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Remington Custom Shop Collaborates with SIXSITE Gear

Friday, August 10th, 2018

Sturgis, SD – The 700 SIXSITE Edition is an exciting collaboration between Remington and SIXSITE Gear.

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The 700 SIXSITE is built to the exact specs with a blueprinted stainless 700 action complemented with a premium stainless barrel in the caliber of your choice.  The barrel is button rifled and hand lapped to provide a mirror finish for increased accuracy.  The barreled action is mated with a high-quality carbon fiber stock made by A.G. Composites which features a custom hand painted SIXSITE (RANA®) finish by Scalpel Arms.  The pattern was developed by blending organic textures and digital elements, this results in an extremely versatile and innovative camouflage pattern.  The rifle is fully bedded using Marine Tex which supplies a high strength bed with minimal shrinkage or expansion.  This model comes with a threaded muzzle and thread protector, Badger Ordnance 20 MOA Scope Rail, Remington custom 40X trigger and BiPod Adapter.  Check out the 700 SIXSITE here.

“We’re proud to collaborate with Remington Custom Shop to build one of the most versatile hunting rifles on the market,” SIXSITE founder, designer and veteran U.S. Navy SEAL Stephen Holley says. “Utilizing the best U.S.A. made components in the industry, including SIXSITE’s innovative, proprietary RANA® camo pattern, this limited-edition rifle is intentionally built to cover a variety of needs.”

Available in right and left-hand configurations.

To place your order call a Remington Custom Dealer or The Custom Center today.
Remington Custom Center:  605-347-4686 or info@remingtoncustom.com

Q – AR-10 Upper Receiver in 8.6CM

Thursday, August 9th, 2018

Q posted this photo to their InstaGram account and I’m intrigued.

They are teasing an upper reciever for their Honeybadger carbine in 8.6 Creedmoor.

Here’s some additional info:

8.6 Creedmoor is coming. It’s 300 Blackout’s big brother for .308 Win sized guns. Optimized for short barrels, just like 300BLK. Out of a 12” barrel, 8.6 Creedmoor matches the energy of .308 Win from a 16” barrel. The 8.6 Creedmoor subsonic is over 300 gr., and with a silencer equals the sound performance of most suppressed .22LR’s. You also get full mag capacity and no bolt change is required. Like 300BLK, 8.6 Creedmoor only requires a barrel swap from your .308 Win. Look for a pistol version of The Fix rifle, gas guns, and many others offered in this new caliber. It also works with .338 silencers…our new one is on the way.

TYRANT DESIGNS CNC | Gen4 & Gen5 Glock Extended Magazine Release

Saturday, August 4th, 2018

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Tyrant Designs CNC’s new Extended Magazine Release is finally something you can put your finger on. Manufactured for Gen4 & Gen5 Glocks the EMR sports a very grippy yet comfortable chevron pattern. Because the TD CNC engineers are always about attention to detail, they added a slight pocket design on the backside of the Glock mag release just for aesthetics. Great for both right handed and left handed operators, the Tyrant Designs Glock Extended Magazine Release retains all factory functionality but with crisper, easier and quicker magazine exchanges.

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“We are very happy to announce the next step in our Glock components with our Extended Magazine Release for the Generation 4 & 5 Glock. We have gotten so much positive feedback from our awesome customers in regards to our Glock 43 EMRs. That feedback made us decide to continue with the known design language for our Gen4 & Gen5 components. As always we will continue to strive for innovation and are very thankful for our customers/fans.”

Shop the new Gen4 Gen5 Glock EMRs Now at WWW.TYRANTCNC.COM

XTech Tactical Releases The MAG47 Polymer AK Magazine

Thursday, August 2nd, 2018

XTech Tactical Releases MAG47 The New US Gold Standard For AK Magazines
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Mesa, AZ- XTech Tactical, LLC an innovative firearms accessory manufacturer brings the MAG47© to market. In April of 2017 a prior manufacturer closed its doors which led to the opportunity that came available in August of 2017 for the magazine redevelopment to begin.

