Guns and Gear -- Black Rifles & Tactical Guns

Hanging a tactical light off your AR is practically a requirement to avoid embarrassment at the range these days.

Certain firearms, like the SIG 550 series, have achieved near legendary status.

Let’s take a look at a McMillan and SIG joint venture.

Army goes Green with $84,000,000 worth of M4′s

SIG handguns are the finest available but what about their black rifles?

The P-350 Defense received for testing exhibited extremely good fit and finish, particularly considering its modest $329 retail price.

Just about everyone starts out with a .22. Take a look at some updated guns for this classic cartridge.

At 25 yards, the Cobra Force put all nine .33-cal. pellets in a 21-inch pattern or less. Since a large room is generally about 25 feet rather than 25 yards, the Cobra Force’s pattern would be considerably tighter in a home-defense situation.

Its superb accuracy and high-capacity magazine make the Coyote Carbine a great rifle for varmints or self-defense.

The basic M4 pattern carbine suffers from several drawbacks for competition use, though, it’s come a long way since Eugene Stoner designed it, and the basic operation is still the same.

The bottom line was I’d be shooting approximately 300 rounds of .50 BMG over six days from a variety of positions at targets up to more than a mile away.

In the past few years, however, a third school of thought has steadily been growing—that of the rifle as the best home-defense weapon.

Accuracy was excellent with every load averaging around an inch and a quarter. Remington 115-grain Matchking BTHP loads had the best single five-shot group measuring .67 inches.

For those looking for a simpler, and—just as important—less expensive means of obtaining a fine, semi-automatic facsimile of an Uzi, Century International Arms has a good solution.

The Mossberg FLEX System is a revolutionary new concept for accessorizing a Model 500 or 590 with stocks, fore-ends and recoil pads using its new Tool-less Locking System (TLS).

Both experts agreed that the shotgun was superior to a pistol for home defense. Then we tested them at Blackwater.

The advantages of the ACR’s operating system are: It has no need for a separate buffer extension, so it is compatible with a folding stock; the travel of the blocky bolt carrier is less likely to be impeded by dirt or accumulated fouling in the upper receiver; and much less fouling and heat is vented into the bolt and action mechanism during firing.

Most shooters know Les Baer Custom (LBC) as a maker of some of the best M1911 pistols on the market. But for a decade now, the company has also built a reputation as a maker of some of the best AR-15s on the market.

The SCAR 17S is a semi-auto version of the military’s selective-fire MK17 Mod 0.

The MR1 Is A 5.56×45 mm Carbine With Shotgun-like Ergonomics.