Author: Josh Vance

This week we got in stock something I would consider the coolest “Mini” Gun to grace our warehouse. Some people think 5 barrels, spinning faster than you can imagine, throwing lead down range at a rate you would need the bed of a pickup truck to be your magazine.

However, this time when we say minigun. We are talking about this Keystone Arms Mini Mosin. This thing is super cool. It is basically a scaled-down and converted to .22LR Mosin 9130.

Its super strange holding this thing in your hands. It looks every bit like a normal Mosin, just not at all the right kind of feel. The bolt pulls back, you load a single .22LR round and you’re off to the races. I think they may have missed the mark having it not accept a small magazine or something along those lines. It would be great for teaching any child or smaller person on, but as a full-sized adult who wants to enjoy this novelty. I wish it could plink faster.

We put a handful of these up on the website so if you’re interested in owning a small piece of history. These would be a cool item to add to the collection!

One thing you always hear in the gun community is “One day I’ll get a suppressor”. I hear all of my buddies and guys I shoot with say this on a daily basis. Everybody wants one but lots of people aren’t willing to go through the steps it takes to get one because of all the stigma around how difficult they are to obtain. While they do require some paperwork on your end and a little bit of patience, they are still extremely easy to get.

One thing I enjoy about our showroom is that we have suppressors in stock for the locals to look at and purchase. Almost all of our employees own a suppressor and have been through the process. So they are all equipped with the correct information to hold your hand and walk you through the process if needed. The crazy thing though, is even though there are a large number of guys who will never own one, the number of guys who do own them and keep buying more keeps the suppressor market in a pretty high demand.

I would say suppressor manufacturers are just as busy/backed up as ammo and firearm manufacturers. Back a few years ago you could hop onto SilencerShop and order just about any suppressor you wanted. They even probably had a sale or a rebate on it. Everything was competitively priced and easy to get. Now that things have changed you don’t really see that kind of stuff happening anymore.

We are here to change that. This week for our showroom guys, we put several cans from a couple different manufacturers on sale! We want to keep this momentum going and keep people buying them and showing their support for suppressors. While we agree that the NFA should not exist, the best way to get it gone is to inform as many people as possible and to put NFA items into the hands of as many people as possible. When the stigma that Suppressors are for hitmen and James Bond is fully gone and old men aren’t afraid of the scary black rifles with hush tubes on the end has stopped, we will start to normalize the use of them and change and inform the community about how great and useful they are.

While we have these cans on sale, stop in and talk to our knowledgeable staff and consider finally taking that plunge into the NFA world. We are able to answer any questions you might have and also be able to let you handle and look at any can we have down in the showroom. Hope to see many of you down there this week!

I tell you guys what. Every week. Like clock work. I make a post telling you guys about the new items we have in stock and the old products that came back in stock. Then every week we get bombarded with people that are upset because they didn’t know an item was back in stock, or weren’t notified we had something cool coming in.

To that person I would say; “You actively weren’t paying attention then.”

Lots of companies will post product with no sort of heads up or their notification list is 10,000 emails long and sells out by the time you get an actual email. We make blog posts, we make IG posts, Facebook posts and even just word of mouth to our locals about what’s coming and restocking.

So here it is again. I’m going to post some pictures of some of the cool items we have back in stock and let you know that now is a good time to head to the website and see what’s popped up! I have personally added over 100 new items to the website this month and I know we have had several hundred items restock.

We have the new Shield Arms rifles in. We got a bunch of random Glocks that showed up. We have all the popular and new accessories up right now too. Pretty much if its something on your list of must haves. We already have it, or its on its way. So if you’re not signed up for emails. Go to the bottom of the website and sign up. Just toss in your email and every Friday evening, you’ll be notified of all of the goodies that have shown up. If you want to know before Friday, follow us on Instagram where we are often posting about the items as they arrive and before they even hit the website!

So thanks for checking out the post here today. You can stop reading now and click this link to go look and shop around! ——-> https://aimsurplus.com

We talk all the time about how people geek out or are constantly trying to track down the different colored AR magazines. For example the Red and Purple Lancer Magazines or for those OD guys, the OD Green or even the pink Duramags.

