Breakthrough Clean Technologies, based in Louisville, Colorado, was founded in 2013. As the name implies, their focus is on cleaning products – primarily for firearms, but they also deal with some other areas like lenses and boats. Their original product was their [Read More…]
One of the most popular brands of firearm (and bicycle) tools on the market has added a new option to its already extensive lineup of handy tools. Fix It Sticks has just announced the introduction of its new Hardcase Rifle and Optics toolkit which combines tools [Read More…]
Cleaning your suppressor isn’t something you’re going to do every day, maybe not even every year, but it’s something that does occasionally need to be done any time you’re running exceptionally dirty ammunition or you’re a high-volume [Read More…]
Hoppe’s No. 9 – if you’re a firearms enthusiast, you almost certainly know it and love it. That familiar, pungent, acrid aroma is so ubiquitous in the gun world that you can even get candles and air fresheners scented like the classic 117-year-old [Read More…]
Have you ever encountered a gun guy who wasn’t thoroughly acquainted with the aroma of Hoppe’s #9 gun cleaner? Such an anomaly would likely be difficult to find. Since Frank August Hoppe first mixed that famous nine-chemical concoction 117 years ago, the [Read More…]
Real Avid is a producer of gunsmithing and maintenance multi-tools. They are focused on providing the right tools that gun DIY guys want and need to get the job done right. The CORE-AR15 is one of the newest additions to Real Avid’s growing line of Gun Multi-tools. [Read More…]
Out of all the topics to discuss about the gun industry, I don’t see many people talking about the maintenance of their firearms over time. Now don’t get me wrong, some shooters go out every weekend and put a ton of rounds down range each year. Those guys [Read More…]
A Marine and his rifle makes perhaps one of the most individually lethal combinations on the planet. Marines and their rifles, even deadlier, and battalions, supported by individual and combined arms one of the most feared and revered fighting organizations on the [Read More…]
If “Perfection” is defined as a Glock, I think we have to redefine what “perfection” really means. Don’t get me wrong, the Glock is an excellent handgun (I carry them daily), but they are not bullet proof or completely resistant to the [Read More…]
Another topic wreathed in myth and lore among firearms enthusiasts is the cleaning of their toys and tools. Some say never clean it, some clean every X number of rounds, some clean after every trip. Some swear by Hoppes #9 (and I’ll admit there is something deeply [Read More…]
Aaron Cowan at Breach-Bang-Clear gives reviewers the low-down on three popular multi-tools for ARs and shooting in general. Up to task was the Leatherman MUT, Gerber Efect, Gerber MP1, and the Multitasker Series 3.He breaks down the tools in light of their shooting [Read More…]
Way Of The Gun posted this video on how to swap out the rear takedown pin of an AR-15 lower receiver. Normally you would need to loosen the castle nut and back off the receiver end plate, thereby easing the tension off of the takedown detent and spring. However this [Read More…]
Vietnam saw the introduction of the M16 rifle – the US Army’s first rifle of caliber smaller than .30, and its first automatic rifle issued to every man in the rifle squad. What was advertised as a huge step forward, however, has become one of the most [Read More…]
An article on Fox News talks about a majority of the agencies service M4s recalled for maintenance issues . Apparently a good 40 percent or 2,000 of their weapons are being taken back for rear echelon maintenance and some officers are weary of not having their service [Read More…]
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