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Everybody who shoots has dreamed of brass which doesn’t require clean up. Soldiers and civilians spend a lot of time picking up brass and the Department of Defense has a plan that may change ammunition forever. What if it grew flowers? The US military shoots a tons of ammunition which scatter components all over the […]
by Hognose What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate.  -Donald J. Trump. We’re not sure about twists of Fate, but a number of you have asked us about twists of rifling. The question usually comes in the context of AR-15 rifles and their clones, […]
by Mike Jones With every step I could feel brass roll underneath my feet. My MK18 was so hot that it was almost untouchable and caked with grime and carbon fouling from a regimen of firing almost 800 rounds of 5.56×45 during a training event. As the day rolled into night we switched to our […]
by Hognose At least three manufacturers are competing in the evolving process of selecting the Bundeswehr’s replacement for the unsatisfactory G36 individual rifle. The participants include H&K, SIG-Sauer, and Steyr, which is partnering with Rheinmetall. (Gun history buffs, Rheinmetall is huge now, but evolved from an ancient gunmaking firm… Dreyse, of Prussian needle-gun fame). Dreyse was based […]
by Erik Meisner In 2016, I embarked on a mission to learn the trade of long-range shooting. Along the way I’ve written articles covering some of the equipment individually. I also wrote about my experiences while training. What I neglected to do is put together a long range shooting loadout. This article will include the […]
Springfield Armory® is pleased to announce its participation in the New Year, New Gear Giveaway. The promotion will give one lucky winner over $1,400 of concealed carry gear including gun, holster, and training tools. The New Year, New Gear promotion aims to outfit the winner with everything they need to go from zero to fully-equipped […]
Honor Defense is pleased to announce that training copies of the new Honor Defense line of 9MM, sub-compact pistols are now available through Blueguns. The Blueguns motto is, “Train Safe and Train Smart,” and these Bluegun Honor Defense models allows shooters and concealed carry practitioners to do both. “Blueguns make top-of-the-line tactical training products, and […]
Umarex® ARX® Ammunition represents the next generation of muzzleloading and airgun hunting technology. Precision-engineered at the pioneering PolyCase® Ammunition development lab, Umarex ARX ammo incorporates patent-pending innovation that enables extreme hunting performance. Constructed from an advanced polymer-copper matrix, the Umarex ARX SpeedBandâ„¢ and SpeedBeltâ„¢ bullets will revolutionize terminal performance in both muzzleloading and airgun hunting. […]
by Hognose The M16A2 was adopted by the Marines in 1983, and then by the Army in 1986. Shortly before its adoption, an Army contract analyzed the M16A2 — and found it all wrong for  the Army. The report is here: http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a168577.pdf This is the second of a three part series. In the first part, yesterday on WeaponsMan.com, the […]
The ETS Group has released new Glock magazines that are made of a clear polymer material and are legal for both recreational and competitive shooters. ETS is short for Elite Tactical Systems, they are a Knoxville, Tennessee based manufacturer of polymer magazines for two of the most popular weapons systems in the United States, the […]
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