Rick Taylor On Snake Oil
In the 6 weeks since his last video, Rick has gotten some serious tactical tattoos.
Gun Shaped Cakes
Trend Hunter have posted photos of artist Scott Hove’s cake gun exhibition. Renowned sculptor Scott Hove is wowing audiences once again with this latest art exhibition called ‘Guns & Ecstasy,’ which showcases a variety of different weaponry that [Read More…]
IMFDB Raising Funds
The Internet Movie Firearm Database is without a doubt one of my favorite gun websites. They are raising funds for a new website design kickstarter-style by offering prizes with each level of donation.
Bug A Salt, The Anti-Insect Artillery, Reviewed
Have you ever contemplated dumping the lead from a shot shell, filling it with salt, and pointing it an unwanted coackroach? I have. If done inside this of course violates Cooper’s Gun Safety rules and possibly the spouse’s house rules regarding gun play. [Read More…]
Boberg XR9-L Review
There are really no new ideas in firearms design today – some of the best and brightest engineers humanity has produced have spent the last 120+ years figuring out every possible mechanism for building self-loading firearms. What we have today in new guns are [Read More…]
Remington Expands Ammunition Plant
Remington has announced that they are planning a $32 million expansion of thier Lonoke, Arkansas ammuniution plant which should be completed by the second quarter of next year. The expansion is to help them meet increasing demand for ammunition domestically [Read More…]
DefCad Pulls All Model Files At State Department Request
The State Department requested that Defense Distributed pull their 3D printer files because they might be in violation of ITAR regulations which prohibit distributing weapon blueprints and technical documentation overseas and they have complied, pulling all [Read More…]
NSSF Announces Termination of SHOT Show Management Contract with Reed Exhibitions
Today the NSSF announced on the SHOT Show blog that it would no longer use Reed Exhibitions for the management of the SHOT Show: The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms industry, today announced that it has reached an [Read More…]
H&K and Backwards Bullets: The Real Story
It is no secret that I am an unrepentant H&K-aholic. Over the years I have collected just about every one of their roller locked long guns, a ton of their pistols dating back to the HK4 and VP70z, and even a few modern implements that required quite a bit of effort [Read More…]
Spanish Cartridge Mystery Solved
Over a year ago a Spanish reader emailed me to ask about the strange cartridge he found (pictured above). It had a ~7.62mm sized rifle bullet in what looked like a 9mm pistol cartridge case. Carlos wrote … I recently moved to my grandmother‘s house in Madrid [Read More…]
Kazakhstan Special Forces Adopt Beretta ARX-160 in 7.62x39mm
Despite most of the industry showing no interest in continuing to develop firearms which chamber the 7.62x39mm, Beretta delivered a 7.62x39mm of their ARX-160 not long after the original 5.56mm. It looks like Kazakhstan may have been the first country to adopt [Read More…]
Electronics Arts Says It Won’t License Gun Designs In The Future, Will Use Them Anyway
Electronics Arts, the maker of the Battlefield series of video games, has announced they will not pay to license gun designs in the future. They believe they are legally entitled to depict trademarked designs because video games are artistic expression. Kotaku.com [Read More…]
What Makes A Bad AR? Let’s Look At Battle Rifle Company
The high demand for AR-15 and similar rifles has led to many new manufacturers of said rifles. Enter “Battle Rifle Company” of Texas. I made some initial observations upon viewing their products while at the NRA show on Saturday, but I also visited their [Read More…]
IWI Tavor “The Hammer”
I wouldn’t hesitate at all in saying the Tavor is one of the most anticipated guns to come down the pike in a good while. We have had a pretty good wait before they finally arrived on the market but as I write this distributors are beginning to get them in quantity. [Read More…]
New Buffalo Bore .32 S&W Long Loads
One of the great things about smaller ammo companies is their willingness to support some of the lower volume calibers. For people that rely on niche calibers, or who enjoy shooting an old family heirloom, finding ammunition can sometimes be a difficult chore. [Read More…]
Izhmash Prototype VS-121 Sniper Rifle
Izhmash has unveiled a prototype sniper rifle called the VS-121. This bullpup rifle uses an action based on the Dragunov sniper rifle action. With its heavy profile 24.4″ barrel it weights just under 10 lbs. It will be chambered for 7.62x54mm, 7.62x51mm and a [Read More…]
Smithsonian’s National Firearms Collection At Buffalo Bill Center
The Buffalo Bill Center of the West of Cody, Wyoming have just opened a new exhibition that showcases 64 fascinating guns from the Smithsonian’s National Firearms Collection. The guns will be on display at the Cody Firearms Museum until fall 2015. [Read More…]
Glock USA Now Exporting Pistols
Last year consumers in the USA noticed that more and more new Glock pistols on sale had USA stamped on the slide instead of the familiar AUSTRIA. For reasons unknown Glock increased production in the USA. It is now being reported that Glock USA is actually exporting [Read More…]
Uberti Silverboy .22 Magnum Lever Action Rifle
Uberti has added a .22 Magnum to the list of calibers they chamber this lever action rifles in. The new chrome-finished SilverBoy chambered in .22 Mag is being marketed for use as a youth rifle or as a Cowboy Action Shooting training rifle. The Uberti Silverboy has a [Read More…]
Shot Show Industry Day At The Range
Each year on the day before SHOT Show the media are invited to the Boulder City Range to test-fire all the new guns. Non-media industry people are technically not allowed. From next year onwards, there will be second range day on the first day of the show for “key [Read More…]
