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AK Battle Grip

Saturday, May 8th, 2010

US PALM will be releasing the new AK Battle grip in just a few short weeks. Here are some new details to help tide you over while you wait.

Initially, they will be available in Black, FDE, and a special request for a Brown/Bakelite-ish color. The photo depicts the US PALM logo and a few OEM makers have already requested their logo which is only available on the left side of the grip. A modified version of the highly successful TangoDown Battle Grip, the angle on the new AK variant really drives your hand up into the grip/receiver junction, unlike the original Soviet design that almost does the opposite. Additionally, the “fill” of the gap between the grip and the trigger-guard makes for a happy ring-finger.

www.us-palm.com

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Remington R1 1911

Friday, May 7th, 2010

Remington has begun to release information on the new .45 R1 pistol based on the venerable 1911. In development for the past year, the long-awaited R1 is manufactured by Remington under contract from E-RPC. Sounds convoluted? It is.

Visit www.1911r1.com for more info.

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S&S Precision WeaponLink

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

The WeaponLink from S&S Precision features two pieces. The stud is mounted to your carbine’s Mil Std 1913 rail and the receiver is mounted to your belt or vest. The simple design allows for one handed lock and unlock by inserting the stud into the receiver and pushing down until locks into place. The design allows the weapon to swivel along with your movement.

A PALS compatible as well as belt mounted (shown) versions are available. All S&S products can be found at Grey Group.

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The Tactical .22 1911 from US PALM

Friday, April 30th, 2010

A .22 1911…sacrilege, you say? Well they’ve been around awhile, just no one has done one quite like this. The Tactical 22 is available in two flavors. Shown is the version with a Picatinny rail along the top of the slide and there is also a model with adjustable sights.

The Tactical 22 is built on a Caspian frame with an integral tactical light rail and flared magazine well. The upper crafted by Marvel Custom, features a match grade barrel threaded Â½-28 with cap. The grips are Mil-Tac G10 laminate and each pistol comes with two 10-round magazines.

Available from www.SGCUSA.com in very limited quanities. Pistol is only available to qualified buyers and must be transferred through a licensed FFL holder.

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Ultra Light Bipod

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

At SSD we are huge fans of those things ultralightweight and the new Ultra Light Swiveling Bipod from Demon Tactical certainly fits the bill. Norfolk, Virginia based Demon Tactical is an up and coming manufacturer of accessories for the AR-15 family of weapons as well as being a distributor for FailZero. Right up front we will tall you that the bipod probably isn’t for you if you are constantly using one, as the legs are not adjustable. However, it does swivel side to side and it is great if you only need a bipod once in awhile and want something that is lightweight and stays out of the way. It is compatible with mil std 1913 rail and takes up little room. In fact, you can still mount a vertical foregrip with it in the stowed position. At 4.5 ounces you barely know it’s there. The carbon fiber legs are very strong but the bipod is not meant to stand on. But then again, do you really need to stand on your carbine? While the legs come out of the box with a fixed length of 7″, they can be cut to suit particular needs. A word of caution, since they are crafted of carbon fiber it is best to take particular care when cutting due to the hazards involved in carbon fiber dust.

Overall, we like it and think you will as well so long as you understand that there is a trade off for the low weight; you can’t stand on it and the legs are not adjustable for length. However, if you find yourself setting your weapon down all of the time then this is a great solution.

With a name like Demon Tactical you gotta love them. For agency and contract sales contact www.tidewatertactical.com.

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I Spy With My Little Eye

Sunday, April 25th, 2010

Something that begins with the letter “R” as in “Rail Panel Cover”. As you can see it is a two piece panel and these are the first shots out of the mold. Unfortunately, we can’t way where the pic came from or who will be selling these babies but they are coming, by early summer. Stay tuned for more details.

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SOCOM Seeking New VBL III

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

Currently Insight Technology provides the SU-233 / PVS gun light which is more commonly known as the Visible Bright Light (VBL) III component of the Miniature Day / Night Sight in the Special Operations Peculiar Modification (SOPMOD) kit. Any new light will be judged against it and will have to show improved, cost, schedule, and performance. Please take note of the order of those words. The first two are what will get an acquisition professional in trouble, the last one is generally just icing on the cake.

Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane which is responsible for SOCOM weapon programs, recently released a solicitation for a new VBL III. Once selected, the awardee will be responsible for providing Crane with between 10 and 37,500 lights over the next five years in batches of less than 1000.

The list of requirements is extensive and very well written. It includes compatibility with Mil Std 1913 rails but I found it interesting that they were open to other attachment systems if the government could obtain rights to use the system on all of their accessories. Other requirements include waterproofing to 66 ft, and six operating modes which include full and reduced visible white light, infra-red, strobe, non-accidental discharge, and reduced glare modes.

One big issue is that the new light has to exhibit recoil shock endurance sufficient to allow use on all SOF small arms. Word on the street is that the current block II SOPMOD accessories have been having a rough time with the SCAR.

It also has to be compatible with a laundry list of weapons including naturally, the M4 and Mk16/Mk17 (SCAR-L/H) but also the AK 47 and AK 74, M14, and so on, as well as a few that had me scratching my head such as the M3 MAAWS (Carl Gustav) and M2 Heavy Machine Gun. You really need to look the solicitation up and read it. Some of these just don’t make sense for a small light like this. Pistols however, were not listed.

While Insight Technology has long been a favorite of the folks at Crane but Surefire seems to have built one heck of a competitor with their RAID M720 which seems to fit the bill quite nicely.