Books are as important – if not more important – to small arms researchers than the actual firearms and ammunition they study. I think, then, it’s only appropriate that I begin a series of regular posts reviewing important books on small arms and their [Read More…]
DRD Tactical announced the release of the new CDR15 pistol. Similar to the company’s Brief Case Rifle line, the CDR15 pistols use a rapid take-down barrel design. The CDR15 pistol will be available in either 5.56 NATO or 300 BLK. Barrel lengths are 10.5″ or [Read More…]
Quarter Circle 10 is now producing AR lowers that accept Glock magazines. The lowers can be had as a small- or larger-frame receiver. The smalls are for the 9mm, 40 S&W, 357 SIG and 45 GAP calibers, while the large frames handle 10mm and 45 ACP. All of the lowers [Read More…]
“The gun has to work, and it has to work well” is a guiding principle that Dave Walls sets his companies standard to. And as well he should, because as one of the founders of Accuracy International, he co designed and brought into production the L96, [Read More…]
Eddie sent us this photo of his AR-15 featuring the following components … * Noveske N4 upper – 12.5” crusader barrel – silencerco trifecta flash hider * Ares armor 7075 lower, geisselle trigger, Bad ass selector, kns trigger pins * Magpul ACS, [Read More…]
Just before heading out on a prairie dog shoot, Pete sent us this photo of this Savage 93 chambered in .17 HMR. Pete wrote … Prairie Dogging gear on the back porch at the ranch in Colorado Savage 93 in .17 HMR, BSA Sweet 17 optics, shooting mat, the rest is [Read More…]
Week 27. Okay. So based on an equal number of votes for each (that would be 2 votes) between .357 mag/.38spc, .30-06, and keeping 300BLK, what I am going to do is this. I’ll keep 300BLK as it takes really no work (it’s not very useful for trending but has a [Read More…]
OptimusGlen emailed us this photo of his Beretta M9, brand new and straight out of the box. The Beretta does not get enough love these days. I always enjoy shooting the M9/92FS. Full size metal framed 9mm pistol may not be “cool” these days, but I for one [Read More…]
Thanks to PPGMD who sent us this photo of top shooter Vance Schmid. PPGMD wrote … Vance Schmid shooting the falling plate event at the 9th NRA World Action Pistol Championships. You can see one plate falling as the last plate is just hit. Vance was shooting a [Read More…]
Self described boutique AR manufacturer Houlding Precision Firearms showed up at the Blue August Gun and Outdoor conference with plenty of nice toys for us media folks to play with. While I have grown bored of the AR platform (and it seems most of our readers have too [Read More…]
Two different companies have some new magazine options for the Ruger 10/22. The first, ZiPFactory (http://www.zipfactory.com) announced they are featuring their new ZX-30 Series Magazine (http://www.zipfactory.com/pages/ZiP_Mag_ZX-30_magazine.aspx). There are four items [Read More…]
Sportviz has introduced a new model to their portfolio; the XTS Sun Core. The model is ideal for all types of shooting providing eye protection, and also adding the ability to use their patented prescription inserts (what they are calling “Inzerts”). The [Read More…]
The Bushmaster/Remington ACR is, at least in my experience, a really enjoyable rifle to shoot. But the downside, for consumers at least, is that neither Remington, who own the design, or Magpul, who designed it and who receive royalties on each ACR sold, are not [Read More…]
To be honest, I was not too thrilled to be asked to review a set of targets. It’s not nearly as exciting as reviewing the newest combat carbine or high-speed pistol. So I reluctantly dragged 100+ pounds of steel to the range. Once we arrived and set up all our [Read More…]
Lucid Optics gave us a great pitch here at the Blue August Gun and Outdoor Conference and I was very impressed with their products, which not only look nice but are priced right. Big name optics like Aimpoint and Trijicon can put a serious hurting on your wallet, and [Read More…]
According to Altair.com, India has begun its competition, announced in 2011, to replace the troubled INSAS rifle. Tellingly, the new rifle will not be Indian-made (much less designed). The competitors originally included the Colt Combat Rifle(sic) (probably the Colt [Read More…]
At the Blue August Gun and Outdoor Conference, I was lucky enough to meet and hang out with Hank Strange, a fantastic man with some absolutely stellar videos. If you haven’t already, subscribe to his awesome channel!
The SIG SAUER P238 has been a very popular pistol, and the company has shown a willingness to release special editions and limited runs of variants. One of those variants is the P238 PSP. For this pistol, SIG went with a purple PVD (physical vapor deposition) finish on [Read More…]
Here is an interesting cosmetic add-on for your motorcycle, car or truck. The Tailgunner exhaust is like the spinner wheel fad for your exhaust pipe. Only it is in the shape of the business end of a minigun. When the car is running, the pressure from the exahaust spins [Read More…]
Huntertown Arms makes a quick change barrel for the AR-15. Military Arms Channel dubbed it the Dolos after Greek mythology. Tim of MAC even took it a step further and added the Law Tactical folding buffer tube adapter. Check out his video that was posted on the [Read More…]
Babywookie put together an epic collection of photos showing most (all?) of the AK variants that have shown up in the Ukrainian conflicts. The photos all have descriptions and are arranged in chronological order. Here is just a small sample of the photos …
Faxon Firearms has been generating quite a lot of buzz on the net with their ARAK upper in the last year or so, and I was thoroughly excited that Bob Faxon showed up at the Blue August Gun Conference with several of his company’s toys for us to beat on. Bob Faxon [Read More…]
A while back one of our writers, Sam Cadle, had a chance to review an ATI Omni Polymer Lower and his review was less than flattering. Well Maybe someone at ATI was listening because they brought out a couple of them configured in various ways to the Blue August Gun [Read More…]
It’s fun rediscovering something interesting that you didn’t know existed. Here is the Pachmayr Dominator. It was a conversion kit for 1911 pistols. You remove the slide off your 1911 and replace it with a new barrel and bolt action. Oh and it is chambered [Read More…]
The media savvy Cody Wilson launched the Defense Distributed Ghost Gunner with much fanfare and mainstream media attention yesterday. The press attention will no doubt cause certain individuals to panic, much like his Liberator 3D-printable pistol did a last year. But [Read More…]
There are two schools of though when it comes to modernizing old military rifles: One school says that there is no greater sin than modernizing a gun, the other school does not care less about what other people do to their guns. Personally I take the middle ground: as [Read More…]
AAC staff met a young man named Aaron Patrick at the NRA Show earlier this year. He suffers from a terrible disease called encephalomalacia that has made him legally blind, effects his motor skills and causes seizures. Because of his condition he has never been able [Read More…]
South African gun blogger Gunservant blogged the below CCTV footage captured a week ago in South Africa. A man, now known as Calvin Klein Man, chases armed thugs out of his house with a pistol and not much else … Gunservant writes … A man’s got to do [Read More…]
What happens when optics guys put their hats on and design a scope for common sporting rifles in common shooting situations? You get a solid concept with the potential for excellent execution. The Mark AR series is designed specifically for Modern Sporting Rifles and [Read More…]
The post apocalyptic shimmers intensify… Displayed are various crudely home built self-loading pistols seized mostly in Brazil and Mexico. The designer here chose to build this example inside out using an external slide rail: A neatly made attempted copy of the [Read More…]
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