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By Roy Huntington Posted in #Guns Editor’s Note: This article is also featured in the current Winter 2025 print issue of The Armory Life magazine. I shot my first Springfield Armory 1911 for a feature in Guns Magazine about 35 years ago. At the time, Springfield was noted for accurate, reliable and affordable firearms of all sorts. It’s interesting to note things haven’t changed in the intervening years. As a matter of fact, they’ve gotten even better. Over the decades, I’ve had dozens of Springfields come across my desk, and all of them have made me smile consistently when shooting them. I…

WEPTAC Industry Trade Show – Nellis AFB – Jan 14-15 2026 WEPTAC / AFSPECWAR will be held Jan 14-15 at Nellis AFB. Open to all military personnel, you’ll meet over 50 of the best companies industry has to offer. This entry was posted on Monday, December 15th, 2025 at 14:00 and is filed under AFSW, Industry. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed. Read the full article here

Surplus kits, like this vz. 58 kit from Century Arms, are a DIY way to get hard-to-find models while learning about how these firearms operate. The components that make up a “rifle kit” have evolved over time. For several decades, the term chiefly referred to a complete set of parts for a traditionally styled, blackpowder rifle that needed minor fitting, surface finishing and assembly. The rifle kits of recent years, whether comprised of surplus parts or all-new components, are far different animals. Popular modern sporting rifle platforms and legal-to-own versions of legacy battle rifles figure heavily into the kit world…

Kor Protection System Check out the Kor Protection System from Kor Technik. Featuring the Vacuum Rigidizing Structure (VRS), it makes pluck foam obsolete and offers a fully customizable padding system every time you use it by molding and conforming to the shape of your gear. www.kortechnik.com This entry was posted on Monday, December 15th, 2025 at 10:30 and is filed under Sustainment. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed. Read the full article here

It has become an annual tradition amongst knife media – the annual Civivi Christmas Knife. Each December for the past many years, WE/Civivi has send me a knife, giftwrapped and ribboned, personalized with KNIFE Magazine emblazoned on the side. This year it is a Civivi Clingman. As you can see, in addition to KNIFE magazine, the Clingman bears the logo of Best Damn EDC, the YouTube channel run by Taylor Martin, who happens to be the knife’s designer. Some of the knives they have sent in Christmas’s past are a pair of Elementums, and a Wharncliffe Banter. I have carried…

With the rise of 6mm ARC, we’ve been asked many questions on what it takes to get started shooting and if the round is perhaps overhyped. To learn more, we reached out to Eric Lee, owner of Sgt of Arms, who is building high-quality, competition-winning ARs, many of which are chambered in 6mm ARC. Q: Eric, can we start with a bit about your background and your company? Eric Lee, Sgt of Arms – I did nine and a half years in the Marine Corps and did three deployments overseas. I was a mechanic, so I didn’t do anything wild and…

A quick note before we get to the post. These are pretty tough times for the gear business. People are making great stuff in every part of the market, but looking at things I can’t shake the sense that we are at a precipice. Tariffs are a huge issue, of course, but the market wasn’t healthy before them. They just might be the last straw before a shake up. Competition from China has not just been strong, it has crushed the US companies. Let’s look at one discrete example—the Spyderco Button Up, a new “budget” release this year that costs…

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. —   An RC-135 Rivet Joint and an EA-37B Compass Call aircraft began the first-ever sustained, integrated sorties outside of a large force exercise performed by the two aircraft on Sept. 24, 2025. This operation was meant to advance the 55th Wing’s electromagnetic spectrum warfare capabilities. The initial mission planning for these sorties was conducted September 8th, 15th and 22nd, 2025, between the 38th Reconnaissance Squadron and the 43rd Electronic Combat Squadron. Weapons officers and leaders from both communities have been creating the foundational steps for sustained integration.  Already there have been rapid developments and…

Dave Wilson of D. Wilson Manufacturing is a true master of his craft, whether it be pin & welding, upper and lower assembly, shortening a barrel, custom modifications, and more. We spoke with Dave Wilson last year, and you can read that article here. In this article, we sit down with Wilson to discuss common mistakes to avoid when building an AR-15, when to seek help, his perspective on industry-wide quality control issues, his personal AR-based projects, and more. Q: I imagine you field a lot of questions from AR builders. At what point should someone contact you if they…

M4A1 Block I We recently sat down with Chris from clonerifles.com to learn more about the state of building clone ARs in 2022, his take on the cloning community and its reputation, as well as a bit about the website’s background, what parts are getting hard to find, and some details on his upcoming clone shoot. Q: Chris, can we start with a bit about your background and how clonerifles.com came about? Chris, Clonerifles.com – I’m not a cool guy or anything; rather, just a regular person who started getting into guns and building, and I began seeing terms floating…