James Burton
Breek Arms Sledgehammer Omni-Buster: Gas Mitigation From Either Shoulder
We recently spoke with Breek Arms about the company’s Sledgehammer AR-15 Gas Blocking Charging Handle and its LE Latch counterpart, both designed around a problem that has become increasingly familiar as suppressor use has grown: gas coming back toward the shooter’s face. The Sledgehammer takes an aggressive approach to managing that gas, with some of … Read more
RangeFest 2026 Brings a Full Day of Shooting and Family Fun to Bakersfield, California
Via Dirty Bird Guns & Ammo RangeFest 2026 is set to return to Bakersfield on Saturday, September 19, bringing firearms manufacturers, shooters, families, veterans, law enforcement, and local businesses together at 5-Dogs Shooting Range. Presented by Dirty Bird Guns & Ammo, the event will offer an entire day of shooting, product demonstrations, food, music, giveaways, … Read more
Breek Arms’ Sledgehammer Charging Handle: Solving One of Suppressed Shooting’s Biggest Problems
Suppressors have become one of the fastest-growing segments of the firearms industry. Along with protecting hearing and reducing muzzle blast, they make shooting more enjoyable. They also introduce a challenge every suppressed AR owner eventually experiences: gas blowback. Hot gas, carbon and debris have to escape somewhere. On a direct impingement AR-15, some of that … Read more
Quantified Performance – Becoming a Better Competitor with Jack Leuba
With Quantified Performance celebrating three years of putting on gas gun matches, we reached out to Jack Leuba of Quantified Performance (and Knight’s Armament) to discuss its growth, how matches might change in the future, trends he’s observed, and practical advice on how shooters can improve their performance.