Typically you don’t see too many people making handgun magazines in different colors because the magazine is stored inside the grip of the gun and you wouldn’t really ever see the color. Unlike how in an AR almost 3/4th of the mag hangs out of the receiver.

Now that PCCs have become super popular, you’re starting to see some more designs and colors making their way into the extended magazines. Technically anything but a Glock 26 mag will hag out of a 9mm Glock mag compatible AR9. So it’s cool to see places like ETS now jumping on the train. We just started carrying these Blue 32rd stick mags. You get that little bit of a cool factor knowing that you get to accent your rifle with a little bit of color that isn’t mainstream like FDE and Black.

Hopefully, you’ll start to see other companies jumping on board with other colors and designs. PCC stuff is exploding in popularity and growing more and more every day. I think you will see these magazine manufacturers start realizing that and you’ll see them trying to keep up with the trend. Until then, we have the blue ETS mags in stock on the website and they are super cool!

Polymer 80 has finally started shipping their 80% Glock 43 single stack frames! We have seen parts kits, slides, and barrels popping up for the 43 everywhere lately. The downside is there are no readily available frames.

Polymer80 is once again filling a gap in the market where we have let one be for way too long. Lots of people are interested in 80% firearms for many reasons. We aren’t going to get too deep into that here because we already have on a different post. Go check that one out if you’re interested. The cool thing though is that these are coming out when the 43X and 48 are so popular.

The biggest positive I can see for these frames is for those of us that are already running a gun on the 48/43x platform. Basically, if you buy a Polymer80 43 frame, you get the ability to run that slide on the frame. So you can have a long framed 43, or a normal 43 if you have the 43X. The flip side is if you have a 48. You basically have a long 43X or a 43 long slide. You get the benefit of the longer sight radius and better accuracy of the 48. Then the easier to conceal frame of the 43. It gives you the ability to run multiple configurations with just 1 gun and an extra frame.

Check these frames out on the website because we just got them in stock. The demand for them once people see we have them is going to be insane. This is your chance to get them before anybody notices. GO! run! Good luck!

A few weeks back I posted that we were hiring. Now just a few short week later we are back at it! We did not anticipate the growth that we have made to be this demanding. With that being said, we are still looking for a full-time warehouse employee! If you have 2 hands, are able to work 8hrs a day 5 days a week, and can keep up with our shipping pace, then do I have the job position for you!

I’ll be honest, the 2 hands part isn’t even a deal-breaker. If you can shove product in boxes and tape it up at a reasonable pace, then you’re a few steps ahead of some of the other guys we have had in the past! If you’re interested in working for an AWESOME gun store that’s been in the industry for many years. If you like discounts on ammo and love to shoot. If you hate guns but know how to work hard, then we want you!

Please send all applications and resumes to [email protected] and we will reach out to you when the time comes!

One thing I can say that I enjoy about working for AimSurplus is that everybody does a great job of making you feel like you’re part of some big weird family. We spend 5 days a week working hard and getting the job done. Then even though we spend time together at work, we still find time outside of work to help each other and train to get better with our friends.

This last Sunday we went out and had a good chunk of the crew show up for some low round count drills, zeroing rifles and, just hanging out and learning in general. It’s always cool watching your friends and co-works get better at the things that you all enjoy. I shoot pretty often and I hold myself to a pretty high standard. Some of our guys have been working really hard to get to those same levels and its awesome getting to help get them there.

Here is Jon, our youngest employee. Jon is part of the team that checks in all of the items that come into our building. From new products, to return and restocks. Jon opens them all and figures out where they need to go. He’s also in college full time and is finding a love for the shooting sports.

Josh is one of our showroom employees. He’s a good shot and a wealth of knowledge. He trains a lot with us and he takes a lot of good classes throughout the year. He has only been with us a short while but he’s brings a good level of experience to our team.

I spent a lot of the time taking pictures and just enjoying the atmosphere of getting to enjoy a hobby that we all love. I rarely end up in front of the camera so it was cool to have others there who managed to snag a few pictures of me. You guys occasionally see me in videos and on social media quite a bit. I’m a fan of getting our guys out to the range and help them experience the same joy that I get from shooting.

