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Blue Force Gear UWL with Push Button Socket Available in Coyote Brown

By on June 16, 2012 in Guns, Tactical Gear

I have written about the Blue Force Gear UWL before. It is one of those pieces of gear that everyone ought to have in their spare parts box because it has the potential to solve so many problems.

Now there is a new Coyote Brown version available that features a socket for push button QD sling swivels along with the sling loop of the original. The Coyote Brown hard anodizing is designed to blend well with Multicam or Coyote Brown slings from Blue Force Gear like the Vickers Combat Applications Sling.

The addition of the push button socket also opens up some interesting possibilities for transitioning from a 2 point to a single point sling. If this is used as your rear sling mount toward the back of your receiver and you use a push button QD sling swivel as your front mounting point, then this will allow you to turn your sling into a single point. This works especially well on rifles like the FN SCAR that have a rear sling hook right where the stock meets the receiver.

You can check out the new Coyote Brown version of the UWL with Push Button Socket at BlueForceGear.com. Stay tuned for a full review with some ideas for how you can make use of this new UWL.

Solar Tactical MFER AK47 Magazine Funnel

By on June 15, 2012 in Guns, Tactical Gear

It takes time and practice to develop a fairly smooth, reliable, and repeatable AK-47 reload. If you try to go faster than your training will allow, it is very easy to end up fighting your way through a stinker of a reload. That is why the new MFER AK47 Magazine Funnel from Solar Tactical has piqued my interest.

I know almost nothing about it other than its main purpose is to act as a flared magazine well or mag funnel not unlike what you might find on a 1911 or Glock. The flat, non-beveled magazine well of the AK-47 can be easy to miss when you are really hustling and even a small miss can result in the magazine entering the well slightly canted which causes binding. The MFER appears as it could make reloads more forgiving.

The MFER AK47 Magazine Funnel is made from polymer and has stainless steel hardware. It attached to your AK with modifications to the rifle itself. It will fit most AK-47s and AKMs, including Saigas. It will not fit standard Yugoslavian AKs.

Check out the MFER AK47 Magazine Funnel on SolarTactical.com.

TacStrike Warriors Through the Ages Shirt

By on June 15, 2012 in Tactical Gear

TacStrike and Righteous Duke Designs have teamed up once again for another t-shirt design. The new shirt features images of warriors down through the ages including a Samuri, a Viking, an archer, an sheriff from the American west, and a modern gun fighter training on TacStrike steel. The shirt, like all Righteous Duke Designs looks great. Check it out at TacStrike.com.

FFL Holders – Don’t Fear Transfers and Internet Gun Sales!

By on June 14, 2012 in Other

This is a free public service announcement to FFLs everywhere: Firearm transfers are like free money!

The internet is here to stay. You can deny that all you want as your gun store folds or you can cash in on that fact. If you own a gun store that is actively discouraging transfers by pricing them exorbitantly high or refusing to do them all together, you are short-sighted and missing out on one of your best potential revenue generation methods. Transfers do not represent a threat to your business; they represent easy cash.

Think about it. The margins that you make on most of your firearms are pretty low. You have to take the time to order them, sit on the inventory, staff the store, and then spend the time it takes to complete the sale and transfer to the purchaser. That all adds up to a pretty small return on your time and money.

However, transfers are nearly pure profit. It only takes minutes for you to receive the firearm, hand over the 4473 to a customer, and then call it in. You don’t have to lay out any cash or sit on any inventory. In return for these few moments of your time, you get $25 (or possibly as high as $45 depending on going rates in your area).

Successful shops try to beat all of the other local shops prices on inventory. They should also be trying to offer the most competitively priced transfers. You should be striving to do 10 (or more) of them a day and to be known as the best place in town to do a transfer. That is smart business.

The internet and internet guns sales are here to stay, but so is the need for local FFL holders. So, get a clue and start cashing in on transfers.

Mesa Tactical SureShell Carrier for the KSG

By on June 14, 2012 in Guns, Tactical Gear

The Kel-Tec KSG has generated more buzz than any pump action shogun has in a long time. Mesa Tactical is trying to capitalize on some of that buzz with their new SureShell Carrier for the KSG.

The Mesa Tactical SureShell Carrier for the KSG is a replacement top rail for the KSG. Like the OEM rail, it allows the user to mount optics and iron sights. The SureShell Carrier integrates 2 removable yokes on either side of the rail that can be used to carry additional shells. The yokes will be available in 4, 6, 8, and 12 shell configurations. The user can also attach 2 accessory rails to the sides of the SureShell Carrier that are positioned well for use with items like weapon lights.

Check out the Mesa Tactical KSG Sureshell Carrier at Brownells.com

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