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Dispatches: V11N1

Dispatches: V11N1

15 February, 2019
SADJ Staff
Features, Search By Issue, V11N1, Volume 11

A De Lisle Carbine bolt-action rifle with fixed stock (right-hand profile). (N.R. Jenzen-Jones/ARES) British De Lisle Carbine Bolt-Action Rifle The De Lisle Carbine manually operated…

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No Rivals to Excellence: PK Series

No Rivals to Excellence: PK Series

15 February, 2019
SADJ Staff
Features, Search By Issue, V11N1, Volume 11

ABOVE: Pro Gun Club PKM built by Rifle Dynamics on a VLTOR Weapon System receiver. A common story in Eastern European warfighting development—the GAU (the…

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Show Report: DX Korea 2018

Show Report: DX Korea 2018

8 February, 2019
SADJ Staff
Features, Search By Issue, Show Reports, V11N1, Volume 11

ABOVE: K3Para Light Machine Gun. Still unadopted but suggested to the Korean Army special forces. This one is not only shortened, but also uses many…

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Quick Kill: Rapid Techniques for Snipers

Quick Kill: Rapid Techniques for Snipers

8 February, 2019
SADJ Staff
Features, Search By Issue, V11N1, Volume 11

In today’s complex fight, the sniper has to be able to quickly flex into a posture that allows him leverage against his adversary. The days…

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SIG SAUER’s Polymer-Framed Departure

SIG SAUER’s Polymer-Framed Departure

25 January, 2019
SADJ Staff
Features, Search By Issue, V11N1, Volume 11

SIG SAUER X-VTAC evaluated with numerous ammunition types. SIG P320 X-VTAC: Tactical Benefits The SIG SAUER P320 polymer-frame striker-fired handguns have quickly evolved into an…

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The Experimental Bullet: The S&W Model 76 Caseless Cartridge Program

The Experimental Bullet: The S&W Model 76 Caseless Cartridge Program

25 January, 2019
SADJ Staff
Features, History, Search By Issue, V11N1, Volume 11

ABOVE: Advantages of caseless ammunition; the rounds are lighter in weight and less expensive to manufacture. Disadvantages include a problem clearing malfunctions and delicate nature…

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SKB iSeries Cases

SKB iSeries Cases

18 January, 2019
SADJ Staff
Features, Reviews, Search By Issue, V11N1, Volume 11

A Long Way from Fender Guitars Established in Anaheim, California, in 1977 by founders Dave Sanderson and Steve Kottman, SKB first began manufacturing guitar cases….

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Show Report: Shrivenham 2018

Show Report: Shrivenham 2018

18 January, 2019
SADJ Staff
Features, Search By Issue, Show Reports, V11N1, Volume 11

Close Combat Symposium The Close Combat Symposium (CCS) was held at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom over July 9–11, 2018; historically, it has…

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Shaping the Fight in Israel

Shaping the Fight in Israel

18 January, 2019
SADJ Staff
Features, Search By Issue, V11N1, Volume 11

ABOVE: The Tactical Sniper Bench being employed by an elite IDF sniper. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) Counter Terror (CT) Warfare School was founded in…

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Localizing the Threat

Localizing the Threat

11 January, 2019
SADJ Staff
Features, Search By Issue, V11N1, Volume 11

For all of our many-splendored modern accomplishments man has really not advanced much farther than his primitive forebears when it comes to rending the very…

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SWATS: A QinetiQ Technology Triumph

SWATS: A QinetiQ Technology Triumph

11 January, 2019
SADJ Staff
Features, Reviews, V11N1, Volume 11

Gunshot localization systems have been in use for several decades by both the military and law enforcement. Their purpose is to detect the origin of…

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Innovative: Nammo’s New M72 FFE—An Achievement in Perfect Countermass Balance

Innovative: Nammo’s New M72 FFE—An Achievement in Perfect Countermass Balance

11 January, 2019
SADJ Staff
Features, Search By Issue, V11N1, Volume 11

ABOVE: Nammo’s liquid countermass maintains uniform viscosity across all war fighting environmental temperature ranges. The atomized cloud formed by mass ejection is relatively small and…

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New Products: V11N1

New Products: V11N1

4 January, 2019
SADJ Staff
Columns, New Products, Search By Issue, V11N1, Volume 11

ABOVE: FIME GROUP VEPR 12 Shotgun FIME GROUP VEPR 12 Shotgun The Vepr 12 is a shotgun designed for self-defense, hunting, range shooting and 3-gun…

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International Legal Affairs: V11N1

International Legal Affairs: V11N1

4 January, 2019
SADJ Staff
Columns, Search By Issue, V11N1, Volume 11

Screening Prohibited Parties As the world becomes increasingly more complicated, one might imagine that there is an official list of “naughty” countries (or individuals) to…

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