Small arms and Light Weapons

the ever popular Minidot...

Colt and SIG booth are the next round of pictures. Neither booth offered anything new so the pictures at these booth are min.



What grabbed my attention is this direct gas driven 1020 look alike. I thought the 1020 was not scheduled for production, but maybe they just brought one out for the shot show, but unbeknownst to me, they dropped a DI gas system into the monolithic platform of the 1020 and made a new offering.










SIG brought our the 556 in force, many varinat but most of those varient looked cheap in comparison to the airsoft 552 they had on one of the display. I am disappointed with the SIG practice of building the 556 with cheap parts, but with the ever sky raising prices of raw material, the SIG practice made some sense as to use less expensive part to build a gun that will land within the mid 1k mark so it can be affordable to more potential buyers. and this will also drive up the accessoies makret. Look at the market development on the M4 rifles.

For those keen eyeed members, you notice the folder?







Too bad, continue with the SIG practice, even the folder are made with those cheap plastic parts. notice the build in flip up rear sight, with the recess, it is difficult to deploy fast.





More shots of the stock folded



SIG rail panels...most are made in Iseral by CAA.



The folding front sight, not very inspiring.

A nicely set up SIG with rail system, Aimpoint and CTR stock and the cheap VFG with the integrated light mount....sigh!! All I want is a perfectly set up SIG at the show for me to take a pic...



The precision SIG 556 had a riased rail section for optic mounting. looking at the lower trigger housing, wouldn't it be nice if MagPUL made a trigger housing with a nice folder like the one that they used on the ACR or even the UBR? I can only dream....or did i just leaked some secret? only time will tell.

As much as i dislike the SIG 556, I still would love to own one, being it is basically a SG55x rifle that got butchered when it cross the pond, but with some serious modification, this can be one heck of a platform....
SG556 with Samson rail system, a Auora System front and rear sight, maybe some one like MagPul would be nice enough to make a lower witha decent stock, Aimpoint M4. I think I would be in heaven....

AAC brought out some pretty cool toys....





Wall full of rifles that just make yo want to cry.





AAC's 416 suppressor with the QD flash hider.



Another shot with a 14.5 inch 416

KAC Sr16 with Magpul UBR, Elcan Spectre DR and a of course AAC suppressor.





The official FN SCAR suppressor









Any one want to suppress a 50?

Start the day with Vltor



CAV-V mid length with shorty barrel and KX3 brake. this thing is just too cool to describe.











FN Minimi stock upgrade kit. e-MOD looks great on the Mk46



MK46 with Tangodown VFG and bi-pod. this give the entire system a more integrated look.

Don't freak out, this is just a simnple DI gas upper with a HK 416 lower. This was just a showcase sample for the new Vltor CAS-V bi-level handguard.

Krebs AK top rail

Troy Industries had this mega M14 EBR....fun to look at, but this thing was heavy...















this is the basic system that you can modularize into the monster above.

different stock for different folks.





going mid evil.

The much anticipated LMT MRP piston system....



Break down components exposed.



very simple piston design, yet effective and well integrated.



Closer look at the piston and rod and the bolt carrier.



heavily weighted carrier to offsit the carrier bounce.





the ball detent keep the knob in place. no gas adjustment for suppressor, I was told this system did not require it.

The entire system is part of the barrel assembly which you can remove with just two hex screws.



CQB-R.




R-Bar Cutter

While I was at the LMT booth, I took the chance to snap a few pics of the new ATPIAL, replacing the AN-PEQ2

Northrop Gruman entry into the SOCOM block2 requirement and beat out a host of other entries to win the AN-PVS24 contract.





There is a rubberized shroud that cover the gap between the NVD and the ACOG, the actual unit are a bit smaller and light weight. the LaRue mount enable quick detach capability.





Remington are now equipping with Accuracy International AICS system as part of the option when buying their precision rifle.

Safety Systemn Corp had this drop in piston converison for AR15. it seem like a nice system, but the clip that hold the gas regulator rod in place is free without any lock, so only your handguard are holding it in place....hmmmm

my good friend Vic at Tactical Night vision brought out his SAR rings.

the ever popular minidot gets a QD mount from the master.











LaRue made this ACOG mount for the USMC, the required mount is to get the ACOG as far back on the receiver as possible. this mount would negate the BUIS, but that isn't a real concern for the Marine, since the shooter would have a detachable carry handle in his load out as back up.

Compact ACOG mount with addon Doctor mount.









Aimpoint magnifer mount with flip to side capability.






This is totally cool, I run the X300 with 100lumun LED loamp on my rifle, the LaRue mount just make this application that much more secure.

Spartan rail system and also a #41B flip up front sight gas block.

the updated SIR without the rail on rail application mount solution. this is the same rail that ARMS send into SOCOM for the Block 2 selection.




with and without the side mounted granade sight.

ARMS' new PVS-14 mount....Start with a standard ARMS equipped M4.





All ARMs mount will be made with the quarter turn throw lever