By Jeff Gurwitch March 25, 2017 Last updated on 3/25/17. Born out of 3-Gun competition, offset back up iron sights (BUIS) are slowly taking over as the norm on both competition and general purpose AR-15’s. The advantage they offer over traditional BUIS: With just a slight inward turn of the rifle, you have an almost effortless transition between primary optic …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com March 20, 2017 Last updated on 3/21/17. The CZ P-10 C wasn’t the only attempted Glock-killer combat/tactical pistol DefenseReview (DR) viewed and handled at SHOT Show (2017), oh, no, no no. The Arsenal Firearms (AF) Stryk B ultra-low-bore-axis striker-fired 9mm (9mm Parabellum/9x19mm NATO) pistol also made an appearance, and it was impressive. …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com March 15, 2017 Last updated on 3/16/17. DefenseReview (DR) got to view and handle the new CZ P-10 C compact striker-fired semi-auto 9mm (9mm Parabellum/9x19mm NATO) combat/tactical pistol at SHOT Show 2017, and we came away VERY impressed with it. It would appear to be very well designed, with a terrific trigger, …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com March 5, 2017 Midwest Industries (MI) recently introduced their Gen-3 extended M-LOK AR (AR-15) modular rail systems/tactical handguards at SHOT Show 2017, and company representative Pete Bratz was kind enough to take DefenseReview (DR) through them at their booth. The first rail Bratz showed us was the 18-inch (18″) extended M-LOK tactical …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com March 1, 2017 Last updated on 3/01/17. “Glock Perfection”. For over 30 years, now, that’s been a great tagline, arguably one of the best, if not THE best, in tactical firearms history. Simple, straightforward, superlative, memorable. It’s pretty perfect, actually. The problem is, and I can say this as a Gl(G19ock end-user …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com February 18, 2017 Last updated on 2/20/17. Condor Outdoor Products (COP) recently introduced their new minimalist yet highly modular/versatile Condor Vanquish Armor System, or “VAS”, at SHOT Show 2017, and the system looked pretty good to DR (DefenseReview.com). The VAS’ main claim to fame is its “on-the-go design”. The most obvious example …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com February 8, 2017 Speaking of semi-auto combat/tactical pistols, if you want to keep ’em running, you have to keep ’em lubricated…and Strike Industries may have just created the best gun/weapons lube (lubricant) ever. It’s called AntiVenom-XPLC, and it’s billed as “the industry’s most powerful all-in-one weapons extreme penetrating lubrication, cleaning, and protection …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com February 2, 2017 Last month, on January 14th, DefenseReview (DR) published a quick piece on the Hudson H9 striker-fired 9mm pistol right before we left for SHOT Show 2017. Well, we got to test-fire a prototype H9 at SHOT Show 2017 Industry Day at the Range, and we found the new pistol …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com Image(s) Credit: Cherries Covert Ops Apparel January 31, 2017 Back in late 2015, DefenseReview (DR) published a piece on some Cherries Covert Ops Apparel tactical clothing and gear, including the Tactical Response Covert Shirt and “The Medina” Appendix BWB (Below-the-WaistBand) deep cover concealment holster for covert ops. Well, about three weeks ago, …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com January 25, 2017 DefenseReview’s (DR) very first stop at SHOT Show 2017 was the Line of Fire Tactical Gloves (LOF Tactical) booth, where LOF’s Brian Miller and Dynamis Alliance’s Dom Raso showed us the new LOF Tactical/Dynamis Alliance Shooter Glove lightweight, durable Microsuede combat/tactical shooting glove prototype, which really impressed us. The …