Among a number of interesting products on display from Lewis Machine & Tool, was an exceptionally short AR Personal Defense Weapon (PDW). Now, when we talk about short ARs, it might be in terms of barrel length, or maybe some of those different folding stock [Read More…]
If you have seen some of the videos Alex C. and myself talking about AK things you may have heard me refer to my beloved M92 SBR that is easily ony of my favorite firearms. While poking around the Century booth at Industry Day at the Range I ran across four factory SBRs [Read More…]
Barrett has been teasing me with the MRAD rifle system for the last 5 years or so but today I was able to get behind one and shoot at a distance I had previously never even considered trying. I will say that the MRAD looks very much the part of the long range tactical [Read More…]
SIG Sauer featured a wide variety of firearms at their own range event the Monday that kicked off SHOT Show 2016. Among those guns was the SIG M400 Predator, a rifle that was originally debuted in 2013 but has now been upgraded. The SIG M400 Predator comes chambered in [Read More…]
Earlier this year, Daniel Defense announced their new entry into the thirty-caliber AR-15 market: The DD5V1, a lightweight, direct impingement 7.62x51mm/.308 Winchester rifle using a shortened rear receiver with a dedicated bolt and bolt carrier for the .308 cartridge [Read More…]
FNH USA has announced a new semi-auto variant of the M249 series that will be available this fall. James got to take the new semi-auto M249S for a spin at SHOT Show’s Industry Day at the range. TFB writer Rusty S. previously broke this story as follows: “This morning I headed over to the FNH [Read More…]
Pistol caliber carbines are some of my personal favorite firearms to shoot. Relatively cheap ammo, low recoil, and utility make them some of my go to firearms for fun and pest control. Caracal carbines take the 18 round Caracal pistol magazines and are quite nicely put together! Thanks to Industry [Read More…]
Haenel is a name that should sound familiar to any of you firearm historians out there, as they were the original manufacturer of the famous STG44 rifle. However, these days they have diversified into making some very nice long range precision rifles! Thanks to Industry Day at the Range for hosting [Read More…]
The Polish MSBS rifle has been making waves among the armed forces in its homeland for a while now (phasing out the old Beryl rifles), and us lucky folks in the USA will soon be able to get our hands on them. They are convertible to bullpup form, fully ambi, easy to manipulate, and downright [Read More…]
We blogged about the new Talon Gyro-Stabilized Weapon Mount system from Paradigm SRP last week. It attracted skepticism from readers in the comments who questioned how effective such a system would be in the real world. Yes, it is true that it does not track targets [Read More…]
As part of the “pre range day” Range Day I had the opportunity to reconnect with Jeremy and the crew from Cobalt Kinetics as they were attempting to set up their booth. As promised they had their new Evolve rifle (the one I reviewed a scant month ago, with the [Read More…]
Last year Witt Machine brought a number of interesting new muzzle devices to SHOT Industry Day at the Range. This year, along with some devilish grins, they brought some new toys they have been working on. The eye-catching feature of their booth was a table mounted [Read More…]
2016 will see a new line of ammunition for Browning Ammunition. Walking around the SHOT 2016 Media day, I had the chance to talk to the Browning representative about the BXC Controlled Expansion product line. The BXC Controlled Expansion series is designed for big game [Read More…]
Though I didn’t get to shoot the fabled bullpup version of the FB MSBS 556, I did get to shoot the FB MSBS 556K at SHOT 2016 Range Day. Drawing largely from the Magpul Masada, the version of the FB MSBS 556 that I got to shoot was the conventional model, or K [Read More…]
Samco Global was a firearms importer and distributer that has been around for decades. Recently the company got into a large legal battle in July of 2015. This was between two of the owners both arguing over how much of the company the other owned and who owed whom. [Read More…]
Windham Weaponry has entered a product onto the market, that is a reintroduction of a product that came out around eight years ago or so. It is also an expansion of their MCS1 upper receiver kits. The MGI Hydra was a proof of concept rifle that by changing out the bolt [Read More…]
When you’re hunting – especially when you’re hunting at greater distances – figuring out just how far away your target is becomes paramount. Even people who are fairly skilled at guesstimating distance like to know for sure what they’re [Read More…]
Not a company to let their product line stay the same, Springfield Armory has come out with a new M1A, this one aimed at being a “CQB“, or Close Quarters Battle rifle. It looks like they have made the leap into really modernizing the M1A from the factory, [Read More…]
Josh writes … I recently completed a home-made 20x102mm (20mm “vulcan”) destructive device, registered on an ATF Form 1. This gun is a single-shot, breech-loading firearm that lobs out a ~1520 grain inert steel projectile at an estimated 3100 feet per [Read More…]
(This is Part 2 of the TFB Rifle Weight Omnibus. You can read Part 1 here.) In October, I traveled out to see my co-writer Alex C. to collect data on the weights of different long guns and some of their components. Over that weekend, I weighed 58 rifles and submachine [Read More…]
The PTR 91 series of rifles are essentially HK91 clones that are built here in the USA on old Portuguese tooling. The rifles are priced right and shoot well, and many people are rediscovering the joys of roller delayed blowback as a result of their being on the market. So what do the guts look [Read More…]
Dead Air Armament was founded by seasoned silencer pro Mike Pappas and designer Todd Magee with one goal in mind: building the best specialized products in the industry. It’s a lofty goal, for sure, but in founding Dead Air Armament and setting to work designing [Read More…]
Here is a video from almost a year ago. Chad, of Kel-Tec, shoots a full auto CMR-30 suppressed. The rate of fire is rather impressive. Here is an even older video from 2010 of a full auto PMR-30 with a stock.
Ergo Grips recently introduced several new handguards to the market. The ERGO SuperLite Modular Rail System and the ERGO Modular Rail System, join Ergo Grip’s already impressive catalog of products. The Firearm Blog was provided both rails for testing. Key [Read More…]
Winchester as founded in 1866 by Oliver Winchester as the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. The company’s first gun was, of course, the Model 1866, a lever-action repeating rifle chambered in .44 Henry. The Model 1866 was nicknamed the “Yellow Boy” [Read More…]
If you’re a fan of aftermarket parts for your rifle, you just might want to take a look at what Tactical Sh*t has to offer. Just keep your sense of humor handy and remember, we’re all friends here…well, except for that one guy. You know who you are. [Read More…]
James Grant of Burst Review puts a Century Arms C308 to the test by firing 1,000 rounds of 7.62×51 without stopping. Obviously he had to stop for magazine changes. The C308 is a clone of the proven H&K G3 rifle. There are some malfunctions due to rounds not [Read More…]
Up until now, my “precision” rifle has been a Mosin. I know, I know… Tom, that is not what anyone would consider precision (you know except for some old guys in “wars past” before all these new fangled rifles, with their new fangled composite plastics, [Read More…]
Coming from Laura Burgess Marketing, IWI USA has pushed out an announcement about their newest product, a .300 Black Out SAR rifle, and a conversion kit for those with the 5.56x45mm version. The standalone rifle is going with an MSRP of $2,049, a couple hundred dollars [Read More…]
I know, I know, Pre-Pre-Press Releases abound the days before SHOT. I’m sure we will get some more detailed coverage actually at SHOT, so just allow this to whet your appetite… MPX-C Carbine The modular 9mm SIG MPX Carbine will be available with a 16″ [Read More…]
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