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ARES-16 from ARES Defense

Friday, November 4th, 2011

ARES Defense walked us through their ARES-16 family of small arms. It is 5.56mm and incorporates a Gas-Piston, Short Stroke Tappet operating system. Actually, to configure the various weapons, the ARES-16 relies on different upper and lower receivers. These combinations allow the user to configure the weapon as:

-Sub-Carbine
-Carbine
-Assault Rifle
-Designated Marksman Rifle
-Magazine-Fed Assault Machine Gun
-Belt-Fed Assault Machine Gun
-Dual-Feed Assault Machine Gun
-Belt-Fed Mounted Light Machine Gun

For me, the most interesting configuration was the Dual-Feed (AMG-3). It allows the weapon to be fed by a SAW drum or a magazine. Notice in the photo below that the soft ammo pack sits lower than on the dedicated Belt-Fed gun (AMG-2). Interestingly, the machine gun configurations utilize an upper with non-reciprocating left side charging handle that lies along the top left edge of the upper. You can also see that this upper has a feed tray cover like a traditional belt-fed design.

Available as full weapons or upgrade kits for existing M16/M4 weapons.

www.aresdefense.com

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Zombie Targets from ZERO Heavy Industries

Friday, November 4th, 2011

ZERO Heavy Industries isn’t a company that jumped on the “Zombie Bandwagon” to make a couple of quick bucks. On no, they recognized the Zombie menace from the git go and set up an entire company specifically to deal with the newest threat to our way of life.

In addition to full line of carbines, they’ve elected to produce a series of training aids. The Zombie targets are a full 23″ x 35″. Printed on 70 lb offset paper in full color on an earth tone background, using vegetable (soy) based inks. Additionally, there’s ample space to make notes in the margin. Heck, they’ve thought of everything. Even the environment. They print with vegetable (soy) based inks, and these targets are printed completely with wind-power credits. Available in packs of 3,6,12, or 24. Did we mention they are Made in USA!?

Look for an article on their line of Zombie neutralizing carbines soon, here on SSD.

www.ZEROheavy.com

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Kolbeson Leatherworks

Monday, October 31st, 2011

Kolbeson Leatherworks is a one-man custom leather and Kydex operation in the great stat of Texas. He makes hand-stitched, hand-crafted carry gear for demanding users one piece at a time, literally in his garage. Some SSD readers may have already heard of him and a few discriminating shooters might already be using his kit. This is one of his most recent pieces, a quad mag pouch (he describes it as the “ever elusive single stack 4-pack). It’s adjustable for a .5”, .75” or 1” front or rear offset and it has a separate front and rear tension adjustment. It also features an extra set of loops so it can be separated and used as two separate double mag carriers if you’d prefer that.

You can check out Josh Kolbeson’s custom work at www.kolbesonleatherworks.com or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/kolbesonleatherworks.

Make sure you mention SSD, and tell him if you’re military or LE.

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MiliPol in Review

Friday, October 28th, 2011

Courtesy of the Polish military magazine Special Ops. Special Ops is printed bi-monthly with a circulation of nearly 10000 copies. They started in 2009 and have become Poland’s top SOF dedicated journal.

Revision Batlskin

Photo: Bartosz Szolucha

Remington Adaptive Combat Rifle

Photo: Andrzej Krugler

Brügger & Thomet MP45

Photo: Andrzej Krugler

FirstSpear Siege

Photo: Andrzej Krugler

Princeton Tec Charge

Photo: Andrzej Krugler

Sako TRG M10 Multi-Caliber Configurable Sniper Weapon

Photo: Andrzej Krugler

Inforce Weapon Mounted Light

Photo: Andrzej Krugler

Arc’teryx LEAF Alpha Jacket in MultiCam

Photo: Agnieszka Szwed

Camelbak Mil-Spec Antidote Reservoir

Photo: Agnieszka SzwedHeckler & Koch Bundeswehr G28 Designated Marksman Rifle

Photo: Agnieszka Szwedwww.special-ops.pl
www.facebook.com/MagazynSpecialOps

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Troy Industries Halloween Sale

Friday, October 28th, 2011

This might be a tactical first, a Halloween sale. Troy Industries is offering 35% select items from 28 Oct to 31 Oct 2011.

