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Ruger put PVD-coated slides on six RXM models in copper and blue: 9mm, 15+1, $579 MSRP each. Only 19496 and 19497 are named freedomwire.news/article/rug…
Ruger Puts Copper and Blue PVD on the RXM, at $579 — FreedomWire

Ruger Puts Copper and Blue PVD on the RXM, at $579 — FreedomWire

Ruger has run out of frame colours and moved to the slide: six new RXM models with copper and blue PVD-coated slides, all 9mm, all at a $579 MSRP.

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Trijicon's RCR now comes in Flat Dark Earth: finish only, 3.25 MOA, 1.95 oz, 7075-T6, same RMR footprint and deck height, MSRP $1,066 freedomwire.news/article/tri…
Trijicon’s RCR Now Comes in Flat Dark Earth, at $1,066 — FreedomWire

Trijicon’s RCR Now Comes in Flat Dark Earth, at $1,066 — FreedomWire

Trijicon is now selling its RCR closed-emitter red dot in Flat Dark Earth — same 7075-T6 housing, same RMR footprint and deck height, at a $1,066 MSRP.

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201 businesses and trade groups asked von der Leyen to reconsider accelerating the EU Tobacco Products Directive freedomwire.news/article/eu-…
201 European Tobacco Businesses Tell von der Leyen to Slow the TPD Rewrite — FreedomWire

201 European Tobacco Businesses Tell von der Leyen to Slow the TPD Rewrite — FreedomWire

A coalition of 201 European businesses and trade associations has asked European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to reconsider plans to accelerate the revision of the EU’s Tobacco Products...

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Fratello's cigars are going to Sweden through Kind Cigars, founded in 2011 by Martin Nelson. No terms and no volumes are stated freedomwire.news/article/fra…
Fratello Adds Sweden Through Kind Cigars — FreedomWire

Fratello Adds Sweden Through Kind Cigars — FreedomWire

Fratello Cigars has signed a distribution agreement with Kind Cigars covering Sweden — its latest European market, and one it reached through a meeting at Intertabac.

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A.S.P. expects to fill only 25–35 percent of Ecuadorian tobacco orders, the grower told customers. Not a measured loss of the crop freedomwire.news/article/asp…
Super El Niño Has Cut A.S.P.’s 2026 Ecuador Tobacco Supply to 25–35% of What Customers Ordered —...

Super El Niño Has Cut A.S.P.’s 2026 Ecuador Tobacco Supply to 25–35% of What Customers Ordered —...

A.S.P. Enterprises has told customers to expect only 25–35% of the Ecuadorian tobacco they ordered this year, after a Super El Niño dumped rain on the crop. Its CEO still has 40% of the crop in the...

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Powstanie's War Bear returns as a 7 x 48, scheduled for 11 November: $16.50 a cigar, $346.50 a box, 8,190 cigars in all. The third War Bear freedomwire.news/article/pow…
Powstanie’s War Bear Returns in a 7 × 48 — 8,190 Cigars, Scheduled to Ship 11 November — FreedomWire

Powstanie’s War Bear Returns in a 7 × 48 — 8,190 Cigars, Scheduled to Ship 11 November — FreedomWire

The third War Bear is scheduled to ship on 11 November in a new 7 × 48 size: 21-count boxes, 8,190 cigars in total, at $16.50 a cigar and $346.50 a box.

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Oliva's Serie V Melanio Edición Año 2026 is a 5 3/8 x 54 perfecto: $20 a cigar, $200 a box, 90,000 cigars, in stores now freedomwire.news/article/oli…
Oliva’s 2026 Melanio Edición Año Has Landed: 90,000 Cigars, $20 Each — FreedomWire

Oliva’s 2026 Melanio Edición Año Has Landed: 90,000 Cigars, $20 Each — FreedomWire

Oliva’s annual Melanio limited edition is in stores — a 5 3/8 × 54 perfecto built on the 2023–2024 Jalapa crop, in boxes of 10 at $20 a cigar and capped at 90,000 cigars.

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Bernard Magrez's Les Trésors: 22 Bordeaux blends across vintages and appellations, €30 to €190, one cuvée €4,000 freedomwire.news/article/ber…
Bernard Magrez Is Selling Bordeaux That Breaks Bordeaux’s Rules — 22 Wines, €30 to €4,000 —...

Bernard Magrez Is Selling Bordeaux That Breaks Bordeaux’s Rules — 22 Wines, €30 to €4,000 —...

Bernard Magrez has launched Les Trésors de Bernard Magrez: 22 limited-edition Bordeaux that blend across vintages, appellations and estates — from a €30 Château Les Grands Chênes cuvée to a €4,000...

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Cincoro's Añejo Reserva is 28 months in ex-Tennessee whiskey barrels, blended with Extra Añejo. US$149.99. No bottle count published freedomwire.news/article/cin…
Cincoro Puts a US$150 Añejo Reserva in a White-and-Gold Bottle for the Holidays — FreedomWire

Cincoro Puts a US$150 Añejo Reserva in a White-and-Gold Bottle for the Holidays — FreedomWire

Cincoro, the Michael Jordan-backed Tequila, has released a limited Añejo Reserva aged 28 months in ex-Tennessee whiskey barrels and blended with its Extra Añejo, at US$149.99.

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Compass Box has confirmed that Hedonism 2026 is the last: 26 years after it launched the company, 13,218 bottles. No price is stated freedomwire.news/article/com…
Compass Box Is Ending Hedonism After 26 Years — FreedomWire

Compass Box Is Ending Hedonism After 26 Years — FreedomWire

The 2026 Hedonism will be the last in Compass Box’s annual series — closing the expression that launched the company in 2000 and did more than any other bottle to make blended grain whisky respecta...

