The Stoner 63 Weapon System

The term ‘weapon system’ is often overused and misapplied these days, but in the case of the famous Stoner 63, it is totally applicable.  Soon after leaving ArmaLite, Eugene Stoner devised a concept for a weapons platform built around a common receiver and interchangeable components that could be configured as a rifle, carbine and several […]

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Shoei bring back the FG42 Type I

Well, let’s face it, you’ll probably never get your hands on a real one – and even the real-steel semi-auto-only replicas are quite expensive and hard to come by too… So its a good thing that Shoei are going to do another production run of their fully-functioning (but non-firing) museum-quality FG42 Type 1 replica gun. At […]

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BORDER WAR photo contest

Our friends at Airsoft & Military News Blog are running a photo contest for this year’s ‘Border War’ MilSim event.  They’ve got some great sponsors lined up to provide some great prizes… Click here to get all the details. […]

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50 Shades of Tactical Grey?

You might have seen that the color grey has become a bit of a trend, and a topic of conversation, in the tactical industry lately.  So okay, I’ll be that guy who makes that joke… But seriously, why has grey suddenly become so fashionable?  Why is it suddenly ‘the new black’?  Grey as a tactical […]

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