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Chiappa Firearms Kodiak .45-70
The new Kodiak .45-70 from Chiappa Firearms is a ‘modern’ 1886 lever action rifle. It has a synthetic stock, recoil pad and synthetic furniture. The rifle was on display at the EXA ’11 gun expo in Italy.
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Red Jacket Firearms AR-15
Red Jacket Firearms, best known for their reality TV series “Sons of Guns” and their wacky Saiga shotguns, are getting into the AR-15 game. NRA American Rifleman has the info.
Sig Sauer SIG716 .308 Battle Rifle Pricing
The much anticipated SIG716 still does not have a launch date, but I finally have pricing for two of the models! For those of you who are not familiar with the gun, it is a AR-10-style piston-operated rifle chambered in .308 Win / 7.62x51mm NATO. The MSRP for the [Read More…]
A motel, a maid and a Garand
After spending the afternoon at a shooting match, Piccolo was cleaning his service rifle in a motel room when the maid walked in and chaos ensued … Then she spotted me and started to apologize until she saw the service rifle and then her eyes popped out of their [Read More…]
Big AR-15 KABOOM
This is by far the worst AR-15 kaboom I have ever seen on the internet. The operator somehow mistakingly mixed pistol powder and rifle powder in a few of the cartridges he loaded. The result was catastrophic failure. Just about all the parts were destroyed. Photos from [Read More…]
Russia’s TP-82 Space Gun
The three-barreled Toz TP-82 was carried into space by Soviet and Russian cosmonauts until 2006 when the ammunition expired and it was replaced with a regular semi-automatic pistol. The top two barrels chambered 12.5x70mm (about 40 gauge) shotshells and the lower barrel [Read More…]
SIG 556R 7.62x39mm
The last time I wrote about the SIG 556R, the specs for the rifle had not been published. The 30 round 7.62x39mm magazines cost $28 each. The SigSauer.com website only shows a model with the red dot sight. A iron sight kit (Rotary Diopter Rear & Hooded Front Sight [Read More…]
Rock Island Armory MIG 22
Rock Island Armory will be importing the Armscor’s new semi-automatic .22 LR chambered MIG 22 rifle. Our team saw the rifle on display at IWA ’11 last month. The AR-15 style rifle has a one-piece receiver machined from aluminum billet, a 18″ [Read More…]
HS Produkt VHS assault rifle
HS Produkt, the Croatian firm most famous for creating and manufacturing the Springfield XD pistols, are expected to deliver an additional 3,000 VHS rifles to the Croatian Ministry of Defense this year. Pavao look photos of the latest rifles in the VHS line which were [Read More…]
FNAR Photo
I received this cool photo from FNH-USA PR and thought it worth sharing with y’all. The shooter is Ben Voss, a member of the FNH USA Long Range Precision Rifle Team, who is competing in the upcoming Sniper’s Hide competition. The rifle is the FNAR, the [Read More…]
Fun with a blank firing adapter
Someone at ACC accidentally fired four rounds from a M4 into their blank firing adapter, in order to test … It is good to know that they are able to contain real bullets in the event of an accident. UPDATE: It was no accident. My apologies to AAC for incorrectly [Read More…]
World’s Most Expensive Rifle
Swedish gun maker VO Gun & Rifle is selling their limited edition VO Falcon rifles for $820,000 each. The Luxist reports … Their newest creation, the VO Falcon Edition (above), is the world’s most expensive priced at about $820,000. The VO Falcon Edition [Read More…]
.300 AAC BLACKOUT High Speed Gel Video
Brass Fetcher Ballistic Testing & SilencerTalk.com made this video showing a .300 AAC BLK being fired into 20% gel. Note the difference of performance between the two different bullets. The lighter (and I presume faster) hollow point in the second clip creates a lot [Read More…]
Engraved Ammunition
No, you did not read the title incorrectly. Bob’s Gun Counter has photos of custom engraved cartridges that were to be given to Sarah Palin at the NRA Foundation Banquet in 2009. She declined to attend and so could not accept the beautiful custom ‘Alaskan [Read More…]
Surefire Rapid Transition Sights (DD-RTS-SET)
Surefire’s nifty Rapid Transition Sight are canted at 45 degrees to allow them to be used alongside scopes on 3-gun competition rifles. I have seen, and blogged about, canted picatinny rails for red dot sights but this is the first canted iron sight that I have [Read More…]
