Firearms

Rad and Team SOFREP spend a day on the range with the pros at SIG Sauer.

Barrett’s 2026 lineup is built around one idea: make precision easier to carry, keep it ruthless on target, and give shooters the rifles and ammo to perform when space is tight and the shot counts.

The Beretta ARX160 is a piston-driven, modular service rifle designed to fix the real shortcomings exposed by modern combat, emphasizing ambidextrous controls, adaptability, and ease of use while taking a different technical path than newer rifles like the UK’s KS-1.

Treat an AR-15 like an AR-10, or an AR-10 like an AR-15, and the rifle will collect its tax in weight, recoil, and missed follow-up shots while your optic either keeps you honest or lets you lie to yourself.

The G3/SG1 was built for men who expect their rifle to work in thin air and bad weather, delivering hard truths at distance without asking for sympathy or excuses.

Pipehitters delivers relentless, research-heavy zombie warfighting while turning Yaël Sion’s story into a hard lesson on how isolation and arrogance get people hurt, and why trust, connection, and the team are the only way elite operators survive the long grind.

If the Mark One delivers, it will vanish from the headlines like good gear always does, no drama, no excuses, just a rifle that keeps the fight on the target instead of in the mechanics.

The SIG Sauer M7 is not simply a new rifle, it is a full-stack fighting package where the optic does the math, the suppressor manages the signature, and the shooter gets more time to concentrate on putting lead on target.

The M250 is not the Army polishing an old idea, it is the Army admitting the fight moved out, got tougher, and demands a belt-fed demon that can reach out and make every burst count.

Armed with amphibious rifles, Russian Spetsnaz turn the waterline into a kill zone instead of a transition point.

Most “loophole” gun gadgets blur lines and invite backlash. The Kali Key is different: it mechanically converts an AR into a manually operated straight-pull rifle, shifting it out of the semi-auto category without permanent changes.

The M7 and M250 were not selected to look good on a briefing slide; they were built to make sure the rifleman and the gunner are hitting the enemy with the same kind of authority when the fight turns ugly and the squad has to carry the weight together.