Weaponry

Springfield Armory® Echelon™ 4.0C

Mike Boyle For either uniform or plainclothes carry, the Springfield Armory Echelon 4.0C sits squarelyin the winner’s circle. Much has changed since the 1980s when law enforcement agencies began the mass transition away from traditional revolvers to semiautomatic pistols. At the time, double-action pistols ruled and that trend continued for many years. Double-action pistols had evolved to a point where earlier reliability issues had been resolved and, because of the fact that the US Armed Services had gone down that…

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Why Your Shoulder Weapon Needs a Light

Mike Boyle The concept of mounting a light to a firearm is nothing new and this practice has been around since World War I. However, lights which were designed for pistols may not work as well when attached to patrol rifles. In the 1960s, High Standard marketed the Model 10 shotgun to law enforcement agencies, a self-loading bullpup design which came complete with an integral light. Fast-forward 30 years and there was considerable interest from the police community on tactical…