LAV shows off one of his favorite rifles from the Galil series, the IMI Galil SAR. […]
Category: Weapons
SIG SAUER Electro-Optics Introduces ECHO3™ Thermal Reflex Sight with BDX technology
SIG SAUER Electro-Optics is pleased to introduce the ECHO3 Thermal Reflex Sight. The ECHO3 is a direct view thermal sight, utilizing SIG SAUER BDX technology, with the capability to capture images and record video in eight different color palettes. “The ECHO3 is an ultra-compact, lightweight direct-view thermal sight,” said Andy York, President, SIG SAUER Electro-Optics. […]
Airsoft Action magazine goes global digital and free
Over the last nine years AIRSOFT ACTION has become the most widely-distributed airsoft magazine, and now it’s going to go even further – from the current issue onwards, AIRSOFT ACTION will be available as a global, digital-only, FREE-TO-READ publication!! In keeping with the magazine’s global ambitions, the crew have assembled a team of contributors from […]
Robinson Armament update on M-96 re-launch
The M96 Expeditionary Rifle / Carbine was designed along the lines of the Stoner 63 Weapon system and was designed so that it could be built as a carbine, rifle, top fed, or belt fed weapon. Robinson Armament Co. made the M96 from 1999-2005 in carbine, rifle, and top-fed magazine configurations. It was very reliable, […]
SHOT Show 2020: Sage Signature Series from Agency Arms and Aaron Cowan
Written by Richard Kilgore. Aaron Cowan, the founder and HMFIC of Sage Dynamics, has teamed up with Agency Arms to develop a new Sage Dynamics limited edition series of signature pistols. The platform will be offered in two configurations: the V1 and V2, both based on the (user-supplied) Glock 45. Both boast features evolved from […]
SIG’s New Belt-Fed Machine Gun at SHOT Show 2020
It’s no secret that SIG-SAUER USA is like an unstoppable juggernaut of very impressive new products that just keeps winning in every category they operate in. On the defense market front, one of their most interesting and innovative new offerings is the company’s .338 Norma Magnum (MG-338) medium machine gun. As a quick reminder, the […]
Vickers Tactical on the ArmaLite AR-18
With all the recent hoopla around the resurrection / reinterpretation of retro rifles, we thought it would be fun to have a look at what LAV thought of one of the most successful failures in military small-arms history, the ArmaLite AR-18… The AR-180 was definitely a rifle that I was very interested in back in my […]
U.S. Army JFK Special Warfare Museum becomes Army Special Operations Forces Museum
With the arrival of a new year, part of a new command vision will soon take place in the U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) footprint. The U.S. Army Special Operations Command has initiated a plan to reinvigorate the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Museum. As a result, the museum is temporarily closed […]
Robinson Armament Company Bringing Back Their Stoner 63 Look-alike M96 Rifle
Speaking of retro rifles, one of the most exciting things we’ve seen come out of SHOT Show 2020 so far is the confirmation from Robinson Armament Company that they are indeed bringing back their ode to the Stoner 63 Rifle – the M96! The Robinson Armament Company M96 Expeditionary Rifle, Recon Carbine, and Bren Gun […]
Brownells Retro Rifles
This isn’t exactly “news”, nor is it the latest, cutting-edge, innovation being unveiled for the first time ever either. But I do happen to think that these are very cool, and kudos to Brownells for making them. While I’ve never really been a fan of the original AR-10 / AR-15 / M-16 design, with its […]