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National Wine & Spirits is contesting a US$6.57m payment to RNDC from their Kentucky joint venture sale, alleging US$185m destroyed freedomwire.news/article/rnd…
RNDC’s Kentucky Exit Lands in Bankruptcy Court as Its Joint-Venture Partner Sues Over a US$6.6m...

RNDC’s Kentucky Exit Lands in Bankruptcy Court as Its Joint-Venture Partner Sues Over a US$6.6m...

National Wine & Spirits is challenging a proposed US$6.57 million payment to RNDC out of the sale of their Kentucky joint venture’s business — filed in the Southern District of Texas days after the...

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Diageo's first quarter beat expectations: net sales up 1.2% to US$4.9 billion, organic up 0.6%. North America organic sales fell 3.6% freedomwire.news/article/dia…
Diageo’s First Quarter Beats Expectations — and North America Is Still the Hole — FreedomWire

Diageo’s First Quarter Beats Expectations — and North America Is Still the Hole — FreedomWire

Diageo’s fiscal Q1 net sales rose 1.2% to US$4.9 billion and organic sales grew 0.6%. Every region but North America grew; North America fell 3.6% and the company still calls it the biggest challenge.

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$63 million: the Army ordered Leonardo DRS's FWS-I thermal sight, which feeds its picture into ENVG-B and IVAS. No unit count freedomwire.news/article/leo…
Leonardo DRS Wins a $63 Million Army Order for Thermal Sights That Feed the Helmet Display —...

Leonardo DRS Wins a $63 Million Army Order for Thermal Sights That Feed the Helmet Display —...

Leonardo DRS has a $63 million U.S. Army production order for its FWS-I thermal weapon sight — the clip-on that beams the weapon’s thermal picture into ENVG-B and IVAS so a soldier can acquire a...

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Wilson Combat's Remington 700 drop-in barrels: button rifled, honed 416R, double stress relieved. .308, 6.5 Creedmoor. No price freedomwire.news/article/wil…
Wilson Combat Starts Cutting Remington 700 Barrels, and the Process Notes Are the Story — Freedom...

Wilson Combat Starts Cutting Remington 700 Barrels, and the Process Notes Are the Story — Freedom...

Wilson Combat has entered the Remington 700 drop-in barrel market with match-grade, button-rifled, double stress-relieved blanks in .308 Winchester and 6.5 Creedmoor, on the standard factory contour...

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New Jersey asked the Supreme Court to hold its AR-15 case. The gun owners who won at the Third Circuit agreed freedomwire.news/article/new…
New Jersey’s AR-15 and Magazine Bans Stay Live While the Supreme Court Sits on Davenport — Freedo...

New Jersey’s AR-15 and Magazine Bans Stay Live While the Supreme Court Sits on Davenport — Freedo...

The gun owners who beat New Jersey’s AR-15 and 10-round magazine bans 10–5 in the full Third Circuit told the Supreme Court on Wednesday to park the state’s appeal behind the rifle cases it is...

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Harmeet Dhillon, who built DOJ's Second Amendment section, resigned on 5 November. No successor is named freedomwire.news/article/har…
Harmeet Dhillon Is Out at DOJ, and Her Second Amendment Section Has No Named Successor — FreedomWire

Harmeet Dhillon Is Out at DOJ, and Her Second Amendment Section Has No Named Successor — FreedomWire

Dhillon resigned as head of the Civil Rights Division on 5 November, leaving the first-ever Second Amendment Rights Section without the person who built it. Fox News first reported the resignation;...

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Our first cigar review is live! The Oliva Serie V Double Robusto delivers coffee, dark chocolate, cedar and a steady kick of spice from first light to the nub. A Cigar Aficionado Top 25 pick that still holds up freedomwire.news/article/oli…
Oliva Serie V Double Robusto: Bold, Balanced, and Built to Impress — FreedomWire

Oliva Serie V Double Robusto: Bold, Balanced, and Built to Impress — FreedomWire

A 5 x 54 Nicaraguan that opens earthy, holds its composure through the middle, and finishes with a kick — for under $12 a stick.

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FN Browning completed its purchase of Accuracy International, which keeps its name. Terms undisclosed, no price given freedomwire.news/article/fn-…
FN Browning Completed the Accuracy International Buy — FreedomWire

FN Browning Completed the Accuracy International Buy — FreedomWire

The acquisition TFB reported in May is now closed, with Accuracy International keeping its own name and identity inside a group headquartered in Belgium that employs 4,200 people across more than 20...

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The Canik Flying Ace is a METE MC9LS in laser-ablated Cerakote, a factory design rather than aftermarket: 17+1, optics-ready, $549.99 freedomwire.news/article/can…
Canik Put WWII Nose Art on a $549 Carry Pistol — FreedomWire

Canik Put WWII Nose Art on a $549 Carry Pistol — FreedomWire

The Flying Ace is a METE MC9LS under the Canik Creations line, with a laser-ablated Cerakote finish rather than a printed or hydro-dipped one. 9x19mm, 17+1, optics-ready, reversible magazine catch...

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Ruger's Mini-14 Retro Folding Stock is back, made in-house on the original tooling: walnut and stainless, $1,909.00 suggested MSRP freedomwire.news/article/rug…
Ruger Brought the Mini-14 Folding Stock Back on the Original Tooling — FreedomWire

Ruger Brought the Mini-14 Folding Stock Back on the Original Tooling — FreedomWire

The Retro Folding Stock is back, made in-house on the original jigs and bolted to a current Mini-14 Tactical - walnut body, stainless side-folding mechanism, injection-moulded pistol grip, 20-round...

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