Friday, March 3, 2017

SureFire Field Notes

Aaron Barruga discusses the things people should be aware of due to limits of range when training with white lights.



From: SureFire

Kim Rhodes wins again at ISSF World Cup India

Kim Rhodes World Cup stop in New Delhi, India. The skeet shoot implemented the new rule of progressive elimination Final. According to AmmoLand.com, Shooters

shoot in qualification rank order, with that ranking deciding any ties for third thru sixth place.

The new Skeet Final is now based on 10-target sequences with eliminations or medal decisions occurring after 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 targets. Rhode missed two targets out of her first 16 shots and then didn’t miss again for 33 consecutive targets to easily out-distance all her rivals, missing just four her 60 shots total.


You can read more from
http://www.ammoland.com/2017/03/kim-rhode-wins-issf-world-cup-india/

From: Ammoland

Thursday, March 2, 2017

H&K coming up with new guns

H&K posted new pistol models based on VP9, known as SFP9 in EU. The line is now getting new trigger specification, push button magazine release, ambi safety lever.



SFP9 SK is the sub compact version and carries 10, 13, or 15 round capacity
http://www.heckler-koch.com/en/products/military/pistols/sfp9/sfp9-sk/product-overview.html

SFP9 L is the Long Slide version
http://www.heckler-koch.com/en/products/military/pistols/sfp9/sfp9-l/product-overview.html



SFP9 OR is Optical Ready version.
http://www.heckler-koch.com/en/products/military/pistols/sfp9-2/sfp9-or/product-overview.html
It uses adapter plates for Docter Sight III, Insight MRDS, Meopta MeoSight III, Vortex Viper, Vortex Venom, Burris Fastfire 3, Trijicon RMR, C-More STS 2 and Leupold DeltaPoint Pro


H&K also unveiled HK 237 and HK 337 at Enforce Tac. HK337 uses .300 Blk/Whisper and is based on HK 416

http://soldiersystems.net/2017/03/01/j/

From: Soldier Systems Daily, H&K

Trijicon ACOGs

Iraqveteran8888 goes over some Trijicon models. If you want to get introduced to various ACOGs, this video should do it.


From: Iraqveteran8888

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

MAC 1950

This pistol was made after WW2 in France to become the new issue pistol.



Here is Ian shooting the pistol at a competition. It shows some operational difficulties when modern techniques are used.




From: Forgotten Weapons

TOZ-81 "Mars" Space revolver


After Soviet astronuats had to worry about survival until they were found, Soviets made this one-of-a-kind pistol. It was never used, but is a fun part of history, nonetheless.

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/02/27/toz-81-mars-russian-space-revolver/

From: The Firearm Blog

Tuesday, February 28, 2017