A Japanese company claims one of their iPhone cases, which is made from steel, can withstand a .50 BMG bullet. I would love to see a video of a .50 BMG round being fired into it. I would be surprised if the iPhone survived the shock of the impact. [Hat Tip: TechCrunch ] [Read More…]
Arms historian Max Popenker read my blog post about the Australian company that claims to have produced recoilless firearms and immediately came up with three patents for recoiless guns going back to 1908. Both involve pushing a lot of mass forward to counter the recoil [Read More…]
Fits Remington 870 shotguns. More info at ATI Gun Stocks. [ Many thanks to Clinton for emailing us the link. ]
[ Many thanks to Whaleoil for emailing us the link. ]
Russ Pitts attended a range day with the developers of Red Storm’s Ghost Recon Future Soldier. It’s no easy thing to reproduce the effect of a noise that moves your insides. To accurately re-create the sound of a gun without the concussive wave of excited [Read More…]
A photographer friend of mine brought Strikemark’s range of digtial camera mounts to my attention. They have mounts for standard digital cameras (via. the universal tripod mounting system build into most cameras), GoPro cameras and Contour digital video cameras. [Read More…]
Harrington & Richardson, in cooperation with AAC, is now producing a Handi Rifle chambered in .300 AAC BLK. This is probably the cheapest way to get into the .300 AAC BLK game. New in the product lineup for 2012 is the Harrington and Richardson Handi-Rifle chambered [Read More…]
In December last year Savage announced they would be producing a Model 10 Precision Carbine chambered in .300 AAC BLK. They have just announced they no longer plan to produce it. Their explanation … Some time ago, Savage announced it would be chambering the Model [Read More…]
Vietnam Navy Special Forces are now being equipped with IMI Tavor TAR-21 rifles. Skip to 01:00 in the video below … In the video above the optics mounted have been covered up, which is suspicious. A Vietnamese news website reports them as using EOTech sights. Some [Read More…]
Muzzleloading is by definition reloading. Because modern muzzleloaders are so simple to use, I suspect that many muzzleloader users treat them as regular guns without taking the same precautions as veteran reloaders. This page has extensive safety tips and advice for [Read More…]
Davidson’s are distributing this TALO limited edition Ruger Vaquero fitted with a Birds Head Grip. The MSRP is $745. I really like the look of this gun, especially the shorter barrel. Vaquero barrel’s normally start at 4.62″. If only it was made in [Read More…]
Kit Up has info on the new rifle. The MSRP is $3,800! It should not be confused with the M2010 Enhanced Sniper Rifle, which is manufactured by Remington. [ Many thanks to Joe for emailing us the link. ]
I like to celebrated Easter with some shooting or hunting. The folks in Upper Lusatia and southern Austria take Easter shooting to an entirely new level. A tennis ball sized piece of calcium carbide and a few millimeters of water are placed in those barrel. The calcium [Read More…]
UPI reports … Modesto Police said the 56-year-old man, whose name was not released, told them he was working out Wednesday night when he accidentally dropped a dumbbell on a rimfire .22-caliber bullet, causing the propellant powder in the bullet to be activated [Read More…]
Hornady is auctioning a one-off ‘Zombie Max’ Ammo Plant to benefit Shooting USA. It features “green paint and ‘zombified’ graphics”. I think the zombie craze must now be peaking.
Ruger has added a lightweight model to their Ruger 22/45 .22 LR pistol line. The Lite model features a lightweight aluminum receiver. Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE: RGR) is proud to introduce the Ruger 22/45 Lite™, a lightweight Ruger® 22/45™ pistol with a [Read More…]
Smith & Wesson has officially unveiled their new sub-compact Smith & Wesson M&P Shield Pistol chambered in 9mm and .40 S&W. Like the other M&P pistols, the Shield is polymer framed and striker fired. The MSRP is $449. It is slightly larger [Read More…]
CNBC alleges that Remington 870 shotguns are unsafe. Yes, they claim one of the most popular firearms in the USA, owned by 20 million Americans, which collectively probably fire in excess of 50 millions rounds per year and which has been in production for over 60 years, [Read More…]
An Australian company has claimed to have developed truly recoilless rifles capable of firing .308 Win. (or equivalent) rounds. Is this real or an elaborate hoax? It does seem pretty incredible. Recoil reduction is reducing the actual recoil energy or reducing the [Read More…]
Norma USA has announced two new lines of hunting ammunition: Norma African PH and Norma American PH. The American line includes just about every popular hunting round, and some not so popular rounds from .243 Win. to .338 Lapua Mag. The African line includes all the [Read More…]
Really, what is there to say other than it costs $20.
Daniel Defense has announced a shorter 9″ version of their Modular Float Rail. The weight of the MFRTM 9.0 is 13.39 ounces. They have not announced the price, the 12″ version sells for $255.
[ Written by gun optics guru Timothy Yan ] With combat experiences from five major wars and concurrent anti-terrorism operations since its founding in 1948, the Israeli Defense Forces or IDF is one of the first military to understood the advantage of reflex sight on [Read More…]
Faisal, a Malaysian reader of the blog, discovered a DIY pistol stock at a local flea market. According to the seller, it was a war trophy from his Army days and that it was originally fitted to a Browning Hi-Power pistol. This is the type of stock that Malaysian [Read More…]
S&W is announcing a new pistol tomorrow. Rumors flying around the internet say that it will be called the S&W M&P Shield, will be single stack, chamber 9mm & .40 S&W, and is just a little larger than 9mm sub-compacts like the Ruger LC9 Leaked Specs [Read More…]
Over the past year I have had many requests to disable the TFB Mobile theme for iPads. I struggled to find the subtle bug that was causing it to be displayed without an iPad to debug it. I was given an iPad two weeks ago and was finally able to find and fix the bug. [Read More…]
Luvo Prague LTD, also know as LUVO ARMS, traces their company history back The South Bohemian Armory in Strakonice, CZ which began production in 1919. They still produce a couple of Czech classics, the VZ-58 rifle and VZ-61 SKORPION, but since 2006 they have been [Read More…]
The EFFIN A Compensator is finally available in 7.62mm. It features 28 exit ports (7 columns and 4 rows), any of which can be blocked by inserting a screw. Users can selectively block ports to tune the compensator’s blast so that the rifle always returns to the [Read More…]
DuraCoat is now selling zombie-color paint. Graveyard Black, Tombstone Gray, Blood Red Green, Biohazard Yellow, Zombie Green and Rotting Flesh (Tan). The full kit containing all the colors and templates will set you back $82. Please be classy and stick with [Read More…]
Take a look at the photo below. Which one is the real PMAG? If you spotted an “OA-MAG” at a distance of a few yards, would you give it a second glance? Or would you walk past thinking it was a PMAG? The magazine on the left in the top photo, and both [Read More…]
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