Girls with Guns Unveils New Hunting Gear at SHOT
Chances are if you are a female interested in the outdoors, hunting, or shooting, you have heard of Girls With Guns (GWG). GWG started in 2008 with apparel designed to be fashionable while still allowing a young woman to wear camouflage to the store. From humble beginnings in a garage, GWG started out designing and embroidering their own hats and now their items can be found in national chains such as Cabela’s and Dick’s.
Norissa Harman and Jen Adams are two friends who are young, fashionable, and avid hunters. They grew tired of having to wear small men’s, and probably large boy’s, clothing while hunting. When you are out in the field hunting, ill-fitting clothes can cause many problems, such as exposed skin, being noisy, and restricted movement. They eventually expanded their clothing line to include hunting clothes, designed by women for women. Continue reading
Firearms Guide Makes Jump from DVD to “The Cloud”
We have told you about the Firearms Guide in the past as it has grown and matured from a disk-based database of firearms information to a more comprehensive suite that includes high resolution photos, schematics, gun and ammo specs, printable targets and more; as well as growing to include specialized versions for niches such as tactical rifles. Now the firearms guide has made the next step since the previous disk-based version as it moves into “the cloud“.
Firearms Guide bills itself as the first fully researchable global database of firearms, air guns, and ammunition created for industry professionals and enthusiasts. The guide enables searches of antique and modern guns along with side by side comparisons of search results. Firearms are cross-referenced with the ammunition database and the guide also includes a separately searchable firearms schematic database. Continue reading
SHOT Show is Just Around the Corner
Stay with the GunLink Team for Complete SHOT Show 2016 Coverage
The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) SHOT Show 2016 is just two short weeks away, and the GunLink team will be there from the opening shots of the pre-show Industry Day at the Range until after the show ends to bring you complete coverage of the latest and greatest guns, gear, and more that is coming soon in the shooting, hunting, and outdoor fields.
Watch the GunLink Blog for detailed coverage of SHOT Show 2016 and participate by joining the discussion in the NSSF SHOT Show boards on the GunLink Forums. For more frequent up-to-the-minute updates throughout the show, be sure to follow GunLink on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
The 38th annual Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor Trade Show – SHOT Show – runs from Tuesday, January 19 through Friday, January 22 at the Sands Expo Center in Las Vegas. This is the largest show of its kind, drawing tens of thousands of attendees. The 2015 show drew approximately 64,000 attendees – second only to the 2014 show’s 67,000. The heart of the show that brings such a massive crowd? The 1,600 exhibitors who cover more than 13 acres of exhibit space to showcase their wares.
At Industry Day at the Range on January 18 in Boulder City, we will have the opportunity to visit with manufacturers and see the latest firearms in action with some live-fire trigger time – which is always a “blast”. Featuring over 170 manufacturers exhibiting, and over 500,000 rounds of ammunition shot, Industry Day is the premier shooting event in the industry, giving outdoor media and buyers the opportunity to shoot and test new products for the upcoming year. This year’s exhibiting companies include firearms, ATV and truck demos, knife throwing, archery and more.
For those of you lucky enough to be going to the SHOT Show to see it for yourself, there are a number of tools to make your visit easier. Plan meet-ups, talk about what you’ve seen, get pointers, and more in the SHOT Show thread on the GunLink forums. Find exhibitors, schedule meetings with vendors, take notes, and plan your show with SHOT Show mobile, available as an app for Android and iOS devices and as a mobile site for Windows and Blackberry devices. This will, no doubt, make it easier to navigate the 630,000 square feet and 12.5 miles of aisles on the show floor!
Of course, all of this great coverage of the best new products that shooters care about wouldn’t be possible without our valuable partners.
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Brownells New Products Week in Review for December 11, 2015
Paul Levy, Brownells Product Manager, shares the inside scoop on new products this week.
New products include:
- Brownells B-TAC AR-15 5.56 Barrels – These barrels are made from 4150V steel and have a black Nitride finish that resists wear, gives good lubricity and makes them easy to clean. They accept .750″ gas blocks, not included, and have standard ½-28 muzzle threads. The 16″ version has a mid-length gas system, 1-7″ twist rifling and a SOCOM profile. The 10.5″ version has a carbine gas system, 1-9″ twist rifling and an M4 profile.
