Izhmash To Produce BullPup Rifle
Lenta.ru reports that Izhmash is working on producing a next-generation bullpup rifle along with a new cartridge for it. Title image is the Izhmash AK-12.
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Steve On Vacation / Declaring Email Bankruptcy
Just wanted to let y’all know that I will be on vacation overseas until 26th April. The blog will be left in the capable hands of the TFB staff so you can continue to expect great content. Just don’t expect email replies from me until I get back. Because I [Read More…]
Chilean Marines Purchases 2000 Colt M4 Carbines
The Marine Corps of the Chilean Navy has ordered 2,000 M4 Carbines from Colt reports IndoDefensa … The first order, with deliveries to be completed in 2014, is designed to equip combat units that integrate Amphibious Expeditionary Brigade (BAE) , rapid [Read More…]
Diamondback Firearms Found To Have Infringed on Kahr Patents
A jury has found that Diamondback Firearms infringed upon patent #5502914 that is held by Kahr Arms (Saelio Inc). The patent in question describes a striker and cocking mechnism invented by Kahr founder Justin Moon. Kahr made the following statement to the press [Read More…]
Air Force EOD Adopt Mk14 EBR. 5.56mm Lacks Range.
The Air Force has borrowed Mk14 EBR rifles from the Navy to equip their Explosive Ordnance Disposal teams. They needed a rifle that was accurate at longer ranges than the M4/5.56mm was capable of. Air Force Times reports … Airmen with the 466th Explosive [Read More…]
Mali Style
Vice has published fascinating footage they filmed during an insurgent assault on a Mali city. The troops seem to adopt the Oscar Pistorius tactical doctrine and shoot indiscriminately at a court house, deserted buildings, through closed doors into empty rooms [Read More…]
Feds Move Faster Than Defense Distributed. First BitCoin Money Laundering Case?
The Department of Homeland security have seized the defensedistributed.com and defcad.org domains because several individuals behind the site have been indicted by a grand jury for the violation of the Arms Export Control Act, violation of the Undetectable Firearms [Read More…]
Samson Manufacturing files for bankruptcy
Rail and mount maker Samson Manufacturing has filed for bankruptcy in order to avoid paying a $933,000 court judgement awarded to their competitor Troy. Troy had sued Samson for using trade secrets covered by a confidentiality agreement to make competing products. [Read More…]
KRISS/Sphinx Sister Company Nano-ID Develops Gun Tracking Technology
Over the weekend a concerned Swiss man emailed Rob Curtis (Gear Scout) and I about a story being run on TV and online by the Swiss National Television. The story said that Sphinx Arms (part of KRISS Arms) had developed a novel gun tracking technology that could be [Read More…]
ATK Laying off Lake City Army Ammunition Plant Employees
The Kansas City Star reports that ATK is implementing voluntary layoffs at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant … Hourly workers at the federally owned Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in Independence have been given voluntary layoff offers as part of a plan to [Read More…]
Army really does not want a carbine competition
The Army continues to do everything they can to scuttle the new carbine competition. Remember it was politicians, some who were concerned that the M4 was not performing as promised and others who eyed getting manufacturing contracts for their supporters, who [Read More…]
Steven Seagal To Lobby On Behalf Of Russian Gun Makers
Somehow Steven Seagal managed to convince the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Rogozin that he would be able to lobby the US government to ease restrictions on Russian firearm imports. I think our chances of buying an AK-12 or AK-107 at the local gun store [Read More…]
Magpul PMAGs to be made outside of Colorado
Magpul have announced that within 30 days PMAGs will be made outside of Colorado due to recently passed legislation. They said on their Facebook page … We have said all along that based on the legal problems and uncertainties in the bill, as well as general [Read More…]
The Adobe Shooters League
Imagine working in Silicon Valley for a great company. Now, imagine if this company also paid for you to shoot recreationally. Well, there is such a company, and you probably recognize their name. Adobe Systems Incorporated, headquartered in San Jose, California has [Read More…]
Mystery AR-15 SBR Adopted By New Libyan Armed Forces
A photo posted on MP.net purports to show a member of the new Libyan Armed Forces with a new AR-15 in a short barreled rifle configuration. The rifle, a Oberland Arms OA-15 M7, has ambidextrous controls, a barrel of 8″, it has a SOPMOD-style stock, the scope is [Read More…]
A Ruger Semi-Automatic Shotgun Is In Development. Ruger SR-12???
When Ruger’s President and CEO Michael Fifer took the helm the company was not participating in some of the fastest growing segments of the firearm industry. They did not have a striker fired pistol, an AR-15, a 1911 or a sub-compact polymer carry pistol. The [Read More…]
Ruger Earnings Call: “A busy factory is a happy factory”
The Ruger Q4 2012 earning call was particularly enlightening as to the environment gun companies are operating in at the moment. Ruger’s sales have been soaring. NCIS background checks for Q4 rose 41% while Ruger’s sales (from distributors to retails) rose [Read More…]
The Guns of The Royal Army of Sulu
Yesterday I blogged about the weapons used by the Malaysian military and police during the Lahad Datu Standoff. These photos show a group of men believed to be members of the Royal Army of Sulu. They were taken during peace talks between another [Read More…]
The Guns of The Malaysian Police & Military During The Sulu Invasion
Earlier this month a group of armed Filipino men calling themselves the “Royal Army of Sulu” invaded a small Malaysian village. They were funded by a man claiming to be the Sultan of Sulu. The long-defunct Sultanate of Sulu once ruled the area until [Read More…]
Ammo Prices Have Doubled Since December At Some Stores
CNSNews.com reports that ammunition prices at Hyatt Gun’s in NC have doubled since December … We “immediately started rationing” as there are “a lot of unknowns for deliveries of products,” Hyatt said. The 5.56mm was selling for $0.50 [Read More…]
