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TLR-1 stops .38 round at Point Blank
An officer with the Bensalem Township Police Department in North Carolina was possibly saved by the Streamlight TRL-1 mounted on his Glock stopping a .38 caliber round from a criminal’s revolver. Apparently two officers were searching a house, opened a small closest and the criminal pointed his revolver up at the officer and discharged a […]
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Meprolight contract with IDF
Meprolight has just won a contract to supply the Israeli Defense Forces with the Mepro M5 Reflex sight for the next several years. It appears that this is going to be a whole issue, because it seems that many IDF units have a number of pieces of equipment going on, from Galils, to Tavors, and M4s, to […]
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POTD: The Japanese Howa Type 89, and the mythical modernized version
Akaitama sent in this photo taken at Iron Fist 2015, an amphibious training exercise undertaken by the Japan Ground Self Defense Force and the US Marines. The JDF troops are using the standard issue Howa Type 89 rifle: with its 420mm barrel, screwed-on top rail, old-style selector switch and a Trijicon ACOG TA31RMR. Last year, unbeknown to us until now, […]
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American Tactical Introduces the FX-H Hybrid 1911
American Tactical, who pioneered the “Omni Hybrid” Series of products including the ATI Omni Hybrid .410 Shotgun and the ATI Omni Polymer Hybrid Lower, is adding the “first of its kind”, the FX-H Hybrid 1911 handgun to their line-up of polymer-based firearms. The FX-H 1911 is an absolute ground breaking firearm,” says Tony DiChario, President of American […]
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RISE Armament Debuts $99 Trigger Group
I had the pleasure of reviewing RISE Armament’s single stage 535 Advanced Performance Trigger, and it is the trigger that I currently run on my 3-Gun Rifle. RISE is introducing their new offering, the Black Fallout RA-140 Super Sporting Trigger (SST). A sector of the market has been underserved. Until now, there wasn’t a quality trigger […]
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CORE15 in 6.5 Grendel
Core Rifle Systems of Ocala, Florida announced the introduction of a line of 6.5 Grendel rifles for 2016. The caliber will be represented in the company’s CORE15 Tac and CORE15 Hardcore lines. The Tac 6.5 Grendel will have an 18″ or 20″ government profile barrel with a 1″8″ twist and rifle length gas system. Additional features […]
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Safety Harbor Firearms KES for AR-10
Safety Harbor Firearms is working on a new version of its Kompact Entry Stock (KES) that will work with AR-10/7.62×51 platform rifles. The following videos show a rifle with the prototype KES and associated buffer, carrier and spring being test fired. There are a variety of these kinds of compact stocks on the market for […]
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Minigun Tripod, Not What You Think It Is
Last week, Lancaster Police Department received a 911 phone call from a concerned citizen. The caller claimed that a gun man was armed with a minigun. The police showed up to the Griest Building looking for the suspect. They never found a gunman. What they did find was a photographer with a large tripod. The […]
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Review: Kalashnikov Saiga 12 Model 340 Shotgun
I recently wrote about the Shotgun 2015 World Shoot was held September 13-19, in Agna, Italy. With about 700 competitors it’s the largest IPSC Shotgun competition ever. It is no secret to the readers of this blog that the Kalashnikov Group is looking at competitive shooting and also developing models more focused for this sector. A […]
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Holster Review- Black Rhino Concealment
Really Miles? Another Kydex whopdeedoo holster has hit the market? Never mind I can make the things in my garage with a couple of presses and a heater, now I have to find another excuse to shell out for this thing that is apparently so special and unique from every other Kydex contraption on the […]
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Black Friday 2015 Gun Deal Roundup (+ Poll)
Black Friday is a week away and it would not be Black Friday for me without SlickGuns giving us a roundup of all the firearm, ammunition, optics and accessory deals. This is an especially important Black Friday, being the last one before the 2016 Presidential Elections. With the elections being held a few weeks before […]
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Next Intent Tactical Scope Mount and Gas Block
Next Intent Tactical is a division of Next Intent which is an aerospace company. In fact Next Intent designs and manufactures parts for JPL and NASA. Next Intent built the wheels, forward and aft arms, wheel hubs and other components for JPL’s Mars Exploration Rovers. Now how many companies that make parts for AR 15s […]
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M1941 Johnson Field Strip
The M1941 Johnson Rifle is a strange footnote in US firearms history. Melvin Johnson was a lawyer by trade who decided to break into firearms design by founding the Johnson Automatics company. While his rifle would never see the success enjoyed by the M1 Garand, several M1941s did make their way into the hands of […]
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Mauser Model 1871 (Forgotten Weapons Got Another Cool One)
Yet another impossible-to-resist gun from Forgotten Weapons’ time with the Rock Island Auction Company. Try though I might I cannot seem to pass up the daily posts Ian is currently putting up on his YouTube channel, and although I tried to resist, I clearly failed. Up today is the Mauser Model 1871, also known as […]
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Rainier Arms Back-Up Iron Sights
Rainier Arms has been aggressively expanding from being a high-end parts reseller to also selling parts of their own design (though typically made under private label). The latest product to the fore is their Rainier Arms Backup-sights, which are a set of fully machined ultra-low profile back-up iron sights designed for the high-end enthusiast. The […]
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SIG P320 Selected by Hawaii DPS
The SIG SAUER P320 in 9mm was selected as the next duty weapon of the Hawaii Department of Public Safety. Both full size and carry versions are being purchased. The contract calls for more than 700 pistols to be delivered. Earlier this year, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol announced the agency would move to the P320. Interestingly, […]
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Heckler & Koch Primary Shareholder Injects 60 Million Euros Into Company
Heckler & Koch announced on the 17th that the primary shareholder, Andreas Heeschen, has provided H&K’s GmbH’s parent company, H&K AG with 60 million Euros. The new shareholder loan is to assist with H&K GmbH’s cashflow and repayment of various outstanding loans. In the firearms industry, this is a rare move and shows Mr. Heeschen’s […]
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Forgotten Weapons: The 1847 Walker Revolver
Apparently YouTuber Forgotten Weapons managed to get his hands on quite a few historically interesting firearms through the Rock Island Auction, resulting in his doing daily posts. He says the daily phenomenon is only temporary and that things will go back to normal in the next couple weeks, but in the meantime those of us […]
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Patterning Your Home Defense Shotgun
Steve Fisher, aka Yeti, of Sentinel Concepts and Jeff Bloovman of Armed Dynamics, compare different loads in three different shotguns. They use a Robar Remington 1100, Benelli M1 Super 90, and a NEF H&R Pardner Pump. They show how the same loads can have different patterns out of different shotguns. They show some very interesting […]
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Shotgun FLEM
Innovative Security Defense Equipment, a manufacturer and importer based in France, is now offering FLEM projectiles for your shotgun. FLEM, not phlegm, is a less lethal projectile that is designed to lower the risk of great bodily injury or death to the individual on the receiving end of it. According to the company, the FLEM […]
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