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Rainier Arms .22 LR AR15
Rainier Arms released their RUC 22 .22lr Rifle upper last year but it seems to have flown under the radar. I just recently stumbled upon it and it seems to be pretty darn nice. It includes a Rainer Arms RAPTOR charging handle, Mission First Tactical stock and grip, Rainer Arms KeyMOD rail, forged upper and […]
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Larue Drone DropAR
Larue shows off their PredatOBR by air dropping it out of a Cessna. To shoot down a drone, LaRue Tactical packaged a pre-sighted and disassembled PredatOBR rifle kit…then dropped it not once, but twice, from an aircraft. The first attempt bounced out of camera range, so the package was dropped a second time. Impact was […]
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LANTAC BMD Blast Mitigation Device
It seems like almost ever muzzle device maker is releasing their own version of a muzzle device shroud. LANTAC showed off their version at the 2015 SHOT Show and it looks pretty good. Called the BMD, or Blast Mitigation Device, it works with their Dragon brake and it has a pretty unique feature that sets […]
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Dry Fire Options? Look at iDryFire
Following up with my earlier post about ITS Tactical’s article on dry firing, we were sent a link to a website that specializes in dry firing technology: www.idryfire.com What I think is pretty cool is that they have a system that gives much better feedback than the LaserLyte (though they are considerably more expensive). It looks […]
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Breakthrough Battle Born Oil and Battle Born Grease
Breakthrough Clean (a subsidiary of the AvioTrade Group of companies, which specializes in the distribution of chemicals within the aerospace industry) has a couple of new products: Battle Born Oil and Battle Born Grease. Breakthrough also has a cleaning solvent (Military-Grade Solvent) which is a non-water based distilled petroleum solvent which is pH neutral (which […]
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Winchester XPR – New Bolt Actions
Winchester Repeating Arms has introduced their XPR line of bolt-action rifles. They come equipped with a copious amount of goodies including Winchester’s “M.O.A.” adjustable trigger system (factory set to 3.5 lbs), a chromoly steel barstock receiver, and 60-degree lift on the bolt carrier. As in line with modern bolt-actions, the barrel is fully free-floated. Winchester […]
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Texas Mag Bag – Because Everything is Bigger in Texas
Fighter Design LLC is now offering their 6 pack and 12 pack Texas Mag Bags separately from their original offering, which included the SureFire magazines. The bags are designed specifically for SureFire 60 round magazines, but it has been reported in comments that the bags will hold twice the number of regular 30-round magazines. The 6 […]
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Weekend Photo: Ruger Super Redhawk Alaskan .454 Casull
Mr Revolverguy, who blogs at Day At The Range, has big plans for his new Ruger Super Redhawk Alaskan. The appearance after the addition of these grips were absolutely amazing. At this point there was only one last thing to do, turn this revolver into the most versatile revolver I own, capable of being deployed in […]
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Weekend Photo: AAC/H&R .300 BLK Handi-Rifle
The AAC & H&R (both Remington-owned companies) collaborated a couple of years ago to develop an ultra-light suppressible hunting rifle chambered in .330 AAC BLK and developed the single shot AAC / H&R Handi-Rifle with plastic furniture and a short barrel. Zach wrote … AAC H&R Handi Rifle in 300BLK. Just picked it up for a great deal. […]
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Frontline Vietnam: The M16A1 5.56mm Rifle
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 infamous moments in Army procurement since. To this […]
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Weekend Photo: Sunset (through an Aimpoint)
I really like this creative photo sent to us by 300BLKSOBER. It shows the sun setting through his Aimpoint T1.
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Weekend Photo: Ruger 22/45 Lite
Daniel, aka. AKNorthPolar sent us a photo of his 22/45. He wrote … A Ruger 22/45 Lite with a modified top rail that carries a Primary Arms reflex red dot, MaddMacs compensator, and all the usual internal upgrades. Volquartsen, Tandemkross, and the like.
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Larry Vickers Takes On Arsenal’s Functional Miniatures
As part of his trip to Moscow, Russia, Larry Vickers was able to fire, for the first time, some of Arsenal Firearms’ scale miniature firearms. While miniature firearms are nothing new, Arsenal’s really are different in that they not only look like the full-size guns they replicate, they actually are the weapons, with everything from mechanisms to […]
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Weekly Ammo: 02/26/2015
Week 42. So, despite the panic runs on M855 it looks like all non M855 is holding fine–I’m not seeing much difference in pricing for lowest in caliber for .223 Rem. We do appreciate the support and constructive comments and will continue this article series as long as it is productive. As always, if you […]
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Finland Adopts SCAR-L For Special Forces
Finland’s special forces have announced the adoption of the SCAR-L, chambered, unusually for Finland, for 5.56x45mm. From Jane’s: Finland’s special forces have selected the Belgian FN SCAR-L assault rifle as a new standard firearm. The FN SCAR-L will be the first 5.56×45 mm NATO calibre firearm introduced to the Finnish Defence Forces (FDF). It will […]
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Stryker Enterprises SCAR Enhancements
Stryker Enterprises is a manufacturer of accessories for the FNH SCAR platform. One of their biggest enhancements is the SEAL (SCAR Enhanced Alloy Lower). It was originally designed for the SCAR 17S, but they have expanded to enhancing the SCAR16S. Similar to the HANDL lower, the SEAL allows the user to utilize AR-10/SR-25 magazines […]
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POTD: The AK’s Almost Forgotten Replacement
The AN-94 was developed in the late 1980s and early 1990s to replace the AK-74M. Like all contenders for Russia’s next-generation assault rifle it has faded into obscurity. It features a novel delayed recoil mechanism called “blowback shifted pulse.”. I have never read a satisfactory explanation of how the “blowback shifted pulse” works, but from […]
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Troy Landry Rifles from Savage Arms
Savage Arms is now making several Troy Landry rimfire rifles that sport an alligator camouflage. If you are not familiar with Landry, he is one of the personalities in the Swamp People television show on the History channel. The rifles are all versions of existing products in the Savage Arms catalog. The new guns all […]
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Review: SilencerCo’s EasyTrust – How easy is it?
I live in California (yes, yes, I know) and therefore am not allowed to own silencers here. However, I can own and use them in silencer-friendly states via an NFA trust. TFB previously covered the pros and cons of creating an NFA trust here. In short, yes, it seems to be worth it. The question: […]
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TNVC’s D790 Magnus 6x Gen 3 NV Scope
Tactical Night Vision Company (TNVC) has put up photos of their third generation D790 Magnus 6x Night Vision Scope being tested, saying “If we are going to equip guys going into harm’s way, the gear better perform as advertised first time, every time. That said, we present the baddest night vision scope on the block: […]
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