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The highest quality, cutting-edge, tactical equipment and accessories for Firearms and Airsoft shooters using the AR or AK platform. www.fabdefense.co.uk

16/06/2026

The quiet upgrade that changes how the whole rifle handles.

Swap a basic factory forend for the Vanguard M-Lok handguard and you get direct M-Lok mounting along its length: bipods, hand stops, lights, mounted where you want them, not where a rail happened to be. Reinforced polymer, so you get the real estate without the weight penalty.

Check the the website for fitment to your AR, AK or Shotgun setup.

14/06/2026

In practical shotgun, the stage rarely ends because you ran out of ability. It ends because you ran out of shells in the right place at the right time.

The SH-5 is a simple fix: a Picatinny-mounted holder carrying five 12-gauge rounds, kept exactly where your support hand expects them. It clamps to any Picatinny rail via a quick-release lever, so it comes on and off without tools, and it's moulded from FAB Defense's reinforced polymer rather than a soft plastic that splits the first time you drop it on concrete.

It won't reload the gun for you. But having spare shells presented cleanly, in a consistent spot, is one of those small setup decisions that quietly tidies up your stage times. Mount it where it suits your reload technique and leave it there.

PSG shooters: where do you keep your spare shells on the gun, if at all?

09/06/2026

Here's a cheap upgrade that isn't a bit of kit you bolt on: structured dry practice.

Most of what makes someone smoother on the line, trigger control, reloads, malfunction drills, can be practised at home with no live ammo at all. The limiting factor is usually a safe way to do it, and that's where dummy rounds come in.

FAB Defense's practice dummy rounds are inert, accurately dimensioned cartridges in 9mm and .223 (packs of ten). They feed, chamber, and eject like the real thing, so you can run magazine changes, practise clearing a deliberately induced stoppage, and check feeding without anything going bang.

The usual rules still apply. Live ammunition out of the room, confirm the gun is clear, and treat every practice session with the same discipline as the range. Dummy rounds are a training aid, not a shortcut around safe handling.

Boring? A bit. Effective? Quietly, yes.

Do you build dry practice into your routine, or is it strictly range days only?

07/06/2026

A foregrip earns its place by doing one thing properly: giving you a secure, repeatable hold without thinking about it. The RSG does exactly that.

It's built around FAB Defense's rubberised reinforced polymer, with a deep ribbed texture that holds firm whether your hands are cold, wet, or both (so, most of a British shooting season). The shape is stubby and squared-off, which suits a modern hold where you're driving the gun with your support hand rather than just resting it.

Two details lift it above the basic foregrips. There's a waterproof internal compartment for spares, batteries, or a folded fiver for the café afterwards. And an optional side Picatinny rail if you want to mount a light or pressure pad. It fits any handguard running a Picatinny or M-Lok rail, so it's not platform-specific.

Available now at fabdefense.co.uk in black, green, and tan.

What's on the front of your rifle at the moment?

02/06/2026

The Re*****on 870 remains one of the most common pump-action shotguns in UK hands. Reliable, widely supported, easy to source parts for. The factory wood forend does its job, but it does only that one job.

The FAB Defense Tri Rail Handguard replaces it with something more useful for shooters running optics, lights, or laser units on their 870. As the name suggests, you get three Picatinny rail sections (top, left, right) integrated into a reinforced polymer handguard that fits the standard 870 wood receiver footprint.

For practical shotgun competitors, that means a torch can sit on the side rail, an offset sight on the top, and the bottom remains clean for natural grip. For everyone else, it's a sensible upgrade from factory furniture without changing the platform's character.

Direct fit, no gunsmithing required for installation.

31/05/2026

Two rail systems dominate modern fi****ms accessories: Picatinny and M-Lok. They do similar jobs but in different ways, and which one suits you depends on what you're building.

Picatinny (MIL-STD-1913) is the older standard. It runs along the full length of the rail as a continuous toothed surface. Accessories clamp onto it anywhere along that surface. The upside: maximum mounting flexibility. The downside: extra weight, and the rail surface itself adds bulk to the handguard.

