No more information on this compact carbine is available other that what I have already posted, but here is a photo taken at SHOT by Remov:
Click to expand. Photo Copyright Remigiusz Wilk (REMOV). Used with permission.
Click to expand. Photo Copyright Ken Lunde. Used with permission.
Rumors of the Sig P238 have been floating around the ‘net for a while now. They have turned out to be true. Sig Sauer P238 is a remake of the single action Colt Mustang which was discontinued just over a decade ago.
Sig Sauer P238 .380 ACP. Two tone. Click to expand image.
Colt Mustang .380 ACP. Photo by HiVelSword.
It is a single action pistol with an aluminum frame and a steel slide. From the press release:
With an overall length of just 5.5 inches a height of 3.96 inches, and weighing just under a pound, the SIG SAUER P238 is the ultimate firepower in an all metal frame concealed pistol. The P238 is built on an anodized alloy beavertail style frame with fluted aluminum grips for comfort and a secure hold during rapid-fire usage. The stainless steel slide features the popular SIG SAUER slide serrations and improves overall performance and accuracy.
It will come in two finishes, Black Nitron and Two Tone. Two sights will be available: contrast sights or SIGLITE Sights. This makes a total of four models. Pricing is below:
238-380-B MSRP $ 515.00
Black Nitron finish, Contrast Sights238-380-BSS MSRP $ 558.00
Black Nitron finish, SIGLITE Sights238-380-T MSRP $ 529.00
Two Tone, Contrast Sights238-380-TSS MSRP $ 572.00
Two Tone, SIGLITE Sights1200773 – Extra 6 round magazines MSRP $ 44.00
This should really appeal to 1911 fans, especially Colt Mustang fans. Time will tell if it is enough to compete with the plethora of sub-compact .380 pistols out there.
I will update this post as more information becomes available.
UPDATE: High quality photo from Ken.
Photo Copyright Ken Lunde. Used with permission.
UPDATE: The specs from the press release:
Frame Material: Aluminum
Frame Finish: Black Hard Coat Anodize
Slide Material: Stainless Steel
Slide Finish: Nitron or Natural Stainless
Length Overall: 5.5”
Height Overall: 3.9”
Width Overall: 1.1”
Barrel Length: 2.7”
Sights: Post & Dot Contrast, SIGLIGHT Night Sights
Sight Radius: 3.8”
Weight w/out mag: 15.2 oz.
Mag capacity: 6 rounds.
Reacting to many requests from the marketplace for a subcompact SIG SAUER pistol, engineers designed the new P238 as a smart looking, small handgun built with the same accuracy and reliability as large frame SIG SAUER pistols. With an overall length of just 5.5 inches a height of 3.96 inches, and weighing just under a pound, the SIG SAUER P238 is the ultimate firepower in an all metal frame concealed pistol. The P238 is built on an anodized alloy beavertail style frame with fluted aluminum grips for comfort and a secure hold during rapid-fire usage. The stainless steel slide features the popular SIG SAUER slide serrations and improves overall performance and accuracy. Additionally, the contrast or SIGLITE® Night Sights are removable and adjustable for windage. The sear and trigger return spring are redesigned to prevent spring over-ride of the ejector during assembly. Two finishes are available; Two-tone and corrosion resistant Nitron®. The new SIG SAUER P238 is shipped in a lockable hard case with one 6 round magazine at an MSRP starting at $515.00 for the Nitron® with contrasting sights. For more information, log on to www.sigsauer.com.
Press release photo
Colt and Umarex have teamed up to produce the Colt M4 .22 Tactical Rimfire. The is probably the only real “Colt M4″ you will ever be allowed to own!
I am not 100% sure they are in fact AR-15s. UMAREX USA uses well known brand-names such as Beretta, Ruger and Walther to sell their airguns. This could easily be a AR-15 patterned rifle much like the .22 GSG MP5 or GSG AK.
There will be four different models.
Colt M4 Carbine
* 16″ Barrel
* M4 collapsible style stock
* A4 flat top upper recoever
* detachable carry handle
* A2 flash hider
* A2 pistol grip
* 30 round magazine
* Weight: 5.95 lbs
Colt M4 OPS (includes the following extras):
* Rear BUIS (Backup iron sight)
* Free floated aluminum picatinny rail handguard
Colt M16 (includes the following extras):
* 20″ barrel
Colt M16 SPR (includes the following extras):
* 20″ barrel
* Free floated aluminum picatinny rail handguard
* Flip up read and front sights
Fake suppressors will also be available as seen in the above photo.
