Military Systems Group: Half a Century of Innovative Design
By Dan Shea Part of Military Systems Group’s CNC alley – a variety of high-quality machines with the capability of CNC lathe turning or CNC milling almost a... Read more.
Barrett’s M107A1: An Evolutionary Look at a Revolutionary Rifle
By Dan Shea In the 1970s-80s, there was a movement in the U.S. to create rifles in .50 BMG (12.7x99mm.) .55 Boys rifles were converted, the magazine and barrel ... Read more.
REVIEW: Next Century Tech Now: The 21st Tec Bellator
By Dan Shea I’ve followed Skip Patel’s designs for about 20 years, since his BA50- mag fed .50 BMG rifle and the MCR Multi-Cal semi auto that got to phase I... Read more.
M249 SAW: U.S. Ordnance Full Mil-Spec Test
By Dan Shea For many years I’ve been involved in performing and chronicling MIL-SPEC testing for firearms. I’ve also been involved in many M249 programs, su... Read more.
SOCOM’s Mk22 Mod 0 System
“Solving the Riddle of Steel” By Dan Shea “The secret of steel has always carried with it a mystery. You must learn its riddle, Conan. You must lea... Read more.
NDIA Armaments & Robotics Conference & Exhibition 2020
27-30 April 2020, Columbus, GA Advancing Combat Lethality Recently the influential and well-known NDIA Small Arms Symposium combined with some sister NDIA group... Read more.
EDITORIAL SPECIAL : POLYMER-CASED AMMUNITION
TRUE VELOCITY INC. True Velocity’s ammunition is over 30% lighter than conventional brass rounds. TV’s proprietary design innovations reduce ove... Read more.
Swiss P for Precision Shooting
By Dan Shea June 21, 2019, in the Swiss Alps outside of Montreux: “Smoke on the Water” playing on the radio as we drove around hundreds of mountain curves, ... Read more.
2019 LtCol George M. Chinn Award
Thomas B. Nelson The name Thomas B. Nelson is synonymous with the small arms community of the last 60 years. Since Tom’s first book, The World’s Submachine ... Read more.
James R. Ambrose Award
Arrow Tech prodas.com The James Ambrose Award is presented periodically to recognize, in the opinion of the Small Arms Division Executive Board, an Industrial F... Read more.
