Master gunsmith Steve Zihn, who made the huge 2 bore rifle I have blogged about before, emailed these photos of this magnificent .54 caliber flintlock rifle he built. Look at the trigger blade. Beautiful. It has a 44″ swamped barrel. The rifle along with a [Read More…]
Sinclair International, seller of reloading supplies, have explained the lack of primer availability on their blog (emphasis mine): The first driving force has been the huge demand for loaded ammunition through 2008 and continuing into 2009. The large primer [Read More…]
Brian, who blogs at SKS’s and More, emailed me photos of his Mosin-Nagant M44 which has been configured for short range ( 75 yards ) hog and deer hunting. The scope mount attaches to where the front sight would have been. Click to expand the photos. I love that [Read More…]
The Norwegians finally seem happy with their new H&K 416 rifles. They have solved the problem of soldiers getting sick from inhaling the fumes of their “green” 5.56mm ammunition by simply not shooing at their indoor ranges. Of course it is summer in [Read More…]
GunListings.org is a craigslist style website to trade guns, ammo and other shooting gear. Zach Terhark, a 20 year old college student from Iowa and owner of GunListings, says: Last year I was browsing craigslist.org and I thought I would search for a shotgun because I [Read More…]
Brownells have finally updated their awful website and said in their own words that it “no longer sucks!”
I think I visibly shuddered when I watched this video (It is safe for work). The video was taken at one of James Yeager’s Tactical Response Fighting Pistol classes. The photographer seen forward of the firing line is Jay Gibson, one of the Tactical Response [Read More…]
Last month a Californian resident was granted a patent application for a wooden hunting style stock for the “M-16/AR-15”. Photo from the patent Of course as you can see in the photo the rifle is not a AR-15/M16 as the patent claims. It has a forward recoil [Read More…]
SayUncle spotted this ad for a SIG 556 Short Barreled Rifle. What is very interesting is that the rifles being sold by Manchester Firing Line are factory manufactured, not conversions of the standard rifles. SIG 556 Short Barreled Rifle Although the price is steep at [Read More…]
Reminds me of Summer Glau playing a terminator. Oleg Volk, master gun photographer, took this photo and more of the Kel-Tec RFB.
MIL-STD 1913 aka. the Picatinny rail attachment system, is will eventually be replaced by STANAG 4694, otherwise known as the NATO Accessory Rail (NAR). On May 8 the powers-that-be at the NATO Standardisation Agency approved the new standard, which will now need to be [Read More…]
In March Brownells were awarded a contact for 1.4 million M16 magazines. They have just shipped the first 60,000. Interestingly these have a new propriety anti-tilt follower, instead of the normal green follower. The new military magazine manufactured by Brownells [Read More…]
There has been a discussion on the blog about the controversial new Federal Personal Defense Handgun .410 shotshell ammunition designed exclusively for the Taurus Judge .410 revolver. .410 Personal Defense opened and pellets dumped. Thanks to Stephen for the photo. The [Read More…]
Murdoc has written a review of the Adam Arms retrofit piston system for the AR-15 for Guns and Hunting. The new Adams Arms gas block quickly mounted with hex screws and a new bolt carrier key, a couple springs and a bushing were all that was needed before adding the [Read More…]
ATI is importing 5.56mm NATO and 7.62x51mm NATO ammunition from Turkey. It is manufactured by Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation (MKEK), the Turkish state owned arms and munitions manufacturer.
The previously unnamed 9mm polymer 1911 has been named the SPEC-OPS 9. It is being marketed as a full size concealed carry pistol. One of the main selling point is the lower weight of the polymer frame. The pistol weighs in at 29.6 oz., about 25% lighter than the [Read More…]
Rock Island Auction are auctioning off a beautiful engraved and gold in-laid .25 ACP Colt Model 1908 “Vest Pocket” pistol. In my opinion it is absolutely beautiful. Wikipedia has an article about John Browning’s creation. Hat Tip: Ammoland
Tam (View from the porch) overheard this conversation at a gun store Me: “Geez, I’ve got more rimfire ammo than y’all do.” SalesGuy: “That’s not funny.” Ha ha 🙂 Uncle (Says Uncle) is having to wait 5-7 weeks for his CCI [Read More…]
The fact that guns get dirty is is one of those unfortunate facts of life, along with death and taxes. A piston operated gun will reduce the dirt that enters the rifle compared to a direct gas impingement gun (AR-15). When you add a suppressor, I think it makes little [Read More…]
Leupold’s new RX-1000 Rangefinder is very impressive. It is lightweight, compact, has a 6x zoom and can measure out to 1000 yards. Standard model RX-1000 There are two models, the standard and the TBR model (True Ballistic Range). The TBR model includes an [Read More…]
Remington has just announced the purchase of Dakota Arms, a manufacturer or semi-custom and custom rifles and shotguns. Dakota make a wide range of arms. From single shot Model 1874 Sharps reproductions … … to high-end tactical bolt-actions. The Freedom [Read More…]
Travis, an attorney, is suing Norinco and the importer of a Norinco SKS after a person was killed while operating one. The scenario was as follows. A chambered round failed to fired. The user pulled back the bolt but the round failed to eject. The user then dropped the [Read More…]
I have a fluid dynamics question that I am very keen to ask an engineer or physicists. If you are able to run some numbers through that fancy modeling software you people have, that would be great. I would publish your answer on the blog, with full credit given to you. [Read More…]
Hornady 7.62x39mm and 5.45x39mm Double Tap self defense ammunition loaded with VMAX (polymer tipped) bullets will be on sale soon. Polymer tipped v-max bullets. TacticalGunFan has reviewed pre-production samples and they are in fact using steel cases, presumably to save [Read More…]
Back in March I reported that Sig had decided to only ship one magazine with their pistols. Being the cynical person I am, I wondered if they were doing if for profit, not overwhelming demand as they claimed. GunPundit reports that Sig has announced that they will [Read More…]
UPDATE: Looks like the above photo is a photoshop. Thanks to JM for finding the original. These obrez pistols do exist and the bottom photo does appear authentic. Wow! Just when you think you have seen it all, you see a photo of a Mosin Nagant pistol! Go read about it [Read More…]
CZ have introduced a new 9mm submachine gun called the Skorpion EVO III. Contrary to what the name suggests, it shares no heritage with the classic CZ Škorpion vz. 61 subgun. CZ’s 2009 military weapon line up. Since the 1993 split of Czechoslovakia into the [Read More…]
That is not a blog title I ever expected to write … Michael Bane was using the Wifi access at one of the La Quinta hotels. After accessing TFB they blocked him because of “questionable traffic…”. Am on the way to the airport in a couple of [Read More…]
Bitter has written an interesting post about the firearms and outdoor industry and the New Media. In short they are clueless (of course if you work in the industry and read blogs, then he is not talking about you).
Yesterday a highly placed source in the air gun industry (who wishes to remain anonymous) told me that air guns sales are also riding the gun buying frenzy wave. Crossbow sales have also noticeably increased. There is a lot to be said about air guns at a time when [Read More…]
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