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Weihrauch HW 98-Luftgewehr air rifle
Backyard Safari has published photos of the beautiful Weihrauch HW 98-Luftgewehr break barrel air rifle. More photos here.
Archive: December, 2009
Gun Dog
Too cute not to blog. Seen at Hell in a Handbasket.
Metal Storm on the verge of insolvency
Publicly listed Australian firm Metal Storm has run out of operating cash and credit after much needed investment funds have failed to materialize. The Australian reports The Brisbane-based weapons maker said this morning it has again given the first tranche of Assure [Read More…]
Winchester PDX1 Self Defense Shotshell ammo
Next year Winchester Ammunition will introduce a line of self defense shotshell ammunition called Supreme Elite PDX1. The PDX1 2.5″ .410 gauge round is optimized for use with the Taurus Judge revolver. The reduced recoil round is loaded with three 000 Buckshot [Read More…]
New Magpul AFG (Angled ForeGrip)
The AFG (Angled ForeGrip) is a new forgrip from Magpul that will go on sale later this month. They claim it allows a more natural hold than a vertical foregrip. Drake, a Magpul employee, says … The AFG falls into the category of “Theory Based” products. [Read More…]
ATI AT92 pistol (MKEK Yavuz 16)
American Tactical Imports are now selling the MKEK Yavuz 16 branded as the ATI AT 92. If you are thinking that this pistol looks familiar, you are right. The Yavuz 16 is a copy of the Beretta 92FS (M9 pistol). It is made by the Turkish state-owned arms manufacturing [Read More…]
Tactilite Gen-3 and .338 Now on Sale
Two months ago I blogged that Zel Custom would soon be selling an upgraded 3rd Gen version of their Tactilite AR-15 upper. The Gen-3 receiver is now the standard receiver across the Tactilite product line and available in .338 Laupa as well as .50 BMG and .416 Barrett. [Read More…]
Family run business competes in global ammo industry
DefenseNews has published an interesting article about a small family owned business in New Zealand that manufactures and exports military ammunition using modified vintage machinery from the 1920s. From DefenseNews … How can a small, family-owned firm, with a [Read More…]
CCW information on the the iPhone
Legal Heat is an iPhone / iPod Touch electronic version of the CCW guide Legal Heat: 50 State Guide to Firearm Laws and Regulations. At $1.99 is it a lot cheaper than the $15 paperback edition. I purchased to application to try it out. It is quite straightforward. It [Read More…]
Construction has begun on Chavez’s AK-103 factory
Forbes reports … Ambassador Vladmir Zaemskiy told a news conference that Russian engineers and Venezuelan construction firms were building the rifle and cartridge plants which, when operational, would employ more than 1,500 workers. He gave no completion date for [Read More…]
Korea deploying K11 airburst assault rifles
South Korea looks to be the first country to deploy a next-gen airburst grenade / assault rifle weapon in combat. Korea Times reports … South Korean troops to be deployed in Afghanistan will be armed with the latest K-11 airburst assault rifles for self-defense, [Read More…]
Review of SCAR 16s
Jeff and Boge Quinn of GunBlast have reviewed the SCAR 16s and liked what they saw … With the MK 16, FN Herstal has set out to build the world’s best 5.56mm fighting rifle, and the SCAR 16s is as close to that rifle as most of us can get, legally. It is a [Read More…]
Michael’s new hat
Lookin’ good Mr. Bane! Also, I don’t know if it is just the photo, but that rifle looks like it has a very nice looking furniture.