The MAG47© is the most advanced, durable and reliable polymer magazine ever produced and is proudly Made in the USA, serving as 3 922r compliant parts. The magazine has a 30rd capacity and an MSRP of $28.95. The features include: exotic state of the art polymer composition, increased strength, a 17-7 stainless spring, 100% stainless steel reinforced feed lips, tool free assembly and disassembly, and updated lug geometry to optimize fit across the spectrum of AK style weapons.

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The testing protocol was extensive, totally over 20,000 rounds without any magazine related failures. The protocol also included hundreds of drops, exposures to chemicals, climates, and abuse. The objective of the company was to not only make a strong consumer product, but to raise the bar for US polymer rifle magazines. “We had a very personal mission in this program to represent our country in making a product that not only was desirable to consumers, but shows the world that the US can produce an AK magazine in line with the greatest AK magazines ever made from countries like Bulgaria and Russia.” stated Jeremy Deadman, Director of Sales and Marketing. The XTech Tactical team worked closely with an Arizona based foreign weapons trainer, former law enforcement officer and AK enthusiast, Tom Cornelius. Deadman stated, “Tom was instrumental in every step of the MAG47© becoming what it is today. We are very excited to partner with Tom and look forward to working with him on this and future programs.”

Additional announcements from the company to follow including the release of their new XMAG®, an easy loading 30rd AR magazine.

The MAG47© can be purchased at www.xtechtactical.com. Dealer and press inquiries please contact jeremy@xtechtactical.com

First Look – USSOCOM’s New Suppressed Upper Receiver Group (SURG) from SIG SAUER

Thursday, August 2nd, 2018

Late last week, the United States Special Operations Command announced they had awarded SIG SAUER a $49 million contract for Suppressed Upper Receiver Groups for the M4A1 weapon.

Here is the first photograph of the SURG in the wild. The SURG components are mounted to a generic AR-style lower receiver.

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Based on the SOCOM requirement, SURG includes a 5.56mm NATO upper receiver group (URG) composed of upper receiver, barrel, operating system assembly and bolt/carrier assembly along with a sound suppressor (may be integral with barrel), operators manual and maintenance manual. In addition to the URG itself, candidate systems could include a folding stock if the operating system didn’t require use of the lower receiver extension, buffer and action spring.

As we can see here, SIG went a different direction than most and used an MCX piston driven upper with detachable suppressor and an MCX folding stock. As part of SURG, SOCOM will receive the folding stock and knuckle adapter for use with existing M4A1 lowers. The suppressor is covered with some sort of aramid-based mesh to protect the hand of the operator. When you get to the performance specs below, you’ll understand why this is so significant.

I’m now going to go over some of the requirements for SURG so you can see how SIG (and the other candidates) had to perform to win this solicitation.

SOCOM stipulated that SURG could be no more than 25.5 inches in length but that they preferred a system that was no more than 21.0 inches. The barrel has to be at least 11.5 inches in length and the weapon can’t weigh more than 7.0 pounds, but the preferred weight is just 4.5 pounds. It also needed to be Coyote 498 in color.

The real meat of the requirement is in the suppressor performance. First off, a SURG equipped M4A1 has to be optimized to fire the M855A1 and the MK318 MOD0 / MOD1 cartridges and be able to do so reliably for at least 1200 rounds without lubrication. Obviously, they also didn’t want anything that could vibrate loose. While the suppressor must be rebuildable, only one component of the suppressor has to be serialized but that part had to last the lifetime of an M4A1 lower receiver (125,000 rounds). The rebuildable components need to last at least 15,000 rounds but SOCOM further challenged industry to make them last for 20,000 rounds.

Additionally, a SURG equipped M4A1 shall not exceed 140 dB ten shot average sound pressure level at shooter’s ear during barrel life minimum (15,000 rounds).

In the past I’ve mentioned the so-called SOCOM suppressor torture or stress test. The SURG equipped M4A1 has to withstand at least 6 complete cycles of the firing schedule seen below below using MK318 MOD0 / MOD1 ammunition with SURG allowed cooling to 120°F after each cycle. However, SOCOM was hoping to complete 20 cycles.

