The 20mm semi-automatic grenade launching Denel Neopup PAW-20 remains one of the weapons I would most love to get my hands on. Unlike the XM25 and simular airbirst grenade launcher, the Neopup is a direct fire weapon. In other words, you aim at your target and pull the [Read More…]
I was skeptical when readers emailed me about this episode of a new CG animated series called Cat Shit One. It is actually really good. The story is about a two rabbit special forces soldiers in Afghanistan fighting the camel terrorists. Episode starts 3:40 minutes into [Read More…]
This video shows an Hellenic Navy Rheinmetall Mk20 with S20 Naval Gun Mount firing in slow motion. Note how the barrel appears to recoil. At first glance it appears that the gun utilizes a short recoil action like the Rheinmetall MG3 and the MG42. It is actually gas [Read More…]
The Medieval period called and they want this kid back … Compared to his kid I think I must have grown up during the stone age. [Hat Tip: SayUncle ]
Lego and guns seem to go so well together 🙂 [Hat Tip: Boing Boing] [ Many thanks to Sven for emailing me the video. ]
Below is the teaser for the “Art of the Precision Rifle ” DVD from Magpul Dynamics. It looks great! [ Many thanks to Nathan for emailing me the link. ]
The Aimpoint PRO (Patrol Rifle Optic) debuted at SHOT last week. The scope has been put together with law enforcement officers in mind. The basic optic is comparable to the Aimpoint CompM2 but with the more popular 2 MOA dot (emitter) rather than the larger 4 MOA dot. [Read More…]
Today Media Day, media shooting day held a day before the actual show, car dove in front of the live firing line. WTF? I was shooting a 9mm carbine at the time. Other guns shooting at part of the range included .338 Lapua’s, and 7.62mm NATO machine guns!!!!!! EPIC [Read More…]
[ Many thanks to Thomas for emailing me the link. ]
The latest video by TFB reader Aegeanhawk shows Hellenic Army National Guardsmen firing a pretty cool H&K G3A4 packed with a EOTech sight, forend rails (Brügger & Thomet rails?), bipod and foregrip. The setup looks really good.
“Lego Black Ops” is a parody of the recently released computer game Call of Duty: Black Ops. It is all just Lego figurines but there is blood, violence and explosions so it may be NSFW The guns used in the video were purchased from BrickArms.
This video, probably filmed by a police officer, shows police officers in Rio clearing a favela (slum). There are many shots of a officer using a Madsen machine gun. At 20 lbs (unloaded, I think) it is heavy gun for a magazine fed weapon. On the other hand the weight [Read More…]
Daniel Defense and Vickers Tactical have teamed up to produce a set of training videos. The first in the series is Carbine I and Carbine II. Each costs $40 for the DVD or $50 for the Blu-ray. These videos are sure to draw comparisons with the Magpul Dynamics videos. I [Read More…]
I am always very hesitant to blog photos or videos made by jihadists, but I think this video could hardly be considered propaganda and does has some educational value. I think just about every part, expect maybe the trigger, was thrown clear of the AKS receiver. [ Many [Read More…]
This new video from Magpul Dynamics looks great. I cannot wait to get my hands on it. [Hat Tip: Everyday No Day Off]
Finish company Ase Utra are a well known suppressor manufacturer. They have posted a couple of interesting videos on YouTube. [ Many thanks to Tuulos for emailing me the videos. ]
Ryan Smith, of Bushmaster, hosted Drake Clark from Magpul at the Bushmaster factory. Drake was one of the co-designers of the original Magpul Masada. This video, a TFB exclusive, shows Drake putting an ACR through its paces … This video clears up the debate of [Read More…]
Defense Review has been burning up ammo. Videos here 🙂
Accidental double tapping of .500 S&W revolvers is apparently quite common. This video demonstrates … A few years ago S&W investigated the phenomena. They discovered, as you have probably already guessed, that the double taps were the result of what was [Read More…]
Bushmaster has launched a YouTube channel for the ACR. The video embedded below shows how quick it is to convert a standard ACR to an enhanced ACR, which you may recall I recently blogged about. Magpul’s original design goal of making the rifle as modular as [Read More…]
Peter is an avid reader of the blog. He hopes to join the Marines after school. ( The glock jams because of a broken pin )
Nick shot this slow motion video of an Hellenic Army MG3 machine gun … … and this slow-mo video of a Hellenic Special Forces M4 Carbine … Very cool.
I would have given my right arm to have one of those when I was a kid. [ Many thanks to Dave for emailing me the link. ]
This video is simply awesome. The video is embedded below but I recommend watching it on YouTube.com in 720p HD. Rifles: BCM, CMMG, Colt, LMT, LWRC, Noveske, Springfield Handguns: Beretta, Glock, H&K, Para Ordnance, Sig Sauer, S&W Gear: ATS, Blackhawk, [Read More…]
Andrew from Vuurwapen Blog has created this slow motion video demonstrating AR-15 bolt carrier bounce. It shows how lighter weight buffers allow the bolt carrier to bounce back after hitting the barrel extension. The weight of the buffer becomes critical when said items [Read More…]
Very clever special effects in this video … [ Many thanks to Rolf for emailing me the link. ]
Just when I thought I had seen everything … Popular Mechanics reports … I’m at a dress rehearsal at Zhukovsky test center, about 25 miles outside Moscow, for a theatrical performance called The Invincible and the Legendary, set to debut the next day at [Read More…]
Steve Lee, our favorite Australian gun-slinging musician, has produced a video for his second single “I’ll give up my gun”. You can watch his “I like guns” video here. [ Many thanks to Phil for emailing me the link. ]
Tony just came back from a week of marksmanship training alongside the California Grizzlies, the junior team that defeated the Army Marksmanship Team and won the National Infantry Trophy Team Match (aka Rattle Battle) last year. He spent one of those days creating a [Read More…]
R. Lee Ermey, armed with his trusty Springfield, takes on an Enfield armed Brit. [ Many thanks to jdun1911 for emailing me the link. ]
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