There are a number of things going on right now, some of which may be trends. More and Heavier Weapons When we joined SF, while there was plenty of access to weapons that were heavier/more specialized / foreign, what an ODA carried was 12 M16A1 rifles (if we were fortunate enough to have 12 guys and zero empty slots, which happened… let's just say, rarely). Soon, they gave … [Read more...]
The SKELI X-11 Modular Carbine is an American made polymer rifle that looks shockingly similar to a few others rifles currently on the market with one catch, the price is almost half of the others. A few moments after reading the press release on this rifle I asked the same question you are probably asking, WHO or WHAT is SKELI ? WHAT WE DO KNOW: Skeli Advanced Firearms … [Read more...]
We were fortunate enough to recently acquire an interesting fixed power red dot optic, the Lucid HD-7. Now as we all know the market for any sort of red dot style optics is extremely crowded and has over two dozen major brands and models to wade through when searching for one. Lucid was a company that I had never really looked into until recently, and that was because I was … [Read more...]
Range Etiquette 101, it sounds so very basic but sometimes people forget things like I did this past weekend so we here at The Arms Guide though it would be a good time to write a refresher course. The topic can be as simple or difficult as someone wants it to be, and that is part of the problem. Many shooters forget simple safety rules and acts of courtesy that many of us take … [Read more...]
The question many of us who attended SHOT Show 2016 in Las Vegas this past January was "What's Next For The Saturated AR-15 Market?" We had a team of people that spanned all four major branches of the United States Military and had well over 100 years of combined experience with firearms, so it's safe to say we had a good pool of talent and resources to draw from. We walked for … [Read more...]
