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by David Crane david@defensereview.com DefRev’s been hearing some good things about this item. The Surefire X200 LED WeaponLight is Surefire’s latest handgun-mounted tactical light, and it’s designed to go head-to-head against Insight Technology’s M3 group of tactical weapons lights. These include the M3 Tactical Illuminator, M3-LED Tactical Illuminator, and M3X Tactical Illuminator. DefRev has yet to T&E the Surefire X200 …

DefRev recently published a short piece titled Strike Plate Rail System (S.P.R.S) for 1911 Pistols. Here are some hi-res pics of the S.P.R.S. to go along with that story:… Pic 1 Pic 2 Pic 3 Pic 4 Pic 5 Pic 6 Pic 7

FN Herstal/FNH USA has just come out with their Special Police Rifle. FN company literature has this to say about the Special Police Rifle: "The precision bolt-action rifle is an essential part of any tactical team.The FN Special Police Rifle combines the best of traditional design with the latest materials, workmanship and manufacturing.The result is a tactical rifle with exceptional …

by David Crane david@defensereview.com If your 1911 pistol doesn’t incorporate an integral rail, you might want to give this product some serious consideration. The Strike Plate Rail System (S.P.R.S.) is a combination tactical light rail/strike plate, and it’s pretty trick. Urban Advantage Tactical Systems just introduced it at TREXPO West 2004. A strike plate like the S.P.R.S. prevents the slide …

by David Crane david@defensereview.com Crimson Trace has just come out with their 4th Generation Lasergrips for the 1911 pistol. If you own a 1911 pistol (Government Model or Commander), and are thinking about outfitting it with a laser sight, you definitely want to check this product out. DefRev hasn’t tested them yet, but they look pretty trick. The following info …

by David Crane david@defensereview.com This article contains pics of the FN P90 Personal Defense Weapon being fired at the Heckler & Koch/Louden County Sheriff’s range. (Pics are at bottom of this story): Back in 2001, DefRev published this story on the FN P90 PDW. However, we never published our range report on it. The following brief range report on the …

by David Crane david@defensereview.com March 16, 2004 The SAR-21, manufactured by ST Kinetics Land Systems (out of Singapore) and marketed by VT Kinetics in the U.S., is a roughly 2 1/2 year old, "state-of-the-art" bullpup 5.56mm assault rifle that is currently going head to head with the Israeli TAR-21(Tavor) bullpup rifle, and all other modern 5.56 assault rifles on the …

The following comes from one of our readers after he read our story, Kel-Tec P-3AT .380 ACP Pocket Pistol: .380 Punch in a .32 Auto-Sized Package. (It was part of a larger email message): "You can also go to http://www.ktrange.com (Kel-Tec Range), a newer Kel-Tec oriented board where most of the more knowledgeable Kel-Tec aficionados… went after a year of …

Heckler & Koch (HK) has released more photos of the ATK/HK XM8 being demonstrated at SHOT Show 2004 by Jim Schatz of HK Military Programs. Click on "Read More" hypertext below to view them. Here’s the link: http://www.hk-usa.com/corporate/media/special_events/shotshowdemo2004.html. Click here to go to the main XM8 page. This page contains lots of great info/materials on the HK XM8. We recommend …

by David Crane david@defensereview.com Since it’s difficult to shoot what you can’t see, we thought we would bring these two products to our members’ and readers’ attention. They’re called Claroxan Original Blend and Claroxan NVS (Night Vision Supplement), and they’re brought to you by Turner Cadmoor Health and International Alliance, Inc. According to what we’ve read so far, Claroxan Original …