It will be officially announced at SHOT Show 2009.
Hat Tip: OnPointFirearms
For a while I have been waiting for Colt to a announce a ultra-reliable ultra-high capacity magazine that will accompany the Colt Infantry Automatic Rifle. One of the requirements for the Marine IAR is a ultra-high capacity magazine.
At the Pakistan IDEAS-2008 expo an M16/M203 was on display with a MWG 90 Rounder High Capacity Magazine, sitting directly above a Colt IAR poster (Photo by skybolt @ Defence.pk).
The tan colored weapon on the poster is the Colt IAR. Click to expand.
I think it would be safe to assume that Colt is going with the MWG 90.
MWG 90 Rounder High Capacity Magazine
If you look closely at the first image it appears that the MWG 90 magazine is attached to the M16 upper receiver. Something is attached to the receiver which extends towards the magazine. Anyone know what this is? It does not appear visible on MWG promotional photos, such as this one:
Colt may have customized the MWG 90 to increase reliability/durability.
Over the past few months Colt has been unveiling a variety of new AR-15 firearms. If a replacement for the M16 or M4 is chosen they want it to be a Colt. To ensure this designed a range of weapons that should cover all bases. David @ Defense Review has been relentlessly covering the new firearms.
Many of the improvements Colt have developed have been applied to all these guns, I won’t list them all, click the links to read the full details.
A 5.56mm 10.3″ barreled sub-carbine/PDW featuring the new Colt side-folding stock. It is able to use an upgraded gas impingement system or the Colt Piston System (CPS)
Side Folding Stock. Photo by SMGLee.
Colt ACC-M (Advanced Colt Carbine-Monolithic)
This is basically an upgraded M4. It features many small improvements over the M4A1 and Colt’s new monolithic rail system. If it was adopted it I think it would probably be named the M4A2.
Colt Advanced Piston Carbine (APC)
David calls this the HK416 killer. It utilizes the Colt Articulating-Link Piston (ALP) system.
Colt Advanced Hybrid Carbine (AHC)
This carbine features a hybrid gas impingement and gas piston system. I am very interested to see how that works.
Colt Infantry Automatic Rifle (IAR)
I covered this a few weeks ago on the blog. It is a light machine gun and Colt’s entry into the Marine Infantry Automatic Rifle competition.
Colt IAR. Photo by SMGLee
The Colt IAR is Colt’s entry in the Marine IAR competition for a lightweight automatic rifle to replace the SAW in certain situations. It is an interesting weapon.
Photos by SMGLee. Click to expand
Under the barrel you can see a hefty heatsink. This is used to prevent cook-offs (when the primer of a chambered round is ignited by a hot chamber). It weights 9.5 lbs and has a 16″ barrel.
It looks like the barrel may be be changed by simply removing the bolt you can see just in front of the magazine well.
Surprisingly the rifle/machine gun does not use a gas piston and uses the AR-15/M16 direct gas impingement system.
The above photo does show a Magpul PMAG but the Marines have specified that the IAR must be compatible with 30 USGI magazines, so it is unlikely the military will be adopting PMAGs, even in a limited role with the IAR.
Other IAR entries can operate with either an open bolt, in automatic fire, or closed bolt in semi automatic mode. This allows the accuracy benefits of a closed bolt with the heat reduction and reduced chance of a cook off of a closed bolt. I am not sure if this weapon has this feature.
Colt already have a lightweight automatic rifle, the Colt Automatic Rifle (CAR), which itself may meet the Marines requirements. I do not know if the Colt IAR has anything in common with the CAR, other than the shared AR-15 heritage.
Colt Automatic Rifle
UPDATE: Defense Review has more info.
James found a webpage showing the wooden replicas made by Robert A. Talbot. They are amazing. They are made to scale
and “work” like the real thing. The only parts not made of wood appear to be parts that would be too weak.
Here are some photos of the peacemaker replica:
The Peacemaker (from wikipedia)
More here
Xavier has a write of an an amazing five barrel shotgun made in Czechoslovakia.
Looks like a similar concept as the Winchester Liberator and Colt Defender
Eight barreled 20 gauge
Colt Defender Mark 1
Read it here.
