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Suomi Noisemaker Training Magazine

February 11, 2024 Ian McCollum 21
No blank-firing adapter? No money for practice ammo? What you need is a wooden clicky-clacky noisemaker that locks into your Suomi!
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Romeo M17 Red Dot: Worth It?

January 28, 2024 Ian McCollum 3
In my opinion, the SIG Romeo-M17 red dot is a really good piece of gear, but substantially overpriced. This is a red dot that SIG has developed specifically for the M17 and M18 military pistols, […]
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Heckfire by ShootingSight: The Best Trigger for H&K & Clone Rifles (9mm / 5.56 / 7.62)

January 21, 2024 Ian McCollum 8
Available direct from the manufacturer: HECKFIRE 2-STAGE TRIGGER FOR MP-5, MP-5K, PDW, HK 91/93/94, G3, CLONES One of the shortcomings of H&K roller-delayed long guns has always been their triggers. As they come form the […]
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Angstadt Vanquish: An Inexpensive Integrally-Silenced 9mm AR Barrel

December 24, 2023 Ian McCollum 6
Angstadt Arms has released an interesting integrally silenced (suppressed, if you prefer) barrel for 9mm AR carbines. It uses a full-length barrel with venting ports (similar to the MP5SD system), combined with a tubular shroud […]
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The Pointless (and Dangerous) “Spetznaz” Makarov Holster

December 12, 2023 Ian McCollum 12
Today we have a look at the EFA-2k Makarov holster that was “made for Spetznaz”. I am extremely skeptical that any Spetznaz operator ever actually deployed with one of these things, though. It’s a holster […]
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My Low-Profile Plate Carrier and Lynx Brutality AAR (w/ Jari Laine)

June 20, 2023 Ian McCollum 0
I’m joined today by Jari, the CEO of Varusteleka to talk about one of the pieces of gear we both used in Lynx Brutality: Varusteleka’s new Low Visibility Plate Carrier. It’s designed to keep the […]
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Ultralight Silencer: the Carbon Research CR9T

April 17, 2023 Ian McCollum 9
One of the cool new products we found at SHOT Show this year was the CR9T from Carbon Research. This is a small research company that has figured out how to bond metals to carbon […]
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Austrian Troop Training: Erma EL-24 .22 Kit for the Steyr M95 Carbine

February 11, 2023 Ian McCollum 21
The German company Erma (Erfurter Maschinenfabrik) developed a .22 rimfire kit for the Mauser 98 for the German Army in the 1920s. It was used for training, both to allow for more effective fundamental practice […]
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Germany’s L26 Silencer for the K98k, G43, and StG44

January 9, 2023 Ian McCollum 17
https://youtu.be/ZJYPsUboKOI Patented in Germany as System Schätzle, the L26 was a departure from the copies of the Russian wipe-based silencer designs. The L26 used a set of six identical cone-shaped metal baffles inside a simple […]
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The History of Drop-In Auto Sears

December 17, 2022 Ian McCollum 19
When Colt decided to sell a semiauto-only civilian version of its AR-15 rifle, it had to make a number of changes to the design of the lower receiver to prevent full-auto fire control parts from […]

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