Feature Articles

After “winning” the midterm election in November, I think a lot of people who were about to take the leap into preparing for any kind of imminent collapse got lazy. I just took a trip to the Northeast US, and couldn’t believe how asleep the general population is up there to what is going on in the world around them. At Logon Airport, Boston, I encountered one of their State Troopers, who you would swear was intentionally dressed in a costume of a Nazi SS trooper, and who was sporting, right there in the airport, a front slung suppressed MP5 with a double pancake mag in it. His hand was on the grip and his finger was across the trigger guard. Yet nobody but me seemed to be bothered by such a thing.

MGI has the most innovative modular rifle on the market today. You want one serialized lower on which you can run just about anything else you want? MGI has it. We’ve put the Hydra system to the test–and couldn’t be more pleased with the way this thing runs. So what’s new for 2015?

Masterpiece Arms has a new masterpiece. The DMG is a 9mm pistol that evokes the charm of the old MAC pistols. Will the semiautomatic DMG prove as popular? Check these things out. They look like great fun guns and we can’t wait to get one on the range.

In a year marked by some sad excuses for new product launches, Kahr is pushing forward. They’ve released upgraded pistols, and added to the Desert Eagle line. Magnum Research, Kahr, and Auto Ordnance all had new launches this year, and some of these guns are just plain bad-ass.

Silencerco’s cans continue to set the pace. Their Salvo 12, the only commercially available shotgun suppressor, is a work of art. Since they launch products as they are available, their presence at the SHOT show was more about advocacy than products, but it was still something to see. Read more…

The T4E from Umarex is about to change the way we train with force on force. These carbines shoot fat balls of paint or dust. Or if you want something that thumps harder and can be reused, they can shoot rubber balls. Force on force is about to get a lot more affordable.

When we got wind of the Scorpion (maybe the most fun gun we’ve reviewed all year), we thought that would be the feature story for CZ at SHOT show. Little did we know–the Scorpion was only one chapter. There’s more news from CZ, and it is going to make AR pistol fans happy.

One theme developing at the SHOT Show this year is paired optics. The concept has been around for a while, and manufacturers are catching on. The appeal of magnification paired with fast target acquisition is easy to understand. And now Burris is offering kits that combine everything you need into one convenient package.

So what is this cute sounding cartridge and why should you know about it? Well, first off it will work in an AR-15 style rifle. It fits in standard size magazines but single stacked. It uses a 7.62×39 bolt on a standard carrier group. AM-TAC will be selling barrels, complete uppers and rifles in the coming months ready to roll a Hushpuppy.