Recently an article has been circulating that the ARMY Research Lab is looking into a Steadicam third arm system to augment soldiers. Matthew Moss posted about it earlier this month. The idea is to help soldiers save energy by carrying the weight of their weapons. [Read More…]
Phil Rock aka @bufallodiller has a thing for Marlin lever guns and it shows. The Marlin 1894 SBR. 357 Mag / 38spl Barrel cut down to 11.5″ and threaded 9/16-24 , SilencerCo Osprey 9, Action Job, heavily modified Midwest Industries MLOK forend, Wild West Guns [Read More…]
UTS Defense, known for their commercial pump action 12 gauge shotguns in the United States has featured a promotional image on the Turkish website (not the U.S. one though) that shows a 5.56x45mm AR15 derivative titled the UT512 and a 9x19mm version titled UT9S. The [Read More…]
Maryland residents now have two additional options for AR style rifles. FN America announced the company was now offering two “state compliant” FN 15 rifles that conform to the arbitrary firearm regulations imposed by the Old Line State. FN 15 MD Heavy [Read More…]
There are a myriad of muzzle brakes out on the market, we’ve written about many of them but I’m sure there’s many more we’ve missed over the years. Some of them are pretty basic two or three chamber designs and some are more elaborate with [Read More…]
Merklight is a new company located in Indianapolis, IN. They have recently launched their first product called X-Series Light. It is a weapon light designed to be installed inside the AR-15 handguard resulting in a set of eight LED lights around the circumference of [Read More…]
SK-17 (Semiautomatic Kalashnikov 2017) is a custom AKM-based rifle built by a company called Fire Control Group Manufacturing. Besides being a custom made rifle, it has several design changes which are supposed to increase the efficiency of the rifle. The first [Read More…]
Following the announcement of a shift in focus purely on roller delayed firearms and leading up to the 2018 SHOT Show, Zenith Firearms is announcing the Z43P 922r compliant rifle. The new addition adds to the steadily increasing HK style weapons available that seem to [Read More…]
Zenith Firearms have released a new model called the Zenith Z-5RS “Pistolman”. The base model is made by MKE in Turkey. The clones I’ve seen from there looks decent and I haven’t heard any of my friends complaining about any issues. Those who [Read More…]
I have been intrigued by billet aluminum AR grips for a while but haven’t gotten around to getting one for myself. I saw them on some slick 3Gun race guns and they do look cool. Especially when anodized to match a race gun. So when the opportunity arose to review [Read More…]
Last year Altra Firearms came across a collection of H&K MP5 parts. One of which was a genuine H&K MP5K briefcase. Now Rusty S. posted up a lightning review of his MP5K briefcase about two years ago. I had always wanted an MP5K Briefcase and there was one for [Read More…]
As soon as the new Magpul MLOK Cantilever Mount was up for sale, I immediately bought one as I was curious to see how much better it was compared to previous mount setups. Lately I have been trying out different ways to mount a Scoutlight to my MP5 MLOK handguard from [Read More…]
Back at SHOT Show 2017 I got a chance to check out the Leupold LTO Thermal Tracker. Click here to check out the article. The LTO is an entry level handheld thermal monocular. On Leupold’s website the LTO is $909 but it retails regularly for $699.99 and can be [Read More…]
I love me some Rob Ski. Outside personifying the spirit of Americanism by immigrating and serving in the military, he’s a stand-up no-BS kind of content creator. I mean, just for the fun of it (and on his own dime) he has been putting 5,000 rounds through guns [Read More…]
Looking for an easy and affordable way to mount a weapon light to your AK-47? CDM Gear’s new BC47 light mounts will do the trick. CDM Gear, makers of the improved Mossberg shotgun safety and the AR style safety selectors for shotguns have a new mount that makes [Read More…]
For over twenty years Keystone Sporting Arms has been making .22LR youth rifles called the Crickett. Just last December Keystone Sporting announced the Crickett Precision Rifle (CPR) on Facebook. We saw them again at the Great American Outdoor Show last February. Well [Read More…]
What’s new for KRISS USA at the NRA Annual Meeting? They have a new extended handguard for the Vector. In the past there were only two options for an extended handguard for the KRISS Vector. Either the Diamondhead USA extension or a custom handguard. The [Read More…]
In the United States, simple items like sound suppressors and rifles with 14.5″ barrels have been demonized because of their inclusion in the National Firearms Act of 1934. There is much debate about what, if any, public benefit can be had from this law. However, [Read More…]
The MeoPro series by Meopta includes riflescopes, binoculars and spotting scopes that are made in Meopta’s USA facility located in upstate New York. Being modest about it, Meopta uses the term “Assembled in the USA” instead because the lens and most of the [Read More…]
Fabrique Nationale has announced updates to three models in their FN-15 rifle line. These three models – the FN-15 Tactical Carbine II, FN-15 .300 Blk Carbine II, and FN-15 DMR II – have been updated with more modern proprietary FN handguards with M-LOK [Read More…]
Canadian machine shop RPM Precision Tool has started producing limited numbers of their enhanced Tavor hand-guards. Done in both key-mod and M-LOK, these hand-guards are designed to add a little more rail space to the Tavor without sacrificing the original grip of the [Read More…]
I got my hands on a Century Arms RAS47 Zhukov. Now I am a complete newbie with regards to AK pattern weapons. I can count how many times I have shot an AK on one hand prior to getting the RAS47 Zhukov. I know there are many people out there who like the classic wood [Read More…]
Kit sent us photos of his customized Century Arms Mini Draco …. This gun started out as a Mini Draco pistol. I added a Midwest Industries quad rail and a Texas Weapons Systems top cover and stuck a Bushnell TRS-25 red dot on the TWS rail for lower third [Read More…]
Fascinating. Despite being the “younger” universal mounting system out there, MagPul’s M-LOK standard is outselling KeyMod at a rate of about 3 to 1. According to my good friend Matt over at Jerking the Trigger, customers are simply putting more money [Read More…]
The new Trijicon MRO is the hottest optic currently. MRO stands for “Miniature Rifle Optic”. During the Fall 2015 Big 3 Media Event, I had a chance to try out the Trijicon MRO provided by Georgia Optics. When I was at Trijicon’s training facility a [Read More…]
I recently acquired this Umarex H&K 416 pistol. For only $299 from CDNN, it is a bargain for a Pistol AR in 22LR. Originally the HK416 pistol comes with a faux suppressor muzzle device and a rear end cap on the lower receiver that has a QD sling fitting.Aside from [Read More…]
It is not a secret that I am fond of my SCAR17S. The gun is just magic. With 168 gr BTHP I can put it in the hands of any non-shooter and they can hit steel at 200-300 yards with ease. My friend Greg saw the light at the 2015 FNH USA 3Gun Match when […] Read [Read More…]
In this video, James gives a brief rundown of the Yugoslavian Zastava M92 SBR. This is one of James’ favorite SBRs for its moderate recoiling but hard-hitting SBR round, reliability, ability to fold the stock, and excellent parts availability and interchangeability. James goes over the [Read More…]
If you are of the opinion that we do not live in a world of ninety degree angles (it took me a few years to be able to make turns less than 90…), you might be interested in checking out the new mounts released by Arisaka. Arisaka is pleased to release our new [Read More…]
Just to preface this light review, there have been tons and tons of full on, in depth reviews and video testing of the IWI X95, from Small Arms Review, Small Arms Defense Journal (same articles, one might be more accessible to readers), our own Edward O or TV Press [Read More…]
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