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Samurai Jack Season 5 Teaser
Friday, February 3rd, 2017Check Out The New Spartan117GW Website
Thursday, February 2nd, 2017
BRNLY SlingPop
Wednesday, February 1st, 2017
The BRNLY SlingPop is a durable, if expensive ($125 – $140), slingshot. Made of 6061-T6 aluminum which is deburred, smoothed, and glass bead blasted, the SlingPop is lightweight and compact in size. It also comes with a bottle opener built into the handle. Available in Clear or Black anodized finish. Designed and made in the USA.
SHOT Show 17 – Hazard 4 Frazetta Licensed Products
Tuesday, January 31st, 2017
At SHOT Show I found out that Hazard 4 recently signed a licensing agreement with Frazetta Jr. Enterprise to produce products based on Frank Frazetta’s legendary art. Their first product is a 3D morale patch depicting the iconic Death Dealer which has long been the symbol of the US Army’s III Corps.
Available now in Black, Coyote and OD Green.
Mass Effect: Andromeda Trailer 2
Monday, January 30th, 2017600 years after the events of the original Mass Effect trilogy, play as not-Sheppard as he/she explores a new galaxy with virtually the same collection of alien species in the last game, while befriending a new alien species and fighting another alien species.
Andromeda drops March 21st.
Hollywood Collectables Group – M56 Smartgun
Sunday, January 29th, 2017
I find replicas and props of movie firearms that end up costing more than quite a few guns to be interesting. Perhaps it’s the often times painstaking detail and quality put into something that ultimately can only put on display. Such is the case with the Hollywood Collectables Group exclusive M56 Smartgun. The M56 was first introduced in the movie ‘Aliens’, a 10mm automatic squad support weapon with an effective range of 1500 yards, and a motion-sensitive infrared tracking system. This particular model is 48″ in length, weights 15 lbs., and comes with a 24″ x 16″ print of the Smartgun blueprints and spec sheet. Only 150 of these are slated to be released, so if you don’t mind spending $1200 on a high-quality Smartgun replica, then this is your chance.
www.hollywood-collectibles.com/store/product.php?productid=16582
ThinkGeek – Mass Effect Omni-Blade Cosplay Weapon
Saturday, January 28th, 2017
In the far-future world of Mass Effect, technology is advanced enough that hard light constructs exist, and that includes hard light being used as a quick-deployable ‘Omni-Blade’ for close quarters combat. ThinkGeek has released a cosplay version of the Omni-Blade made of transparent orange resin, with a switch on the wearable disk letting the wearer swing the blade out or sheath it along their arm.
Apocalypse Now: The Video Game On Kickstarter
Friday, January 27th, 2017Erebus LLC has set up a Kickstarter campaign for a video game adaption of Apocalypse Now. The dev team, which is composed of industry veterans who have developed for titles such as Fallout: New Vegas, Wasteland 2, and Far Cry will be lending their talents towards adapting Apocalypse Now into a psychological horror game with RPG elements, encouraging stealth and resource management over run-and-gun gameplay, and allowing the player to develop Captain Willard to suit their playstyle.
While it can certainly be a daunting task to try and adapt Apocalypse Now into a functioning, and more importantly enjoyable, video game, on paper, at least, it seems the dev team is taking a pretty decent attempt at adapting the property into an interactive media.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/fringerider/apocalypse-now-the-game
Terminator Arm DIY Cardboard Sculpture
Thursday, January 26th, 2017Unfortunate that the actual T-800 series wasn’t constructed of cardboard, since a light rain or some tactical application of fire would have greatly hastened the eventual human resistance victory.
Vickers Guide: 1911 Reprint
Wednesday, January 25th, 2017
The original Vickers Guide: 1911 proved to be popular enough that it went out of print in 5 months, which prompted Mott Lake Publishing to produce a reprint, which is expected to start shipping May 15th, 2017.
They’re not just reprinting the book as an exact copy, however, as they’re giving fans the opportunity to pick the new cover of the book from one of the three 1911 models below (write ins are also an option on the survey page):
Survey ends January 27th, 2017.
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard Released Today
Tuesday, January 24th, 2017So, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard was released today. It’s different than the recent games, but pretty darn good.
Ghost Recon Wildlands – Single Player Gameplay
Monday, January 23rd, 2017SHOT Show 17 – CMMG Tac Snac
Sunday, January 22nd, 2017
From the same company that brought us ‘Tactical Bacon’, comes the Tac Snac. The Tac Snac is high in protein, low in fat, and made of beef and pork. According to CMMG, the Tac Snac is “Perfect for camping, hunting, zombie standoffs, and end of the world scenarios”.
