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BCM Gunfighter Charging Handle Lawsuit

Thursday, April 12th, 2012

The BCM Gunfighter Charging Handle has made quite a splash in the Black Rifle community. Apparently, Mossberg has a similar product on its MMR which is their version of a Black Rifle. It’s so close that the patent holder of the BCM Gunfighter Charging Handle is suing Mossberg. Below are the two charging handles. First is the MMR charging handle and next is the BCM charging handle.

This is the suit by Eric Kincel of Abrams Airborne Manufacturing, owner of the patent and originator of the suit.
Abrams Airborne Manufacturing Inc vs of Mossberg and Sons Inc

This is the page from the Mossberg website detaining the features of the MMR. As you can see it includes, “Oversized charging handle for quick, ambidextrous engagement.”

Here is the patent for the BCM Gunfighter Charging Handle.
Charging handle (US patent 8104393)

Abrams is asking the court to “issue a final and permanent injunction enjoining Mossberg from infringing the ‘393 Patent” and “award Abrams an accounting to determine the full extent and amount of its damages which shall be computed to be no less than a reasonable royalty pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 284” and also, “award Abrams treble the damages suffered as a result of Mossberg’s infringement of the ‘393 Patent.”

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Specialized Tactical Systems

Monday, April 9th, 2012

We were initially introduced to Specialized Tactical Systems at SHOT Show 2011 by Crye. For the past several years STS has produced weapons that are literally functional works of art on both engineering and aesthetic levels for Crye Precision sponsored fundraisers. This year’s gun (see below) with the desert digital finish raised $16,000 for the Wounded Warrior Foundation, Unit Scholarship Fund, and Navy Seal Fund.

At this year’s SHOT Show we renewed our acquaintance with STS and got a chance to take a closer look at their wares. We gotta tell you, Specialized Tactical Systems can build a gun. And you want to know how we know? We didn’t just take a look at what they are doing, but also at their customers. Turns out, they hand build rifles for several high end outfits including Craft International. In fact, they’ve been Craft International’s exclusive OEM manufacturer of AR15 and M16 weapons for a few years now.

Craft approached STS in 2009 at TTPOA in San Antonio looking for a high end manufacturer of weapons to do some OEM rifles for them. They didn’t want the standard “builder” of weapons but rather were looking for a Tier 1 weapons manufactured by a company with a record. Since then STS OEMs almost every Piston rifle they offer for Craft to include: Titan E, Titan SF, Titan 300, Titan I and Titan B.

You may have seen photos of Craft’s Chris Kyle carrying a black rifle in the press or in his book, “American Sniper.” That’s right. It’s a Specialized Tactical Systems carbine.

STS also produces custom lowers for certain customers. For more information on the full line of STS TiTAN weapons visit www.specializedtactical.com.

Tags: Craft International, FirstSpear, Specialized Tactical Systems
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The Weapon As Art

Tuesday, February 21st, 2012

‘The Weapon As Art’, or at least I hope that is what they are going for. Phase 5 Tactical created this pimped out AR-style pistol for urban clothier Illest. Phase 5 is only building 10 of the limited edition Illest PDWs so the chance of running across one at your next street race is pretty slim.

According to an article on the urban lifestyle website Fatlace.com by Phase 5 owner Ken Montes, “This very limited, Illest/Phase 5 CQC Pistol showcases the Illest lifestyle blended with Phase 5 Tactical’s ability to bring life to a dream.”

Now, don’t be hatin’. SSD is fully behind responsible gun ownership, even if we don’t get the practicality of a blinged gat. If anything, the Illest PDW is an interesting amalgamation of the ‘Fast n Furious’ and Black Rifles subcultures.

