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Hands-on with the Black Rain Norguard .308
Before I talk about my favorite gun from SHOT Show’s Media Day, I need to make a confession in order to set some context: I’m completely new to the AR platform. I grew up hunting, and until very...
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Stag Arms 8T Piston AR-15
The new Stag Arms 8T is based on the established piston carbine that’s been out a few years. Call this an upgrade if you will. What Stag has done is change some previous standard parts. The primary...
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S&W Joins .308 AR Market
One of the new rifles unveiled this week was the Smith & Wesson M&P-10. Their website currently only lists a camouflage version with a Magpul stock and five round magazine for an MSRP...
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LaRue PredatOBR in 7.62
New for 2013, the LaRue Tactical in 7.62 is notable for it’s QD (quick-detachable) handguard. LaRue claims that after the rifle is reassembled that it will shoot a grouping within .25 MOA of the prior...
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Lewis Machine and Tool: orders are backed up for 2 years… or not
My main mission at SHOT has been interviewing AR-15 makers for a longer piece that I’m working on, and as part of that project I’ll be publishing edited transcripts and information from those...
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X Products high-capacity magazines
For those of you who can no longer find standard 30-round rifle magazines on store shelves, X Products may be able to fill that need. X Products has a 50 round drum that can fit a variety of rifles...
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POF-USA’s new EFP Trigger
POF-USA’s new “Enhanced Finger Placement” trigger is a single-stage, 4.5lb pull, non-adjustable, drop-in trigger. It “naturally guides the tip of your finger to the same resting place for a precise,...
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KNS AR-15 Spade Grip, Tripod Mount and GoPro Picatinny Adapter
KNS Precision manufacture a number of AR-15 accessories including a rifle machine gun-like spade grip, a tripod mount and a GoPro video camera mount. At SHOT Show they had all three hooked up to a...
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Bushmaster Offering .300 BLACKOUT Uppers
Bushmaster is now offering an upper for the .300 BLACKOUT (aka 300 BLK or 300 AAC BLACKOUT) cartridge. The uppers use a light contour barrel with a black Melonite coating. Barrel length is 16″. The...
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Hive Satchel: Blue Force Gear’s Non-Tactical Tactical Satchel
Blue Force Gear collaborated with Chris Costa to design a tactical satchel for carrying submachine guns or PDW-style short barreled rifles that looked as little tactical as possible. The result was the...
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Joost, a reader of TFB, emailed us a sketch of an idea he had. He wrote … The entire idea is basically deviding the pressure that goes trough a single gas-tube trough a dual-gas tube system, splitting...
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DPMS 22 LR Rifles from the 2013 SHOT Show
At the 2013 SHOT Show in Las Vegas, DPMS announced the addition of two new .22 LR AR-style rifles to their line of guns. The new “DPMS Mil-Std 22LR” rifles use mil-spec receivers, which means they are...
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Remington R-15 with Magpul MOE
Remington will now include Magpul MOE accessories on their R-15 line of rifles. According to Remington, the company will have a line of four R-15 MOE rifles that will include Magpul pistol grips,...
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ATI Omni AR 15 Polymer Lower
There have been many advances in polymer technology in recent years. These advances have been primarily in the area of accessories as far as AR15′s are concerned. ATI is moving ahead with a new major...
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Colt Defense Offering Rifle With Hydro Dipped Patterns
If the pink rifle phenomenon taught us anything, its that there is a large market for guns that are not black in color. Colt Defense, the original maker of the Black Rifle itself, is now offer the...
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SIG M400 Predator
SIG Sauer introduced the new M400 Predator at the recent SHOT Show in Las Vegas. The M400 Predator is a AR-style rifle chambered in 5.56 NATO and set up for hunters. The rifle has a match-grade heavy...
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Troy Tritium BUIS Review
For those unfamiliar with the concept of Back-Up Iron Sights (BUIS), they are just that, irons that fold out of the way when not in use, but can be quickly flipped up if for some reason an optic fails,...
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H&K G28 DMR Photos
762PR Defence PR borrowed a Heckler & Koch G28, the Bundeswehr’s new Designated Marksman Rifle, from a local dealer for a photo shoot they were doing for one of their clients. The photos of are...
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The AR-15 Is A Gadget
Wired Magazine has published an excellent long form article explaining what the AR-15 is and what it is not to Wired’s geek/tech audience. From the morning that ArmaLite opened its doors in 1954 to the...
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Bushmaster Using Magpul MOE Stocks
Bushmaster Firearms is starting to use Magpul MOE stocks on a lot of their rifles. Among the rifles now sporting MOE gear are the company’s Varminter, Predator and 308 Hunter lines. Four different...
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