I’ve used both the Q.D. 360 Rail Mount – Push Button and Professional Grade Rifle Receiver Sling Adapter and they are good to go. Use code GHOST at checkout.

troyind.com/sale-1

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BHI – Non-Standard Weapons Training

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

Blackheart International Training has been providing foreign weapons training under the Mid-Atlantic Training Resources banner for many years. In addition to transitioning to the new name, they’ve also adopted a new mindset and one that makes sense.

The new 5-day Non-Standard Weapons Course combines classroom sessions with live range training. Students will be able to identify, disassemble, assemble, maintain, load/fire/reduce stoppages and safely handle various non-standard weapons, mainly orginiating from Soviet bloc countries. In addition to covering a variety of subjects such as operations and maintenance in both the theoretical and practical, students are evaluated on previous lessons to develop a building block approach to learning. Course instructors are experienced US Army Special Forces veterans with extensive knowledge of these weapons.

We use BHI’s excellent foreign weapon guides for reference material here at SSD and each student will receive the entire Non-Standard Weapon Manual Set (Soviet Bloc) in a three-ring binder as well as broken shell extractors for 7.62 x 39 and 7.62 x 54 mm and an AK sight adjustment tool. Additionally, students are lodged in their Sugar Creek Lodge facility. Naturally tuition also covers weapons use and ammunition for the course.

Check out this brochure to learn more about the training including a full listing of weapons trained and a course schedule.

BHI 2011 Non-Standard Weapons Course

www.BHItraining.com

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TF Checks Out the SureFire MAG5-100 HCM

Tuesday, October 25th, 2011

Our very own Tactical Fanboy gave the SureFire 100 round MAG 5-100 high-capacity magazine a go during a training course conducted by 914 Consulting at C2 Shooting Center on his birthday. While not a comprehensive test, he shared it with several other students who used it in a variety of rifles by various manufactured with no problems noted.

The SureFire 100-round High-Capacity Magazine is constructed from Mil-Spec hard-anodized aluminum. It weights 3.3 lbs. (!) fully loaded, and has a length of 12.2 inches, so have fun trying to go prone. It features reliable functioning thanks to mechanical simplicity and high-quality, non-binding springs coated with cadmium for low friction and corrosion resistance. Any weapon that can accept STANAG 4179 compliant magazines can accept one of these. Specifications aside, can a magazine with this high a capacity actually work reliably?


The rifle is a Blackheart International BHI-15 with a Lucid LLC HD7 Red Dot Sight.

My initial analysis: yeah, it can. See, I was at a training class yesterday (more on that later) and I happened to bring a hi-cap mag along. Not for the class, mind you, but because I was at the range and I finally had a chance to test it out. It took a long time to load, and it was heavy [said Captain Obvious], but it seated just fine and I had no feeding failures. I had a few of the other students try it out as well, so it went through multiple AR-15s from many different manufacturers, and still had no issues. I’d have to use it a few more times, and in different weapons, to be completely sure, but as it stands it’s my full belief that SureFire made a great product in this magazine.

http://www.surefire.com/MAG5-100

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RCMP Adopts C8 Carbine

Sunday, October 23rd, 2011

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have finally adopted the C8 carbine which is a variant of the M4 manufactured by Colt Canada after four Mounties were killed six years ago in Alberta. These aren’t the first carbines issued to Law Enforcement Canada as they are already in use by the RCMP’s Emergency Reaction Teams as well as other tactical units. Rather, this deployment is much more like the adoption of patrol carbines within US LE to react to an increasingly armed criminal element. Unfortunately, the RCMP is only purchasing 375 carbines and will have to determine the basis of issue.

In addition to the new weapons, the RCMP announced earlier this year the purchase of 6,800 improved bulletproof vests with full deployment by April 1, 2013.

This is the standard C8 package.

1 – Reduced length cold hammer forged heavy barrel
2 – Flash suppressor
3 – Bayonet lug
4 – TRI-AD 1TM MIL-STD-1913 accessory mount
5 – Special carbine chamber and gas system
6 – Accepts all STANAG magazines
7 – Integrated sight rail (Weaver or Picatinny)
8 – Optional ambidextrous controls
9 – Single or double sided sling loop
10 – Standard 4 position buttstock with no slip rubber butt pad

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