Aside from Original flavor, which is pretty tasty, CMMG is also offering the Tac Snac in Habanero, Peppered, and Bacon.
SHOT Show 17 – SERBU Firearms GB-22
Saturday, January 21st, 2017
This is the SERBU GB-22, a single shot, open bolt .22 pistol designed to be extremely simple to build, even with basic handtools, as necessity or availability of materials and tools dictates. Because it’s so basic, it also lends itself to as much modification as the builder deems appropriate. For example, the GB-22 doesn’t have sights as part of its standard design, but a creative sort can include irons in the design, or as is the case in the model above, create a mounting platform for an electro-optic. In case you were wondering, the ‘GB’ in GB-22 stands for ‘Gun Buyback’, as creator Mark Serbu has pretty much stated that because of the simple design the GB-22 can be built up quick and cheap and used to game a gun buyback program.
The plans are available right now on SERBU’s site for a paltry $12 (link here). If you feel you’re not mechanically-inclined enough to take advantage of the plans, then you’ll have to wait until SERBU receives BAFTE approval for a built kit.
LOGAN Trailer 2
Friday, January 20th, 2017In a world with very few mutants left, Old Man Logan and Older Man Prof. X must escort X-23, a female clone of Wolvie and who’s creation was totally hinted at in the post-credits scene from X-Men: Apocalypse, to safety from very bad men.
Oh, and it’s R-rated.
SHOT Show 2017 – SOG Knives Baton Multi-Tools
Thursday, January 19th, 2017
The new Baton multi-tool series from SOG consists of 4 minimalist profile multi-tools, about as thick as a marker and as long as a pencil for easy stowage into a pocket, pouch, or other container. Each tool in the series is named ‘Baton Q’, followed by a number (Q1 – Q4). The Q tools consist of handles made of aluminum (Q1 – 1060, Q2-4 – 6061-T6) and tools made of 5Cr15MoV steel, and depending on the model are designed for applications including office & personal, urban emergency, and basic and advanced wilderness.
This is a list of the tools included in each model Baton:
Baton Q1 – Spring assist scissors, pressurized ballpoint pen, bottle opener, medium flathead driver
Baton Q2 – Straight edge blade, LED flashlight, bottle opener, medium flathead driver
Baton Q3 – Pliers, gripper, soft wire cutter, straight blade, 3-sided file, Phillips driver, awl, chisel, can opener, small flathead driver, bottle opener, medium flathead driver, jewelry driver
Baton Q4 – Pliers, gripper, soft wire cutter, straight blade, 3-sided file, can opener, small flathead driver, bottle opener, medium flathead driver, magnetic ratchet driver, magnetic 12-piece hex bit kit
SHOT Show 2017 – Rapid Dominance Tactical Koozie
Wednesday, January 18th, 2017
The Rapid Dominance Tactical Koozie is a more tacticool approach to the traditional beverage koozie. Made of 1000D polyester, the Tactical Koozie features an adjustable hook and loop cummerbund, loop panel on the front and rear, and even functional 1/2 size PALS webbing. Accommodates beverages up to 40oz.
SHOT Show 2017 – MKT USA
Wednesday, January 18th, 2017
MKT USA, a division of Medford Knife & Tool, has a display of some wicked looking knives made of heavy-duty materials at their SHOT booth.
This is the On Belay. It features a titanium handle and D2 tool steel blade coming in at just over 3″, with an overall length of 8.5″. The back strap is also made of D2 tool steel.
The Maurader features a titanium grip, and stainless hardware, with a 3V steel Tanto-style blade. The grip has been custom sculpted to improve grip surface and visual appeal.
SHOT Show 2017 – Six12 Shotgun Variants
Wednesday, January 18th, 2017
At the Six12 booth, this wood furniture variant of the futuristic bullpup rotary drum shotgun was on display. It would be pretty cool to see this variant make production when the Six12 releases.
SHOT Show 2017 – EOTech
Tuesday, January 17th, 2017
This can be considered a bit of a ‘non-story’ since there’s not a lot of ‘new’ info, but it’s worth bringing up all the same.
