Written by an SF Weapons guy (pre-18 series), WeaponsMan is a blog about weapons. It’s that simple. I’ve started reading the content and I like it.
Check it out. In particular I recommend the two part series, “The Big Lie About Wanat (COP Kahler).”
Archive for the ‘weapons’ Category
WeaponsMan.com – A Blog I Like
Monday, January 5th, 2015ADS Inc’s Sales Team Trains With Leupold and Knight’s Armament Corp
Monday, January 5th, 2015I recently had a rare opportunity to participate alongside members of ADS Inc’s Sales Team in new equipment training of products from Leupold Optics and Knight’s Armament Corp at Special Operations Veteran Jim Smith’s Spartan Tactical just west of Fort Worth, Texas. It was unseasonably cold and wet that week but we made the best of it, combining classroom, pistol, carbine and SR-25 range sessions as well as a little practical application during a night shoot in search of wild hogs.
Jim has a great facility at Spartan Tactical with a variety of ranges with targets in excess of 1000m.
Classroom instruction was focused on optics, shooting theory and product info. Because the group had a variety of experience levels, hands on instruction started out with carbine basics with optics and ramped up to the point where the participants where engaging targets at 900m once we switched to the SR-25s.
Everything we did focused on the practical application of various Leupold optics, even during the day two handgun session. The event gave me a much better appreciation of Leupold’s lineup and I know that the ADS folks I accompanied gained a lot of confidence in their use and picked up some new understanding of customer requirements. They also got to take terminology and theory and apply them first hand to successfully engaging targets.
ADS Inc has been working with vendors for years to offer updates to enhance existing systems, new components and turnkey solutions to enhance the lethality of their customers. In fact, the new Weapons & Optics catalog is available for order where you can check them out.
Leupold is going to release some VERY cool new products at SHOT Show (can’t show them just yet). The ADS team is well acquainted with these items and can help agencies and units with placing orders. We’ve already shown you a couple of other new products from Knight’s (Anti-Cant Device, Improved 45 Degree 200-600m Offset Rear Sight and Bipod) and those are available through ADS Inc as well.
And the SHOT Show 2015 GLOCK Leak Award Goes To Kiesler Police Supply
Saturday, January 3rd, 2015
H&K G41C – One of the Coolest Guns Never Made
Friday, January 2nd, 2015
Brought to life by TSC Machine, the H&K G41C is a never produced Carbine variant of the G41. The 5.56mm rifle was introduced by H&K in 1981 as a replacement for the HK 33 but dropped from the H&K lineup in 1996 primarily as I understand it, because the planned replacement of the Bundeswehr’s G3s with G41s never came to fruition due to costs associated with the reunification of Germany. A couple of design features you may find interesting are the forward assist and dust cover as well as the use of STANAG M16 magazines. Additionally, the original G41 had a wire carrying handle like the FN FAL and used the classic H&K roller delayed blowback system.
This home brew Carbine model is TSC Machine’s concept of what a G41C would look like if it were produced today, even down to the Tan color.
The weapon was however, built by H&K in a K configuration. Although, I’ve got to say, this doesn’t exactly look Kurz to me it was purportedly spoked to stand for Karabiner. Later, H&K standardized the C suffix for carbine.
Thanks to Tim O!
Austere Provisions Company – Sentinel Design GLOCK Magazine Well For G17/22 Gen 3
Thursday, January 1st, 2015
Developed by Sentinel Designs these low profile Mag Wells are always in high demand. Designed for full size frame GLOCK generation 3 guns in 9mm/.40 S&W/.357 Sig including the G17, G22, G31, G34, G35, G24, and the G17L. Confirmed compatibility with GLOCK factory baseplates as well as factory GLOCK +2 baseplates and copies, Arredondo +2 and +5 extensions, Magpul Speedplates, as well as Dawson Precision’s Tool-Less extended baseplates.
Urban-E.R.T. Slings
Thursday, January 1st, 2015
Urban ERT Slings is a Veteran-owned business founded by a former Marine. They offer a line of hand-made single, two-point, and three-point slings for a wide range of weapon systems. Their URBAN-SENTRY Hybrid sling, for example, is a sling design capable of being configured as a single-point or two-point sling right out of the bag. It comes with an ACE-LP 1.25″ front Picatinny rail sling mount and rear sling attachment receiver plate; the system is 100% ambidextrous. When used in single point mode, users can utilize the Speed Loop Weapons Catch Adapter to secure the front of their weapon to their off hand hip or sling when in use.
An included cinch strap allows the user to quickly cinch their sling, which also features a breakway system to rapidly detach from the sling as needed. It also features a wide strap for comfort and a single row of PALS webbing sewn onto the strap for the weapon catch, although it can also be used for a variety of PALS-compatible accessories.
Urban-E.R.T. Slings are available in the following colors: Black, OD Green, Coyote Tan, MultiCam, ACU Digital, A-TACS AU, Marpat Woodland, and Marpat Desert. Made in the USA.
Here’s One to Ponder – The Broomhandle Mauser
Saturday, December 27th, 2014This is a prototype C96 Broomhandle Mauser pistol.
This is a Astra 900 Broomhandle along with its holster.
Turns out, that cool wooden holster can be attached for use as a stock.
So, it would seem that this would make it an NFA item if you attached the stock to the pistol, no? Actually, the answer is “no, it isn’t.” Due to the age and value of these guns, they are exempted by the ATF.
www.atf.gov/firearms/faq/national-firearms-act-firearms
