Designed to provide US aircrews with enough punch to defend themselves in a pinch and potentially survive behind enemy lines, the CAR-15 had all the hallmarks of a successful design.

But the project was shelved and this example is 1 of only 10 to survive, entering the museum collection under so...

We took a look at both of these guns individually this past week, and now it's time to try them both out on the clock...

While I like the Bernardelli quite a lot, it had a couple malfunctions and my pistol shooting was just not up to the challenge of this month's stages (particularly Stage 1)....

Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/hkbJYn [or] slateblackindustries (dot) com 👉 Newsletter The transitional CZ805 BREN was a deliberate adaptation towards the NATO 5.56 cartridge by the Czech Armed Forces to directly integrate into NA...

Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/hkbJYn [or] slateblackindustries (dot) com 👉 Newsletter The iconic H&K G36 was a direct conception from the reunification of East and West Germany in the 90's. On paper, the 3x dual optic Hensoldt We...

Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter 🗞️ https://tinyurl.com/9HoleReviews or https://tinyurl.com/SlateBlack The Taiwanese (Republic of China) Type 91 rifle is a short-stroke gas piston AR15 type rifle derived from the Taiwanese Type 65 rifle. The T65/T91 f...

Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/hkbJYn [or] slateblackindustries (dot) com 👉 Newsletter The Tavor was introduced into the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) in 2001 as their next generation service rifle to phase out aging M16 and Galil r...

Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/hkbJYn [or] slateblackindustries (dot) com 👉 Newsletter The CZ 806 "BREN 2" is the latest and final (so far) iteration of the Czech Military's formally adapted weapon system. Greatly improving up on ...

Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/hkbJYn [or] slateblackindustries (dot) com 👉 Newsletter We did an overview of the FN SCAR17 video a while back, but never gave it a good recap. It's been a year and almost 2,000 rounds. It's time to ...

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: 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 FN SCAR 16 is the little brother, and the precursor to the SCAR 17 (heavy) as SOCOM's Mk16. This rifle was widely associated to US special operat...

Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter 🗞️https://tinyurl.com/9HoleReviews or https://tinyurl.com/SlateBlack The FN SCAR 17(s) / SCAR - Heavy. or the military Mk17 is either loved or hated within the firearms and military community, but there is no denying t...

Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter 🗞️https://tinyurl.com/9HoleReviews or https://tinyurl.com/SlateBlack The Beretta AR70/90 draws lineage to the SIG SG530, which was a joint project between SIG (not Sig Sauer) and Beratta to create a next-generation 5.5...

Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter 🗞️https://tinyurl.com/9HoleReviews or https://tinyurl.com/SlateBlack The less-common SCAR 16 stemmed from the US SOCOM Mk16 project in search of a "product-improved" M4 replacement. While the initial Mk16 was woefully ...

Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter 🗞️https://tinyurl.com/9HoleReviews or https://tinyurl.com/SlateBlack The K1A1 is the civilian-legal import to the USA in the 80's that many S. Korean immigrants cherished as a symbol of national pride, and on the one f...

Mike was lucky enough to be able to shoot the semiauto SA80 / L85A1, so he zeroed it at 100m and shot it at 300m

Bloke takes his ex-Slovenian Territorial Defense Chartered Industries of Singapore SAR-80 in 5.56x45 / 5.56 NATO / .223 Rem out to 300m to see how it groups, and the video takes a disturbing twist. This garbage-tier

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Thanks to the owner (who wishes to remain anonymous), we got to take the factory semi-auto Enfield SA80 / L85A1 to the range to have another session, this time with iron sights.

How did it fare compared to with a SUSAT optic and with an M16A1?

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Yesterday we took a look at the inner workings of the VHS-2, and today we are going to put some rounds through it. I am trying out both a short-barreled VHS-K2 that was limited to 2-round burst (for French police trials) and a full-length VHS-F2 from French military trials.

Overall, I quite l...

I am excited to have a chance today to take a trip to the range with a proper, factory L85A1 rifle (it's in the United States as a post-1986 dealer sample). I had a chance a while back to shoot one of these in the U.K., but I only had 10 cartridges to work with at that time. Today, I have several...

The FS2000 is the semiauto civilian version of FN's F2000 bullpup rifle. It was designed for military use, but contracts have been well below FN's hopes - only Slovenia has decided to adopt it as a standard service weapon (several other nations have bought small quantities for specialized uses). ...

After a lot of requests from law enforcement and military organizations, CZ developed a collapsing buttstock for the Bren 2 rifle. It requires a different upper receiver than the standard Bren 2, although that upper will become standard in future production. Combined with a short barrel, the coll...

My previous experience shooting a VHS-2 was limited to a small indoor range, so I’ve been really looking forward to getting this Springfield Hellion out to a proper range. First up, we have a 2-Gun match with it – one with stages specifically written to fit bullpups. So we have lots of maneuverin...

Thanks to H&K and to Trijicon for range access, we are out today shooting an original and authentic XM-8 carbine! The XM-8 family are relatively bulky guns; moreso than one would expect from seeing photos of them. However, they are also very smooth and comfortable guns to shoot, with a relatively...