I hope you guys enjoyed this peek into our team and our crew. Everyone forgets that even though we are a big company, we are still people. We still have guys who pack every package and answer emails and personally call you when there’s problems. We work really hard every day and love being a part of the community.

I made a big deal last week when we got in some Tokarev surplus because it was the first time in a good while that we have had surplus ammo of any caliber in the building. So you could imagine my surprise when I went out to the warehouse to see what new stuff we got in and see multiple pallets of old wooden crated ammo.

The first pallet was heavy beat-up wooden crates of surplus Czech S&B .308 ammo. In one of the biggest crates for .308 I’ve ever seen. Each one is full with 53box and 20 rounds per box. So you’re looking at 1060rds per crate. This stuff is mildly corrosive and has some super hard primers. Would run great in something like a FAL or even an AR10 with some enhanced trigger springs.

To my surprise, I assumed all the pallets were the same. However, there was another kind of crate. It was full of some Russian 7.62x54r! How awesome that we had multiple kinds of surplus ammo show up at the same time. Usually, we got months if not even a year without seeing anything, but we managed to score a couple different batches all at once!

Our guy in the back has been opening cases with a hammer and a crowbar for a full week now. Unfortunately, he has another week or so of doing this. Which is good for you and bad for his back. If you’ve been looking to scratch that surplus itch then now is the time to do it!

I think its safe to say that besides ammo, AR15s are some of the hottest things on the market right now. I would even take it a step further and say that specifically 10.5inch AR15 pistols are the main priority. I have a couple ideas behind why that is.

The first reason is because of pistol braces. Everybody that doesn’t already have an AR pistol is probably trying to get one because of all of the talk about banning them or registering them and some people see it as if they don’t act now and get one, they might not be able to in the future. It’s never a bad idea to buy a gun when a politician opens their mouth about them. It shows that we as a gun community doesn’t want to and won’t listen to their garbage they are spewing.

Another reason I think is because of the number of people actually carrying a bag gun or truck gun or in general just leaving the house with a rifle nowadays. The smaller barrels make concealing them way easier. Whether it be in a bag or vehicle. With so much evil and crazy stuff happening in the world at the moment, you never know when you’re shopping at the grocery store, and the next thing you know you’re trying to flee the scene while simultaneously getting that truck gun out of your bag. Too many instances lately where a rifle or any CCW weapon could have possibly saved many lives.

Lastly, it’s because the 10.5 guns from some of the big-name guys out there just look so dang HOT! In the pictures on this blog, there is a Geissele Super duty and a Zev Pro Elite pistol. They are both AR pistols from quality manufacturers and they have more features than you could shake a stick at. If you’re interested in either one of these fine firearms. you can find them over on your website in the Handguns tab. Don’t miss your chance to snag one up while we manage to have a few in stock!

Shooooweeeee! These Zev Tech pistols are smokin! I will be the first to admit that I usually don’t get too hot and bothered for factory-built AR15s. Typically I have so many preferences that nobody really gets close enough to justify spending the money over building. Now I tell you what though. This Zev Core Elite is the closest any factory has come to making me a happy customer.

Let me just show you the boxes it checks for me. To start, it comes with an ATC Gold trigger. Which is not my preferred trigger. It is so much better than a mil-spec trigger and too many guns at this price point just ship with mil-spec. The safety is a Radian Talon which is my go-to safety. Super smooth and highly audible. There is a nice low-profile QD socket on the back of the endplate. The SBA3 is included and not the A4 or a weird proprietary brace. Not to mention the 10.5in Bronze trigger looks sexy as heck!

The upper, lower, and Handguard are all the same finish. For some people, I know that is the biggest thing they look for. I have no clue why as it has never bothered me. Most of my guns get pretty beat up anyway. But, to each their own. Since Zev Purchased Mega Arms the receiver sets and finish and overall quality are the best.

Check out these guns and make sure that if you need an AR still, you pick one up. These are made in limited quantities to begin with and they are hardly ever in stock. We managed to get our hands on about 20 of them and have released them to the good people!