Next Generation Squad Weapons Program and True Velocity

The US Army’s “Next Generation Squad Weapons” (NGSW) Program has certainly been an interesting project to watch, and despite the delays in publishing the promised final announcements, it has also progressed much quicker than many expected. Of course, many (including myself to be honest) were rather skeptical to begin with that the program would in […]

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HK USA Brings Back the SL8

As seen on social media today, HK fires up the 911 Turbo and heads back to the late ’90’s… Why? Because someone thought it would be cool to bring back the SL8. In case you forgot,  the SL8 is a US import-legal version of the G36 designed for precision sport shooting. It features a cold-hammer […]

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VFC Releases MP5K-PDW V2 GBBR

The Umarex/VFC partnership continues to set the highest standards in airsoft regarding attention to detail and build quality. Their latest replica of the famous Heckler & Koch MP5K sub-machine gun takes things to an even higher level thanks to its realistic blowback action mechanism. Originally developed in the early 1960’s by former Mauser engineers who […]

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Steyr Arms G62 – The G36 Upgrade Option

It seems that the German Bundeswehr’s current Sturmgewehr Saga is still a long way from being fully and finally resolved, and in the meantime the (allegedly) flawed G36 soldiers on… While the German’s try to untangle themselves from the knot they got themselves into with the whole ‘replace-the-G36-with-an-AR-based-platform-at-the-lowest-cost-technically-acceptable-option’, along come the Austrians at Steyr Arms […]

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Century Arms Announces AP5 9mm Pistol Line

The AP5 or “Apparatus Pistol”, is a roller delayed blowback firearm based and built off of the original and historic MP5 design. Adopted for use across the globe, no other firearm of this type has been more successful.  The roller-locked delayed-blowback mechanism was first developed during WWII, and became widely respected as a preeminent firearms […]

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