Click here to download the catalog as a PDF file. To view this site you need Adobe Flash Player and your browser must allow javaScripts. Go here to get the latest Flash Player. MSAR Grabs Attention ut in “Tent City,” SI staff found a familiar face, a familiar rifle profile and an unfamiliar name. The face belonged to Karl Walter, a longtime industry insider and weaponry wizard who has occupied executive positions with Glock and Taser, among others. The rifle looked like a Steyr-AUG — but slightly different. The booth’s banner read “MSAR Inc.,” and we discovered the knife-making company Microtech is now Microtech Small Arms Research, with Walter serving as executive vice president. They are producing a thoroughly updated, improved and very marketable evolution of the 30-year old Austrian-designed bullpup rifle. Its new designation: STG-556. While retaining the short, compact, highly ergonomic profile and quick-change barrel of its ancestor, modern materials and reengineering have made the STG-556 lighter — only 6.2 pounds — stronger, and much cooler in rapid or sustained fire. A bolt forward assist and bolt hold-open after the last shot combine with newly designed anti-binding guide bushings for the action Josh Gunther, MSAR design engineer, shows off the new STG-556 rifle, a vastly improved and modernized version of the famed Steyr-AUG. O rods to make it far more efficient. The STG-556 is shipping now, along with a version chambered in 6.8mm SPC, the model STG-680. MSAR’s firearms are made entirely in the U.S.A. — “100 percent by NRA members,” Walter added. Priced competitively with higher-end AR clones and offering a generous margin, this is one worth watching — closely. If the STG-556 wasn’t exciting enough, Walter then revealed MSAR’s next offering, to appear in summer 2008: A bullpup multi-caliber carbine. To be chambered in 9mm, .40 S&W, 10mm auto, .45 ACP and 45 GAP, each will be convertible with only a barrel, bolt head and magazine sleeve change, using standard Glock magazines. The MCS — Modular Carbine System — is planned to retail at $995, and may prove to be a red-hot seller for home-defense and recreational shooting. Keep on top of developments at www.msarinc.com. 9 TRAUSCH GRIPS Really a NEW DESIGN! The thinnest grip ever made! TJ 92 for BERETTA 92 TJ 101 for SP 101 Ruger TRY IT, ADOPT IT! Grips for: BERETTA 92 - CZ 75 fiber glass Rubber grips for: SP 101 - Speed Six RUGER S&W K/L-N frames RB/SB All products: www.trausch.com Grips informaton by Jeff Quinn http://gunblast.com/trausch.htm mail to: trauschgrips@trausch.com commercial sales manager. “We’ll help you determine which models your customers may prefer and work toward your success, because your success is ours. At Wiley X, we don’t just sell you the products, we are your sales and marketing resource.” Their latest release is the Climate Control Series, a hybrid designed to meet multiple shooting sports, law enforcement and military challenges. Models include the Airborne and Jake. Removable foam gaskets lock securely into lightweight ANSI-certified frames, creating a Facial Cavity Seal against wind, debris and precipitation while maintaining a wide, full field of vision. Lenses are distortion-free Selenite polycarbonate, with scratch-proof coatings, UVA and UVB protection and military-approved ballistic resistance. See what’s included with each set at www.wileyx.com. Although Thermold Products didn’t have a booth at SHOT Show, SI learned Thermold magazines are back! After a period of lapsed production and reorganization, Thermold is once again making lightweight, all-polymer, high-capacity magazines to fit AKs, Ruger Mini-14s, M14/M1As and others. Highly regarded for strength and smooth function, these have been — and should be again — hot-selling aftermarket items. By the time this issue goes to print, a new Web site should be up and running at www.thermoldproducts.com. Magazines From Thermold TRAUSCH GRIPS INTL. CORP P.O. Box 1339 Morristown, TN 37816 Fax: 770.234.3992 Phone: 312.206.7677 Sales online - Fast Delivery! Wholesalers, Retailers WELCOME! Circle No. 231 on Inquiry Card www.shootingindustry.com MAY 2008 19