Magpul
Got to see Chris run his bolt action .308 with the Magpul. He was fast as lighting and hit the steel plate every time. Got to watch him unload a couple mags on the the steel plate at an very fast pace, he didn’t miss once. Guy is a great shot and very down to earth. Got to talk to him for a few minutes in between target changes.
He was pretty cool and down to earth
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Nifty
Someone stateside is making shotgun suppressors. RedStick has some pretty sharp looking Saigas too.
Someone stateside is making shotgun suppressors. RedStick has some pretty sharp looking Saigas too.
Chartis helps AIG hide in plain sight
The viable bit of warm and snuggly insurance company AIG has been spun-off and dubbed “Chartis”. A bad name? Well, yes. But that is just what they needed. Sometimes a terrible name is the perfect name. In today’s Insurance Journal, a so-called naming expert spouts off: According to AIG, Chartis derives from the Greek word […]
The viable bit of warm and snuggly insurance company AIG has been spun-off and dubbed “Chartis”. A bad name? Well, yes. But that is just what they needed. Sometimes a terrible name is the perfect name. In today’s Insurance Journal, a so-called naming expert spouts off:
According to AIG, Chartis derives from the Greek word for map, which the company said underscores the company’s 90-year history as a global insurance pioneer.
While AIG is apparently not alone in liking the name, is Chartis a name to remember?
Perhaps not, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
One naming expert says the new corporate moniker is neither memorable nor snappy — and in that regard the name Chartis is perfect for what AIG wants to do, which is to distance itself from its old company and not draw a lot of attention to itself while doing so.
“It’s the kind of name that’s in one ear and out the other,” said Steven Manning, managing director for Igor, a well-known international naming and branding agency based in San Francisco. “It blends into the woodwork, which is just what the assignment was.”
Even the logo, a compass, is predictable, Manning noted.
Manning likened the move to Enron’s adopting Prisma Energy and Phillip Morris choosing Altria.
“It’s about breaking the association with AIG, like going into witness protection,” he said.
Chartis Insurance is using www.chartisinsurance.com for its Web site. Chartis Group uses chartis.com and chartisgroup.com.
Chartis Insurance, headquartered in New York, of course, has quite a head start on other companies picking a name. It includes the profitable AIG/AIU Commercial Insurance, Foreign General Insurance and Private Client Group operations. It had a combined statutory surplus of $32.1 billion worldwide at year-end 2008 and more than 40 million clients around the globe.
AIG/AIU hopes that the financially strong Chartis will be recognized for its success apart from the AIG name, which has been tainted by actions out of its London financial products unit that eventually resulted in a U.S. federal government bailout. The P/C units now being branded as Chartis did not get into trouble and did not require bailout funds.
Shooting Illustrated’s Fancy New Website
The website looks pretty good. Here’s an article on tactical 22s. And here’s a few videos.
The website looks pretty good.
Here’s an article on tactical 22s. And here’s a few videos.
More from Cheaper Than Dirt
A clarifying comment from Daniel regarding their position on Cali ammo sales: Let me clarify our position a bit. Right now, we are selling ammunition to California. When the law takes effect in January 2011, we will cease ALL sales to California to any individual, agency, law enforcement or government body. Its not that we wouldnt love to continue […]
A clarifying comment from Daniel regarding their position on Cali ammo sales:
Let me clarify our position a bit.
Right now, we are selling ammunition to California.
When the law takes effect in January 2011, we will cease ALL sales to California to any individual, agency, law enforcement or government body.
Its not that we wouldnt love to continue selling ammunition, but the restrictions placed on us by the new law would make it impossible. For example: one of the mandates of the new legislation requires us to obtain fingerprints from the purchaser for each and every purchase. This is, of course, impossible to accomplish for our phone sales or internet sales. Based on our reading of the legislation, all internet and phone sales of ammunition will be illegal.
Because of this, and various other restrictions this new law places on ammunition sales, Cheaper Than Dirt! has made the decision to cease all ammunition sales to any individual as well as all law enforcement agencies.
Well, that is why they’re in the game
Dave Workman: Why is it that when the gun prohibitionist lobby invites gun owners to sit down and negotiate, they never bring anything to the table other than expectations that gun owners will give up some of their rights?
Dave Workman:
Why is it that when the gun prohibitionist lobby invites gun owners to sit down and negotiate, they never bring anything to the table other than expectations that gun owners will give up some of their rights?
Unpossible irony
Changed their name from the Bullets due to gun violence concerns. So it’s a bit amusing that two NBA players drew guns on eachother over a gambling debt. In DC.
Changed their name from the Bullets due to gun violence concerns. So it’s a bit amusing that two NBA players drew guns on eachother over a gambling debt. In DC.
