The Finnish and Swedish Defense Forces will purchase a range of various rifles from Sako Ltd. TFB reported about this almost two years ago, but it’s now official what the framework and the firearms will look like. Sweden & Finland @ TFB: Sweden And Finland To [Read More…]
Just a few days ago, it was announced that the Finnish Defence Forces were buying Sako TRG M10 Precision Rifles. Now Beretta USA, a member of the Beretta Defense Technologies alliance, has announced that the New York Police Department and its Emergency Service Unit [Read More…]
The Finnish Ministry of Defence announced that the Finnish Defence Forces will purchase Sako TRG M10 precision rifle systems, spare parts and sniper equipment in a deal worth 11 million euros. According to the Ministry of Defence, the multi-calibre TRG M10 precision [Read More…]
The Finnish firearms manufacturer Sako has just announced that their SAKO TRG M10 rifle has been selected as the new Canadian Multi-Calibre Sniper Weapon (MCSW). The purpose of the MCSW program was to replace the current .338 Lapua Magnum C14 Rifle (introduced in 2005), [Read More…]
The Slovenian Police Snipers wish to remain out of the picture and anonymous in Today’s Photo Of The Day. But they have recently officially adopted the SAKO TRG M10 in caliber .308 Win, and are proud of the fact. They are also using the brand new TRG 22A1. The [Read More…]
There’s a “new” Tikka T3x TAC A1 around the corner. According to the (unfortunately limited) information it’s going to be everything the TAC A1 already is, apart from the Limited quantities and the BLK LBL bipod that’s integrated in the [Read More…]
I planned this to be a Photo of the Day post, but elaborated around the different rifles and the subject so there’s a lot of more detail. This is about Modern Hunting Rifles with Long Range shooting capabilities. Some chose the one or the other for their [Read More…]
At EnforceTac and IWA in Germany, we had a look at the new Steiner 6000 meter laser with Bluetooth. We know you’re going to ask, so expect around 7000 USD/EUR for the LRF, but this is to be confirmed. It comes with 8x magnifications and weighs about 1 300 gram (46 [Read More…]
Sako introduced two new rifles at the IWA Outdoor Classics press event held in Nuremberg, Germany. The Sako 85 Black Wolf (ergonomic) och the Sako 85 Exige (take-down). With the 85 Black Wolf Sako jumps on the growing trend with adjustable ergonomic cheek risers with [Read More…]
IWI, or Israel Weapon Industries Ltd., from Israel are perhaps most known for their bullpup Tavor models, UZIs and Galil rifles. But they also produce a rifle designed by Dr. Nehemia Sirkis in co-operation with Israel’s Defense Forces. It’s a sniper rifle [Read More…]
Lapua continues to market their new Ballistics App for iPhone and Android, this time with a rather cool video demonstrating how you can setup your system for a nice cold bore shot and hit. We hope you are enjoying your holidays, eating plenty of good food and getting [Read More…]
According to the Polish Ministry of Defense they are to purchase 150 sniper rifles. The sniper rifle of choice is the Sako TRG M10 in .338 Lapua Magnum. Competition came from the national ZM Tarnów company. It is not known which rifle they chose to compete with, but [Read More…]
TFB reported about the new Tactical bolt-action Tikka already in June. There is now a PDF out with some more information about the TIKKA T3x TAC A1, light sniper weapon. The Tikka T3x TAC A1 is a special development for law enforcement sniper application. The rifle is [Read More…]