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Phase 5 ABS – Arm Brace Stop

Despite swirling rumors that Sig Arm Brace is now illegal to shoulder (its not), companies such as Phase 5 Tactical are forging ahead with new products directly related to the system. The brace is...

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New Bolt Carriers With Integral Gas Keys By Voodoo Innovations

Here’s an idea: Making AR-15 carriers with integrated gas keys. Of course, if you are just milling carriers out of round stock on a horizontal machine as in a military BCGs, then this would...

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PWS Tactical Forearm Lengthener

PWS made this video last year. It is hilarious. It seems they put a full length handguard on a short barrel. His expression is priceless. The post PWS Tactical Forearm Lengthener appeared first on The...

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What Really Happened At Wanat?

In discussions about the suitability of the M4 rifle for combat, the Battle of Wanat comes up quite a lot. To some, Wanat represents the continuation of past mistakes; more dead soldiers with jammed...

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CMMG Has Begun Shipping MK47 Mutants

According to a press release, CMMG has begun shipping MK 47 Mutant rifles to “select stores”: Fayette, MO -CMMG Inc. has announced that the company has shipped its first production run of Mk47 MUTANT...

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Sydney Siege

It seems that every time an event occurs that receives a massive amount of media attention and has multiple law enforcement agencies involved, all the interesting small arms in use come out of the...

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Ruger Elite 451/452 Trigger

Ruger is now selling a trigger upgrade for the AR-15 type rifle. Called the Elite 452, the two-stage trigger is a fully assembled kit in a polymer dry fire housing that includes a new grip, hammer...

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Ares Armor Crayon Drawing Sent To BATFE Director

Dimitrios Karras of Ares Armor is a little frustrated with the BATFE’s inconsistency regarding 80% lowers, and what constitutes their manufacture. To assist ATF director B. Todd Jones in understanding,...

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Coming Soon: Modern Weapon Systems ION

Modern Weapon Systems is a Missouri based firm that originally was exclusively involved in dealing firearms. Its Owner, Ian McFarland is a product of the automotive industry and his knowledge of...

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Chris Costa Interview in Japan

Peace Combat Magazine is an Airsoft and Tactical Gear magazine. They had a Chris Costa Welcome Party and held an interview with Chris Costa in Japan. Here is the interview. There aren’t any subtitles...

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AXTS Weapons Systems MI-T556 14.5” Carbine

I had never heard of AXTS before this press release, but I am definitely intrigued by their product. I think the idea of a fully ambidextrous rifle (ready to go out of the box) is a great idea. And you...

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Video: AK-47 Trigger Functioning

YouTube channel BombBuster72 has created a video showing how the trigger group for the AK-47 functions. Using CAD, he based the video off the Tapco G2 double-hook trigger system. Be prepared to...

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MagPul Releases New Products Including Adjustable PRO Rear Sight

MagPul has announced the release of a few new products to be shipping during SHOT 2015. Of foremost interest is the new MBUS Pro LR Rear AR-15 iron sight. Rather than fixed distances, the sight...

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The Old And The Ancient

It’s unfortunate that when tabletop volumes or works of fine journalism cover the weapons used in a particular time or place, they always seem to paint a nice neat picture: M16A1s squared off against...

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Medical POV: Rifle vs Handgun Wounds

Here is an interesting video. WARNING GRAPHIC MEDICAL CONTENT. The video is of a Doctor explaining various wounds and how the body reacts to being shot by a gun. He talks about some statistics from...

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PSA: Always Known Your Caliber (300 BLK in 5.56 KaBoom)

Originally posted on Reddit, one very fortunate shooter survived a catastrophic failure by detonating a 300 BLK in 5.56 firearm. 300 BLK has many advantages, but can have one real disadvantage. It can...

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Lancer Systems Adaptive Magwell

Lancer Systems recently released their new Adaptive Magwell. It’s made of 6061 T6 aluminum and fit all mil-spec 5.56 magwells, it was designed to help increase the speed and ease of magazine reloads. I...

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Magpul PMAG D60

Magpul just released a video today where they unveiled their new polymer PMAG D60 drum magazine. Yeah, you read that right. As the name suggest it holds 60 rounds and features a special loading lever...

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Gun Review: Faxon Arms ARAK-21

In 2012, Bob Faxon of Faxon Firearms set out to make an Ar-15 upper receiver that took the best elements of the Ar-15 platform and blended it with the proven Ak-47/AKM/Ak-74/Ak-100 series of weapons....

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New Ergo Grip Never Quit Magwell Grip for 2015

Ergo Grip has a number of new items coming out for 2015 including this Never Quit Magwell Grip. From Ergo Grip: Ergo Grip Introduces The Never Quit Magwell Grip Moriarty,NM Ergo Grip® introduces the...

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