Category Archives: Weapon systems

Magpul Hunter 700 Chassis For The Remington 700 SA

Magpul Industries will be announcing its first rifle chassis for the ubiquitous Remington 700 Short Action at Shot Show 2015, in Las Vegas. The new stock uses aluminum V Blocks for bedding the action. Other features include support for the … Continue reading

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Heckler & Koch To Debut New Products At Shot Show 2015

HK45 customers will now have a choice of colors in the HK45 and HK45 Compact. A choice of an olive drab green or desert sand Cerakote™finish is applied directly to the HK pistol slide, preserving the original HK hostile environment … Continue reading

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Silencerco Announces The Omega .30 Cal – Shortest, Lightest, Quietest

Silencerco has today announced the introduction of its new .30 caliber silencer, Omega. The company’s new suppressors is described as the shortest, lightest, quietest and most versatile .30 caliber suppressor on the market. Each Omega comes with a 5/8×24 direct … Continue reading

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Dead Air Armament To Announce New Mask-22™ Suppressor at 2015 SHOT Show

Dead Air Armament™, the suppressor company founded by Mike Pappas and distributed through BPI Outdoors, will announce at this year’s SHOT SHOW, in Las Vegas, NV their 100% USA made Mask -22 silencer. Dead Air’s new .22LR suppressor is available … Continue reading

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American Built Arms Company Announces The MOD*X Modular Rifle System

    Glen Rock, Pa. (January 2015) – American Built Arms Company, a veteran-owned, Type 07 U.S. manufacturer of firearms and firearms parts and accessories to the defense industry has launched the A*B Arms MOD*X Modular Rifle System for the … Continue reading

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Consumer Electronics Show Gets A Peek At Tracking Point’s 338 TrackingPoint (338TP)

Code-named ‘Mile Maker’, Tracking Points’s 338 TP  features the patented ‘tag and shoot’ technology affording shooters a more precise platform capable of delivering an accurate shot at ranges of up to one mile. The tag and shoot technology ranges, compensates … Continue reading

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Barnes Precision Machine Debuts New Line of .308 Rifles for 2015

    Apex, N.C. – (January 2015) – Barnes Precision Machine (BPM), has announced two new .308 rifles for 2015,  the new CQB-10 and LR-10. BPMs .308 rifles will be available in both a 16 inch (CQB) and 20 inch … Continue reading

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UZI PRO & UZI PRO SB Pistols To Make La Grande Entrée at 2015 SHOT Show, Booth 15238

IWI US, Inc. announced the repatriation of the long-awaited UZI® PRO Pistol for America’s consumer market. The UZI® brand is world renowned with sales of over 2 million carbines and pistols worldwide since 1963. Visitors to the 2015 SHOT Show … Continue reading

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Advantage Tactical Sight Introduces Six New Sights for 1911’s and H&K’s

WrenTech Industries, LLC, announced six new sights available online at Advantage Tactical.  The company’s new 1911 sights include the Remington R1, Rock Island Armory, and Metro Arms. The new Advantage Tactical Sights replace the factory fixed sights. The sight packages … Continue reading

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Laser Devices Is Now Steiner eOptics

We’ve been keeping you up to date with the organizational changes at Burris Optics and Laser Devices Inc. (LDI) as they transition to the Steiner Optics family. In 2012 Laser Devices became a division of Steiner and a member of … Continue reading

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Nuclear Protection Security Forces Issued The M150 ACOG

The TA31RCO-M150CP is presently in use by the U.S. Army and SOF units. The optic provides 4x magnification designed specifically for the 14.5 inch M4 carbine. It incorporates a dual illumination system using a combination of fiber optics and self-luminous … Continue reading

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Beretta Announces Its Entry For The U.S. Army’s Modular Handgun System The Beretta M9A3

  The M9 has been in service with the U.S. Armed Forces for 30 years. Beretta has delivered 600,000 M9s to the DoD; with a contract in place to deliver an additional 100,000 pistols. To meet the Army’s Modular Handgun … Continue reading

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The 12 Days of Armalite Holiday Celebration

  Press Release (Geneseo, IL – December 15, 2014) We are celebrating the holidays once again with the 12 Days of Armalite. Visit http://www.armalite.com to find out the specials of the day. This year’s promotion will run from December 10 … Continue reading

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Jericho Pistol Returns to the U.S. Market

  Readers may recall the Baby Eagle pistol that was being imported by Magnum Research a number of years ago. At the time it was probably one of the best value 9mm compact pistols on the U.S. market. It was … Continue reading

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The New AXTS Raptor Charging Handle Is Now Available From Extreme Outfitters

Two indispensible accessories for any M4 carbine are an ambidextrous selector and  ambidextrous charging handle. If you expect to develop a high degree of proficiency when shooting from the weak side, you need to have that capability. The AXTS Raptor … Continue reading

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Crimson Trace Laserguard For S&W BODYGUARD 380 Now Available In Red or Green lasers

Crimson Trace has announced that it now offers two Laserguard® laser sight systems for the Smith & Wesson M&P BODYGUARD 380 pistol: the LG-454 with a red laser diode and the LG-454G with a green laser diode. These new Laserguards … Continue reading

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FOBUS Holsters Introduces A New IWB Series, IWBL and IWBS

  The Fobus IWBL and IWBS offer an innovative approach to a popular and tested system of concealed carry; an approach that goes further and improves on an existing concept to allow degrees of comfort and efficiency not possible before. … Continue reading

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Glock 19 Threaded Barrels From Silencerco Are Now Available

  Silencerco has announced that its much awaited Glock 19 threaded barrels will start shipping on 15 Dec 2014. The Silencerco barrels are compatible with Gen 4 and Gen 3 Glock pistols. They will be followed by threaded barrels for the … Continue reading

