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The Eagle Automatic from Wilson Combat
Wilson Combat has grown over the years and offers a wide range of products – from top tier 1911 pistols and AR-style rifles to ammunition and accessories. One of the company’s expanding lines is blades. Recently, Wilson Combat added a new automatic folder to its catalog, and it is called the Eagle Automatic. The new […]
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ARES Defense Changes Name To FightLite Industries
The manufacturer of the SCR rifle and MCR belt feed system for M4 style rifles, ARES Defense Systems, is changing its name to FightLite Industries to more accurately reflect their current product line-up as well as upcoming additions to the line. Geoffery Herring, the President and CEO of the company, said: ” Since launching our […]
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SPOT Saves A Wyoming Man’s Life
SPOT, a satellite messaging device for those in remote areas to get their location to help when times get tough, saved a Wyoming man after he was shot in the leg by accident. Phillip Herweyer was riding a horse in a remote area of the South Fork of the Shoshone River scouting for elk in […]
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FN SCAR 16s Field Strip
The FN SCAR 16 is the 5.56×45 version of the SCAR platform, and it certainly has been catching the eyes of militaries around the world. While no major military has committed to adopting it yet, it is in limited use by many different armed forces. So what’s under all the aluminum? Transcript … – [Voiceover] Hey […]
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ATF FOIA Response: 7N6 5.45×39 Classification
Close your eyes and allow me to take you back to a time when ammunition was cheap and plentiful. Crates of Comm Bloc surplus ammo could be had for the price of a night at the movies. Where ammo shelves were stocked to the brim, and retailers were handing out ‘buy one, get one’ coupons. […]
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Brazilian Frankenstein Rifle Seized In Rio
Our Brazilian friend Ronaldo sent us a photo of a strange rifle that was seized by police in Rio. He tells us that some of the rifles picked up by Brazilian police forces turn out to be some pretty unusual specimens. So far this year the PMERJ – Polícia Militar do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, […]
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POTD: Tavor X95 SBR
Gear Head Works posted this on Facebook. How about a SBR X95? Is this short enough? It will be 17.75″ when it gets the original slim butt from IWI. About a 9″ barrel. Custom machined forearm, trigger gaurd and IDF Tavor gas tube with an IDF Meprolight. Of course the Meprolight USA wears a Homeland […]
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NEW: Remington R1 10mm Hunter Long Slide
Remington is expanding their reach in handguns by adding a 10mm to their lineup. Their new R1 10mm Hunter Long Slide is an understandable choice given the rise in pistol hunters, many of whom prefer their hunting handguns be chambered in 10mm. The announcement of the new pistol follows quick on the heels of the […]
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World’s First Implant-Activated Smart Gun
Amal Graafstra has been biohacking since 2000. For those not familiar with biohacking, it is the implantation of a device to interact with technology. The basic ones I have heard of are magnets embedded in finger tips. Other examples involved injecting a small RFID into your skin. That is what Amal has done here. His […]
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Olympic Pistol Dueling?
Apparently, before any of us were born, the 1906 Olympics had dueling pistols as an Olympic event. The shooters used wax bullets but no gun powder. Instead the primer was all they needed to propel the wax bullet. Like fencing, the athletes wore a mask and a handguard was fitted to the gun in order […]
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Plate Design ACEM Magazine Loaders
I really don’t mind loading mags – that is when I’m blessed with plenty of advance warning to do so at my leisure. For those more ‘immediate’ needs, I currently prefer to use a Mag-LULA that travels in my ammo bag. However, after stumbling upon the speed loader products from Plate Design, l may have a […]
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SIG SAUER’s New Bravo4 MegaView BattleSight
SIG SAUER continues to expand its business to include much more than making firearms. In the recent past, the company introduced or expanded its manufacturing in lights, optics, ammunition, suppressors and more. This is a company that clearly believes in growing the bottom line through being a single source provider of all of a shooter’s […]
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Handguns Suck
It’s no secret, handguns are pretty terrible relative to their larger counterparts at pretty much everything. Gun guys know this, but Hollywood and clueless politicians are responsible or perpetuating the myth that they are much more capable than they really are. In this video we explore that topic a bit and try to explain to our […]
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Playing Taps for the Bugle: Forgotten Weapons Sends Off the Famous FAMAS
The French next generation rifle competition is coming to an end, the two finalists, one from Belgium and the other from Germany, and the incumbent is set for replacement over the next few years. Before either the SCAR or the HK416 are inducted as the new arm of France, let’s take a look at the […]
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Custom Chamber Flags for firearms safety
A Chamber Flag is normally a bright yellow piece of plastic that, when inserted into a firearm, indicates a safe weapon to range safety officers and other people around. They are constructed to withstand accidental bolt slamming and most are designed to to stay in the chamber when the bolt is open. The chamber flag […]
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Maxim Defense CQB AR Stocks And Buffer Systems
There is nothing sexier in the firearm world than a short barreled rifle (SBR) with a sleek collapsible or folding stock. And the newest trend of integrating the MP5-A3 “two post” style of telescoping stock into the AR platform has brought a new level of both compactness and style to the market. Maxim Defense’s CQB Stock […]
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Who Bought Who? Trijicon, 5.11, S&W and More
In the business world, company acquisitions happen frequently. The purchase of a company can happen for various reasons, but it is all done to help the bottom line. It can be easy to forget that companies in the shooting industry are just businesses like any other. They develop and sell products we love (or hate,) and because […]
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The Carcano M41 Rifle
The Italian Carcano family of rifles are generally regarded as poorly made, crude guns with few merits and poor accuracy. While they certainly aren’t as bad as is commonly believed, they are one of my least favorite bolt guns. The action is rough, the length of pull is awful, and they cannot fed spitzer bullets, […]
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RELEASED: ATF Firearms Commerce In The United States – 2016
Since I am getting “mixed” reviews on my cheesy Buddy Cop graphic comedy series, how about a mid-week’s look at some dry accounting numbers? Ok, maybe they aren’t so dry since all of the stats involve guns. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) has released the latest annual report on Firearms Commerce in […]
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EoTech Fails Epically and The Best Thing For Owners
For those of you keeping up with such things, last December EoTech started offering refunds for the full purchase price for holo sight owners that experienced POI shift. Shortly after that Nathaniel F. blogged about EoTech requiring all LE customers to acknowledge the POI shift problem before shipping sights out. After learning of the refund program, I […]
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