Indholdsfortegnelse for Volume 77, Issue 14 i Firearms News

Freelance writer and editor Mark Chesnut is the owner/editorial director at Red Setter Communications LLC. An avid hunter, shooter and political observer, he has been covering Second Amendment issues and politics on a near-daily basis for the past 20 years. As gun owners in Illinois find themselves fighting another onerous piece of anti-gun legislation, the U.S. Supreme Court has refused to step in and stop — for now — the on-again, off-again sweeping gun ban that is working its way through court. A new amendment to HB 218 — Amendment 1 — would allow private cause of action to be brought against any individual or entity involved in the firearms industry by using overly broad terms. The result would do away with the broad protections granted to gun manufacturers and…

With the recent adoption of the M-5 Spear, SIG Sauer is now the sole provider for both the newest Infantry combat rifle and the standard issue handgun for the US Army. That’s never happened before. It’s a pretty big deal. SIG has broken the code on the American gun market. Their story is frankly incredible. In 1985, the Swiss firm SIG Sauer created SIGARMS as its U.S. subsidiary. They brought us the P220-series pistols back in the day. I once read someplace that the American arm of the SIG gun empire once actually sold for a dollar as part of a larger corporate restructuring. It was obviously much smaller then. Heck, I’d pay them ten times that for it today. Right after the turn of the century, SIG had 130…

The firm of Fegyver- és Gépgyártó Részvénytársaság (“Arms and Machine Manufacturing Company”) was founded on February 1891 in Budapest, Hungary. One of its first contracts was to manufacture the new Gyalogsági Ismétlõ Puska 88-90M (Repetier-Gewehr M.88-90 Mannlicher) for the Hungarian branch of the Austro-Hungarian army, known as the Honvédség. It began production of the improved Gyalogsági Ismétlõ Puska 95M (Repetier-Gewehr M.95) in 1907 for both Austro-Hungarian forces and for sale to other countries. The company was renamed Fémárú, Fegyver- és Gépgyár (“Metalware, Arms and Machines”) — better known as FEG — in 1935. During WWI, the Honvédség was equipped with the Gyalogsági Ismétlõ Puska 88-90.M and Gyalogsági Ismétlõ Puska 95.M. While Austro-Hungarian forces stopped the Russian invasion of Galicia, and, with German support, eventually pushed back the Russians they suffered…

Americans who possess what was formerly known as a braced AR-style pistol might now be instant felons, as the compliance period granted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) for the new Justice Department rule expired May 31. First, a brief explanation. Contrary to many reports, there is nothing illegal about buying, owning or possessing a pistol brace. The issue is now that if the brace is attached to a pistol and because of the type of brace used the ATF rules it to now be a short-barreled rifle (SBR), it is a serious felony to own one that isn’t registered with the government. The controversial new rule, pushed forward by President Joe Biden, has now moved from compliance presumably to enforcement, and anyone who still possesses…

OUTERWILD is a firearms manufacturer dedicated to producing weapons rugged enough for hard use in the field. To get there they build their guns using the most advanced corrosion-resistant materials available today along with state-of-the-art precision craftsmanship. The end result is a rifle that is as attractive as it is functional. Whether your mission is hunting, personal defense, competition, or recreational shooting on the range, OUTERWILD weapons come standard with the high-end upgrades that you’d normally have to source yourself. The end result is the sort of tool that will keep you safe, fed, and entertained no matter the circumstances. Modern sporting rifles in America represent a spectrum ranging from superb rarefied quality to not so much. This is the good stuff. It’s All About Materials—The Pizza Wars In 1995,…

After nearly a decade of trials (and some tribulations), the Sterling SMG had finally been adopted in February 1955. To give an idea of the Sterling’s performance, one of the guns used in the military trials eventually fired 250,000 rounds during tests and demonstrations! The Sterling, originally known as the “Patchett” after its designer, was designed to meet bid specs issued by the British General Staff in January 1944, calling for an SMG in 9mm caliber, six pounds or less in weight, accurate enough to put five rounds fired singly into 12x12 inches at 100 yards, and cyclic rate of 500 RPM or less. A bayonet was not required. Though the Patchett was not adopted for another decade, a 31 January 1945 Ordnance Board Proceedings summed up the Patchett’s performance…

The Surefire mount and locking system they make for their suppressors is one of those clever ideas I wish I had thought of. It was so clever they patented it, (smart of them) and thus no one else can use it. Well, until now. B&T, the Swiss (and now USA) maker of suppressors and first-class firearms, have come to an agreement with Surefire over this mount design. The agreement is simple: B&T has the right now to use the Surefire mount system, and make mounts for their suppressors and Surefire suppressors, and make B&T suppressors to fit the Surefire mount. The first B&T silencers out of the gate to get the mount are the B&T Rotex-X, in 5.56 and 7.62. (Which I am on the short list to get, and…

A federal judge has denied the plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction in the lawsuit challenging Washington’s ban on many semi-automatic firearms commonly used by lawful Americans. The new law makes the sale, import and transfer of 60 named firearms illegal along with AK-47 and AR-15 rifles in “all forms.” In the lawsuit Hartford v. Ferguson, plaintiffs argue that the blanket ban is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment. “The Supreme Court has repeatedly held that the Second Amendment ‘protects the possession and use of weapons that are in common use at the time,’” the plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary injunction stated. “The banned firearms certainly qualify for protection under this standard. They include the most popular rifles in the country and estimates suggest there are tens of millions in the United…

The development of the modern revolver was due in great part to the century long competition between those two Taipans of the American handgun industry — Colt and S&W. While S&W dominated the small/concealable revolver market for second half of the 19th century, Colt revolvers were the preferred sidearm of western lawman, the legendary cowboy and nefarious outlaws. While S&W’s large caliber, hinged frame revolvers were adopted by armies around the world, the U.S. Army remained committed to the .45 caliber Colt SAA. Colt was first off-the-mark with a swing out cylinder revolver in 1889, but within a decade S&W had competing designs available for sale. By the second decade of the 20th century, the American police market was dominated by double action .38 Special caliber revolvers such as the…

I’ve tested a lot of the “carbines” assembled from parts kits based on open bolt submachine guns and found some better than others. My favorite of the ones I’ve tested is the Century Arms “Sterling Type II Semi-Automatic Rifle” which was manufactured in conjunction with Wise Lite Arms. As always, when converting an open bolt gun to closed bolt, the trigger pull isn’t great, but using a full-length-ventilated hand guard over the 16-inch barrel looks much better than the Type I version which uses the standard length L2A3 hand guard with the bare barrel protruding. Unfortunately, Century no longer offers this carbine and prices on the secondary market are now well over $1,500. Back in the early 1980s through the late-1980s, A Sterling MK6 carbine was offered to the civilian…

“The war in Ukraine saw civilians take up arms and put up a fierce fight for their homeland. As the war rages on, Taiwan is now taking cues to strengthen its home grown defense program in particular with civilians now proactively studying urban warfare to bolster their defenses against China’s increasing military might,” The World is One News noted in the overview to its video report on the move to create invasion deterrents. “Taiwan has been focused on strengthening its domestic defense programs with self-reliance now key, especially after Russia’s war on Ukraine which has served as a grim reminder of the plausibility of Chinese invasion that has rekindled the need to bolster defenses,” the reporter explains. “It’s not just the Taiwanese military taking inspiration from the fierce resistance of…