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Tyrant Designs recently began taking pre-orders on a magazine extension for the Smith & Wesson M&P Shield pistols. The extension is designed to work with the 7-round 9mm magazine and increases the capacity an additional two rounds. According to the company, the [Read More…]
North American Arms recently announced on its website that the company hopes to begin shipping the Ranger II revolver in December. In October, the company began taking pre-orders for the gun. North American Arms allocated 250 Ranger II revolvers for this “early [Read More…]
What is this, a pistol for ants? My friend Irfan sent me this video link of a person in Thailand showing a diminutive pistol chambered in .22 bb cap. The proportions are not accurate but it somewhat resembles a 1911. The aesthetics look like the Japanese style called [Read More…]
Rosco Manufacturing recently announced it was now producing 9mm barrels for the AR platform. The new barrels are part of the company’s Blood Line series and are available in a range of sizes: 5.5″, 7.5″ and 14.5″. According to information [Read More…]
It is nearing the end of the calendar year once again so it is time for Guns and Ammo to announce their different firearm awards for 2017. In the last issue of the year and the most recent, December 2017, Guns and Ammo published that the Barrett Fieldcraft™ won their [Read More…]
When it comes to concealed carry, whether you are brand new to the idea or a seasoned veteran with a desk drawer of 30 holsters, it is always good to be in the know. Is the state I am traveling in have reciprocity where I am from? Does the state I am currently in [Read More…]
Sightmark announced the company was now bundling two of its popular sight systems together into a single kit. The two sights, the Wolfhound 6×44 and the Mini Shot M-Spec, compliment each other. If you like these sights, buying them together could make a lot of [Read More…]
Earlier this year, Browning introduced a new X-Bolt Pro rifle that it is calling a semi-custom production gun. These rifles have, according to Browning, improved construction and features as compared to the existing X-Bolt line of bolt action firearms. The new Browning [Read More…]
Following its long bi-national design-origin experience with Italy (Beretta) and Chile (FAMAE) in the manufacture and marketing of submachine guns, Forjas Taurus finally decided that it was high time to go ahead and walk alone. The whole thing appears to have started in [Read More…]
In the early ’50s, small arms of the Soviet Union have been deeply modernized. The Kalashnikov’s “avtomat” along with its new cartridge was adopted and it was replacing the submachine guns and rifles in the service. The Makarov pistol was also [Read More…]
America’s largest police department is set to finally decommission the last of its service revolvers. The Gun Free Zone blog shared a photograph of a NYPD memo, dated 11/20/17, announcing that all remaining revolvers are to be replaced by department authorised [Read More…]
A recent media video following a platoon of the Syrian Arab Army take over of al-Bukamal, a city in the eastern portion of Syria, on the border with Iraq shows a soldier with what appears to be the receiver, trigger guard, and stock of a shotgun (Remington 870 from the [Read More…]
The bloody battle for the Syrian city of Raqqa has been since been won by the Kurdish Peshmerga with U.S. support. But while it was raging, we wrote about the Polish volunteer fighting with the Peshmerga with a public name and Facebook book title of Archer. After [Read More…]
Have you taken your Glock apart down to this level? This is rather impressive and I hope it is for illustrative purposes. Godspeed Firearms posted this photo on their Facebook page with a list of scheduled maintenance for Glock shooters. For you Glock owners… [Read More…]
A TFB reader sent us these photographs of a craft produced 7.62x25mm Tokarev submachine gun from Pakistan. The submachine gun is a select fire, blowback operated, Kalashnikov based derivative most likely originating from the gun making village of Darra Adam Khel from [Read More…]
The 27th ASEAN Armies Rifle Meet (AARM17) has concluded with Indonesia emerging as overall winners for the second year in a row. Indonesia have form when it comes to the ASEAN Rifle Meet having won the competition an impressive 12 times over the Meet’s 27 year [Read More…]
Meridian Defense Corporation offers a new AK build called VOLK. The choice of parts and the overall layout of the rifle is really well thought out. If the AK is the weapon platform of your choice, then something like the VOLK rifle will be an ultimate all-around gun. [Read More…]
Poland’s Prison Service, Służba Więzienna, are set to purchase 500 Mossberg shotguns. The contract was announced 21 November and will see the Służba Więzienna receive new Mosberg 500 shotguns. Poland’s Central Board of the Prison Service purchased [Read More…]
Sin Arms is a company located in Watertown, SD. They are specialized in precision shooting products manufacturing and services. Several days ago the company has introduced a new muzzle brake called Sinister. The Sinister brake is made of 416 stainless steel. It is a [Read More…]
Schmidt & Bender has won the Bundeswehr Tender for 368 units of Schmidt & Bender’s 1-8×24 PM II ShortDot Dual CC riflescope. My understanding (Source) is that these will be mounted on the HK G28. The advantage of the 1-8×24 with CC is that it [Read More…]
Diamondhead USA’s most popular handguard is their VRS-T-556 series of free-float rails. To keep in line with current trends within the firearms industry they now have their VRS-T-556 available in an M-LOK configuration. This is free-float handguard has an angled [Read More…]
The Lake City Army Ammunition plant is known for making lots of NATO calibers for our military. Not only does our military appreciate their work, but many civilians like both Lake City brass casings for their own reloading purposes and the loaded ammunition they [Read More…]
Black Rifles aren’t always so black any longer, so why should magazines? Last Friday, the Black one, the sales of this Red Translucent Lancer magazine started, but only at Gun MagWareHouse. The story doesn’t tell if there’s a special reason behind the [Read More…]
Rest in Peace Interim Combat Service Rifle, we hardly knew thee. The Army’s ICSR program has joined the much more ambitious Advanced Combat Rifle program of the 1980s and the more recent ill-fated Individual Carbine program in the annals of US Army rifle [Read More…]
Mike answers the age-old question of what on earth is the point of a magazine release on the heel of a pistol rather than the more usual push button? Guns in this video: SIG P210 Tokarev TT33 FN 1910 FN 1910/22 / 1922 Erma EP 552 (similar to a Walther TPH) SIG-Sauer P226 Thanks to […] [Read More…]
Hornady has upped the ante of their Dangerous Game™ eXpanding (DGX) bullet by making the DGX Bonded. By making the DGX bullet with a copper-clad, steel jacket that is bonded to the lead core you get significantly improved performance on large game. 95% Weight [Read More…]
Midwest Industries has teased on their social media pages an M-LOK forend for Marlin lever action rifles. It is not yet listed on their website and what we can tell from the very little information available is that it fits the Marlin 336 rifles. It is also compatible [Read More…]
Title: Modular Advanced Weapon Laser (MAWL) Palette: Flat Dark Earth Medium: Machined Aluminum and Photons Artist: B.E. Meyers & Co. Inc. All models of the B.E Meyers & Co. Modular Advanced Weapon Laser (MAWL), including the MAWL-DA, MAWL-CLAD, and MAWL-C1+ are [Read More…]
In the comments section of my recent Brief Thoughts article regarding caseless ammunition, there was a discussion about whether the cookoff issues of caseless would also be problem for LSAT-style polymer cased telescoped ammunition. Based on conversations I have had [Read More…]
With the development of wildcat calibers that eventually become more common and less wildcat over time it is difficult for reloading companies to keep up with published, verified data. Nobody knew 10 years ago that the 6.5 Creedmoor, 6mm Creedmoor or 6.5 Grendel would [Read More…]
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