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Recon Shooting Mat from Crosstac

Tuesday, February 5th, 2013

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This new shooting mat from Crosstac is a lightweight version of their popular long range shooting mats. Called the Recon, it weighs only 1.2 lbs and is made of two layers of 500D Cordura and rolls to a compact 14″ x 3″ size for transportation and storage. The cool thing about this mat is that one side is MultiCam and the other is A-TACS AU. Additionally, both sides incorporate a channel for your bipod.

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www.crosstac.com/product/recon-shooting-mat

AAC 1911

Saturday, February 2nd, 2013

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According to the AAC blog, hey have introduced a special version of the Remington R1 Enhanced Threaded 1911 (both the Remington and AAC version feature high sites and threaded barrel), with a Blackened barrel threaded .578-28, custom Grey VZ “Grenade” AAC logo grips, the Skull Xguns logo on the right side of the slide and “Advanced Armament Corp” on the left. The pistol will come in a Pelican case with custom cut foam and a TiRant45 silencer. This awesome package is available to dealer through AcuSport and is limited to 1000 units. AcuSport is taking orders now.

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For full details visit www.aacblog.com/advanced-armament-1911.

Geissele Automatics SHOT Show Follow Up

Tuesday, January 29th, 2013

In this week’s Canipe Correspondence, he mentioned four new products from Geissele Automatics. Fortunately, our friend SMG Lee took some great photos of these items.

Geissele SMR MKIV rail. I was an early adopter of the Geissele hand guard for the HK416, and I have a few each of the MKI and MKII rails for the AR series. The MKIV version utilizes a lightened barrel nut and a slimmed down hand guard that is skeletonized to remove all unneeded material, while still maintaining the strength the previous variants are known for. It has fixed rails at the front where you need them, QD cups for sling attachment, and is trimmed down for a low profile and firm grip everywhere else. They also showed a new gas block that will be my new standard, and a Glock optic mount and magazine well under their ALG brand. Look for those soon as well.

First off is the new gas block.

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Here you can compare the new Mk IV rail with the Super Rail released last year.

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And here it is from the top.

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SMG Lee had this to say about the new rail –

Few points of interest…
1. the enlarged cooling slots are to reduce weight while not giving up any rigidity
2. the new collar for the lock bolts are design to be foolproof, so if you happen to strip the threads on the locking collar, you can always have it replaced instead of having to replace the entire rail.
3. the light weight barrel nut has been through a patented anodizing process that is only used in high friction automotive components, this process enable Geissele to produce a lighter and more durable end product.
4. Build in sling QD swivel points
5. Relief cuts all around the rail to lighten even more weight.
6. the rail to receiver interface are redesigned to maintain the rigid interface but at the same time reduce more weight.

Overall, this is one of the BEST rail design i have seen in a long time, it is definitely worth your investment for your next carbine build.

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Next up is the new 6 Second Mount named, according to SMG Lee, by a…

unit that conduct a lot of hostage rescue work. this was requested for work in long and confined hallway such as a fuselage….6 second to get in and engaged and eliminate threat on demand…..

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And here is the new Magwell.

Geisele Magwell

Geisele Magwell

geissele.com

SHOT Show – Spuhr AB

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013

Håkan Spuhr showed me his developmental AR-style buttstock adapter and modular handguard for the G3 rifle.

Spuhr Buttstock Adapter

This adapter gets rid of that damnable hump and offers not only the AR-style collapsible stock but more stability in dealing with recoil. Additionally, new sighting options open up due to the new sight plane.

Spuhr G3 Modular Handguard

This handguard introduces modularity to the 1950s design of the widely used G3.

www.spuhr.com

Will a MP7 Fit in an Arc’teryx LEAF Khard 30?

Monday, January 21st, 2013

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Thanks to LBT Inc, it looks like it fits just fine. This is one of the many Pouch Loadout Inserts developed for the Arc’teryx LEAF Khard pack.

Thanks CK for the photo

Tactical Fanboy SHOT Show Montage

Sunday, January 20th, 2013

This compilation video is from three different events during SHOT Show. Can anyone identify all of the weapons Fanboy got a crack at?

The Latest FAMAS in Mali

Sunday, January 20th, 2013

French Troops in Mali

Here you can see the latest model of the French FAMAS (without SAGEM Sword for the FELIN system), with a fast access pouch on the stock. Also, check out the Woodland Safriland holster.

Photo – Loopster

Tactical Fanboy Presents – The Unicorn Is Real! – SHOT 2013 – Media Range Day

Sunday, January 20th, 2013

Good luck trying to catch one, though.