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Textron Inc. Awarded $2 million Contract To Work on LSAT Machine Gun Ammunition

Posted August 7, 2013 in News, NFA / Suppressors / Class III by Steve Johnson with 49 Comments

I was pleased to read that the the Department of Defense is continuing to invest R&D funds into the development of the light-weight LSAT Machine Gun program. Textron Systems will continue to refine the 5.56mm LSAT Light Machine Gun and its Cased Telescoped [Read More…]

Octane 9 HD MP5 Mag-Dump At 10,000 Frames/Sec

Posted August 7, 2013 in News, NFA / Suppressors / Class III by Steve Johnson with 7 Comments

The guys at Silencerco filmed another fully automatic magazine dump with a high speed camera. This time they filmed a Dakota Tactical Prepped MP5K with a Octane 9 HD suppressor attached. Enjoy.

Arsenals New SAM7 SF

Posted August 7, 2013 in News, Rifles by Phil White with 64 Comments

Nobody can tell you more about the new Arsenal AK than the folks who make it. This information is from Arsenal: The SAM7SF is a semi-automatic rifle built on the legendary forged and milled receiver, manufactured by Arsenal Company of Bulgaria and re-manufactured into [Read More…]

Leupold Factory Tour

Posted August 6, 2013 in Companies, Reviews by Chris Cheng with 15 Comments

Editor’s Note: The author is sponsored by Leupold. He was not paid by Leupold to write this post. Leupold is headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon where I was given a factory tour to see the magic happen. I also happened to be there the same day as the U.S. Marine [Read More…]

Snake Hound Machine’s Loudener Muzzle Brake

Posted August 6, 2013 in Rifles by Ray I. with 49 Comments

No you didn’t read that title wrong, the folks over at Snake Hound Machine actually have a muzzle brake in the works that makes your rifle (or AR pistol) even louder than it already is. Their “Loudener” muzzle brake is touted as the most [Read More…]

TrackingPoint Tracking and Corner-Shot Capabilities

Posted August 6, 2013 in Reviews, Rifles by Steve Johnson with 8 Comments

TrackingPoint have published this video showing what their rifle/scope system can do at Rifles Only Inc. range in South Texas. They demonstrate using the system to track moving targets and using the rifle to shoot around corners from a concealed position using an [Read More…]

Homebuilt automatic rifle surrendered in Bogota

Posted August 6, 2013 in News, Rifles by ImproGuns with 14 Comments

This homebuilt automatic rifle was voluntarily surrendered during a weapons amnesty in Bogota, Colombia. The large diameter, fully encapsulating receiver suggests it is of a straight blow-back design utilizing a very large and heavy open-bolt (likely telescoping the [Read More…]

Vuurwapen On Ice

Posted August 6, 2013 in NFA / Suppressors / Class III, Reviews by Steve Johnson with 17 Comments

I apologize to those readers who clicked through hoping to read that Andrew Tuohy had taken up figure skating, the rest of you can breath a sigh of relief that you won’t be seeing Andrew in a lycra skating outfit. This post is instead about two curious photos of [Read More…]

Ruger Plant Damage Repaired, Back In Production

Posted August 5, 2013 in Companies, News, Press Releases by Richard Johnson with 3 Comments

A roof collapse during a recent hail storm shut down production at Ruger’s manufacturing plant in Prescott, AZ recently. The plant is back in full operation, and Michael O. Fifer, Ruger’s CEO, gave details of the incident during the Q2 Earnings Conference [Read More…]

BATFE Form 1 Taking Up To A Year To Process

Posted August 5, 2013 in News, Other Gear & Gadgets by Steve Johnson with 47 Comments

A AR15.com member was told that that his Form 1 (Application to Make and Register a Firearm) would take up to one year to process. 57Strat wrote … I just called today to check on a Form 1. The woman on the phone said if I sent an application in today, it would [Read More…]

Damage Industries AK Modular Forearm Assembly MkIII

Posted August 5, 2013 in AK-47 / AK-74 / Everything AK, News by Steve Johnson with 12 Comments

Damage Industries have updated their AK Modular Forearm Assembly design. The new Mark III version features a beveled front gas tube, a new relief cut design and all mounting hardware now use the same diameter hex wrench. The assembly is selling for $159.95. Made in USA [Read More…]

