By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com August 17, 2016 Last updated on 8/17/16. A company called Handl Defense out of Preston, Washington is doing some really awesome things with the FN SCAR family of weapons. Specifically, they’re making modular aftermarket FN SCAR trigger-module-and-barrel (and mag) caliber conversions and Advanced Fore-Rail (AFR) carbon fiber M-LOK tactical hand guards/rail systems …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com Image(s) Credit: Ashbury Precision Ordnance (APO) June 21, 2016 Last updated on 6/21/16. Ashbury Precision Ordnance (APO) has an interesting event coming up called the APO Summer Live Fire Shoot & Hope for the Warriors Fundraiser (Fundraising Event), and it looks pretty darn good judging by the prizes available. It’s DefenseReview’s understanding …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com Photo(s) Credit: Strike Industries (SI) June 8, 2016 If you’re a Glock pistol(s) lover like we are here at DR (DefenseReview.com), then you might like this little item made by Strike Industries. It’s the SI QD Slide Cover Plate (back plate) for Glock pistols, and it’s designed to ease and quicken the …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com May 12, 2016 Last updated on 5/13/16. While we here at DefenseReview (DR) love and prefer our tactical AR’s over all other combat/tactical rifle/carbine/SBR (Short Barreled Rifle) platforms–in both direct-gas-impingement (DGI) and short-stroke gas piston/op-rod (push-type operating rod) configurations, over all others–we’re also very big AK (Kalashnikov AK-47/AKM) fans. So, we were …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com April 13, 2016 Last updated on 4/15/16. While DefenseReview (DR) was at SHOT Show 2016, we made our usual stop at the Tactical Night Vision Company (TNVC)/Unity Tactical (UT) booth to see the latest and greatest products coming out of these two innovative shops. We checked out a number of interesting products, …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com April 5, 2016 Well, this is interesting. DefenseReview (DR) recently received the following press release on a multi-million-dollar lawsuit that Ashbury International Group (AIG) has filed against Vectronix AG, Vectronix Inc., and Potomac River Group LLC. DR found the press release to be an interesting read, and it includes a link to a PDF-format copy of …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com March 23, 2016 Last updated on 3/26/16. S&S Precision recently showed DefenseReview (DR) two of their latest products, the S&S Precision ELOS 5.56 (Elastic Load Out System 5.56mm) and NavBoard Rotary for smartphones, at SHOT Show 2016. S&S Precision has built quite the reputation for making innovative, utilitarian tactical gear for military …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com February 29, 2016 Last updated on 3/02/16. Ashbury Precision Ordnance (APO) has really been kicking ass and taking names over the last year with their APOCS (APO Custom Shop) custom combat/tactical pistol packages with Trijicon RMR mini-red dot sight combat optics mounted on them, and DefenseReview (DR) has covered the hell out …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com February 18, 2016 Last updated on 2/23/16. Last year, shortly after SHOT Show 2015, DefenseReview (DR) published a piece on the Arsenal Democracy Blackside customized Glock pistols with DOCTER Sight III Bronze 3.5 MOA, Trijicon night sight Suppressor sets/BUIS (Back UP Iron Sights) and Storm Lake threaded QPQ barrels. The Blackside pistols …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com February 7, 2016 Since we mentioned the LMT Defense MARS-L (Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System-Light) M7LB2/M7LB2T tactical AR (AR-15) ambi lower receiver in our previous article on the LMT Defense LM8PDW556 / LM8PDW300 PDW (formerly known as the ‘Compressor’), we might as well discuss it a little more and provide some photos and …