M-Lok is newer, lighter, and quieter. Instead of a continuous rail, you get slots cut into the handguard at fixed positions. Accessories bolt directly into the slots. Lighter weight, slimmer profile, no rail edges digging into your hand. The trade-off: accessories mount at fixed positions, not anywhere you like.

Most modern handguards offer M-Lok as standard, with optional Picatinny rail sections that bolt on where you need them. That's usually the sweet spot: slim where you grip, with rail sections for optics, lights, or bipods where they matter.

FAB Defense produces both. M-Lok rail sections (5-slot, 8-slot, offset 4-slot) and Picatinny-compatible mounts for accessories like the SPIKE bipod and Universal Scope Mount.

Which one are you running? Mixed setup or committed to one system?

26/05/2026

Most collapsible AR15 stocks do one job: adjust length-of-pull for the shooter. The GL Shock does that, then adds something the rest don't.

The "shock" in the name isn't marketing fluff. Built into the stock body is a recoil-dampening mechanism that absorbs felt recoil on the rearward stroke, before it reaches your shoulder. For shooters running heavier calibre AR-platform rifles, or anyone putting through a high round count in a single session, the difference adds up.

Standard features are all present and correct. Six-position collapsible. Integrated cheek riser for consistent optic alignment. Reinforced polymer construction with a textured grip surface on the cheek weld. Mil-spec tube compatibility, so it fits the AR-platform rifles you'd expect.

In black, tan, or green. Available now at fabdefense.co.uk.

A solid pick if you're upgrading from a basic carbine stock and want something that does a bit more than just adjust.

24/05/2026

A quiet shout-out to the UK AK platform owners, and yes, there are more of you than people realise. Section 1 straight-pull AKs, .22LR rimfire AK clones, and a handful of section 7 setups.

The factory AK pistol grip is, to put it politely, of its era. Slick polymer, a shape that owes more to 1947 Soviet ergonomics than anything resembling modern hand position, and a tendency to feel like you're gripping a bar of soap once your hand warms up.

The FAB Defense Ergonomic AK47 Pistol Grip is a direct-fit replacement that sorts most of those issues out. Reinforced polymer core with a textured rubberised surface for actual purchase, a more vertical grip angle for a neutral wrist position, and finger grooves shaped for a relaxed hold rather than a knuckle-white squeeze. Fits standard AK pattern rifles using the original screw and washer.

A tangible improvement to how the rifle handles.

Anyone running an AK platform here? Always interested to see UK setups in this category.

19/05/2026

The GL Core S takes everything that made the original GL Core a sensible upgrade and tightens it up: slimmer profile, cleaner lines, and a rubber buttpad that actually looks like it was designed.

A few things worth noticing. The honeycomb-pattern buttpad isn't just aesthetic, that texture grips clothing properly when you're mounting the rifle, which matters more than people give it credit for, especially in a smock or any slick technical fabric.

The angled cheek shelf gives you a consistent weld whether you're running irons or glass at standard height. And the whole thing is built around FAB Defense's fiberglass-reinforced polymer, so it's light without feeling cheap.

Mil-Spec buffer tube compatible, so it'll drop straight onto any standard AR-15 or M4 platform. The release lever sits under the cheekpiece out of the way, easy to find by feel.

A proper upgrade for anyone running a tired factory stock, and at the price point it's hard to argue with what you're getting.

What's on the back of your AR at the moment?

17/05/2026

The UKPSA season is well underway, stages are being shot, scores are being argued about, and someone somewhere is blaming their kit for something that was definitely a shooter error.

If you're competing this season with FAB Defence kit on your rifle or shotgun, we'd genuinely like to hear about it. Drop us a comment with what you're running, or tag us in your setup shots. We're a small account building a proper UK community around this stuff, and there's no better way to do that than actual UK shooters showing their actual setups.

Whether you're mid-season in Mini Rifle, Practical Shotgun, or Practical Rifle, what's on your kit list this year?

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