I've been selling the AR Gas Vent for more than a year now, to much success and fan fare.  I offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee on this item, and so far no one's bothered to take me up on a return.

"Trust, but Verify"

I like to verify frequently that the AR Gas Vent remains the BEST solution for 99% of AR-15/M4 users on the market when it comes to reducing gas face.  Suppressors by their very nature will always generate back pressure and propellant gas blow back going towards the user's face.  Piston systems and adjustable gas blocks help reduce blowback from increased gas port pressures, but nothing gets rid of a chamber blow back from the barrel.

The AR Gas Vent works through redirection of suppressor blow back forward, and away from a right handed shooter's face.  Combined with a RTV sealed charging handle, users can now comfortably fire a much larger amount of ammunition before gas blowback starts irritating their eyes and obscuring their vision.

Recently, I borrowed a local SWAT team member's suppressed 11.5" build with an Advanced Armament M4-2000.  This rifle kept its foward assist and used unsealed charging handle.  Running this build against my AR gas vent and sealed charging handle equipped upper on a full auto lower, it quickly became apparent that the AR Gas Vent is a vital piece of equipment on an upper that will see prolonged suppressor use.

With a short burst on a non AR gas vent equipped upper, you are quickly introduced to the taste, smell, and feel of propellant gasses on your eyeballs.  Not so good if you actually want to see what you're shooting at!

The AR gas vent equipped upper ran like a champ, as we we maintained a good ROF as to not overheat the barrel and suppressor. Snapped this picture after a few magazines.

A friend of a friend is quite interested in firearms, and she took to firearms manipulation like fish to water.  After a quick 30 minute session, we went onto the range to practice basic marksmanship and firearms manipulation.  We covered the basics of using a Viking Tactics 2 point sling, aiming with iron sights (Magpul backup sights here), aiming with an Aimpoint, and manipulation of the VTAC mounted Surefire light.

Started her off with the suppressed rifle, as to not have the loud report and concussion of a regular AR throw her off.

You'll be seeing more of her in the future for sure :)

 Tessa laying on about 5000 rounds of 5.56, with an extra 10,000 photoshopped in!

I've been trying to master this concept for more than a year now, and I think i've finally nailed it down!

Thank goodness!  I can finally go shoot all this ammo!

This shoot was a lot of fun, and I really like how the shimmering gold brass and copper jackets go with Tessa's red hair and dress. I'm thinking i'll tackle this concept again in the future, haha

 Nikki Lane is a charming Southern Gal™ who's kind of caught the attention of the internet firearms community.  Since she's a gun gal herself (her personal rifle is a FN SCAR), I figured we could work together and do something awesome!

Nikki came to visit me in Seattle for a few days, and I managed to snag one of the most talented SFX artists in the area to do zombie make up on a few willing participants who didn't mind being on the wrong end of a real weapon.  We of course, made sure all weapons were unloaded and no ammunition was present on set.  All the brass you see in the PMAGs are empty casings!

In the context of this photo, for example, Nikki really should have her booger hook on a bang switch... but we did these shots using the simple technique of actually getting in character!  Thing is, it is very difficult for a well trained shooter to violate firearms rules... these are real guns here that have been triple checked for safety, but it's just hard to point a weapon at an "actor" and put ones finger on the trigger.

A few critics have pointed out how unrealistic that the zombies have gotten so close, and how Nikki's finger should be on the trigger, blasting away... and my response is: THESE ARE PICTURES OF A ZOMBIE ATTACK.

Ideally, I would give Nikki a theatrical gun, have squibs on the zombies, and blood, gore, body parts, and muzzle flash going everywhere!!! This shoot however, was done with no budget outside of what I wanted to put on my credit card, haha... Weapon Outfitters as a company really can't afford photoshoots... yet!

If this is what I can do with no money, imagine what I can if I'm making some!  I'll probably sell posters and postcards of this shoot to raise capital for the next photoshoot though.  Would any one be interested?  

