By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com November 6, 2019 Last updated on 11/07/19. DefenseReview (DR) ran into Mikey Hartman of Hartman Ltd.. and CAA (Command Arms Accessories) at the Kalashnikov USA/CAA booth at SHOT Show 2019, and he was nice enough to take us through the latest and greatest, product-improved version of the CAA MCK Glock Micro Conversion …

David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com August 26, 2019 And, as long as we’re on the subject of awesome new Vortex Optics combat optics at SHOT Show 2019, we should probably also discuss the very interesting Vortex Razor AMG UH-1 (Ultimate Holigraphic-1) holographic weapon sight, which is designed for super-fast target acquisition dynamic CQB/CQC (Close Quarters Battle/Close Quarters Combat) …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com August 14, 2019 Speaking of interesting cans (muzzle cans), Rugged Suppressors had some pretty interesting ones in their booth, and DefenseReview (DR) liked what we saw. Two that we specifically liked are the Oculus22 modular, belt-fed full-auto-rated .22LR-5.7x28mm can, and the Obsidian9 modular, belt-fed full-auto-rated 9mm (9mm Parabellum/9x19mm NATO) can, both of …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com May 2, 2019 On the last day of SHOT Show 2019, DefenseReview (DR) stopped by the B&T (formerly Brugger & Thomet) booth to check out their latest and greatest combat/tactical weapons, and B&T’s Jon Scott was kind enough to take us through a few of them, starting with the previously-reported-on B&T USW-A1 …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com February 4, 2019 Last updated on 2/04/19. DefenseReview (DR) saw some nice things at SHOT Show 2019, but some things interested, intrigued and delighted us more than others. The Full Conceal FC M3D(G19) and FC M3S(G43) hit all those pleasure centers for us, since we’re Glock guys, and we dig interesting mechanical …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com January 31, 2019 If you like the idea of a G43 (Glock 43) sub-compact concealed carry pistol with a larger grip and more rounds on board–10 rounds total, to be precise–then the G43X (Glock 43X) is the sub-compact/compact 9mm (9mm Parabellum/9x19mm NATO) pistol for you. DefenseReview (DR) handled the G43X at SHOT …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com November 20, 2018 The TNVC/Chromatra ColorTAC CVA-14 Color Night Vision Module for the PVS-14 night vision monocular wasn’t the only interesting item DefenseReview (DR) came across at the TNVC booth at SHOT Show 2018. Oh, no, no, no. They had some additional tactical goodies, including the nifty (and handy) TNVC Thermal Remote …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com March 7, 2018 The Walther PPQ M2 wasn’t the only Walther polymer-framed, striker-fired sub-compact 9mm (9mm Parabellum/9x19mm NATO) concealed carry (CCW) pistol DefenseReview (DR) saw and handled at the company’s booth at SHOT Show 2018. Oh, no. We also got to check out the new Walther PPS M2 slimline single-stack 9mm sub-compact …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com January 31, 2018 Last updated on 1/31/18. Speaking (briefly) of Glock pistols, there’s been a bit of interest surrounding the Glock 19X (G19X) and Gen5 Glock pistols, and perhaps even a bit of hype, so DefenseReview (DR) was glad to get to test fire them at SHOT Show Industry Day at the …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com December 13, 2017 Towards the end of SOFIC (Special Operations Forces Industry Conference) 2017 earlier this year, Rob Davis of Aspetto introduced DefenseReview (DR) to his next-door booth neighbor Jim Hoy of TMG (Threat Mitigation Group) Target Systems, who was kind enough to show us his very interesting steel targets for both …