by Hognose We remember where we met Igor Pasternak — at the EAA Airventure in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the world’s largest airshow — but we don’t remember when. It might have been in the 1990s, or in one of those Augusts of the early oughts we didn’t spend in places named Stan. Pasternak is a fast moving guy, bursting […]
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Springfield Armory 1911 EMP Four-inch Lightweight Champion Earns Golden Bullseye Award
Springfield Armory® is honored to receive the 2017 American Rifleman Women’s Innovation Product of the Year Golden Bullseye Award for the 1911 EMP® Four-inch Lightweight Championâ„¢ pistol. Introduced in 2016, the EMP® Four-inch Lightweight Championâ„¢ is a natural extension to what many customers consider the most elegant and shootable carry pistol ever, the Springfield Armory® […]
Factory Expansion is the Theme for 2017
Firearms factory expansion is the theme for 2017, or so it would seem with yet another major manufacturer in the not so distant past announcing a sizable expansion project. In the fall of 2016 among the mergers and acquisitions by the company formerly known as Smith & Wesson a little bit of news slipped through […]
Almost Automatic: Is a Bump Fire Stock Is For You?
Have you heard of bump fire? If you own an AR- 15 or AK-47, odds are, you have. Fortunately for those of us interested in a non-NFA alternative to a fun switch, there are two companies that have made a stock to make this easier: Slide Fire Solutions and Fostech. Both make a stock to aid in […]
Rand Cleaner Lubricant and Preservative: High Performance
by Mike Jones I pulled the trigger and nothing happened, no click, mushy trigger. The range was quiet in those milliseconds as I tried to ascertain what was happening. My weapon just malfunctioned? Smoke rose steadily from the end of my suppressor. I could see the heat waves rising off the spray paint camouflaged shroud […]
The New HK433 and the German Army Rifle Competition, Part II
by Hognose In our previous report on the new HK433 military rifle we only included a partial translation of HK’s press release. We stopped because our post was quite long enough, but in the comments many of you asked questions about the items that were not included. So let’s translate some more HK! To begin […]
Springfield Armory® Adds Two More Golden Bullseye Awards
GENESEO, ILL. (2/7/17) – Springfield Armory® is proud to announce that two new guns have received the prestigious NRA American Rifleman Golden Bullseye Awards. The Springfield Armory® 1911 EMP® Four-inch Lightweight Championâ„¢ and SAINTâ„¢ AR-15 rifle will receive the Women’s Innovation Product of the Year and Tactical Product of the Year respectively. The two guns […]
Congratulations Springfield: Two Guns From Springfield Win Golden Bullseye Awards
It was announced today that Springfield has two firearms that won the NRA Rifleman Golden Bullseye awards. The 1911 EMP 4 inch Lightweight Champion will be awarded the women’s innovation product of the year award. The SAINT AR-15 will receive the tactical product of the year award. Springfield, I’ve had the pleasure of having my […]
Hexmag Glock Compatible Pistol Magazines: Flat Dark Earth!!!
Hexmag is now making high-quality Glock compatible magazines that will be available in early Spring of 2017. The question with new magazines is always the same, Will they work? When I asked the President of Hexmag about this, he had a simple answer: They will work, or we won’t sell them. You can quote me […]
Got 9mm AR? Get a New Frontier Armory 8 ounce Blowback Buffer to Run Better
The New Frontier Armory 8oz Blowback Buffers are specifically designed for 9mm AR pistol caliber carbines. They are longer and heaver to meet the increased recoil impulse and shorter stroke of direct blow back ARs. Conventional ARs use a direct impingement AR to cycle the weapon. This blows gas through a tube to cycle the bolt. […]