In today’s world of uncertainty, becoming a target is ubiquitous. Full sized pistols, and even some “compact” pistols, can lead to unwanted attention; As a result, concealed firearms (with good judgement and awareness) are the ideal tools help prevent you from becoming a victim.
Magpul recently announced their new Gen 3 10 round and 20 round PMAG. The 20 rounder is shipping now while the 10 rounder will be available in February of 2013 both with an MSRP of $13.95. The 20 rounder will be handy for hunters and precision shooters who may find it difficult to shoot with standard capacity magazines while prone or on a bench. 10 rounders obviously will be very popular for those living in states that ban any mags that hold more than 10 rounds. Check them out at Magpul.com. Hopefully by the time these hit the shelves some of the AR-15 and magazine buying spree dies down, it’s pretty impossible to find PMAGs anywhere, and some retailers are even price gouging the ones they have in stock *cough* Cheaper Than Dirt *cough*.
December 21, 2012 has past, and we’re still here. So I guess you’ll have to spring for a 2013 calendar after all. Here’s one I suggest, the Gun Digest Great Guns 2013 Calendar for $13. There’s also the Shotgun News 2013 Calendar at under $12. Or for a few bucks more the Exotic Weapons 2013 Gun Calendar looks pretty sweet too.
Online firearms and accessories retailer Cheaper Than Dirt recently announced on their Twitter page that they will no longer be selling firearms online. They didn’t give a specific reason as to why just, stay tuned for more as we get more info, but we’re assuming its due to the backlash and calls for more gun control after the recent tragedy in CT.
Do any of your relatives have that one ugly Christmas sweater they brought out of hiding year after year on Christmas day? Well now you can have an ugly Christmas sweater with a slight firearms twist. LA Police Gear, makers of the Molle Tactical Stockings, also sells their own versions of the ugly Christmas sweater, check them out at LA Police Gear.
There are quite a few kits out there to convert your 1911 to shoot the cheap and plentiful .22lr round. Kimber, Marvel Precision, Ciener and Advantage Arms are usually the brands brought up when people ask about 1911 .22lr kits.
There are also quite few 1911 .22lr pistols that have hit the market recently, most notably from GSG, Sig Sauer, Browning, Colt and Chiappa (Sig’s .22lr 1911 is actually made by GSG). The GSG 1911 probably being the most popular of the bunch, I actually own one and have put thousands of rounds through the pipe over the year and a half I’ve owned it. Well it looks like GSG has also released a .22lr 1911 conversion kit, and at a pretty darn good price. It’s listed at $199 over at Americantactical.us and comes with the slide, barrel and one ten round magazine.
Sighting in a rifle sucks, sure it should only take a few shots, but sometimes it doesn’t always work that way. You can do the look down the chamber method, but that still takes a decent amount of work. Why do all that when you can just use a laser boresighter? Now don’t get me wrong, it’s always good to learn the fundamentals of shooting and how-to sight in a rifle without any special tools. But when you just want to get out there and shoot then this handy .223 laser boresighter for under $10 fits the bill perfectly. I picked one up a few weeks ago to test out, I used it to sight in my new EOTech 512 and Nikon P223 scope for two new AR builds and it helped out tremendously. Just drop it in the chamber then dial in your sights.
You can buy this .223 laser boresighter on Amazon for under $10 with free shipping.
Armscor debuted their new 22 TCM round at the 2012 SHOT Show earlier this year, it’s basically a .223 bullet in a necked down 9mm case that fires a 40 grain bullet at around 2,100 feet per second. Armscor already has a few 1911s chambered for the new 22 TCM round, but they recently showed off their new bolt-action rifle on Facebook for the hot little round. There isn’t much known about it as of yet, but it’s expected to be released sometime in July.
Remember that giant cache of Sturmgewehr 44s found in Syria a while back? Well it looks like the STG-44 is in the news again, at a recent gun buy back program in Hartford, Connecticut someone brought in a real deal STG-44. The WWII era assault rifle is worth over $30K and the officers at the gun buy back program knew it’s value and historical significance. Instead of throwing the rifle in the scrap pile, they allowed the owner to keep the STG-44 and sell it, “This is a gun that should actually be in a museum rather than in a shredder,” said one of the Hartford officers. I’ve always wondered how many awesome firearms are lost a year to these buy backs, it’s good to see this gem was saved.
With the temperature outside dropping, now is the perfect time to pick up a Rothco men’s Special Ops tactical soft shell jacket and be ready for a cold winter, we actually snagged ours for the review over at Amazon.com. However they’re available at most retailers that carry tactical gear. After some intense review in real world usage over the span of a month and a half, the Rothco soft shell jacket had everything we looked for in a proper soft shell jacket.
