Indholdsfortegnelse for Volume 77, Issue 21 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. Joined by Vice President Kamala Harris, President Joe Biden on Friday unveiled yet another effort to please gun-ban groups ahead of next year’s critical presidential election. At a ceremony at the White House Rose Garden, Biden proudly announced the formation of the new White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention. Biden has tabbed Harris as the head of the venture, and longtime Biden advisor Stefanie Feldman will serve as director. “I'm proud to announce the creation of the first-ever White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, the first office in…

There’s a definite attitude in certain circles that unless you can handle a firearm as well as the best shooters, you are lacking. We’ll overlook the detail that for a lot of tasks, the SpecOps people who are sent out to do a job are not sent because they are the best shooters to be found. You need not be a USPSA Grandmaster, if your job is to scuba up to a vessel at pier and attach a limpet mine to it and leave, all un-noticed. But, to the crowd who cares, incorrectly, if you can’t handle the recoil of “a real gun” you get looked at with pity. Neither one of my grandmothers could have done a pull-up, but if you had tried to harm a hair on their…

Back in the day, Beretta .380s were considered the standard in concealable pistols. While they weren’t the smallest, or the cheapest, you could count on them to work in an era where most small pistols were jam-o-matics. Officially/technically this is known as the “Series 81” line, but they are far more well known as the Beretta Cheetah, and various models were available in .22 LR, .32 ACP, and .380 ACP, fed by single- and double-stack magazines. The .380 ACP versions were the most popular in the United States, and the Cheetah was produced from 1976 to 2017. CCW pistols were huge sellers at the time they were discontinued in the US, but its design was a bit dated when they stopped producing it. There were a number of reasons the…

California’s gun owners have seen yet another critical Second Amendment case go their way, with a district court judge on Sept. 22 striking down the state’s restrictive ban on standard capacity firearms magazines. In the case Duncan v. Bonta, District Judge Robert Benitez, ruled that the 2016 law limiting detachable firearms magazines for handguns and rifles to be unconstitutional as it infringes on California gun owners’ Second Amendment Rights. Firearms News readers will likely recognize Judge Benitez’s name and already be familiar with some of the history of this case. Way back in 2017 Judge Benitez struck down the ban, which outlaws magazines that hold more than 10 rounds, as being unconstitutional. Later, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned that ruling. The case later made it to the U.S.…

The Supertuck is a kydex holster molded to your pistol, but with a leather backer. That way you have a bit of padding between you and the holster. This is an IWB (inside the waistband) design, and the leather also acts as a barrier. It keeps your sweat from sogging the holster (not that kydex absorbs much, if any) and keeps the gun oils off of you and your wardrobe. The clips are adjustable for angle, and the Supertuck is designed to be worn just behind the lateral line of your body. Back past three o’clock for right-handers, or what we used to call FBI cant in the old days. Retention is friction, and while most of that is due to fit in the trigger guard some can be adjusted…

Suppressor makers are always updating things, improving things, and changing names. Amtac has been in business for 35 years, and they are a supplier for aerospace and defense industry manufacturers. If you make parts that go into space, then bringing that level of precision and attention to detail to making suppressors has advantages. Amtac is no stranger to the idea of continual improvement, and they have improved their 5.56 suppressor to the point that it has a new name. But even in the digital age paperwork takes time, so until that new one arrives here at Gun Abuse Central, I’ll give you the lowdown on the older model, because it is still a good one. The Amtac CQB is a 5.56 suppressor that knocks almost 30 dB off of your…

“All AR-15s are the same.” A sentiment commonly followed by either a sarcastic “bro” or the unfortunate lack of knowledge found in some users. So, are all AR-15 rifles the same? That is a resounding no and this rifle is physical proof of that. This is the LaRue Tactical “Black and Tan” series of rifles from the famed LaRue Tactical of Leander Texas. Founded by Mark LaRue, LaRue Tactical began when Mark designed auto resetting targets. Being an avid shooter himself, the appeal of a resetting target was obvious, and that sentiment was not lost when it came to the U.S. Military either. With this, the legacy of LaRue Tactical began. Since then, LaRue Tactical has expanded out into numerous precision quick release optics mounts and even premium precision rifles…

One of the most successful military AR variants ever was the Mk 12 SPR (Special Purpose Rifle). This designated marksman’s rifle was in military service from 2002–2017 and was voted one of the top three weapons systems fielded in Afghanistan (the others being the Mk 19 full-auto grenade launcher and the M240 machine gun). It sprang to life right at the start of the war on terror, and sports an excellent combination of commercially available components which appeared during the early days of the AR boom, specced by people who knew what they were doing. When it comes to small arms, as a general rule, innovation doesn’t come from government or the military, it comes from private industry. As David Fortier wrote almost fifteen years ago, “The Mk 12 family,…

For any action movie fan, the MP5K is one of the most iconic submachine guns on the modern silver screen. When thinking of the MP5K, the helicopter scene with the T-1000 comes directly to mind in Terminator 2, or Brad Pitt wielding one in the 2005 film Mr. & Mrs. Smith. Luckily, MKE (Makina ve Kimya Endüstrisi or Mechanical and Chemical Industry) of Turkey produces a semi-automatic, pistol variation of this personal defense weapon and Century Arms offers it here in the US. Known as the AP5-M and AP5-P, both Apparatus Pistols are based off of the MP5K. The AP5-P is “PDW” style offering featuring a 5.8-inch Tri-Lug barrel and 1/2x28 threads per inch threaded muzzle. The AP5-M is more of a “traditional K” offering with a shorter 4.6-inch barrel…