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CMMG 50 Caliber Muzzle Loading AR15 Upper

By Richard on February 26, 2013 3 Comments

CMMG AR15 Muzzle Loader

At the 2012 SHOT Show, Aaron brought us a video of a muzzle loading, black powder AR-15 upper from CMMG.  At that time, it was unknown if the company would actually bring this to market.  Well…they have.

The one and only AR upper that turns your modern rifle into a black powder gun is a reality.  It mounts to any mil-spec lower and is sure to get you some puzzled looks at hunting camp during black powder season.

Any normal 50 caliber projectile, including sabots, can be fired from this kit.  Up to 100 grains of pelletized powder can be used to propel said projectile.  To fire the gun, you insert the “Single Shot Sled” into the magazine well and chamber a primed, but otherwise empty, 5.56/.223 case into the chamber.  Pull the trigger and the primer ignites the black powder.  Boom.

Watch the video from the SHOT Show below to see how the gun is set up.

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Categories : 2012 SHOT Show, Muzzleloading, Rifles
Tags : 2012 SHOT Show, AR15, Black Powder, CMMG, muzzle loader, SHOT Show

Diamondback Shotgun: DOA

By Richard on November 13, 2012 1 Comments

Diamondback Shotgun

Back at the 2012 SHOT Show, Randy was able to get us information and photos of the new Diamondback shotgun called the RTS.  Unfortunately, I have learned from Diamondback at the 2012 NASGW Expo that the shotgun will not go to production.

According to the folks at Diamondback, the shotgun was too expensive to produce, and there are too few buyers for the project to be profitable.  It is understandable that the company would walk away from the project, but I would have liked to have seen it make it to production.

Categories : 2012 NASGW Expo, 2012 SHOT Show, Shotguns
Tags : Diamondback, shotgun

Blackhawk Knoxx Stock: Gen II SpecOps

By Aaron on May 4, 2012 No Comments

[Ed. note: The information on the current generation of Knoxx Stock, the Blackhawk! Gen II SpecOps, was previously submitted during the 2012 SHOT Show.  For whatever reason, I failed to get it posted properly. Better late than never, right?]

The Blackhawk booth at SHOT Show this year was a little more subdued than in previous years. In the last couple of years the booth has been full of clothing, duty gear, breaching equipment, and weapons accessories. And there always seemed to be a steady stream of people moving through the booths.

This was the first full year after ATK bought Blackhawk back in mid 2010. The booth was combined into one large area instead of two areas, as in previous years. However, it seemed that the amount of items on display seemed greatly reduced. Perhaps the idea was to focus on the most current offerings, as past years had a mixture of old and new. Whatever the marketing strategy was, it didn’t stop Blackhawk from marketing some really nice products. One of those products was the redesigned and improved Gen II SpecOps Knoxx Stock that came out last year.

Blackhawk Knoxx Stock

THE GEN I SPECOPS STOCK

The first generation SpecOps Knoxx stock was well received as a very versatile accessory option for shotgun shooters. Traditionally shotguns have either had a fixed stock, a fixed pistol grip stock, or no stock at all. The concept Blackhawk brought to shotgunners was to provide the best of all those features in one stock.

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Categories : 2012 SHOT Show, Shotguns
Tags : 2012 SHOT Show, BLACKHAWK!, Knoxx Stock, shotgun stock

Beretta ARX160 in .22 Video

By Richard on April 16, 2012 1 Comments

Video of the new Beretta ARX160 chambered in .22 LR from the 2012 NRA show in St. Louis.  The Beretta team also announced that the ARX160 in 5.56 should be released later this year.  I know I am looking forward to getting my hands on one for some T&E.

Categories : 2012 SHOT Show, Rifles, Video
Tags : .22 LR, 2012 NRA Show, ARX160, Beretta, rifle

S&W Shield

By Aaron on April 14, 2012 27 Comments

[Ed. note:  Aaron got to put his hands on the new S&W Shield that is now for sale from Smith & Wesson.  Enjoy his hands on review from the NRA Show!]

The 141st NRA Annual meeting is in full swing, with thousands of visitors and vendors. One of the first booths I stopped by was the Smith & Wesson booth to check out the new M&P Shield. A lot of hype has been put out by Smith & Wesson and gun bloggers alike, especially since the Shield was not unveiled at SHOT Show, the traditional venue to show off new wares.

S&W Shield

What I learned at the S&W booth may make some readers happy that S&W took the extra time to unveil their newest M&P pistol. Not that the news about the Shield is earth shattering or ground breaking – most bloggers had already figured out that Smith & Wesson was going to unleash their version of a single stack, compact 9mm for the super hot concealed carry gun arena. Perhaps the only surprise in the firearm itself is that S&W is doing a joint release of the 9mm and .40 cal. versions.

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Categories : 2012 SHOT Show, Pistols
Tags : M&P, NRA Show, S&W, Smith & Wesson

ArmaLite 300 BLK Rifle

By Aaron on April 2, 2012 1 Comments

In keeping with the 2012 SHOT Show trend, I’ll be looking at ArmaLite’s offering in the newer .300 BLK chambering. I got a chance to handle their new rifle at their booth, and I learned a few things along the way. Before getting into the details of the ArmaLite .300 BLK rifle, I thought it would be interesting to share a little history on the AR rifle platform that has become so popular.

Armalite 300 BLK Rifle

A LITTLE BIT OF AR-15 HISTORY

ArmaLite was a subdivision of the Fairchild Engine & Airplane Corporation back in the 1950’s. The founder was Lockheed corporate counsel George Sullivan, and the company’s first rifle designs were meant to be “light” survival rifles for downed pilots.

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Categories : 2012 SHOT Show
Tags : 2012 SHOT Show, 300 BLK, AAC, AR15, ArmaLite, Blackout, carbine, rifle

Life of Duty at the SHOT Show

By Richard on March 7, 2012 No Comments

Our friends at NRA’s Life of Duty put together a video from the 2012 SHOT Show.  Their mic is far better than the ones we were using…the audio is very clean.


Categories : 2012 SHOT Show, NRA, Video
Tags : 2012 SHOT Show, Life of Duty, NRA, video
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