More thoughts on the photos to come... but I've been releasing them first on Nikki Lane's personal forum, and on my facebook page 

I just got back from a training class with Rob Pincus of SWAT Magazine/ICE training, and this was my first intensive handgun class. 

For a long time, I strongly preferred to shoot carbines and shotguns.  While I have classified in IDPA and dabbled in USPSA, the handgun just didn't seem as "fun" as a carbine.  A carbine or rifle, with four points of contact (both hands, cheekweld, and shoulder) is extremely forgiving of sloppy trigger control.  Afterall, you're firing a 7-12 pound weapon with a 4 pound trigger!

A handgun truly forces marksmanship fundamentals on shooters.  If your trigger pull is anything less than absolutely perfect on a 2 pound weapons with a 4 to 7 pound trigger... you're not going to hit jack squat!  

Having taken classes from Magpul and Larry Vickers, and regularly shooting at a rifle league in WA state, I'd say that I'm quite familiar with the carbine and its deployment, but without a uniform or professional position that requires regular carbine deployment, I realized that I really needed to polish up on the weapon system that i'd most likely have to deploy in a tactical scenario: the handgun!

So far, my website has been heavily AR-15 focused, but next up on area to develop with be handgun specific parts and gear.  I'll probably start with the most popular weapons platforms (striker fired polymer guns and the vaunted 1911) and slowly expand.  After all, this is WEAPON outfitters, not rifle outfitters!

Stayed tuned in the next couple of weeks!

Centurion Arms is cool little company producing some of the best components on the market today.

Founded and operated by an active duty Navy SEAL out of Coronado, CA, Centurion Arms manufactures MK-12 upper receivers to the same specs as used by Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center and its contractors.  Centurion Arms also produces its own innovative products, such as chrome hammer forged barrels, rigid free float rails which can clamp onto stock barrel nuts, and diopter sights for direct impingement AR-15s.

Centurion's attention to detail is plain to see in all the products in its lineup.  Their gas blocks for example, have flats machined in to allow for easy drilling and pinning, as pinning is the most secure way to secure a gas block.  As former Delta Force operator Larry Vickers says... if Yugoslavian communists manage to pin their SKS gas blocks, why can't we?

I utlitize the Centurion Arms 7" rail system on my personal "excalibur" rifle, and its strong lightweight design is definitely an asset to my faux SBR build (the suppressor is permanently attached)

I also built a demo rifle and recently test fired it with Shelley Rae of Gun Nuts Media.

The mid length gas system resulted in such smooth and controllable full auto fire, that I couldn't get a dramatic amount of brass in the air, LOL!

Many people have made the connection between firearms and "fashion" in the civilian firearms world. Take for example this internet meme-ified version of Mark Fingar's poster:

Of course, being in the weapons accessories business, I figured that I might as well just roll with this concept all the way!  I worked with the Seattle City Film Division and Police to get a permit, and hired a professional fashion photographer to promote weaponry!  I yielded all creative control and just let the photographer (google Fiona Minx) handle wardrobe, makeup, basic concepts, etc. 

Fiona's previous work has centered more on dance and high fashion... more like the stuff you'd see in Harper's Bazzar and Vogue than what you'd see in Maxim, so I was excited to see her work!  Both models are my friends who have modeled for me before, and are not "professional" models... but they probably could be!  

Here were my picks from the shoot!  Be sure to check out our Facebook page to see what other photos that are out there!  I appreciate any feedback or suggestions from ya'll!

Our facebook page is at:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Weapon-Outfitters/139310196105449

I was contacted the other day by the fine ladies at Recoil Gear, as my friend Shelley is now featured as their March "Hot Shot"

Check out the story and their website at

http://recoilgear.com/shelley.html 

Since Shelley's started writing for Gun Nuts Media, she's gotten a lot more exposure and attention from fellow shooters and manufacturers.  Best of luck to ya Shelley!