Tags: Flatlace, Illest, Phase 5 Tactical
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Not Recommended for Grunts – The .959 Rifle

Thursday, February 9th, 2012

Sometimes you need something with some uumph. In the summer of 1914 an older British volunteer is said to have knocked a German aircraft down with a mounted 2-gauge fowling piece. Correia’s Owen Pitt used a custom Saiga to go after dangerous prey and Buettner’s Jazen Parker a HATT to do the same thing. Authors are going to need to consider this now.

It’s a .959 caliber rifle; 2,400 grain $40 bullet driven by 240 grains of powder.

Read about it over on BOLO Report.
-DR

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SHOT 2012 Followup: S&W Teams with Magpul on new rifle

Friday, January 27th, 2012

Smith & Wesson has a new M&P15 MOE rifleÂ This one is the M&P15 MOE Mid-Length MAGPUL SPEC Series with Magpul furniture and S&W/Magpul co-branded lower receiver (a forged lower based on the original Magpul billet lower). The MOE Mid- comes with the DVD set Art of the Tactical Carbine I and II along with the appropriate Magpul goodies.

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Tags: Magpul, Smith & Wesson
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SHOT 2012 Follow-up: Battle Comp Enterprises

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

Pretty much as we expected, BCE was overrun with SHOT Show goers interested in BCE’s wares. Youâ€™ve probably heard of them before (we ran an article on their 2.0 a while back), but if not the simple explanation is this: BattleComp built something that combines flash suppression and recoil compensation into one piece (and yes, you can put a suppressor on there). The result, when fired, frequently results in what is referred to as â€œBattleComp Tourette Syndromeâ€. Nobody seems to expect just how well it will work, so there is always a sudden blast of profane admiration after shooting it.

Hereâ€™s a video of MilSpec Monkey shooting a weapon with the BattleComp mounted (part of the time one-handed, to show just how much it tames the recoil).

Hereâ€™s an M4 on full auto using a BattleComp.

Hereâ€™s another.

Donâ€™t think thatâ€™s cool? Go to the BattleComp Facebook page. There’s a video embedded there of someone running an M249 SAW with a BattleComp attached and check out the lack of muzzle climb. Seriously. Go check it out. If that doesnâ€™t impress you, not much will.

-DR

Tags: BattleComp, SHOT Show, SHOT Show 2012
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Mossberg Does It Again

Thursday, January 19th, 2012

Lat year it was the chainsaw shotgun and this year it’s the 464 SPX. Available in .22 and .30-30, this lever action is a looker. Offered complete with 6-position collapsible stock and tri-rail forend, it’s topped off with a flash suppressor.

Tags: Mossberg, SHOT Show
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Legion Firearms – LF-15D

Wednesday, January 4th, 2012

The LF-15D from Legion Firearms is out now out; itâ€™s a little bit different than the C model but still definitely on the high end of ARs.

A die-hard Legion fan tagging supplies at Camp Leatherneck.

Obviously, not everyone wants a monolithic upper. Some people want very specific rails, whether a particular brand suits them or just to break up the monotony. Legion is offering matched non-monolithic upper and lower receivers, so the customer can specify the style of manufacturer of rails they want (if any) and Legion puts them on (For instance, they did some with Wilson trim rails recently), The LF-15D has the same billet uppers and lowers, itâ€™s ambidextrous and everything else such as the BattleComp 1.0 or 2.0 (as requested) with standard Revo sling and the Phase 5 Tactical charging handle assembly (which Legion helped T&E).

The LF-15D barrel uses the Legion Firearms as-yet-unnamed proprietary honeycomb fluted weight saving system. The honeycomb is a patterned barrel and is now available on their new rifles. It allows them to take an entire half pound of rifle weight in material and keep the same accuracy without any barrel walk or stringer groups (like you get when the barrel heats up). The upper, lower and bolt carrier group are all coated in Nickel Boron; barrel is ordinance grade 416 stainless steel, 5.56 NATO Chamber 1/8 twist, 3 groove polygonal rifling, mid length gas system PRI gasblock and the springs are Cryo treated, with a CMC 3.5lbs single stage trigger.