by David Crane defrev@gmail.com March 6, 2008 DefenseReview recently published an article about Bushmaster Firearms and MagPul Industries teaming to manufacture the MagPul Masada Adaptive Combat Weapons System (ACWS) a.k.a. MagPul Masada rifle / carbine, whereby Bushmaster manufactures the weapon as the Bushmaster Adaptive Combat Rifle (ACR) under licensing agreement. Well, the MagPul Masada rifle/carbine / Bushmaster ACR just… made …
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MagPul Masada Rifle/Carbine Becomes the Bushmaster Adaptive Combat Rifle (ACR)
by David Crane defrev at gmail dot com All photographic images contained in this article were taken by DefenseReview.com at SHOT Show 2008, and they are the exclusive property of DefenseReview.com. DefenseReview.com owns the copyright on these photos. All photos were shot with a 7.2-megapixel Sony Cyber-shot digital camera (Model #: DSC-P150). February 29, 2008 On Feb. 1 (2008) during …
Read More »AIG Asymmetric Warrior ASW338LM .338 Lapua Magnum Modular Precision Sniper Rifle
by David Crane defrev at gmail dot com All photographic images contained in this article were taken by DefenseReview.com, and they are the exclusive property of DefenseReview.com. DefenseReview.com owns the copyright on these photos. All photos were shot with a 7.2-megapixel Sony Cyber-shot digital camera (Model #: DSC-P150). February 21, 2008 Ashbury International Group Inc. (AIG) had an interesting .338 …
Read More »MagPul FMG9: Prototype 9mm Folding Submachine Gun
by David Crane defrev at gmail dot com All photographic images contained in this article were taken by DefenseReview.com, and they are the exclusive property of DefenseReview.com. DefenseReview.com owns the copyright on these photos. All photos were shot with a 7.2-megapixel Sony Cyber-shot digital camera (Model #: DSC-P150). By now, just about everyone and their mother should be aware that …
Read More »C Products Stainless Steel AR Rifle Magazines: A Note from John Farnam
by David Crane defrev at gmail dot com The following email communication about C Products, LLC stainless steel 30-round AR mags (AR-15/M16 rifle magazines) in both 5.56x45mm NATO (5.56mm NATO)/.223 Rem. and 6.8x43mm SPC (6.8 SPC) was forwarded to us by one of our professional contacts. It was written by John Farnam, a tactical shooting instructor who runs Defense Training …
Read More »LaRue Tactical Stealth 16-Inch Upper-Config AR Carbine: Range Report
By Michael Pannone for DefenseReview ctts at live dot com All photos/images contained in this article were supplied by the author, Mike Pannone. January 9, 2008 Mark LaRue (owner of LaRue Tactical) sent out one of his 16" Stealth Upper Receivers (AR upper receiver) a year ago January while I was working on a carbine course for the DoD (U.S. …
Read More »21st Century M14/M1A Battle Rifle: Meet the Troy Modular Chassis System (MCS)
by David Crane defrev at gmail.com January 7, 2008 Troy Industries, Inc. is currently making a patent-pending modular chassis system for the M14/M1A rifle that uprates it to a true 21st-century 7.62x51mm NATO (7.62mm NATO)/.308 Win. battle rifle for U.S. military Special Operations (SPECOPS) tactical/warfare operations. It’s called, appropriately enough, the Troy Industries M14/M1A Modular Chassis System (MCS). According to …
Read More »SIG 556 SWAT Gas-Piston-Driven Tactical Rifle/Carbine/Subcarbine
by David Crane defrev at gmail dot com All photographic images contained in this article were taken by DefenseReview.com, and they are the exclusive property of DefenseReview.com. DefenseReview.com owns the copyright on these photos. All photos were shot with a 7.2-megapixel Sony Cyber-shot digital camera (Model #: DSC-P150). December 27, 2007 The February 2008 issue of Guns & Weapons for …
Read More »FERFRANS Ultra-Concealable Piston-Driven 6-inch AR Subcarbine/SBR (Video!)
by David Crane defrev at gmail.com November 21, 2007 FERFRANS Specialties, manufacturer of the select-fire FERFRANS SOAR series AR-platform 5.56mm NATO/.223 Rem. weapons and new Fast Acquisition Sight (FAS) combat optic, is developing a semi-drop-in gas-piston/op-rod system for AR-15/M16-variant carbines and subcarbines/SBRs (Short-Barreled Rifles). In fact, the company has sent us photos of a prototype 6" test weapon (displayed below) …
Read More »POF P-415 Gas Piston/Op-Rod-Driven Tactical AR Carbine: Real Low Maintenance
By Charlie Cutshaw Revolutionary is a word that is occasionally inappropriate, but sometimes it is about the only word that fits. Suppose we told you that we had fired a new AR based rifle that didn’t need lubrication? And suppose we told you that it really didn’t need regular cleaning, either? Finally, suppose we told you that this new AR …
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