The UK Ministry of Defence published a tender a couple of months back for a new “Army Special Operations Brigade Rifle Procurement and Support of an Armalite Rifle (AR) platform Alternative Individual Weapon (AIW) System”. What that means in plain English is that the British Army is looking to equip its new Special Operations Brigade […]
Heckler & Koch brings some fun to the MP5/SP5 lineup with the addition of .22LR rimfire carbines and pistols. What could be cooler than two new MP5 .22 LRs in pistol and carbine configurations? Heckler & Koch is pleased to announce the launch of the coolest rimfires on the market. HK has partnered with Umarex […]
St. Cloud, MN-based Maxim Defense, the US company that describes itself as the “…premiere manufacturer in PDW technologies”, has announced the availability of the Maxim Defense PDX in Urban Grey. The Maxim Defense PDX, is chambered in .300BLK, 5.56 NATO, and 7.62×39, had its genesis in USSOCOM. Born of the SOCOM PDW solicitation, the PDX, […]
Global Ordnance, the exclusive distributor for Grand Power in the United States, recently officially launch an oft-requested (read, much-demanded) 30 round curved magazine for the Grand Power Stribog SP9 line of Pistol Caliber Carbines. G.O. tells us, “After years of research and development, rigorous testing, and a long ride across the sea, the all-new magazines are […]
As today is the day that the LCTairsoft LK53A2 and LK53A3 AEGs drop, this date shall henceforth be known as August 53rd! The LK53 AEGs join the LK33 (HK33 replica) series already on the market. Contact your favorite LCT dealer to get in on the action! […]
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 […]
You know we’re big fans of HK’s classic Cold War era roller-delayed blowback firearms, and particularly the all-too-often forgotten HK33 5.56x45mm calibre assault rifle and its derivatives. The HK33 was developed in the 1960s by Heckler & Koch GmbH (H&K) primarily for export. It built upon the company’s success with their 7.62x51mm NATO G3 rifle […]
The SIG SAUER Academy Summer Fest is happening August 28th. They will have special discounts on in-stock SIG SAUER items, special pricing on firearms packages, discounts on classes, raffles, giveaways, Try-Before-You-Buy, food and more! […]
When it comes to pistol shooting, consistency breeds precision. In the latest video and blog series from UF PRO, former U.S. Marine Rick Crawley (and now CEO and chief instructor at Achilles Heel Tactical in North Canton, Ohio, U.S.A.) discusses seven fundamentals of pistol shooting and offers advice to help you become a more proficient […]
In the dying days of World War Two, well before the invention of the AR10 or AR-15, when the M1 Garand was king of the hill – and laser beams and night vision goggles were the stuff of science fiction – a rifle was conceived in Belgium that would come to be known as “the […]