Author: Gary Paul Johnston

With a folding stock, left-side cocking handle and a quick-change barrel, DRD Tactical’s Aptus is unique among AR platforms.

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This U.S. Marine loved the D&L PPC and the SureFire 60-round mag shown here. He will soon deploy and wishes he could take both with him. Quite alive and well,…

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OHIO ORDNANCE WORKS M240 7.62x51mm

The patented Selective Fire M240 Trigger Group is in the process of being approved for military service. Having been introduced in 1958, the Mitrailleuse a gas (machinegun by gas) or…

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ARES DEFENSE FULL-AUTO FIREPOWER

The ARES AAR (above) offers users a handy and compact CQB carbine in 5.56mm. The ARES DMR (above, right) takes the same basic platform and modifies it to fulfill a…

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Smith & Wesson M&P Duty Rifles

Editor’s note: Tactical Weapons magazine prides itself on bringing operators up to speed on the latest hardware available that will ensure safe arrival home to their families at the end…

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Perfect Backup High-Cap J-Frames

You’ve heard all the clichés. “Never bring a knife to a gunfight”, “Bigger is better”, “Light is right” and so on. I’ll try to keep the clichés down here and…

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Ares Defense Tactical RCU .22 LR

In 1949, my grandmother, a true outdoor gal, bought one of the first Ruger’s .22 LR caliber Standard Model pistols. I got my first one in 1954 and, if I…

Dressed to Kill

Lauer’s huge selection of camouflage patterns puts Baskin-Robbins to shame. The British DPM (Disruptive Pattern Material) pattern worn by this once-black rifle is set to fool the eyes of a…

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Auto Assault 12-Gauge | AA-12 Shotgun

For GWOT soldiers, the full-auto AA-12 shotgun brings wicked heat upon insurgents at CQB range to 200M with FRAG-12!

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Magpul’s New Massoud 7.62mm

Imagine a young former US Marine, an end user, who designed a rubber-like gadget to help get a magazine out of its pouch and into his rifle faster, named his…

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Steyr AUG/A3 NATO 5.56mm

Made in America, Steyr’s new AUG/A3 NATO rifle accepts any M16/AR-15 mag. Equally new is the AUG’s forward rail that replaces the standard grip to accept any foregrip including the…

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Colt’s .45 ACP Rail Gun

After introducing the world’s most popular self-loading pistol 98 years ago, Colt’s Manufacturing remained the only commercial supplier for over half a century. Although Colt’s continued to produce the Model…

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Marcolmar PKM 7.62x54Rmm

Designed by Mikail T. Kalashnikov, the Pulemet Kalashnikova (machine-gun, Kalashnikov), or PK, as it was initially called, was standardized during the early 1960s by the USSR for the Soviet military.…

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Author: Gary Paul Johnston

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KNIGHT’S SR-15E3 IWS MOD 1

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