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The weapon firing MK318 MOD1 for 5 groups of 10 rounds each suppressed, has to average over the 5 groups no more than 1.50 MOA Extreme Spread (ES) beyond the ammunition Lot Acceptance Test (LAT) average ES at 300 yards. Also, it has to maintain a maximum ES Average of 1.50 MOA over LAT using MK318 MOD0 / MOD1 ammunition from 0 to 10,000 rounds fired.

In addition to that stress test, SURG has to prevent operator contact or sustained contact burns from the suppressor (or equivalent) through 1 layer of standard military duty uniform material after firing 210 rounds in 7 minutes at a rate of 1 round every 2 seconds ± 0.2 seconds. A contact burn will be defined as a peak temperature over 160°F in 1 second of contact. A sustained contact burn will be defined as a peak temperature over 160°F in 5 seconds of contact.

These stringent requirements, combining suppression, reliability, accuracy service life, and operator protection were very challenging for industry. It took three tries at bat for the SURG program to finally select a system. In the two earlier attempts, none of the systems could meet all of the program’s objectives. Kudos to SIG for putting together a winning system.

Sneak Peek – Possible US Army SCW Prototype from Maxim Defense

Wednesday, August 1st, 2018

Over the weekend we told you that the US Army had issued a Prototype Opportunity Notice, reviving their requirement for a 9mm Sub Compact Weapon for its Personal Security Detachments which protect High Risk commanders and key personnel in the US and overseas.

we had checked outMaxim Defense’s new SCW stock during TRIGGRCON and asked them if they were going to participate in this PON. They told us they had already taken a look at the requirement and combining their existing Sub Compact Weapon Stock (SCW) with a Maxim 9mm bolt assembly, which shaves 4 inches off the buffer length, they were able to make it just under the 15″ overall length stipulated in the PON. The prototype seen here is outfitted with a Krink-style muzzle device and uses Glock magazines.

Not just enough to build it, they took the prototype out back, firing a 2 inch group at 35 meters from its 5.5 inch barrel, well within the accuracy desired by the Army.

Recover Tactical – ZR65 Rail For SIG Sauer P365

Tuesday, July 31st, 2018

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Recover Tactical, perhaps best known for their railed grip panels for the 1911 and Beretta 92, will soon be releasing the ZR65 rail for the SIG Sauer P365. The ZR65 is an over rail adapter designed to interface with the P365’s proprietary SIG Rail, adding an industry-standard M1913/Picatinny rail to the pistol’s dust cover. The ZR65 is made of glass-reinforced polymer, and will be made available in Black.

www.recovertactical.com/collections/compact-rails-and-over-rails/products/zr65-sig-sauer-p365-picatinny-over-rail-adapter

In addition to the P365, Recover is also releasing attachable rails for the M&P Shield 9/40, Glock 26, Glock 43, Glock 19 Gen 1/2, and Glock 17/19 Gen 3-5.

www.recovertactical.com/collections/compact-rails-and-over-rails

Triggrcon 18 – S1-Wright-12 Breaching Shotgun from R&R Targets

Monday, July 30th, 2018

CMC Triggers displayed the S1-Wright-12 from R&R Targets. Although it’s a custom built design which has been used for 3-Gun competitions, this magazine fed, semi-auto, 12 ga shotgun is being evaluated by several SOF and LE organizations for breaching use.

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I had the opportunity to fire it during Triggrcon Range day and it was quite controllable. If you’re familiar with an AR, you can shoot the S1-Wright-12. It offers the advantage of rapid magazine reloads (12 rounds) and ammunition changes. However, the bolt does not lock to the rear on the last shot like an AR. It was also fitted with a SilencerCo Salvo suppressor and I’m told that those currently evaluating the weapon use suppressed rifles and appreciate its utility.

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The charging handle is mounted to the left side of the receiver and the top of the receiver features Mil STD 1913 rail.

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The reason CMC Triggers was displaying the gun is that it is equipped with one of their triggers. During development, R&R Targets evaluated triggers from several different triggers, but the CMC AR10 trigger they selected was the only one which could stand up to the repeated hammering of the semi-auto 12 ga.

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Look for more info soon. Until then, visit store.randrtargets.com/S1-Wright-12-Wright-12.