Last year Maxim Defense attended Big 3 East with a selection of HK416s and MDXs. SHOT Show 2019 was extremely frenzied with their unveiling of their 5.5″ PDX. Well, Maxim Defense showed up at this year’s Big 3 East and we got to get a closer look at the PDX [Read More…]
Almost a year ago, Connecticut FFL The Freedom Shoppe got hung up on making firearms with folding braces. Read all about it here. Due to this issue I learned that Connecticut allows for a sort of loophole firearm. It doesn’t have a stock so it can’t be a [Read More…]
Does your SUV need a lift? Well USA Chemical Supply has the solution for you. USA Chemical Supply is a manufacturer of binary explosive targets. They have been a regular at Big 3 East for a couple years now. In the past Big 3 East would usually have a car and have a mad [Read More…]
Mid-Evil Industries came out to Big 3 East. They showed off their flag ship product, the 360º rotating foregrip. aka 360RFG. It comes in three variations: Picatinny, MLOK, and Keymod. The 360RFG is very simple to use. You just untwist the bottom half of the grip [Read More…]
Tactical Walls has been a regular at Big 3 East and this year they showed off their latest in concealed storage. Their wall insert and shelves have been insanely popular and now they are getting into furniture with RFID locks. Below is their table lamp and night [Read More…]
You may know of Maxim Defense and their PDW stocks/braces. Well they are getting into the PCC bandwagon. Maxim Defense joined up with Tresna. Jose Jaureguizar of Tresna is now working for Maxim Defense. The Universal BCG is his brainchild. The undercut rail makes it [Read More…]
Scott of RS Regulate has been working closely with IWI to develop an upgraded handguard for the Galil. The handguard is machined aluminum. It has three supports along the top to prevent crushing the U shaped handguard. The scalloped indentations allow for positive thumb [Read More…]
One of the items Mark Larue brought to show at the Big 3 East Media Event was his Ultimate AR-15 Upper Kit. The kit is basically like IKEA furniture. You buy it and assemble it. The only thing you need are the tools and a stripped lower receiver. The Ultimate AR-15 [Read More…]
Just last month, Miles V. went to Manticore’s Bullpup shoot. He reported on Manticore’s latest offerings. Click here to check it out. At this recent Big 3 East media event, Sven showed off a new collaboration with SB Tactical. SB Tactical is making a folding [Read More…]
UM Tactical has been making themselves known through their RAGE compensator. Nathan S. wrote about it last February. Click here to read about it. At Big 3 East last week Brian, founder and owner of UM Tactical, showed off his latest evolution of the RAGE system. He is [Read More…]
Falkor Defense, the designers and makers of the Optimus Folding Carbine Stock (which should be shipping this week) have taken their Petra weapon platform, which was made in .300 Win Mag and now chambered it in .300 Norma. You can see the .300 Norma next to a .300 Win [Read More…]
Wolf Performance Ammunition is bringing in Type 91 uppers and completing them with US made barrels. The Type 91 is the standard issue service rifle for the Taiwanese Army. It is gas piston operated but lacks a forward assist and brass deflector. According to Steve of [Read More…]
Warfytr is a veteran owned company. They make and design products that fill a niche that other products do not. First up is their Down Draw Rifle Mag Carrier. It is a mag pouch that positions the AR magazine downward. This mag pouch allows for a more natural and [Read More…]
Glock attended the Big 3 East event last week just two days prior to Hurricane Matthew’s arrival and land fall. They brought an assortment of Glocks with them. I was surprised to see the differences between the Glock 41 and Glock 40. .45acp long slide vs 10mm long [Read More…]
Rafael of Eagle Imports brought a plethora of pistols to Big 3 East. I will be honest, I did not think much of Bersa until I got to see them first hand. I relegated Bersa handguns to something just higher than Hi-Point and Kel-Tec pistols. Inexpensive and they work but [Read More…]
