Barrett Firearms secured a U.S. Army Contracting Command contract for “M107 Long Range Sniper Rifle variants, spare parts, accessories and training” on Sept. 23. Barely a week later, the company signed another agreement, this one with a United States-allied nation for the purchase of its MRAD Extreme Long Range (MRADELR) precision rifle—the first international order for the long-range, semi-auto platform. ...
On the internet, where we debate anything and everything gun and self-defense related, a common refrain one will encounter is, “I know what I’m talking about. I served X amount of years in the service as such and such in wherever.” As a boy in the ‘80s and ‘90s, I took the advice of Special Operations veterans especially seriously and ...
G9 Defense has just added three loads featuring Shape Charge technology to its Safari Ammunition line, designed to excel at dangerous game hunting. Dangerous game hunters have some new ammo options to explore as G9 Defense has just updated its Safari Ammunition line with three new loads featuring “Shape Charge” technology. While soft point bullets can have underwhelming penetration, and ...
XS Sights is now offering Smith & Wesson and Ruger revolver shooters new “pre-drilled” front and rear sight sets to upgrade the standard factory sights that came on their guns originally, without the need of expensive or complicated trips to the gunsmiths for extra adjustment. These DIY sights are designed so that shooters can easily swap sights out at home ...
It’s sometime in the late ’90s on an icy night at 1 a.m. and you just put that embarrassing secondhand Dodge Dynasty you got from your parents into a ditch. You call the one friend in college you know with a 4WD pickup who’ll come rescue your ride in the middle of the night and not tell anybody who’ll tell ...
Aero Precision has just launched a new .22-caliber suppressor suitable for rimfire cartridges like .17 HMR, .22 LR and handguns using the 5.7x28mm round. Aero Precision designed the new Tephra silencer to be easy for any end user to service at home, with a baffle stack that is manufactured from 17-4 stainless steel baffles. These not only enhance its sound-suppression ...
When John Moses Browning designed the 1911, it did not have a rail to mount a weapon light. In fact, when the first polymer-framed, striker-fired gun appeared, it didn’t have a rail to mount a light either. My, how times have changed. Now, most handguns have accessory rails. Even many 1911 pistols have rails on them. In this article, the ...
A fatal altercation at Bella Vista Senior Housing Complex in New Haven resulted in the shooting death of a man wielding a machete. Residents are calling for enhanced security measures in light of the incident. NEW HAVEN, CT (1-minute read) — A man was shot and killed after wielding a machete during a confrontation at the Bella Vista housing complex ...
Magnified riflescopes use reticles to provide an aiming reference relative to their target. In today’s world of modern optics, riflescope reticles can be either stone simple, like Trijicon’s Triangle Post reticle or quite sophisticated such as the Horus Vision TREMOR 3. One could write entire books about the differences in rifle scope reticles, stadia lines and the manner in which ...
“…with a delivery like a brick through a plate-glass window.” I’m sorry; I hate to shatter illusions, but with the exception of that line, author Ian Fleming was a horrible writer. Before equipping his hero with a .32 ACP in “Dr. No,” he had Bond packing a .25 ACP. Really? However, when he did upgrade him (at the advice of ...