Gun Accessories – Cases
The last article on gun accessories addressed grips and cleaning kits. Now we look to storing your gun. Anyone who owns a gun needs a safe place to keep it. It can’t be lying out in the open where someone who doesn’t know how to use it can get to it. It also needs to [...]
Movie Weapons – Independence Day
July 4, 2010 by craigkent
Filed under Articles, Automatic, Guns, Hand Guns, Movie/TV Gear, Special Forces
We’re back with another movie weapons article, focusing on one movie in particular: Independence Day. Check out our articles on other movie weapons in Transformers and The Matrix. This weekend is the Fourth of July, so we figured it was the best time to feature this blockbuster film. Beretta 92 – One of the most [...]
Camo Gun – Firearms That Blend In
When we think of something with camouflage, we usually don’t think of a camo gun. But word on the street is that camouflaging guns will soon be allowed in the U.S. Army. Just about everything a soldier wears and uses has some form of camouflage, so why not do the same for weapons? Guns are [...]
Military Surplus Guns
June 14, 2010 by Administrator
Filed under Automatic, Guns, Hand Guns, Rifles, Special Forces
Military surplus guns are one of the least popular items purchased in terms of military surplus. When you think of military surplus, camouflage, helmets, and backpacks probably come to mind. But what you might not know is that there is a huge supply of military surplus guns available for purchase. Most equipment that the military [...]
Gun Accessories – Bipods/Tripods
This will be the last article in our series on gun accessories. It’s been a great journey up to this point, so we’ll finish it with a bang (pun intended). Bipods are gun accessories that are not necessarily common among civilian sportsmen. However, U.S. soldiers have many uses for bipods, especially those in the special [...]
Gun Accessories – Grips and Cleaning Kits
This gun accessories article concerns grips used on firearms and cleaning kits for your firearms. Grip – Believe it or not, there are quite a few options when it comes to gun grips. These grips are gun accessories sold separately from stock firearms. A vertical grip is available for use with the M16/M4. It’s short [...]
Gun Accessories – Sights (and Tactical Lights), Part 2
The second part of our gun accessories discussion on sights. We’ll get right back to it with the telescopic sight. Telescopic Sight – This type of sight, often called a scope, is best known for its use with sniper rifles. The telescopic sight is similar to the reflex sight (see the previous article to read [...]
Gun Accessories – Sights, Part 1
We continue our series on gun accessories, this time looking into sights and scopes. As we look into sights, we thought it’s necessary to note that there many more brands and styles of gun accessories than we highlight, and the ones we review are usually for some of the most common firearms (the M16, the [...]
Movie Weapons – Dodge Bullets From These? Only In The Matrix.
April 9, 2010 by craigkent
Filed under Automatic, Guns, Movie/TV Gear, Rifles, Special Forces
Here’s our second article in our movie weapons series, featuring The Matrix. The Matrix, released in 1999 (it doesn’t seem like it’s been that long!), was the first in a trilogy of movies to be made about a futuristic dream world on earth. Machines have become the dominant beings on earth, and humans are kept [...]
Tommy Gun – Used by Good Guys and Bad Guys Alike
The infamous Thompson gun, nicknamed the “Tommy Gun,” is more than just a weapon used by criminals during 20th century-America. It’s an icon, and it’s a story in and of itself. Named after its designer, General John T. Thompson, this submachine gun was first produced in 1919, and was originally designed to aid U.S. soldiers [...]