by David Crane david@defensereview.com If you have a Mossberg or Remington pump gun lying around somewhere, you might want to try to get your hands on a Knoxx Industries Sidewinder Conversion Kit/(snail) drum magazine. The Knoxx Industries Sidewinder™ 10-round drum magazine system changes the game real quick when it comes to firepower out of a pump action shotgun. Once you …

Check out this package. Israeli special forces have never messed around, but this new package looks pretty formidable. Their new Tavor bullpup rifle, combined with the Multipurpose Aiming Reflex Sight (MARS), made by International Technologies Lasers (ITL), looks to be a really potent little package. CLICK HERE to read about it. To visit the manufacturer’s site, click here. For information …

Cold Steel Knives has just come out with a brand new tactical folder for 2001 called the Recon 1. We have to say, it looks pretty good.

The Advantage Arms .22 conversion for Glock pistols allows you to convert your 9mm, .40, or .357 Sig Glock into a .22 plinker in about 10 seconds.

The Shrike 5.56, by Ares Defense Systems, is one very cool modification for any AR-15. It replaces your upper and turns your magazine-fed AR-15/M16 into a belt-fed, without any modification whatsoever to your lower receiver. Thus, the Shrike 5.56 upper allows the weapon to fire with either linked-ammunition OR magazines, and it is designed to fit ALL AR-15 and M-16 …

Kevin "Mad Dog" McClung’s ceramic masterpiece may just be the ultimate high-tech edged tool. There are two models, the E.O.D., and the Operator. The Mirage X is corrosion proof, and magnetically and electrically inert. It also has superior edge-holding capabilities over conventional steel blades. Click here to view and read about the Mirage X at Mad Dog Knives’ site.

I wonder how many lives were saved by a football? Click here to read the article.

There is now a remarkable new product, called EVAPO-RUST™, that may just be the Val Halla of rust removal products for all your weapons.

In addition to their new pistol, Valtro also makes a very interesting magazine fed tactical shotgun. The PM 5 operates via pump action, and loads from a detachable 7 round box magazine. With spare magazines, the operator can accomplish very fast reloads with a variety of mixed loads(i.e.slug to buckshot, buckshot to birdshot). To read more on the PM 5 …

There’s a new 1911 just coming onto the market that has received some very positive reviews by some very experienced people. The Valtro 1998 A1 is the brainchild of John Jardine, nephew of the late great Armand Swenson. John is a gunsmith in his own right(after all, he learned from one of the best), and can modify the pistols even …

Defense Review has come across what may just be the ultimate lubricant for small arms. Many of those "in the know" in the firearms biz and military circles are currently using this state-of-the-art lubricant, and swearing by it.

Electro-Optics Technologies(EOTech), has come out with the first true holographic site for small arm weaponry. Eotech calls it their HOLOgraphic Diffraction Sight, or HDS. The company claims their technology offers a significant increase in both speed and peripheral vision capability for the operator in close quarters battle(CQB) environments.

Benelli’s M4 Super 90 looks like a pretty nice piece of equipment. Charlie Cutshaw, from Jane’s, wrote an interesting piece on it. To read his review of the M4,CLICK HERE. Charlie is one of the most knowledgable guys around, and extremely highly regarded in the biz. Click here for Benelli’s official page on the M4.

Krebs Custom Guns, known for making custom 1911 pistols, is currently making a very high quality–and very interesting–semi-auto version of the new 4th Generation Kalashnikov rifles and carbines. Krebs’ AK-103 rifle and carbine are actually exact replicas of the full auto versions made in Russia. The guns are built on 4th generation AK-74 "Century Series" semi-automatic receivers. Both the rifle …

by David Crane defrev at gmail dot com June 11, 2001 The AMP Technical Services DSR-1 rifle is currently being billed by its manufacturer as "the most sophisticated and technologically advanced tactical precision rifle in the world." One of its key designers is a Mr. K. G. Kirnstaetter, who was also responsible for the design of Erma’s SR-100 rifle.