The staff at The Firearm Blog would like to take this opportunity to wish each and every one of you a very happy and prosperous new year! May 2014 be a wonderful year for our readers and their families! All the very best, Steve and staff
Browning is now listing the composite frame versions of the 1911-22 pistols first shown in the October article here. The new guns are 85% scale 1911 pistols chambered for the .22 LR cartridge. There are two versions of the new composite framed guns: an A1 and a [Read More…]
Plinker Arms announced the company will be making two new .22 LR magazines. The first is called the .22LR Universal. These mags are made of polymer and are designed for SIG Sauer, DPMS and CMMG rifles. Shooters will have a choice between 10- and 25-round magazines [Read More…]
Timney Triggers released information on additions to the company’s 2014 product line. The new products include replacement triggers for the IWI TAVOR, Mossberg 100 ATR and the Remington Model Seven. The TAVOR trigger replacement has a two-stage, four pound pull. [Read More…]
Dan Wesson will release a new Elite Series handgun in 2014 called Chaos. The Chaos will be a 1911-style 9mm pistol developed specifically for competition. The gun will use 21 round, double-stack magazines. The expected MSRP of the Chaos pistols is $3,829. Chaos [Read More…]
I’m really not an AR sort of guy. Sure, I’ve handled and shot a bunch of them, but they never really jumped out at me as really cool guns. Probably because they are the most popular rifle design in the US, and I tend to be more interested in the weird and [Read More…]
Fobus is releasing a new IWB (inside the waistband) holster series in 2014. The holsters will use a J-hook to attach to the underside of the belt, which Fobus claims reduces holster movement while carrying and drawing the pistol. The new holsters will have a [Read More…]
These two catalog (or magazine) photos purport to show the upcoming Glock 42. I think they look legit. The specifications are almost exactly what I predicated they would be, not because I am some sort of gun seer, but because it they simply make the most sense. The [Read More…]
When I first started shooting AR’s I was more than satisfied to buy one off the shelf. In the last few years I was leaning more and more toward building my own. What I really wanted was an AR that I built using parts I thought to be some of the best on the market. [Read More…]
Advanced Innovation and Manufacturing announced the company will be selling Manta M700 suppressor covers in 2014. The covers are designed to fit over 1.5″ diameter suppressors and protect the shooter from being burned. According to the company, the covers will [Read More…]
For 2014, Lapua will introduce a new .308 Win load the company says is specially tailored to shorter barreled, semi-automatic rifles like the AR-10 and SCAR-H. According to Lapua, the load is designed for optimal performance from barrels as short as 12″ and as [Read More…]
During this holiday season, as we celebrate the birth of Jesus, Steve and the staff of TFB would like to wish our readers and their families a very Merry Christmas. We hope you and your families have a wonderful Christmas day! Steve & The [Read More…]
TroubleshooterBerlin has designed yet another nifty gun upgrade. Being a fan of the classic MG42/MG59/MG3 design he decided to adapt them for the Ruger MkII .22 Pistol. It can take both Ruger MkI and MKII magazines. He initially wanted to just create a new grip, but [Read More…]
This is the third and final part of our series where we have teamed up with KRISS USA. Part 1 can be viewed here and Part 2 here. For this portion we we decided to try and quantify the recoil reduction of the Vector verses its main competitor, the HK UMP (in this case a [Read More…]
Brass Stacker is selling something called a Trapezoid Grip that claims to make field stripping Glock pistols easier. The Trapezoid Grip replaces the factory slide lock and provides more surface area for fingers to engage, yet does not extend beyond the frame profile [Read More…]
Impressum Media announced the company is now shipping the AR Rifles Digital Guide. The new DVD has more than 1300 different AR-style rifles listed in a searchable database with photos, specifications and schematics for many of them. The AR Rifle Digital Guide is [Read More…]
Leupold announced a new reticle that is designed to help shooters make precise shots using holdover rather than dial adjustments. The new reticle is called the TS-32X1. According to Leupold, it works in this way: A heavy post and thin stadia crosshair features 1-MOA [Read More…]
Smith Enterprises announced the company would introduce a number of new products at the 2014 SHOT Show including: M4/M16/AR15 muzzle brake that is sound suppressor compatible AR10 muzzle brake an improved quick disconnect bipod M14 muzzle brake that will be allowed in [Read More…]
Russian media have announced that Lieutenant General (Ret.) Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov, 94, passed away on 23 December after a prolonged illness. Kalashnikov was a great man, a technical genius, who designed a reliable and cheap gun for the masses, a design which [Read More…]
As seen in Part 1 of the KRISS Vector test with the DeSoto Police Department, I promised a part two with the guys you call when the expletive hits the proverbial fan: SWAT. After testing with DeSoto was concluded, the Sheriff’s SWAT team pulled up in two squad [Read More…]
RS Regulate recently introduced their new line of shotgun light mounts. Their new BM-12G mount attaches to the magazine tube of most 12 gauge shotguns and their new BM-12 attaches to the barrel of Vepr and Saiga pattern 12 gauge shotgun barrels. They include a 4 slot [Read More…]
Strategic Armory Corps purchased McMillan Firearms. McMillan Group International will retain McMillan Fiberglass Stocks and McMillan Merchant Solutions. Only the firearms manufacturing division was purchased by SAC from McMillan Group. The purchase is the second [Read More…]
Lithuania’s Ministry of Defense has purchased $3.9 million worth of the designated marksmen version of the FN SCAR-H rifle, the SCAR-H PR, along with Schmidt & Bender optics. While they will not say how many were ordered, my guess based on the contract value, [Read More…]
First and foremost I would like to thank everyone involved in helping get this series of articles together. Without Phil (our T&E Manager and Senior Writer) helping bridge the connections between KRISS USA and myself, without the good people at the DeSoto Police [Read More…]
ATI has been competing with a number of other companies to create a true polymer lower for over a year now. ATI had created the first OMNI polymer lower, which was reviewed here at TheFirearmBlog in February of 2013. While the reviewer here had no problems with the [Read More…]
The EyePal is a new product that claims to bring the rear sight, front sight and target all into focus at the same time. The EyePal is a small disk that attaches to the front of your shooting glasses. The disk has a tiny hole, or aperture, in it that allows the eye [Read More…]
Sensied, a Swiss company, is selling a shotgun designed specifically for EOD personnel called the S&F K1 Doorbreacher. It is a 12 gauge pump shotgun with an 11″ barrel and folding stock. The magazine holds five 2 3/4″ shells. The company also sells [Read More…]
Here’s something for the AR-15 that’s a bit, different. Called the AR-fin, they’re just what they look like. Fins for your AR-15 that supposedly helps cool down your barrel. They’re made out of .030 stainless chrome alloy and are precut to fit [Read More…]
From the press release … TRUSSVILLE, Ala. (Dec.19, 2013) — Steyr Arms has announced that it will be fully operational in its newly acquired 33,000 sq./ft. headquarters complex in Bessemer, Ala., after the holiday break. A wholly owned subsidiary of Steyr [Read More…]
The Chilean manufacturer FAMAE now has a US importer, AD&R Imports is currently bringing in Law Enforcement and dealer samples of the FAMAE product line. The AD&R Imports website is currently just a placeholder, but they are in the process of gaining approval to [Read More…]
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