On 27 March 2023, the Finnish and Swedish Defence Forces signed an agreement for a joint range of military small arms with Finnish firearms manufacturer Sako Ltd. The range of firearms to be manufactured will gradually replace the the Swedish and Finnish Defence Forces’ current assault rifles, semi-automatic marksman rifles and heavy precision rifles. […]
Category: Shooting
Revision Unveils SlingShot Ballistic Sunglasses
Revision Military has introduced the new SlingShot™ ballistic sunglasses – featuring a browless design for off-the-charts anti-fog performance, with adjustable and customizable fit and rapid lens swap capabilities. SlingShot also exceeds military ballistic impact requirements. At first glance, you’ll notice the unique style of SlingShot that delivers numerous advantages over traditional ballistic sunglasses. The browless […]
Primary Arms SLX 3x with ACSS: Best AK Red Dot?
Rob Ski from AK Operators Union is back with a look at what he calls “the Little Miracle.” Anyone who has tried to put an optic on an AK rifle knows the inherent challenges. Ski thinks things have been slowly getting better, though. He notes that the improvement of AK-compatible optics over the last six […]
IWI Launches 7.62X51mm ACE Sniper S.A Rifle
IWI – Israel Weapon Industry – a member of the SK Group and a worldwide leader in combat-proven small arms – announces the launch of the Ace Sniper S.A Rifle. Based on the reliable, proven platform of the known Galil-Ace, the semi-automatic rifle with its advanced ergonomics design provides the user with the greatest accuracy […]
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 […]
SIG SAUER Releases P210 CARRY
SIG SAUER recently announced the latest release in their line of historic P210 pistols – the P210 CARRY. This pistol combines the historic lineage of its iconic Swiss predecessor with the ideal characteristics and necessities the consumer expects in a modern carry pistol. “The SIG P210 is regarded as one of the most legendary, reliable, […]
Springfield Armory Announces the Hellion Bullpup Rifle
There have been some surprising product announcements this week in the run-up to the SHOT Show next week. But this one is perhaps the most surprising of all the ones I’ve seen. If you had given me a list of 10 rifles and pistols and asked me to guess which one was going to be […]
SIG SAUER Launches Commercial Variant of U.S. Army Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) Submission
“This is a rare opportunity for passionate consumers to own a piece of history,” began Ron Cohen, President & CEO, SIG SAUER, Inc. “This first production run MCX-SPEAR, and all of the revolutionary technology behind its development, is being offered to the commercial market in a configuration that is a near match to our NGSW-R […]
LCTairsoft SVD
Our friends at LCTairsoft helped us ring in the (Western) New Year with their first new product drop of 2022 – their stunning steel, wood, and polymer SVD AEG! The Soviet SVD-63 (Snáyperskaya Vintóvka sistém’y Dragunóva obraz’tsá 1963 goda) is probably the first modern example of a designated marksman rifle. This means that it was […]
The RF/22 from Radical Firearms
Something for the weekend Sir? With everything else going on, you may have missed the Radical Firearms RF/22 – a match-grade rifle chambered in .22lr. Here’s what you missed. The RF/22 was designed with the shooting enthusiast in mind. It’s a sleek, solid, well-designed semi-auto you can use to plink, target-shoot, or bring doom upon […]