Mockup of .223 Remington 700 feeding from AR magazines
Two years ago I created a photoshoped mockup of a Remington 700 being fed from a 30 round AR-15 magazine. One reader was inspired by the picture and is recreating it while at working a local gunsmith over the summer. If anyone has any suggestions for Kevin, please post [Read More…]
Trichy Assault Rifle
Ordnance Factory of Tiruchi (OFT) has developed a new 7.62x39mm assault rifle. From what can see, the Trichy Assault Rifle looks to be an improved version of India’s 5.56mm INSAS rifle. Times of India reports … TIRUCHI: The Ordnance Factory of Tiruchi (OFT) [Read More…]
The M4 replacement competition that isn’t
Army.mil reports (emphasis added) … Another lawmaker questioned Fuller about the Army’s individual carbine competition, to find a follow-on to the M4 Carbine weapon Soldiers are using now in Afghanistan. Fuller told the lawmaker the competition was not about [Read More…]
Nikonov’s AN-94 Abakan Rifle
Shooting Illustrated has published a detailed account of the fascinating AN-94 “Abakan” rifle. In 1993, a mysterious rifle appeared at an arms display at the elite Taman Guards Division outside Moscow. The strange new rifle was labeled “ASN”—a Russian [Read More…]
Steyr AUG Marksmanship web game
AccurateShooter.com discovered a fun web-based flash game based on the New Zealand Army’s marksmanship training. There are a few current and former Kiwi soldiers on this blog. If you are one of them I suggest you don’t play it, it will only make you more jeleous [Read More…]
Desert Tactical Arms SRS Covert Rifle
The Desert Tactical Arms SRS Covert Rifle was definitely one of the niftiest guns at SHOT Show. With a short 16″ barrel, chambered in 308 Win, .300 Win or .338 Lapua Magnum, this gun has an overall length of just 26″. It is tiny but powerful package. My only [Read More…]
Mosin Nagant KABOOM
This is something I never thought I would see … MrDryCry wrote at Arfcom … Well…it finally happened today. I’ve been in the C&R game about 5 years and own about 10 C&R weapons…even went down the road to get my 003 FFL. I have [Read More…]
Mosin Nagant 10-Round Magazines
Richard Nagy built a 10 round magazine for his Mosin Nagant. Read about the project at Guns, Holsters & Gear.
Beautiful Steyr HS .50 Photo
MilPictures.com created this photo of the single shot Steyr HS .50 rifle. Placing cartridges between the knuckles is a technique popular among single shot rifle shooters. You can see a photo of blogger Albert Rasch using the technique with his .416 Rigby chambered Ruger [Read More…]
Libyan rebel and his nifty Mauser stock
Libyan rebel and his nifty Mauser stock. [ Many thanks to Lance for emailing me the link. ]
Winchester 1892 Takedown Rifle
When Winchester/USRAC disappeared several years ago, so too did several iconic firearms such as the Model 70 and the Model 94. Consumer demand for renewed production has led Browning/FN to produce the Model 70 at FN’s manufacturing plant in South Carolina, and now [Read More…]
Fun with guns in Afghanistan
United States, Australians, New Zealanders and Singapore soldiers got together at the Tarin Kot base in Afghanistan to play with each others toys. Army.mil reports … TARIN KOT, Afghanistan — AK-47 rifles, Squad Automatic Weapons, Steyr AUG models, M-4 [Read More…]
Leupold’s first variable power scout scope
Leupold is now selling a variable powered scout-style scope, the VX-II 1.5-4x28mm Scout, through their custom shop. Traditionally scout scopes are fixed power. This scope has 7.75″ of eye relief on high power and 8.75″ on low power. If this sells well, I [Read More…]
Army wants ‘hyper-burst’? Good luck with that.
Kit Up reports that the US Army would like hyper-burst capability (firing multiple rounds at incredibly high rate of fire) for the next generation carbine. It is not an official requirement yet for the potential M4 replacement, but could be in the future. Matt Cox [Read More…]
Sabre Defence sold to Manroy USA
Manroy USA has purchased Sabre Defence after winning a bidding war with Colt USA. The Tennessean reports … Alabama-based Manroy USA bid $4.95 million for the company’s assets, more than double what it offered last month in a bank-sponsored sale that was [Read More…]