Parabellum Armament Shows Off AK Add-ons at SHOT
Parabellum Armament demonstrated several innovative products for the AK-47 platform at the Boulder City Pistol & Rifle Range the day before the 2012 NSSF SHOT Show officially opened and GunLink had an opportunity to try them out.
Both of the AK add-ons were on the same rifle, also equipped with an under-folder stock. The first aftermarket gadget was Parabellum’s AK rail system. We’ve seen rail systems for the AK platform in the fast and they often fall short of the needs of the serious shooter for various reasons. Some rail systems attach via pricey and awkward mounts on the side of the receiver and might even require permanent modification of the firearm. Other rail systems are often either attached by the rear leaf sight mount or the top dust cover, neither of which necessarily results in a rail that stays put. That might be acceptable for mounting flashlights or if you aren’t interested in your optics staying zeroed.
The rail system from Parabellum Armament mounts to Continue reading
Slide Fire Solutions Kicks Bump Firing Up A Notch
GunLink had a chance to stop by the Slide Fire Solutions demonstration booth and check out some of their offerings during the SHOT Show Media Day at the Range, including the original OGR and the updated models of stocks for AR-15 rifles as well as the new SSAK-47 XRS stocks for AK-47 rifles. Slide Fire Solutions declares that they are not the first company to engineer bump fire technology, but they found a way to take it to the next level.
If you have never heard of the technique of “bump firing” a rifle, the basic idea is to allow a semi-automatic firearm to fire multiple shots in rapid succession, often with rates of fire approaching those of automatic rifles. This is achieved when the shooter holds their trigger finger in a stationary position (often by hooking it into their belt loop) and uses their support hand to apply constant forward pressure by pulling the rifle forend away from them. This motion causes the trigger to press forward into the shooter’s stationary trigger finger, thus firing the rifle. After firing, recoil causes the rifle to move rearward before the constant forward pressure brings the trigger back into contact with the trigger finger and starts the process over. Although this procedure allows for fast rates of fire, it does not convert the firearm to automatic operation because each shot is caused by a single trigger pull. Each Slide Fire accessory kit even includes a copy of the BATFE letter certifying that it is not a machine gun.
As they say, Slide Fire Solutions takes this concept to the next level by making the bump firing process much safer and easier and with increased controllability. They achieve this with their Continue reading
