Industry & Gear
SACO M683 prototypes get a side-by-side teardown against the Uru
Forgotten Weapons filmed all three SACO Defense M683 prototypes, the 1983 submachine gun built on Brazil's Uru design.
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Industry & Gear
SOCOM's CAR, ICAR and HICAR programs stack up around the M4
SOCOM carbine programs now run three deep — CAR, ICAR and HICAR — and a new Boondock Ballistician explainer argues none of them retires the M4 or 5.56.
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Primary Arms PLxC 1.5-12x review faults turrets and top-end glass
Primary Arms' new PLxC 1.5-12x36 draws a hard verdict from optics reviewer BrassFacts over its exposed turret.
Kel-Tec's PLR-16 and the case for the cheap 5.56 pistol
The Kel-Tec PLR-16 turns 21 in the first year of the zero-dollar NFA stamp, and that timing turns a joke gun into the cleanest test of whether cheap and light is a real specification.
Pistol suppressors move up Hop's list as NFA registration falls
Hop's new video keeps pistol suppressors last on his priority list, but argues lightweight boosterless titanium cans and purpose-built holsters have fixed enough of the problem to matter.
Flux Raider brace cuts Lujan's bill drill times in an informal test
The Flux Raider P320 chassis got an unscripted shot-timer test from Lujan, whose bill drill times and hit quality both improved with the brace deployed rather than collapsed.
Griffin Armament MK2 11.5 anchors a Classic Firearms host's build
Griffin Armament's MK2 CQB in 11.5-inch .223 Wylde carries a suppressor-optimized buffer, a two-position gas block and a Dual-Lok can in host Eliza's first AR build.
Springfield Kuna draws a lukewarm verdict from Administrative Results
Springfield Kuna review from Administrative Results reports zero malfunctions in 500 rounds, three complaints, and a Nexus lower that swaps the proprietary magazines for CZ Scorpion mags.
Dark Storm DS-25 review reports extraction failures in break-in
Dark Storm Industries' DS-25 MFR, a 6.9-pound 14.5-inch 6.5 Creedmoor gas gun, ran repeated failures to extract for roughly 500 rounds in a Boondock Ballistician review before reliability improved.
Garand Thumb's top five survival guns: shotgun, .22, 9mm, AR-15
Garand Thumb's survival gun list picks a 12-gauge, a suppressed .22 pistol, a 9mm, a Ruger 10/22 and an AR-15.
Colion Noir makes the case for the short-barreled Mossberg 990 SPX
Mossberg's 990 SPX Magpul in its 14.75-inch NFA form gets a full hands-on verdict from Colion Noir, who trades two rounds of capacity for handling.
FN's Evolys machine gun leaves out the quick-change barrel
FN Evolys, the ultralight belt-fed machine gun from FN Herstal, has no quick-change barrel. Forgotten Weapons strips the 5.56mm and 7.62mm versions at the factory in Belgium.