By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com July 27, 2011 DefenseReview first became aware of the TNW SGP-QCB (System Gas Piston-Quick Change Barrel) 5.56x45mm NATO (5.56mm NATO)/.223 Rem. gas piston/op-rod tactical AR carbine/SBR (Short Barreled Rifle) weapons/upper receiver assemblies in December 2009 in a NorthwestFirearms.com forum thread. We subsequently did some additional research on the system in early June …

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com July 18, 2011 Soldier Systems has really been going cuckoo for Coco Puffs, lately, over FirstSpear (also written “First Spear”) “Integrated Personal Protective Equipment and Enhanced Load Carriage Solutions for warfighters and professional users”, which has perked our ears up (metaphorically) here at DefenseReview (DR). O.k., maybe “cuckoo for Coco Puffs” is …

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com July 17, 2011 Back in May (2011), Dan Power ran a couple of blurbs on Armor Report about Kryron Terminator aluminum alloy ballistic armor (body armor and vehicle armor), which was developed by Bourque Industries. Kryron reportedly recently “showed major improvement over earlier test results with the ability to deflect several 0.50 …

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com All photos contained in this article were taken by DefenseReview.com, and are copyrighted. DefenseReview.com owns the copyright on these photos. The photos were shot with a Canon PowerShot S90 10-megapixel digital camera (still camera with video capability). July 17, 2011 A company called Grey Ghost Outlet is now making their own tactical …

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com July 14, 2011 Rob Silvers of Advanced Armament Corp. (AAC) just shot a video of himself firing a Kalashnikov AKSU AK SBR (Short Barreled Rifle)/Sub-Carbine chambered in 300 AAC Blackout. The AKSU’s barrel was made by Troy Sellers of In Range C2 Inc. The ammunition being fired in the video clip below …

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com Most of the photos contained in this article were taken by DefenseReview.com, and are copyrighted. DefenseReview.com owns the copyright on these photos. The photos were shot with a Canon PowerShot S90 10-megapixel digital camera (still camera with video capability). Three of the photos contained in this article (IFLBS armor carrier being worn) …

By Mike Pannone July 11, 2011 I’ve been shooting 5.45 [5.45x39mm Russian] AR platforms for several years now, but the Spike’s Tactical is the best, by far. The names of the other brands are not important, other than the fact that they all ran well and were both direct impingement and piston driven. Reliability being the same, overall accuracy and …

The following is an Adams Arms (AA) press release: PALM HARBOR, FL – July 7, 2011 – Adams Arms, Inc., the industry leader in piston technology, announced today that upon issuance of its third patent it has filed a lawsuit in Federal Court against Sig Sauer for patent infringement. Michael K Froning, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Adams …

The following is an Adams Arms (AA) press release: PALM HARBOR, FL – July 5, 2011 – Adams Arms, Inc., the industry leader in piston technology, announced today that a third patent covering its revolutionary inverted piston operating system has been issued by the USPTO. Michael K Froning, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Adams Arms (AA), stated: “We …

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com July 1, 2011 It goes without saying that everyone and their mother in the small arms manufacturing game wants to get that uber-juicy “Individual Carbine” contract to provide the U.S. Army general infantry with the “Next Carbine”, and/or land at least some part of the M4/M4A1 upgrade/modification/improvement contract. That would be great …