ST Engineering Advanced Material Engineering will supply the British military with 40mm grenades under a five-year contract valued at $87.8 million (£65.84 million), according to a contract award notice published by Defence Equipment and Support. The Singapore-based manufacturer beat two competitors to secure the deal, which covers nine variants of 40mm high and low velocity grenades.…
In this episode of TFB’s Behind the Gun Podcast, I’m pleased to welcome back Dave Higginbotham, Product Marketing Manager at Safariland, for a conversation centered on the brand-new IncogXS, the latest holster to come out of the ongoing Safariland and Haley Strategic Partners collaboration. The IncogXS is the next evolution of the Incog X platform,…
When I was a kid, I always watched the credits of action movies until the end. I was waiting for one credit in particular – the movie armorer. The existence of such a job seemed too good to be true, since it encompassed all of my favorite hobbies: guns and movies. As I was getting…
Few pistols carry the kind of personal history that Jack Carr’s MK25 does. The former Navy SEAL and #1 New York Times bestselling author carried the P226/MK25 through every deployment over a twenty-year special operations career, and its fictional counterpart drove a key plot thread in his debut novel The Terminal List. Now, SIG Custom…
Technically, the United States of America’s big 250th birthday has just passed us, with the July 4 holiday a few days back. But that hasn’t stopped the onslaught of commemorative guns for sale, which will still be for sale even when the food coma from the barbecue has passed! And if you want something that…
Magnum Research has announced a threaded barrel option for the Desert Eagle chambered in .50 Action Express, complete with a custom L5 piston designed specifically for suppressed fire. It’s an interesting engineering solution to a platform that doesn’t typically appear on suppressor-equipped firearms. Let’s have a closer look at this Beast! The .50 AE remains…
Tyler Grey spent thirteen years getting told no. No, this won’t work. No, sights don’t work that way. No, nobody will want them. The fact that Saberdyne Systems launched the NDEX Indexing Sight System just now suggests he stopped asking permission. NDEX is a rear-sight-only system that removes the traditional front sight post entirely, forcing a…
XS Sights is answering a pretty obvious question with the R3D 2.0 for the PSA Dagger Micro: if you’re carrying a subcompact that’s built for fight-now defensive work, why settle for factory sights in low light? The answer is you shouldn’t, and XS has equipped the Dagger Micro with night sights that actually deliver on…
Colt Optics is playing for keeps with the LP5X-P, a weapon-mounted aiming laser that skips the usual “first generation” stumble and walks into battle-tested. Built in partnership with Brolis Defence, this unit has already been standardized and fielded across NATO forces, which means the US version you’re looking at now isn’t some designer’s fever dream;…
There comes a time in most people’s lives when they start looking for exactly what they want instead of just what is available. With the benefit of experience and some additional disposable income, many experienced shooters start seeking out custom solutions that match their needs precisely. This is true in the world of holsters, too.…