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Will the Marine Corps Replace the M4 with the HK416? USMC Evaluates M27 IAR...
Will Heckler & Koch’s HK416 rifle become the most successful assault rifle model of the early 21st Century? It’s starting to look that way. After the French adoption of the HK416F as their standard...
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Long Barrel, or Short? The Effectiveness Trade-Off Between 14.5″ and 20″ Barrels
In my comments section recently, I was asked to shed some light on the velocity penalty created by moving from 20″ long rifle barrels as in the M16 to 14.5″ long carbine barrels as in the M4 Carbine....
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Digital Trigger for AR-15 Rifles
DigiTrigger is a drop-in AR-15 trigger, which adds a digitally controlled 1 lb trigger mode to your rifle. It is made by a company called Digital Trigger Systems. It is a hybrid system meaning that...
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New Rifle: The Christensen Arms Mesa
Christensen Arms announced a new rifle platform for 2017. The new rifle, called the Mesa, is a bolt action gun that combines excellent accuracy with a lightweight design. The company offers a sub-MOA...
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Early Selfloader Mania: Italy’s First Semiauto Battle Rifle, the Armaguerra...
By this point, it’s impossible to hide my affinity for early selfloading rifles, and today we have another great video from Forgotten Weapons on an early Italian model that made it all the way to...
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What Would a Long Range Sharpshooter Infantry Paradigm Look Like? Part 1: The...
More and more, it seems like we are on the cusp of a break in the small arms “plateau”, and that major changes may be coming both in the technology and use of infantry small arms and ammunition. The...
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What Would a Long Range Sharpshooter Infantry Paradigm Look Like? Part 2:...
Recent experience in Afghanistan, coupled with concerns about the effectiveness of the M4 Carbine – and perhaps also just a general long-term swing of the pendulum – has spurred many to advocate for a...
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Bloke on the Range Tests the DEADLY M1 Garand Flaw that got GIs KILLED in...
We’ve all heard it at gun shows or with friends: The M1 Garand was the first rifle that brought true semiautomatic firepower to the battlefield, but it came with a fatal flaw – the ping, which would...
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Has “The Silencing” Begun? The Marine Corps Experimenting by Suppressing an...
On the defense side, sound suppressors have been relegated to special roles ever since their invention. Used to give stealth to special operatives, assassins, and direct action teams, silencers have...
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[Nightforce 2016] New Daniel Defense Rifles, DD Magazine
Along with the Nightforce products, Daniel Defense was present at Nightforce 2016 with a number of rifle developments and news. Due to unprecedented demand and growth, Daniel Defense will be expanding...
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IC13 Releases Pistol Brace Protector, NFA compliant?
A small company by the name of IC13 has released a “Pistol Brace Protector” for the Shockwave Blade series of pistol brace stabilizers. Essentially it has a circular like interface that “plugs” into...
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PRS Introduces 2017 Gas Gun Series!
Precision Rifle Series has recently announced the 2017 Gas Gun Series. In the world of precision shooting, “gas gun” is used to differentiate from “bolt gun”. But to the rest of us, this simply means...
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New Kel-Tec RDB Survival and KSG-25 | SHOT 2017
With the Kel-Tec RDB’s arriving on store shelves and a healthy supply of RFB’s across the market, Kel-Tec has expanded the RDB-C line to include their new survival model. Built with a 16″ barrel, and...
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HK Shows Off the US Army’s M110A1 CSASS Compact Sniper Rifle | SHOT 17
At the 2017 SHOT Show, Heckler & Koch was proudly displaying their victorious CSASS entrant, now designated the M110A1 by the US Army. The Compact Semi-Automatic Sniper System competition was...
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New Rifle: Stag-10 in .308 Win
Stag Arms introduced a number of new products at the recent SHOT Show including a new rifle called the Stag-10. If you were to guess that the Stag-10 is a AR-10 like gun chambered in .308, you would be...
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Hill & Mac Gunworks Sturmgewehr StG-44 Update | SHOT 17
One of the most interesting firearms for me at the 2017 SHOT Show was Hill & Mac’s quasi-reproduction of the WWII-era StG-44 Sturmgewehr. We’ve covered this weapon twice before at trade shows,...
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Hill & Mac Gunworks CETME-L and CETME-LC Update
Hill & Mac Gunworks’ flagship is their ambitious project to create an affordable, shootable reproduction of the WWII-era German StG-44, but another thing they have been working on is a recreation...
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Tikka’s T3x TAC A1 at Industry Day at the Range, Shipping Now | SHOT 17
At the 2017 SHOT Show, Sako/Tikka was showing off their products, especially their newest entry into the T3 family: The T3x TAC A1, a dedicated from-the-factory precision rifle offering built from off...
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FAMAS to Equip New 84,000 Man National Guard, Stay in Service Until 2028
Even though the French government has adopted the Heckler & Koch HK416F assault rifle to replace the aging FAMAS, it seems “le Bugle” will remain in service for at least the next decade. The reason...
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Robinson Armament Updates .308 XCR-M Rifle | SHOT 17
The redheaded stepchild of the SCAR contract was Robinson Arms’ XCR, an interesting design from a small company in Salt Lake City, UT. A rifle that is part AR-15, part FNC, and part noodle, the XCR...
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