At their booth at NRAAM, Daniel Defense had their new Rattlecan finish option on display. Inspired by field “rattlecan” paint jobs, and sporting a scale-like appearence, the Rattlecan finish is a two-part Cerakote finish, consisting of Daniel Defense’s Mil Spec+ and Tornado (a grey hue).
Rattlecan is being offered as a finish option for three rifles: DDM4V7, DDM4V7LW, and the DDM4V7PRO, although the finish may extend to additional models in the future.
Shadow Systems, a Texas-based manufacturer of Glock slides, barrels, and accessories, has examples of complete Glock slide assemblies on display at NRAAM. Available for G17 and G19, generations 3 & 4, the slides can be completely configured to customer specification via Shadow’s website, allowing for different threaded and unthreaded match barrels, styles of slide, internals, and sights. The end result is designed to drop right onto an OEM Glock frame, or a P80, although the reps did state additional fitting may be required for the later.
Brownells had a new LMT manufactured M203 37mm flare launcher mounted to one of their Retro ARs, and they revealed it’s now up for sale on Brownells website as a stand-alone item, and it’s exclusive to Brownells. The M203 37mm launcher is constructed of aluminum with a MilSpec anodized finish, and mounts and operates just like the 40mm version. The 37mm M203 attaches to standard Government rifle & carbine length barrel assemblies with a .625” front barrel profile, and a GI compatible barrel nut system.
Mossberg has introduced a .410 variant of their popular Shockwave 590 shotgun which joins the 12 and 20 ga models already on the market. As you may recall, the Shockwave is classified as a “firearm” under the Gun Control Act Of 1968 which means its dimensions of 14.73″ barrel and overall length of 26″ aren’t considered a short barrel shotgun.
Franklin Armory has just announced the debut of the BFSIII for the CZ Scorpion at this year’s NRA Annual Meeting. Developed with direct assistance from CZ-USA, the BFSIII is a three mode binary trigger assembly for the CZ Scorpion which allows for ‘safe’, ‘semi’, and ‘binary’ firing modes, the latter allowing for the discharge of a round on the pull of a trigger and a round on release of the trigger. Currently, the BFSIII for the CZ Scorpion is being placed into final production, with shipping slated for 3rd quarter 2018. Pre-orders will be made avaiable starting July 4th.
Attendees of the NRA Annual Meetings can see this and more offerings from Franklin Armory at booth 4105.
Check out the video below to see the BFSIII for the CZ Scorpion in action:
It’s Back! The USC is derived from the .45 ACP HK UMP submachine gun. But remember, it’s imported from Germany specifically for the civilian market, so some of the features we associate with H&K’s military and LE weapons, are missing.
The “featureless” skeletonized buttstock incorporates the pistol grip as well as a rubber cheek rest and recoil pad, for those of you in areas where you need to avoid scary features. However, the USC also features attachment points on the top and sides of the receiver along with handguard for optional Picatinny rails. It also features a ambidextrous safety/selector lever and oversized trigger guard for easy operation while wearing gloves and a 16” cold-hammer forged target barrel.
Unfortunately, it comes with just two 10 round magazines, but still cool, nonetheless. If this goes like the SP5K released two years ago, you’ll want to pick one up on this first release, because there may not be a second shipment.
Keene, NH – Samson Manufacturing will be offering “Lone Star” edition handguards with custom laser engraving in honor of the NRA Annual Meetings held in Dallas this year. 20% of each sale will be donated to the NRA’s Institute of Legislative Action.
“With our Samson Lone Star edition SXS handguard we chose to honor our host, the Great State of Texas, while supporting the NRA-ILA. Texas and the NRA have stood for the cause of freedom since 1836 when Texas became a Republic, 35 years before the creation of the National Rifle Association in 1871. A portion of the proceeds for each Lone Star edition handguard will be donated to the NRA-ILA to continue the fight to maintain our Second Amendment protections as enumerated in the Bill of Rights,” said Tim Mulverhill, COO of Samson Manufacturing.
Using the popular SXS Series 10” and 15” handguards, one side will show an outline of the state with a Lone Star overlay and the words “Limited Edition”. The other side features the inscription, “NRA 2018 Dallas, Texas”. These limited-edition handguards will be available for order on the Samson website May 4th through May 31st, 2018.
Samples will be on display at Samson Booth #10550 at the NRA Annual Meetings.
More information is available on the new Samson website: www.samson-mfg.com
Samson Manufacturing is a leading manufacturer of firearms parts and accessories. Using U.S. sourced materials, Samson products are designed, engineered, manufactured and finished in their Keene, New Hampshire factory. Delivering innovation, quality and value to the commercial, military, law enforcement and OEM markets since 1994.
The United States Marine Corps has awarded Heckler & Koch $29,427,750 for 15,000 M27 Infantry Automatic Rifles. This culminates efforts over the past couple of years to increase issue of this rifle to the Marine rifle squad. In February, 2017, the Marines released their initial RFI to industry for production of additional M27s.
Below is the announcement:
Heckler and Koch Defense Inc.,* Ashburn, Virginia, is awarded a maximum ceiling $29,427,750 five-year, firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the purchase of up to a maximum 15,000 M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle systems and spare parts. Work will be performed at Oberndorf, Germany (70 percent); Columbus, Georgia (20 percent); and Ashburn, Virginia (10 percent), and is expected to be completed by April 30, 2023. Fiscal 2016 procurement (Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $37,536; fiscal 2017 procurement (Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $2,650,003; and fiscal 2018 procurement (Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $4,771,071 totaling $7,458,610, will be obligated on the first delivery order immediately following contract award. The fiscal 2016 funds in the amount of $37,536 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was awarded on a sole source basis under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, Part 6.302-1. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Virginia, is the contracting activity (M67854-18-D-1248).
When you consider the relatively low numbers associated with this procurement, you must take into account Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen Robert Neller’s mantra, “All Marines are riflemen, but not all Marines are infantrymen.” Consequently, the Marine Corps is working hard to increase the lethality of their Infantry forces. However, despite knowing how many additional IARs they plan to buy, we still don’t know how the Marines plan to field them.
Last May, we reported the Marine Corps had determined that the M27 has the longest range in the squad and planned to capitalize on this capability.
In 2010, the Marines adopted the M27. Made in Germany, the IAR is based on the HK416, a piston driven 5.56mm rifle. The concept behind the IAR was to supplant the belt-fed M249 Squad Automatic Weapon in the Infantry Squad with the more compact box-fed design of the M27.
Since then, a small number of M27s have been fitted with an optical sight and redesignated as M38 Squad Designated Marksman Rifles.