- Brownells B-TAC AR-15 .300 Blackout Barrels – These .300 Blackout barrels give many of the same great benefits as the B-TAC barrels in 5.56. Both have 5/8-24 muzzle threads for .30 caliber muzzle devices, and have 1-8″ twist rates to stabilize both super- and sub-sonic .300 Blackout loads. Available in 16″ length with carbine gas system, or 10.5″ with pistol gas system.
- Magpul AK/AKM PMAG M3 30-rd Magazine – Lightweight, polymer magazines fit into 7.62×39 Kalashnikov-style rifles and give reliable, consistent feeding. M3 magazine has steel-reinforced locking lugs on both front and back for long service life. Floorplate removes for easy cleaning and maintenance and low-friction follower gives smooth operation. Available in black and sand.
- XS Sight Systems Armorer’s Block For AR Platforms – Machined aluminum block fits into a vise and accepts upper receivers from standard AR-15s, as well as AR-10, SR25 and DPMS Gen II .308 rifles to help make work, maintenance or rifle building convenient. Comes with two pins with easy-pull rings to help keep upper secure. Block has “FRONT” marking to help instantly orient the upper correctly. Thick aluminum construction won’t flex in the vise, and stands up to years of use.
Glock Factory Service: The Best Kept Secret in Sights?
It’s no secret that Glock’s factory sights might not exactly be the best in the business. Pistol shooters may find a variety of faults with the sights, from the polymer material from which they are constructed to the otherwise unconventional “ball in the bucket” markings versus more traditional 3-dot sights to the dimensions of the stock sights. Whatever it is, enough people dislike them to make the field of aftermarket sights a relatively large one.
One of the main concerns heard most frequently seems to be about the durability of the polymer sights. Some damage to the side of a Glock rear sight is visible in our Armed Citizen graphic. A stock front post on one of the GunLink Glocks was starting to wear on one corner and mushroom on the other corner from being drawn and reholstered. One of our shooting buddies told us about a Glock that took an unlucky hit to the rear sight after dropping a few inches onto an end table and the sight snapped out. Other stories of sight failure can be easily found if you scrounge around online.
To be certain, the polymer OEM Glock sights are not complete garbage and, truthfully, might be just fine for the majority of casual shooters. Although they don’t make a habit of regularly releasing their numbers, Glock production hit the 5-million mark eight years ago in 2007. If the last eight years kept pace with the previous 8-year period, the numbers are now somewhere around 8 million. The majority of those pistols’ owners probably don’t spend a lot of time using them hard enough to cause any notable damage. Continue reading
Brownells New Products Week in Review for December 4, 2015
Product manager Paul Levy shares some of the new products this week at Brownells.
- Magpul PMAG D-60 Drum Magazine – Lightweight, durable polymer magazine holds up to 60 rounds of 5.56/.223 ammunition for sustained firepower without a reload. Drum’s compact design allows for easy prone firing, and simplifies storage. Tension-relieving lever eases loading. Fits standard AR-15-style firearms, as well as HK416, MR556, M27 IAR and similar.
- Bravo Company KMR Alpha Handguard – With many of the same advantages as the original KMR Handguard, the all-aluminum Alpha version weighs slightly more, but costs less. Handguard flares slightly toward the muzzle into special flat-bottomed shape that is comfortable and ergonomic, and helps give stability when shooting off a rest or barricade. Accepts KeyMod accessories at four offset positions, and free floats the barrel to help maximize accuracy potential.
- 7″ KMR Alpha
- 8″ KMR Alpha
- 9″ KMR Alpha
- 10″ KMR Alpha
- 13″ KMR Alpha
- 15″ KMR Alpha
- Rapid Pure Trail Blazer Ultralight Camp Filter – Reservoir-style filter hangs up on a branch, pole or stand and uses gravity to help remove virtually all particles, impurities, microorganisms and viruses from water. Can be rolled up for easy storage in a pack or bag. Comes with 9-liter reservoir, long-threaded connector, sealing washers and tube for drinking or directing water into other containers. Filter unit length determines flow rate and average service life.