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Gear Review: Primary Arms 3X Magnifier Gen II

  Late in November, of this year, I completed a review of the Primary Arms Micro Dot Fixed Base Gen II red dot sight; I was very much impressed by it. You can read my review here. So, I decided … Continue reading

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Gear Review: Bushnell AR Optics 223 1-4 x 24 BTR variable magnification tailored to your AR

  With the ever increasing popularity of three gun competitions and the realization that one can only do so much with a red dot sight, I thought I would present to my readers a magnified optic from Bushnell that’s ideally … Continue reading

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The Bersa BP380 Concealed Carry is Now Available in the United States

Wanamassa, N.J. (December 2014) – Eagle Imports, Inc., the exclusive distributor of Metro Arms, Bersa, Comanche and Grand Power firearms products, is pleased to introduce to the U.S. market the BP380 Concealed Carry.   The BP380 CC is Bersa’s first … Continue reading

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Vickers Tactical AK Sling Rev. 2

The AK reigns supreme as the most prolific battle rifle in the history of modern warfare. It deserves a sling that is as functional and reliable as the host weapon system. Vickers Tactical stepped in to fill that need with … Continue reading

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Kalashnikov Concern Gears Up For Large-Scale Modernization Program.

October 9, 2014 Tatyana Rusakova, RBTH Source: Russia Beyond the Headlines – http://rbth.com/defence/2014/10/09/kalashnikov_concern_gears_up_for_large-scale_modernization_program_40473.html) Arms manufacturer Kalashnikov is preparing to undergo large-scale modernization with new technology that is slated to help it reduce labor costs and generate profits. After losing its … Continue reading

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MAGPUL Industries–MS1 Padded Sling Is Now Shipping

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The Legendary Kalashnikov

The video was posted on You Tube 11 Nov 2012 by the Russian  RT News network. RT News launched its first channel in December 2005 and has since then grown to three global news channels broadcasting in English, Spanish and … Continue reading

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Our 2014 Holiday Stocking Stuffer Suggestions (6-10)

We couldn’t think of a better gift than a Primary Arms Micro Dot sight with a Primary Arms 3x magnifier. Both of these accessories fall in the budget optic category but you’re not giving up much. The Primary Arms Gen … Continue reading

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Our 2014 Holiday Stocking Stuffer Suggestions (1-5)

Every year, as a reader service, we publish our list of suggested stocking stuffers. We offer our readers what we think are some great gift ideas, be they for self or others. This year’s list consists of 10 items that … Continue reading

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Larry Vickers Running ARES DEFENSE ARES-16 AMG-2

This is a pretty impressive system. I like the fact that it’s piston driven with barrel interchangeability  as simple as any AUG. The icing on the cake is that at the drop of a hat you can transition from a … Continue reading

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Silencerco’s Harvester Big Bore ASR Mount Is Here

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MasterPiece Arms Introduces the New DMG Series

The MPA30DMG, is the first “multi caliber” pistol from the new DMG (Defender, Machined, Grip) Series. This 9mm pistol is based on the 30sst, but includes a fully machined aluminum pistol grip. The DMG series grip is MPA’s most ergonomically … Continue reading

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General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems and Smith & Wesson Will Team To Meet The Army’s Modular Handgun System Challenge

As all of our readers know, the U.S. Army has a solicitation open, under Modular Handgun System, to replace the M9,M9A1 handguns. The competition is schedules to begin in January 2015, for 2017 delivery  to begin at a TBD date. … Continue reading

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3 Percenter Grips Celebrate Those Who fought In our War of Independence

  Brighton, CO, late November 2014 – Rio Grande Custom Grips announces a new patriotic theme grip for 1911 frame pistols and various revolvers. http://www.riograndecustomgrips.com   Rio Grande Custom Grips created these new3 Percenter grips for those folks who want … Continue reading

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Optics Planet Black Friday Deals

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No Nonsense Silence: Meet Mike Pappas

Mike Pappas, Director of Product Development Dead Air Armament  Mike Pappas isn’t new to the suppressor industry and he doesn’t take any prisoners when it comes to his products. After co-founding SilencerCo and helping it become a market leader, Mike … Continue reading

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Sneak Preview: Bushnell AR Optics 1-4x 24mm Throw Down PCL FFP Illuminated BTR Reticle

This December, I’ll be bringing you a comprehensive review of Bushnell’s AR Optics 1-4x 24mm Throw Down PCL FFP Illuminated Reticle. I wanted to close out the year with at least one review of a mid priced magnified optic for … Continue reading

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Magpul’s MBUS PRO Offset Front And Rear Sights Are Now Shipping

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Should The U.S. Army Replace The Beretta M9 ?

T.G.I.F. and what a week it was. This Friday’s shoot-the-shit topic is about the U.S. Army’s Modular Handgun System (MHS) or more commonly known as the quest to retire a tried and true venerable veteran, the M9 9mm semiautomatic service … Continue reading

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COLT Adds The M.A.R.C 901 Carbines To Its Product Lineup

The M.A.R.C. 901 family of rifles draws a portion of its DNA from the highly regarded LE901-16S so it retains the flexibility of accepting any COLT upper receiver group chambered in .223 (5.56×45 NATO) using the optional conversion kit. Colt … Continue reading

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Gear Review: Primary Arms Micro Dot MD-FBII

I’m not suggesting that you forgo buying the best equipment you can afford. What I am suggesting is that there are excellent alternatives that will satisfy 100% of your needs and still leave you with dollars to allocate to training. … Continue reading

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SilencerCo Launches Second Find Your Range Video

These guys have way too much fun; you can too! GO FOR IT!

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