Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter 🗞️https://tinyurl.com/9HoleReviews or https://tinyurl.com/SlateBlack The AK Niner project originated from the mid 2000's and published in 2018. Since then, the accessory market for Kalashnikov patterned rifles have flo...

Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/hkbJYn [or] slateblackindustries (dot) com 👉 Newsletter The Czech/Czechoslovakian Vz.58 was a legendary rifle, serving Czechoslovakia, (later the Czech Rep., Slovakia) for more than 60 years. Known f...

Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter 🗞️https://tinyurl.com/9HoleReviews or https://tinyurl.com/SlateBlack The M76 is a semi-auto sniper rifle developed by Zastava in Serbia (then Yugoslavia) that fired a potent 7.92x57mm cartridge (AKA 8mm Mauser). The M7...

Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/hkbJYn Shooting the Type 56 Assault Rifle (Chinese AK) out to 500 yards with iron sights. Parameters: 2x shots per target from 150y to 500y, segmented per 50 yds. Rifle was Norinco Type 56 from Chine...

Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter 🗞️ https://tinyurl.com/9HoleReviews or https://tinyurl.com/SlateBlack The Soviet Union under Russian leadership had developed one of the world’s most efficient sniper doctrines using the SVD, Dragunov Sniper Rifle… and...

Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter 🗞️https://tinyurl.com/9HoleReviews or https://tinyurl.com/SlateBlack Make no mistake: the Martini-Henry series of rifles were a wonder of their time. This example was from 1872, one of the first Martini-Henry Mk I rifl...

Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter 🗞️https://tinyurl.com/9HoleReviews or https://tinyurl.com/SlateBlack In 2008, IWI released the Galil ACE. A complete overhaul of the old Galil family of rifles to bring the series into the millennium... this was 3 year...

Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/hkbJYn This rifle came so close to taking top-spot on our Practical Accuracy series... but like that, lady luck gives us a black-eye with ample emotional damage. The AK Niner was a project based on a...

Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/hkbJYn [or] slateblackindustries (dot) com 👉 Newsletter The XM16E1 was the first to be a new symbol of the American serviceman. Lightweight, nimble and fired the new 5.56 caliber cartridge in the 196...

In 1955, the Swiss launched their new sniper rifle, the Zf. Kar. 55; a K31 styled straight pull rifle that had next to zero interchangeable parts with the K31. Since there were only around 4,150 rifles produced, these are quite rare worldwide, but regardless, we dissect the intricacies of the Swi...

Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/9HoleReviews or https://tinyurl.com/SlateBlack We think the Vector SBR is quite possible one of the best 9mm PDW's for vehicle use. Take note that we are not judging this as a duty SMG, but rather ...

Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter 🗞️https://tinyurl.com/9HoleReviews or https://tinyurl.com/SlateBlack The M16A2 was the ultimate Cold War rifle that encapsulated a ruggedized sighting system and a low-recoiling, high velocity cartridge to bring lethal...

Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/9HoleReviews or https://tinyurl.com/SlateBlack What is your ideal load-out in a non-permissive environment in the Middle East? Henry prefers his AK103 with the new Primary Arms 2x ACSS GLx scope, d...

Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/hkbJYn [or] slateblackindustries (dot) com 👉 Newsletter Before it was popularized in the motion picture, "Enemy at the Gates", the Mosin Nagant M91/30 PU rifle had a very real presence in the Soviet ...

Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter 🗞️https://tinyurl.com/9HoleReviews or https://tinyurl.com/SlateBlack The Winchester Model 1895 was John Moses Browning's last iteration of lever-action rifles that accommodated a full-power cartridge without using a tu...

Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter 🗞️ https://tinyurl.com/9HoleReviews or https://tinyurl.com/SlateBlack The fixed stock classic AK74 and AK74N was a staple of the soviet fighting force. For years, this was the bog-standard weapon that was used througho...

Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter 🗞️https://tinyurl.com/9HoleReviews or https://tinyurl.com/SlateBlack The U.S. M1903A3 was an improvement over the M1903 rifle with a rear aperture sight that was faster to produce during wartime. The "re-chambered Maus...

Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter 🗞️https://tinyurl.com/9HoleReviews or https://tinyurl.com/SlateBlack From Tula with love. The AKs74u "Krinkov" has been a coveted Kalashnikov variant in North America and Afghanistan alike... and the rumors shroud it. ...

Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter 🗞️https://tinyurl.com/9HoleReviews or https://tinyurl.com/SlateBlack Since NATO seeked a new PDW class of weapons in the 90's, many have argued over the definition of the PDW... but did not realize how old the concept ...

Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/9HoleReviews or https://tinyurl.com/SlateBlack In 1939, the Germany Army realized that they wanted an aiming device better than the standard Kar98k iron sights. In 1941, the Wehrmacht rolled out th...

The British L85A1 + Henry reminiscing of colonial Hong Kong. Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/9HoleReviews or https://tinyurl.com/SlateBlack Consider supporting us via Patreon 👉 http://www.patreon.com/9HoleReviews (you an also acc...

Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/hkbJYn [or] slateblackindustries (dot) com 👉 Newsletter It’s hard to believe that the iconic Steyr AUG has been around since the 70’s and still in military service around the world. It wasn’t just th...

Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter 🗞️https://tinyurl.com/9HoleReviews or https://tinyurl.com/SlateBlack The Beretta ARX160 series of rifles replaced the AR70/90 as the next generation rifle going into the 2000's. The ultra-lightweight polymer receiver r...

Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter 🗞️https://tinyurl.com/9HoleReviews or https://tinyurl.com/SlateBlack For nearly 50 years, the AK74 / AK74M family has served in the Russian military as a genera purpose rifle, and while the heart of the rifle has large...