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VZ Grips Teams Up With Legendary Gunsmiths To Build One Of A Kind Giveaway 1911

January 20th, 2020

January 20th, 2020: VZ Grips® is proud to announce its new legendary giveaway; VZ Grips has teamed up with two of the country’s premier custom 1911 builders to bring a one-of-a-kind custom 1911 to life. Jason Burton of Heirloom Precision and Pete Single of Pete’s Custom Shop, each a well renowned 1911 specialist (and industry partners with VZ Grips) have combined their unique talents and skill sets to craft this special project.

Built on a 5” 45 ACP, Springfield Armory Custom Shop frame & slide set. The pistol is assembled with the highest quality parts available. All critical parts are machined from bar-stock tool steel or forgings, heat treated and checked for proper Rockwell hardness (no castings are used). Every part enjoys some custom touch, each detailed to insure proper fit and function. The entire pistol is softened and smoothed for comfort of concealed carry, then finished in a deep, rich, classic bluing. To finish off this amazing pistol build VZ Grips provided their new Hyrda pattern burl G10 stocks.

The pistol will be on display all throughout the SHOT show at the VZ Grips booth #2243

The duo merged their individual styles into one showpiece with the following work and features:

Jason Burton (Heirloom Precision) work:
• Flatten and serrate slide top at 30 LPI broad arrow pattern
• Fit Wilson Combat Bulletproof beavertail grip safety
• Fit Wilson Combat Bulletproof thumb safety
• Fabricate and install gold line front sight, blend to slide and serrate at 75 LPI
• Install Heinie Slant-Pro rear sight, reshape and modify for one-handed operation
• Serrate rear of slide at 40 LPI and blend to rear sight
• Fit oversize firing pin stop
• Fit and tune Wilson Combat Bulletproof extractor
• Clearance ejection port for live round ejection
• Straighten frame lines
• Complete hand-filed de-horning
• Detail prep pistol; satin matte blast frame with 320 “brushed” slide flats
• Blue complete pistol
• Test fire and zero at 25 yards

Pete Single (Pete’s custom shop) work:
• High-cut and checker front strap and mainspring housing at 25 LPI
• Machine frame for Chen Gen-2 mag-well with full radius bevel
• Install extended magazine release; angle back and serrate at 40 LPI
• Precision fit Bar-Sto barrel matching 1st and 2nd radial lugs
• Fit barrel bushing with matching muzzle crown
• Adjust barrel throat and finish ream chamber for max reliability and function
• Install bar stock slide stop, cut tracking detent for ball plunger to hold in positive down position
• True slide stop notch and bevel breech-face entrance
• Custom oversize ejector; relieve slide internally for ejector clearance
• Trigger job using tool steel action components
• Fit custom radial combat trigger; modified with Delrin glide bushings
• Squared trigger guard
• Recessed plunger tube in frame to give thumb safety positive on/off engagement
• Hi-Power cuts machined on nose of slide
• Machined slide for ball-cuts

www.vzgrips.com

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The Remington Model 700-CP ARMBRACE

January 20th, 2020

Huntsville, AL – Engineered for drilling big game, varmints, steel silhouettes and targets from a couple football fields away.  Built around the Remington 700 bolt-action and chassis system, the Model 700-CP gives hunters and shooters an accurate and compact platform for backcountry hunting and long-range competition where the targets may be set at 300, 500, 700 yards and beyond.  The legendary Model 700 action provides the industry’s fastest lock time (2.5to 3.0 milliseconds), which minimizes the effects of shooter movement meaning greater shot-to-shot consistency.  Bringing Remington bolt-action pistols to the modern age, the Model 700-CP’s Remington Chassis comes equipped with a collapsible SB Tactical arm brace and a M-LOK free float handguard.  The forged aluminum chassis is lightweight, extremely durable and allows for AICS pattern detachable magazine and many accessories.

Key Features
• Remington 700 Action
• Light contour carbon barrel, Cerakote black
• 10.5” barrel (.300BLK) 
• 12.5” barrel (.308 WIN/6.5CM)
• Over-sized bolt knob
• Threaded barrel (5/8 x 24 TPI) with thread protector
• M?LOK Compatible Free Float Tube
• SB Tactical SBA3 Arm Brace, collapsible
• 10 round Magpul AICS pattern magazine (.308WIN/6.5 CM) or 10 round MDT magazine (.300BLK)
• One-piece cantilever Picatinny optic rail
• X Mark Pro adjustable trigger, set from 3.5-5 lbs at the factory

www.remington.com

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SIG Range Day 20 – Wall Of Donuts

January 20th, 2020

Sure, there are loads of guns and accessories at SIG Range Day but the Wall Of Donuts remains a favorite.

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SIG Range Day – TYR Tactical Armors Hendrick Motor Sports STEED

January 20th, 2020

Hendrick Motor Sports Silent Tactical Energy Enhanced Dismount, in my opinion the most impressive improvement to small unit mobility since the mule, is now even better.

The STEED remains capable of improving mobility and load carriage for the squad. This electric cart has zero emissions and can carry up to 500 lbs over complex terrain at speeds from 0-6.5 mph. STEED will even climb stairs and can be used in water.

But now it is armored thanks to TYR Tactical. They’ve armored the motor underneath and developed a kit to mount a level IV Ballistic Shield. The shield adds 43 lbs to the front of the STEED which they’ve offset with a soft container for ammo crates at the other end.

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SIG Range Day 20 – Blackpoint

January 19th, 2020

Blackpoint continues their relationships with SIG SAUER.

For example, they offer both inside and outside the waistband holsters for the P365 as well as for pistols equipped with the Foxtrot and Lima laser and light modules.

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SIG Range Day 20 – Smart Shooter

January 19th, 2020

Israeli company Smart Shooter demonstrates their SMASH system mounted to a SIG M400 carbine. SMASH is a small arms fire control system that combines a thermal imager and algorithms to acquire a target, lock on to it and then effectively engage it. Once the target is selected and locked, you keep it in your sight picture and depress the trigger. The weapon will knot engage when a proper firing solution is found. Using it, I was able to easily engage moving targets out to 200 meters.

Seen here is the trainer version on a generic stick which is used to show new shooters how to use the system. Thanks to the thermal camera, it can be used in day or night. Additionally, the sight picture can be shared with others via C4 systems.

The system can be used to designate and Additionally, SMASH has been used to engage drones with M4 carbines.

SIG CEO Ron Cohen told me that they are going to work with Smart Shooter in the future and introduce some of their technology into the system such as BDX.

This system makes the average shooter more accurate and can be used for individual precision shots out to 300m. Naturally, you don’t have to use it if you need to engage multiple targets at once.

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SIG Range Day 20 – Tread 716 DI

January 19th, 2020

SIG has introduced a Direct Impingement version of their 716 rifle in .308 to the Tread line.

It is very similar to the SIG rifle selected by the Indian Army last year.

One notable exception is the lack of a bayonet adapter on the rail.

It includes a Adjustable Magpul SLK Stock, Free-Floating M-LOK Handguard, 16” Precision Barrel and Ambidextrous Controls.

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SIG Range Day 2020 – New Kicks from 511 Tactical

January 19th, 2020

The new Norris Sneaker from 5.11 is puncture resistant and comes in at just under a hundred bucks. New colors for 2020 include MultiCam Black and Coyote.

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