Manufactured by our friends at VZ Grips at the request of Larry Vickers, these grips feature an embedded Vickers Tactical Logo Medallion and are Ambi-Safety Cut as well as a flat bottom for use on guns with or without magazine wells. The G10 incorporates a tactical diamond pattern and is offered in Black, Black/Grey, Army Green, or Hyena Brown.
The Vickers Tactical Logo 1911 Grips are available through Red State Tactical.
One of the cool things about being with SSD is seeing how products change over time. We received this photo earlier today from out friends at Shadow Tech LLC.
This is an early model HOG Saddle from 2006 next to the current MOD7 HOG Saddle. It’s pretty cool to step back and look at a wild idea turned viable product, being used in Afghanistan to kill Taliban.
After determining that the juice isn’t worth the squeeze, LaRue Tactical has decided to opt out of the US Army’s US Army’s Compact Semi-Automatic Sniper System (CSASS) program which, as currently structured could resu in a replacement for the current M110 gas operated sniper rifle.
LaRue’s Thoughts on the M110 Compact Semi-Automatic Sniper System (CSASS).
It’s no secret that LaRue Tactical is one of the contenders for the US Army’s Compact Semi-Automatic Sniper System (CSASS). The CSASS solicitation is exploring the options for reconfiguring the existing M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System (SASS) currently available in Army inventory, or completely replacing the M110 with a new system.
At the recent SHOT Show, aisle-talk centered on impending and drastic military cuts. Rumors were flying, from aircraft carriers missing important scheduled maintenance, to drastically-reduced training flights, to warships stacking up in Pacific harbors …
Given the tsunami of cutbacks our military organizations are crashing head-on into, we feel the substantial costs required for LaRue Tactical to pursue the upcoming CSASS / M110-Upgrade would simply be a waste of resources.
While we believe that America’s Warfighters should always have the best, and that we are large enough to handle the project, our consensus is that the program will not gain full traction. We feel our money is better spent invested in people, processes, manufacturing infrastructure, and continued improvements to our product lines.
Henceforth, we are officially opting-out of the CSASS / M110-Upgrade solicitation.
However, let it be known that our doors are always open for OTS/OTC purchases … like recent customers: FBI-HRT, DEA, U.S. Marshals, DoE, Texas Rangers, just to name a few …
v/r,
Mark LaRue – President
LaRue Tactical
www.larue.com
The Damage Industries Rigid Rail is a proprietary 2 piece drop-in hand guard replacement quad rail that interfaces with a standard government issue barrel nut. Named the Rigid Rail because the system does not move or flex, anyone can install it without specialized tools or a gunsmith. It is precision machined to MIL-STD-1913 specifications with a MIL-SPEC hard coat anodized finish and the slot positions are CNC engraved. Like all Damage Industries product, the Rigid Rail is made in the USA.
Black is available now at the introductory retail price of $99, with other colors available soon.
damageusa.com/product/ar15m16m4-carbine-drop-rigid-rail
Ase Utra Oy is a Finnish suppressor manufacturer. Their booth is located in Hall 7A , stand number 7A-406. They will have their current lineup of thread mounting and fast attaching sound suppressors on display there. And, the first visitors might be able to snag an Ase Utra logo baseball cap.
The Dutch military intends to replace weapons in a class referred to as supporting small caliber weapons or kleinkaliberwapens (KKW) in Dutch, these are weapons below 20mm. Specifically, they are replacing both medium-weight (Middelzware ondersteunende KKW (MOW)) and (Zware ondersteunende KKW (ZOW)) heavy-weight machine guns commonly known as the FN MAG and Browning .50 because of age and rising maintenance costs. The currently issued weapons date back to the 1960s and have seen extensive use in the Afghanistan conflict.
They have stated a primary requirement of a medium-weight range up to 600m and heavy-weight up to 1200m. Because these are new weapons they will also be required to meet other specific requirements for use on vehicles or vessels such as coax mounting.
Photo – Royal Netherlands Army
The Dutch are looking at 2100 medium-weight guns along with 955 fast aiming sights and 280 NVD sights as well as 840 heavy-weight with 248 fast aiming sights and 575 NVD’s. These replacement numbers are not a one for one replacement but rather are in line with their current force structure.
It is noteworthy that they intend is to buy off-the-shelf. Since the whole project is targeted to stay under 100 million Euros the Defense Material Organisation (DMO) will be mandated to carry out this project. They currently plan to issue a tender in 2014 and be fully equipped by 2017.
