Les Jones

Guns > Don't Look, Tamara

From Smith &Wesson investor relations via The High Road. S&W is going to begin making AR-15s. That's actually good news. S&W entered the 1911 market a few years ago and already has a great reputation for quality and value.

The bad news for Tam? They're re-using their storied Military and Police brand again by calling the rifles M&P15.

Smith &Wesson Enters Long-Gun Market with M&P15 Rifles Company Expands Military &Police Series With Rifles Designed for Law Enforcement, Military, and Sporting Shooters SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Jan 18, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Smith &Wesson Holding Corporation (Amex: SWB), parent company of Smith &Wesson Corp., the legendary, 154-year old, global provider of products and services for safety, security, protection and sport, announced its initial entry into the market for tactical rifles and will begin shipments in early February of the Smith &Wesson M&P15 Rifle and the Smith &Wesson M&P15T Rifle. These tactical rifles are additions to the Company's Military &Police (M&P) series of firearms specifically engineered to meet the needs of global military and police personnel, as well as sporting shooters.

LATER: Xavier isn't happy about the M&P moniker, either.