For a bit of background, at last year’s SHOT, EOTech focused exclusively on their line of magnified Vudu scopes, and didn’t feature a single one of their HWS (Holographic Weapon Sights) at their booth. This was likely in response to the US Government’s lawsuit against L3 Communications regarding performance issues experienced by the EOTech HWS optics in temperature extremes and high moisture environments, and more importantly L3’s failure to disclose they had prior knowledge of these performance issues to the US Government.
As a result, L3 settled with the Government for about $26 million, and even went so far as to offer refunds to virtually any customers who purchased an EOTech sight. After that, the issue was more or less dealt with, although it did leave a bad taste in many people’s mouths.
This year, EOTech came out with new branding for the line of HWS optics, including a new logo, and has started reproducing their most popular HWS models: XPS2, 512, 552, etc., in both black and FDE. My immediate question to the rep who talked to me was if there were any changes to the internals of the optics. The answer was somewhat vague, but I was told that the engineers at the company spent the past year or so retooling the optics, with the thermal drift issue being corrected.
So, the TL;DR of the situation is this: EOTech claims they fixed the issues with their HWS that caused them to get sued by the Government, and now they’re reintroducing their products to the market with new branding.
We’ll have to wait and see if they hold up this time.
SHOT Show 2017 – SIG ASP Pistols
Tuesday, January 17th, 2017
SIG is currently displaying two new additions to the ASP airgun line, the P320 ASP pistols in Black and FDE. Chambered for .177 pellets, the ASP P320 series features an all-metal slide, rifled steel barrel, and polymer grip. The rearward section of the grip breaks away to reveal the CO2 canister housing which powers the action, and the P320 ASP comes complete with an impressive 30-round rotary magazine.
SHOT Show 2017 – Umarex Legends
Tuesday, January 17th, 2017Umarex’s ‘Legends’ consists of full-auto blowback action bb guns patterned after iconic weapons, or as Umarex’s marketing puts it, “Designs that changed history”. Two of the guns in this line caught my eye, the M712, and the MP, which is also new for 2017.
M712
The M712 is patterned after the M712 “Schnellfeuer” or “Fast Fire” C96 Mauser, which was capable of full-auto fire and sported a detachable magazine. Umarex’s bb version follows suit, featuring full metal construction, full-auto or semi-auto fire, and an 18-round detachable magazine, which also houses the CO2 cartridge needed to power the gun’s action.
MP
The MP is patterned after the iconic MP40, and like the M712 above, features full metal construction and select fire. The MP’s action is powered by two 12g CO2 capsules which are housed in the 60-round detachable magazine. The MP comes complete with a folding stock and adjustable rear sight with fixed front post.
SHOT Show 2017 – Kel-Tec
Tuesday, January 17th, 2017I always like to visit the Kel-Tec booth early because they always have something new (and because they release a new deck of playing cards every year which tend to run out fast).
For this year, Kel-Tec has two new models of their RDB, and one new model of the KSG.
KSG-25
Forgive the image orientation, but the KSG–25 is long, 38 inches long to be exact. The KSG-25 Sports a 30.5 inch barrel, with a standard capacity of 24+1 2.75 inch shells, hence the name. It weighs a hefty 9.25 lbs. unloaded, and roughly 11.5 lbs. when loaded. This particular model will come complete with Magpul MBUS front and rear sites, and a Magpul RVG vertical grip, along with a heat shield to cover the extended barrel. Kel-Tec states The KSG–25 will see a limited release third quarter of this year, provided demand is high enough.
RDB Tactical
The RDB Tactical is a variation of the RDB, featuring a two position collapsible stock, as well as an M-LOK forend designed specifically for the rifle. The rep told me the rifle was so new, they didn’t have time to print out a sales card for it.
RDB Survival
The RDB Survival is a minimalist profile variant of the RDB designed for field carry. Like the tactical, it features a 16 inch barrel, although this one is pencil profile to keep the weight down. The Survival model has an overall length of 26.1 inches, with a weight of 5 pounds, and comes with integrated iron sites, and can except any standard AR magazines. The survival also features the same two positions stock as the tactical model, providing an additional 1.5 inches of stock length for the shooter.
SHOT Show 2017
Tuesday, January 17th, 2017
It’s that time of year again! SHOT show 2017 at the Sands Expo Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Look forward for some great coverage on guns, here, knives, and whatever else I can dig up.
Homemade Pneumatic Rifle
Monday, January 16th, 2017YouTube channel Rulof Maker made a working air rifle inspired by the ‘Tihar’ from the Metro series of video games.