Hill and Mac Gunworks have made a name for themselves by making a STG-44 replica in the US. The design is similar to the WWII classic. However for the sake of simplicity and ATF there are some notable changes. The HMG STG44 will be available in four calibers: 8mm Kurz, [Read More…]
Israeli accessory company, CAA came to the Big 3 East for the first time and they did not disappoint. They brought out their newest versions of the Roni carbine stock. One of the biggest detractions from getting a Roni Carbine stock is needing the SBR your pistol. Well [Read More…]
Down at the Big 3 East Media event, Geissele showed us their new Purple Go Juice. The Go Juice is purple since it will be under the ALG Defense brand. The Go Juice is a bio synthetic lubricant made from GMO seeds specially made to produce this oil. The reasoning behind [Read More…]
While Glock did not have anything new to unveil at the Big 3 East, something remarkable should be noted. They showed up. For those not familiar with the Big 3 East, it is an invitation only media event that gets manufacturers and prominent media icons together. It is [Read More…]
This past Big 3 East, they had a huge finale. They brought out a BMW 5 series, placed binary explosive all over it and let over 100 people shoot at the car with whatever they have. Pistols, ARs, SMGs, Machine Guns. A good time was had by all. The shooting line is 168 [Read More…]
DPMS/Remington/AAC came out to Big 3 East and they brought out their G2 rifles. The G2 is the smallest and lightest 308 MSR on the market. The G2 308 rifle is the same size as a 223 AR but only the magwell is bigger. The bolt carrier is 20% smaller than a traditional [Read More…]
Carl Bruce, a patent lawyer with Fish and Richardson, came out to Big 3 East to show off the Torrey Pines T10 thermal sight. Torrey Pines is one of his clients. I was sitting at the wood benches, eating Sonny’s BBQ and mentioned the tiny thermal sight that was [Read More…]
Jacob Herman, of Century Arms International, came to the Big 3 for a couple of hours during Century Arms’ national sales meeting. He brought out the new TP9SF and TP9SFX. The TP9SF is similar to the TP9SA. However they removed the decoking button and cold [Read More…]
At Big 3 East, ALG Defense showed off their new 6 Second Mount. The 6 Second mount was originally made with an Aimpoint T1 in mind. Well now they have offered it so you can use an RMR if you want. The ALG Defense 6-Second Mount was designed when a counter-terrorism unit [Read More…]
Recently, I was interviewed by my friend and gun author Robert Kay for his book on how to buy an AK. Bob asked me for a recommendation on an AK optic mount for one of his books chapters. Without hesitation, I said any of the RS Regulate’s AK-300 series of receiver [Read More…]
Introduced in late 2014, the Hi-Lux Optics MicroMax B-Dot is a mini red-dot sight that’s in the same category as the popular Aimpoint Micro T-1. Since, I have previously reviewed their optics (CMR 1-4x review) for TFB, Hi-Lux Optics asked me for some design [Read More…]
SGM Tactical brought out their new happy stick mags at Big 3 East. They are heat treated stainless steel lined sleeves. They will be available soon and will retail for $19.99. They have performed flawlessly with a 10ft drop fully loaded. Just like the Glock version, the [Read More…]
Spike’s Tactical brought out their Compressor ST out at Big 3 East last week. At first glance it looks like any other suppressed SBR AR. That is until you start seeing the subtle attention to detail. The gas tube would over heat due to the length. So they [Read More…]
Huntertown Arms is the maker of the Dolos. The Dolos is a quick detach barrel device. We posted an article about the Dolos here. Well Huntertown Arms showed off their new Dolos at the Big 3 East. They had modified their Dolos with a locking mechanism and a quad rail. No [Read More…]
Huntertown Arms is making a 10/22 Takedown kit. It will allow the user to convert his or her standard 10/22 and convert it into a takedown model. Huntertown Arms is collaborating with Choate Machine and Tool to use their 10/22 stocks. They will be converted for [Read More…]
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