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M8C Spotting Rifle at the Range

May 7, 2022 Ian McCollum 12

The M8C is a rifle that presents a whole lot of really intriguing possibilities. It is compact, with detachable magazines, a modular trigger system, and a neat cartridge that is a bit easier to handle […]

Artillery

A Gun For Aiming: M8C .50 Caliber Spotting Rifle

May 6, 2022 Ian McCollum 25

The M8C is a .50 caliber self-loading rifle designed to mount on top of the 106mm M40 recoilless rifle. The recoilless rifle creates a massive signature when fired, and so it is imperative that operators […]

Semiauto Rifles

KE Arms KP9 Polymer Lower 9mm Receiver

April 4, 2022 Ian McCollum 7

KE Arms has released a 9mm polymer lower, based on the KP-15 AR lower. It is set up for Glock magazines, and makes for a nice lightweight and inexpensive base for a 9mm PCC…

Semiauto Rifles

Infiltrating America: The Type 93 Chinese Assault Rifle

April 1, 2022 Ian McCollum 32

The Type 93 Chinese assault rifle is a development of the Type 56 Kalashnikov, produced by the People’s Liberation Army of the PRC. While the Type 93 designation suggests that the design originated in 1993, […]

bullpup

MDRX Micron: A Truly Tiny SBR Bullpup

March 19, 2022 Ian McCollum 4

https://youtu.be/tfUc0ovFYsw The MDR has been out in the market for six years now, and DesertTech has been making some improvements. The current production model I called the MDRX, to denote several incremental improvements that have […]

Semiauto Rifles

Bushmaster Assault Rifle: A Stoner-Inspired 70s Carbine

March 14, 2022 Ian McCollum 12

Mack Gwinn was a US Army Special Forces officer in Vietnam (he retired from the service as a Captain) who had extensive experience carrying and using a Stoner 63A. When he returned home, he decided […]

Semiauto Rifles

Announcing the WWSD2020 Available in Europe!

March 10, 2022 Ian McCollum 8

Want to know more about the rifle itself? Check out the whole playlist of WWSD material on InRangeTV: I’m very excited that the WWSD2020 rifles are now available in Europe through Brownells’ EU partners! We […]

Optics

2-Gun: An Old-School “Ring Sight” Optic

January 29, 2022 Ian McCollum 6

This month at the 2G-ACM match, I thought it would be interesting to try out a “Ring Sight”. This is the same style of optics used on the FN P90 – the manufacturer marketed it […]

Optics

LPC16: An AR With a Huge Helium-Neon Laser Built In

January 28, 2022 Ian McCollum 15

Laser Products Corporation got its start in 1979, with a laser sight mounted atop a Colt Trooper .357 Magnum revolver. Shortly thereafter they introduced a range of other small arms with lasers fitted, including the […]

Semiauto Rifles

L119A2: The New British SOF Rifle

January 24, 2022 Ian McCollum 47

Around 2013, the UK MoD began looking for a new rifle to replace the Special Forces’ L119A1. Those A1 rifles were getting old, and something new was needed – and there was some thought that […]

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