Nemo’s FAS MP7/M4 – Awesome Carbine Condom
September 29th, 2009 | Product Announcement | Posted by Rob Curtis
Sure, there’s a few shoot-through dry bags out there. But few are as light as either of Nemo’s two new bags, the FAS MP7 and FAS M4. The bags are semi-disposable (its made to be shot though, after all) and are made from a light, tough, latexish material that is flexible enough to let you grab and shoot your weapon while protecting it from seawater and sand. The drybag style closure rolls up and keeps the crap away from your primary.
The are a few cool touches, like the heat resistant panels around the suppressor and ejector port. It even sports a clear window so your IR designator/laser will work right through the bag. The included Hypalon strap wraps around the weapon’s stock and barrel for a secure carry and adds hardly anything to the total 8-10 oz. package weight. Packed up, the bags are about the size of a freezer bag. $99 for the M4 and $89 for the MP7.
Army Awards Aimpoint Contract for 565,783 Sights
September 7th, 2009 | Contracts | Posted by Rob Curtis
Aimpoint wants everyone to know about the July 2009 US Army contract award for 565,783 M68 Close Combat Optics. The contract is for $171 million worth of Aimpoint CompM4s sights. End-to-end, that’s 21.5 miles of sights. So, if they could float, you could form a chain of CompM4s’ from France to England.
The 2 minute-of-angle, unmagnified, red-dot sight runs for up to 8 years on a AA battery and has 7 night vision compatible settings and 9 daylight settings. This award will push the number of Aimpoints in use by the US military to more than 1.25 million.
Samson’s New Rifle Multitool Fits Where The Sun Don’t Shine
May 20th, 2009 | Product Announcement | Posted by Rob Curtis
Here’s a little vid of Scott Samson introducing the Field Survivor at NDIA’s Small Arms Symposium in Las Vegas earlier today.The rifle-specific multitool stores inside an A2 pistol and offers a broken shell extractor, wire brush, pull cable for patches and wire brush, ampule of oil, carbon scraping tool, magazine feed lip gauge, feed lip adjustment tool, front sight adjustment tool, gas key cleaning tool, cotter pin hook, strike plate, and a flat blade screwdriver for $120.