretty small fits on the fits on the subcompact stuff pretty well so i think you'll like that one next up is oh okay i don't know much about this one but the trb upgraded vampire pistol so this was from the firearm blog james reeves reviewed the vampire uh these are imported from bosnia to the united states the prices were pretty crazy i think then but since then the retail price of the vampire has dropped to about a grand and looks like they're i don't know do you guys remember these at all let me not really i don't know much about them but this is what they look like so they are cool looking yeah yeah like i don't know much about it but i don't even it looks like uh i don't know that it looks like a cz really maybe it's like a cz and a sig at a baby yeah well yeah red dot compatible the red dot sits way i want you to to try to say the designer's name of this company of the gun according to industry insiders the chief designer of the pistol i'm looking it's right under the top view of the gun oh oh yeah clearly it's bolzidar blagovich blagovich close nick nick would you like to try this no bojidar blagoevich blagoevich okay yeah you have to say every letter english is the only language where you you can do that interesting so bojidar blagoevich i feel like i'm summoning a fucking demon.”

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So, kind of a pricey thing. Looks like the activators are good. uh fitment chart list compatibility the glock 30 43x and 48 the hellcat the h&k cc9 that i don't think anyone cares about and the sig p365 they have swappable rail adapters yada yada yada um that's that's pretty cool in my opinion let me show you a little bit of that i think it looks pretty good yeah yeah it's not bad that switch design looks pretty pretty good yep agreed and it takes a cr123a obviously has like you know all the stuff that you would want uh 1000 lumens 14 000 candela not a ton of candela actually but pretty small fits on the fits on the subcompact stuff pretty well so i think you'll like that one next up is oh okay i don't know much about this one but the trb upgraded vampire pistol so this was from the firearm blog james reeves reviewed the vampire uh these are imported from bosnia to the united states the prices were pretty crazy i think then but since then the retail price of the vampire has dropped to about a grand and looks like they're i don't know do you guys remember these at all let me not really i don't know much about them but this is what they look like so they are cool looking yeah yeah like i don't know much about it but i don't even it looks like uh i don't know that it looks like a cz really maybe it's like a cz and a sig at a baby yeah well yeah red dot compatible the red dot sits way i want you to to try to say the designer's name of this company of the gun according to industry insiders the chief designer of the pistol i'm looking it's right under the top view of the gun oh oh yeah clearly it's bolzidar blagovich blagovich close nick nick would you like to try this no bojidar blagoevich blagoevich okay yeah you have to say every letter english is the only language where you you can do that interesting so bojidar blagoevich i feel like i'm summoning a fucking demon.
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