WMD Guns of Stuart, Florida is now offering The Beast to the AR-15 market. Known for their Nickel Boron coated parts and accessories, The Beast will be chambered in 5.56mm/.223. The Nickel Boron (NiB-X) coating on nearly every major component should catch the shooter’s eye. The barrel is coated in Nickel Boron, which WMD claims assist the rifle in heat dissipation.
Stag Arms introduced their new Model 3T and Model 3T-M at the 2014 SHOT Show. This is a rifle length direct impingement AR-15 chambered in 5.56 NATO. As with all Stag models the Model 3T and Model 3T-M will be available in both right-handed and left-handed versions.
What sets the 3T apart from the other lines of Stag AR-15s is a rifle length Diamond Head VRS-T free float hand guard and the rifle length gas system. The Diamond Head VRS-T is a really low profile and lightweight hand guard that has an incredibly good feel and fit. The VRS-T has grooves on the bottom that are shaped to fit your fingers, a flat Picatinny rail the entire length, and modular attachment points along both sides.
Desert Tech, formerly Desert Tactical Arms, announced a new rifle: the Micro Dynamic Rifle (MDR). The Desert Tech MDR is a compact rifle in a bullpup-configuration. With a 16.5″ barrel, the overall length of the gun is only 26″. This makes it an 1/8″ shorter than the IWI TAVOR that was introduced to the US market last year.
The rifle will be available in five different calibers, and will be able to quickly convert between them without the need of tools. I would expect that 5.56 NATO and .300 BLK will be two of the calibers available.
The MDR uses ambidextrous controls and has a forward ejection system. This makes the rifle very easy to shoot and use from either shoulder.
B&T AG is getting ready to start production of the new APC 300. The APC, or Advanced Police Carbine, will be chambered in .300 Whisper, and is designed from the ground up for the cartridge. The gun is full-auto capable and is intended for use with a sound suppressor. The APC 300 fires from a closed bolt.
B&T states the gun is adaptable to right- and left-handed shooters, and comes with an ambidextrous charging handle, magazine release, bolt release and selector switch.
SIG Sauer is now showing two new M400 rifles on their website: the Predator and the Muddy Girl. The guns address two distinctly different markets for the AR-15 rifle market.
The new SIG M400 Predator rifle is designed for long range precision: for either hunting or competition. Chambered for the 5.56 NATO, the rifle uses a 18″ barrel made of 416 stainless steel. The barrel has a 1:8″ twist rate.