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Next Gen Home Defense Light

The people who came up with the “New Weapon Lighting System” have gone live. They have a website now. Nextgenhdl.com You can order their light system for your threaded handguard. They come in 4...

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AAA SAP – Another Offspring of Charles St. George’s Leader T2

Aftermath Gun Club has posted images of the Leader T2-derived AAA SAP pistol on its firearms identification site ID.Gun.FM. The Leader T2 was not a commercial success, resulting in the dissolution of...

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Pedersen Model GY At RIA

Rock Island Auction seems to always have something special, but this particular item is exceptional even by those standards. Forgotten Weapons has a video overview of an extremely rare Pedersen GY...

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New ERGO Grip Rail Slot Covers. In M-LOK!

Lest you think that ERGO Grip only makes accessories for KeyMod, they have now released a version of their “WedgeLok” rail covers that attach to M-LOK (patent pending). Personally I have the KeyMod...

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The G36 Controversy Intensifies

The recent controversy surrounding the H&K G36 rifle (previous articles regarding available here, here, here, and here) may come to a head soon. The issue of a new Bundeswehr rifle was brought up...

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Not So Special: A Critical View Of The 6.8mm SPC

The 5.56mm M855 round has received considerable criticism for its terminal characteristics. Detractors point out that the round fails to fragment when the striking velocity is too low – such as when...

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AR-15 TacOps-1 Charging Handle Review

Like any AR-15 part, there are lots of enhanced and improved charging handles out there. Looking through some of the marketing materials, you might think the USGI handle was a self destruct button,...

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KAC Skeletonized AR Upper Receiver

When it comes to sports cars I believe the less weight the better, I believe in the same principal with my guns. I was never a fan of hanging a bunch of stuff on my AR15 other than the essentials. I’m...

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War Sport Costa Ludus Edition

Costa Ludus and War Sport collaborated to make a limited edition AR. It is made by War Sport and sold by Reactive Gunworks.   Here is a video of Costa doing his thing with the Costa Ludus Edition AR....

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ACCESSORY REVIEW: RISE Armament RA-535 Advanced Performance Trigger and...

As indicated in my brief post from SHOT, I was getting the opportunity to review a trigger and compensator from RISE Armament. About two weeks after SHOT I received a care package from them, and it...

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The Redi-Catch for MSRs by Boonie Packer

I first saw the magazine release doubling as a bolt catch on the ADAC lower receivers by AXTS Weapon Systems and found it highly useful. Expanding the same functionality, albiet with an external...

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Duralar: A New Coating for Firearms

The next new (of many to come, I am sure) coatings for firearms has been released by ProtoTactical, Duralar. Duralar is a diamond-based nanotechnology coating that “enhance(s) metal hardness and...

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Colt OEM Series Rifles

Some AR companies add more accessories to their guns to appeal to buyers, but according to Shooting Illustrated, Colt is going the other way with the OEM series. Understanding that many people...

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Off Axis Shooting

Aaron Cowan of Sage Dynamics discusses and shows a slight variation of off axis shooting. I usually see off axis shooting in 3Gun competitions where the shooter has an angled sight zeroed differently...

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Weekend Photo: Long Barrel Brazilian military police AR-15

Vinicius sent us this photo of troopers belonging to the military Police of São Paulo State, Brazil, GATE (Grupo de Ações Táticas Especiais) squad. GATE is modeled after American SWAT. The barrel on...

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How to Dye a New Sand PMAG – by Magpul

I really am becoming quite the fan of Magpuls various marketing videos. They take the tacti-cool and mix it with a fun flavor of tactical. Latest from their video labs is how to dye one of their new...

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Green Tips vs. Hard Drives. Hard Drives Win.

Another of my YouTube favorites, Taofledermaus, has appealed to both my love of IT and firearms. Setting up over 50 lbs of hard drives, he and his cohorts put a M855 “green tip” into 5″ HDD platters. I...

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H&K’s Other 4.6: The 4.6x36mm HK36

Hognose tackles one of the most confusingly designated of all Heckler and Koch weapons, the HK36 (distinct from the G36) and its 4.6x36mm round (itself distinct from H&K’s 4.6x30mm PDW round):...

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Slide Fire SSAR-15 MOD

Slide Fire is a Texas-based company that was started just a few short years ago by a USAF veteran, and in those years they’ve grown substantially. The company is known for their Slide Fire stocks,...

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Cobalt Kinetics Started Accepting Pre-Orders for the B.A.M.F. at the NRA Show

You may recall that I had the opportunity at SHOT (this year) to preview a dual bolt release (dual forward assist) rifle from Cobalt Kinetics, the B.A.M.F. (Billet Aluminum Modern Firearm).  At the...

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