This amazing 3D animation shows a 1911 being assembled. Made with the free open source Blender software, it is the best video I have seen on the internet in a long time.
The description:
This is an animation i made in blender of a colt 1911. all of the parts are modeled to blueprint specifications
it took me about 100 … all hours to model all of the pieces and about 10 to get the animation done. rendering was a multipass process, using yafray for a high quality GI render, then using blender for a post process DOF blur total rendering time was around 500 hours on a core 2 quad
I have a friend who can make some amazing models using blender. I have tried but I am not very skilled. I have always wanted to model one of those cut away animations of a rifle or pistol.
Hat Tip: Freedom Sight
From Reuters
He said the Colt Cobra revolver used by Jack Ruby to kill Oswald in 1963, just days after Oswald was arrested for assassinating Kennedy, could fetch several million dollars alone. The initials of detectives who handled the gun are scratched on it.
Personally I would not want to own a murder weapon, be it a gun, knife, stick etc.
Check out this auction. It has thousands of beautiful photos. I think all, or nearly all, come from one collection.
Daniel Fraser Miniature Double Rifle .22 Hornet
Franchi Model 1962 Semi-Auto Carbine 9mm
Smith & Wesson Mark I Light Rifle 9mm
Custom Martz Luger Carbine
Colt Model 1900 .38 ACP
FN Manufacturing in Columbia, SC received a $33.7 million firm-fixed-price, contract for M16A3 and M16A4 Rifles to support the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps.
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Colt Defense in Hartford, CT received a $15.9 million firm-fixed-price contract for M16A3 and M16A4 Rifles to support the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps.
I know FN and Colt are happy 
More at DID
From Army Times
One of the upgrades that may be coming in the future is a more reliable magazine. The test revealed that 239 of the 882 stoppages M4 suffered were magazine-related.
The hope is that upgrades, such as stronger springs, will increase the magazine’s ability to feed rounds more effectively, Radcliffe said. If all goes well in testing, the improved magazines could be ready by next spring.
Another upgrade under consideration is a “hammer-forged” barrel, Brown said.
I didn’t think that they were actually planning on replacing the M4 when they announced the testing. Even without magazine stoppages the M4 performed very badly.
DID has a very comprehensive article
“Even with extreme dust test III’s 98.6 percent success rate there was a total of 863 class 1 and 2 weapon/magazine stoppages with 19 class 3 stoppages. During extreme dust test II conducted during the summer, there were 296 total class 1 and 2 stoppages and 11 class 3 stoppages.
A class 1 stoppage is one a Soldier can clear within 10 seconds; a class 2 stoppage is one a Soldier can clear, but requires more than 10 seconds; and, class 3 is a stoppage that requires an armorer to clear.”
DID will simply point out that 10 seconds can be a rather fatally long time when people are shooting at you, and at your friends. So, what happens when the Extreme Dust Test III stoppages are broken out by weapon?
The M4 Carbine is the Army’s existing weapon.
* 882 jams, 1 jam every 68 rounds, again using heavy lubrication. In addition all 10 of the M4 barrels needed to be replaced, and a number of their parts were replaced during the test. None of the cold hammer forged HK416 and XM-8 barrels needed replacement.
The HK416 is a modified M4 carbine, which can be and has been converted from existing rifles. Used by US Special Forces.
* 233 jams, 1 jam every 257 rounds, 3.77x more reliable than the M4.
FN SCAR is US special Forces’ new weapon, designed by SOSOCM. It just went into production in late 2007.
* 226 jams, 1 jam every 265 rounds, 3.85x more reliable than the M4
XM-8 is a developmental rifle. It’s an advanced version of HK’s G36, a rifle in wide use by many NATO armies. The US Army cancelled the XM-8 weapons family 2 years ago.
* 127 jams, I jam every 472 rounds, 6.95x more reliable than the M4.
Hat Tip: Murdoc Online
Malaysia is apparently switching from Steyr rifles to Colt M4 Carbines.
The Deputy Prime Minister has said a Malaysian company, SME Ordnance (SMEO), has a license to manufacture the M4 for use locally and possibly for export in the future.
“We took this decision as we want to enable our soldiers to be soldiers of the future, equipped with the latest modern technology”
Interesting. I don’t think Colt will allow export to North America. Export will probably be limited to South East Asian countries.
More here.
Hat Tip: Rustmeister @ The Gun Blogs
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