By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com May 27, 2015 This is just how easy it is to get hits quick with the Desert Tech DT SRS-A1 Covert (Stealth Recon Scout-A1 Covert) bullpup anti-materiel/sniper rifle–even a 6-year-old boy can achieve hits with it on the first shot (properly supervised, and in a safe shooting environment, of course). DefenseReview (DR) shot …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com May 13, 2015 Last updated on 5/13/15. DefenseReview (DR) recently got back from a very interesting two-day precision rifle/long-range-interdiction (i.e., sniping) course put on by the newly-launched U.S. Optics Academy for gunwriters and other (tactical firearms)industry professionals. This was actually the first long-range precision rifle course we’ve ever taken, due to some …

By Mike Pannone May 1, 2015 I train and compete with CZ pistols of all types, from my Tactical Sports in .40S&W and Shadow 9mm for USPSA, to my P09, P07 and CZ75 PCR in pistol classes that I teach for my company CTT-Solutions LLC. I have had extraordinary performance out of all of my CZ guns, but realized I …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com April 28, 2015 Last updated on 4/29/15. Speaking of polymer-frame, striker-fired combat/tactical 9mm (9mm Parabellum/9x19mm NATO) pistols, DefenseReview (DR) was curious to know how the Walther PPQ M1 Classic and Heckler & Koch HK VP9 high-capacity polymer-frame, striker-fired pistols stack up against each other, so we asked our friend Dave Pavlick of …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com April 26,2015 Back in March, DefenseReview (DR) covered the release of the new Glock 43 single-stack, slim-line 9mm pistol, as well as our thoughts on it. Well, hickok45 of YouTube video fame just recently got his hands on three of them, and published a video on his fun little range session with …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com April 8, 2015 Last updated on 4/13/15. The Beretta APX wasn’t the only Beretta pistol DefenseReview (DR) got to handle at Beretta Tactical Summit 2015. We actually got to shoot the new Beretta M9A3 high-capacity DA/SA semi-auto 9mm (9mm Parabellum/9x19mm NATO) pistol during a combat/tactical pistol shooting class with (awesome) tactical/technical shooting …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com April 7, 2015 Last updated on 4/13/15. DefenseReview (DR) got to view and handle the new Beretta M9A3 high-capacity combat/tactical 9mm (9mm Parabellum/9x19mm NATO) pistol at SHOT Show 2015, and we came away pretty impressed with it. It sports a smaller, straight-backed grip, a threaded barrel for mounting a muzzle can (silencer/sound …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com April 5, 2015 Last updated on 4/11/15. Back in late February, Rob Curtis of Military.com GearScout wrote a detailed heads-up article on the Beretta APX polymer-frame, striker-fired semi-auto 9mm (9mm Parabellum/9x19mm NATO)/.40 S&W pistol right after it was introduced at International Defence Exhibition & Conference (IDEX) 2015. The piece covered all the …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com Photo(s) Credit: Science for the Masses (SciencefortheMasses.org) March 28, 2015 Last year, DefenseReview (DR) reported on single-atom, two-dimensional graphene layer nanotech being developed by a team at the University of Michigan that might make thermal/IR (InfraRed)/night vision eyeglass lenses and contact lenses possible in the future. Well, a team out of California just …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com Photo(s) Credit: Strike Industries March 23, 2015 Strike Industries (SI) recently announced the release of the new SI AR (AR-15)-Enhanced Bolt Catch (AR-EBC), which is a very nicely-designed enlarged AR bolt catch/release button/”ping-pong paddle” for enhanced weapon-handling ergonomics, i.e., greater ease and speed of operation. The SI AR-EBC is aesthetically attractive, and …