Breaking News: ATK to Buy Bushnell

Posted August 5, 2013 in News, Optics by Steve Johnson with 11 Comments

Reuters has broken the news that Alliant Techsystems (ATK), the owner of Weaver optics and mounts, is in talks to purchase scope and accessory maker Bushnell. Bushnell is said to be valued at around $1 billion. The company is currently owned by the private equity [Read More…]

Magpul Suing Big Rock Sports/Swampfox, Cole Industries, Plinker Tactical and Promag For Patent Infringement

Posted August 5, 2013 in AR-15, News by Steve Johnson with 29 Comments

Magpul are suing four magazine manufacturers, Big Rock Sports/Swampfox, Cole Industries, Plinker Tactical and Promag, for infringing on their 2009 patent No. 8,069,601 which describes the Magpul PMAG 30 magazine. The press release … Magpul Industries Corp [Read More…]

Exclusive: H&K Semi-Automatic HK SP5k (MP5K) and HK SC5SD (MP5SD)

Posted August 4, 2013 in Pistols, Reviews, Rifles by Steve Johnson with 116 Comments

Heckler and Koch fans rejoice! H&K company has been listening to you. A Document received by TFB, dated a week ago, show that Heckler & Koch GmbH (Germany) applied to Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) to sell a semi-automatic version of [Read More…]

Fake PMAG 10s Hitting The Market

Posted August 4, 2013 in Shooting Accessories by Ray I. with 15 Comments

It looks like the new Magpul PMAG 10 counterfeits are already hitting the market. GunMartBlog spotted these knock offs on eBay going for $25 a pop. Fake Magpul products on eBay and Amazon is nothing new, almost everything in Magpul’s product lineup has been copied [Read More…]

Dick’s to Open Field & Stream Gun Stores, Complete With AR-15 Rifles

Posted August 4, 2013 in News by Steve Johnson with 86 Comments

Dick’s Sporting Goods are spinning off a new separate chain of sporting stores called Field & Stream, much like they did with their Golf Galaxy chain of golf stores. Field & Stream will be competing directly with Bass Pro, Cabelas and Gander [Read More…]

Gear Review: Brownell’s 3-gun Competition Bag

Posted August 1, 2013 in Reviews, Shooting Accessories by Chris Cheng with 14 Comments

For the past few months, I’ve been using Brownell’s soft case for storage and transportation to both my local range, and for airplane rides across the country. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the bag, and here are some of the reasons why. 3-gunners have a lot of gear. [Read More…]

Flashlight Review: Cyclops Orbis Spotlight

Posted August 1, 2013 in Flashlights, Reviews by Dan M with 13 Comments

(Featured image supplied by GSM Website) It’s easy to get caught up in the latest pocket wonders…flashlights that seem almost miraculous when compared to the flashlights of 4 or 5 years ago. The Cyclops Orbis makes no pretensions about being a small wonder – it is [Read More…]

Colt M4 Carbine Deal Falls Through, Chile Adopts FN SCAR Instead

Posted August 1, 2013 in News, Rifles by Steve Johnson with 74 Comments

A few months we reported that Chile had agreed to purchase 2,000 Colt M4 Carbines. The Chilean government now claim that Colt were unable to deliver the rifles at the price they originally agreed upon. They have now made a deal to purchase FN SCAR-L and SCAR-H rifles [Read More…]

Mexican Federal Police Using IWI Negev Machine Gun

Posted August 1, 2013 in News, NFA / Suppressors / Class III by Steve Johnson with 12 Comments

Mexican Federal Police have adopted the IWI’s next-gen lightweight machine gun, the Negev . The gun is not a lot bigger than a rifle and can be configured to fire from a belt, an AR-15 or Galil magazine. The video below (not graphic, safe for work) [Read More…]

Savage Arms Forcasted To Make $25 – 28 Million Profit in 2014

Posted August 1, 2013 in News, Rifles by Steve Johnson with 14 Comments

It is not often we get to peer into the accounts of a gun company. Up until recently there were only two publicly listed firearm makers in the USA, Ruger and Smith & Wesson, but they both produce a huge range of firearms, teasing out the financials from a particular [Read More…]

DSEi

Posted August 1, 2013 in NH by Steve Johnson with 1 Comment

Carol, confirming my desire to attend DSEi

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