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Demi Moore shooting an AR-15
Ashton Kutcher tweeted this photo of his wife Demi Moore shooting an AR-15. Nice! [Hat Tip: Everyday, No Day Off]
Archive: July, 2010
The latest in Nerf gun technology
The N-Strike Stampede Blaster is fully automatic, is magazine fed, has a foregrip bipod and is probably illegal in California 😉 Gizmodo report it will go on sale in September for $50. [ Many thanks to Fred and Rolf for emailing me the link. ]
Bloggers: Win 1000 rounds of .380 ACP Ammo from Lucky Gunner
Bloggers listen up! I am running an ammo giveaway contest for Lucky Gunner. In exchange for posting a link to Lucky Gunner (and to this contest) I will enter you in a draw to win 1000 rounds of .380 ACP (Military Ballistics Industries 95 gr FMJ ). Make sure you follow [Read More…]
1x Scopes
Shooting Illustrated has posted an article written by Steve Adelmann about the latest in 1x, 1.1x and 1.5x zoom scopes. While passing through Leupold’s booth at the SHOT Show in January, I noticed crowds gathering around several CQBSS scopes on display. The [Read More…]
Future infantry small arms
Anthony Williams has just posted a new article online which discusses what is needed for the next generation of small arms. Before the Afghan conflict began, it was assumed that small-arms engagements would continue to take place within the traditional 300 metre limit, [Read More…]
Jerry Miculek de-locked his competition gun
Steve_NEPhila noticed that Jerry Miculek, the famous speed shooter, has de-locked the S&W 627PC he uses for IRC Open Division competitions. If someone is good enough for Jerry it is probably good enough for the rest of us! The S&W internal locks have irked [Read More…]
Vollmer Maschinenkarabiner M35
The Vollmer Maschinenkarabiner M35 was developed in Germany sometime pre-WWII. Fortunately they never adopted it! There is practically no information on the internet about this gun, so please share your knowledge in the comments below. [ Hat Tip: (Defense and Freedom) ]
Disclosure: Remington is now advertising on The Firearm Blog
The Freedom Group is now using my blog to advertise Remington products. This will not effect my coverage of The Freedom Group or their competitors. I cover all firearms manufacturers with equal enthusiasm. It is great to have the biggest player in the industry seeing [Read More…]
Browning White Gold X-Bolt
The new Browning White Gold X-Bolt brings new meaning to the word class. With features like a stainless barrel and action, gloss finish high grade walnut stock complete with rosewood fore-end and grip capand Inflex recoil pad, the new White Gold X-Bolt is truly a work [Read More…]
Marines take a look at the new M855A1 round
The Marine Times reports … The Marine Corps intends to purchase 1.8 million rounds of the Army’s new green bullet in addition to the millions of U.S. Special Operations Command cartridges already downrange as the service looks to find the best replacement for [Read More…]
MPA Protector .380 / .32 Pistols
MasterPiece Arms, who are known for their MAC-10/11 clones, have branched out into the fast growing (and crowded) subcompact market. The Protector series includes the .32 ACP chambered MPA32 and the .380 ACP chambered MPA380. The pistols have a double action only action [Read More…]
More Charter Arms Revolvers Approved for California
Good news for Cali shooters. In the press release they did not say which guns were approved for sale. Charter Arms, Dayton, OH, July 13, 2010-Fifteen more Charter Arms Revolver models have just been approved for sale by the state of California. California and a few [Read More…]
Top Shot season 2 now casting!
History Channel is now casting for season 2 of the hit show Top Shot! If you are skilled with a pistol, rifle or any other firearm, you could win $100,000 in prizes on season 2 of History Channel’s hit competition show TOP SHOT. Producers are looking for anyone with [Read More…]
Examining the Complaints About The M4
C.J. Chivers at The NY Times has posted a well written article about the M4 reliability controversy … Given these conditions, while we can’t draw definitive conclusions about the current performance of the M-4 and M-16 lines, it is nonetheless a jolt to find no [Read More…]
Guns Clubs in Hong Kong
I recently blogged about the attitude expressed by Mainland Chinese towards gun ownership. I was pleased to learn that Hong Kong has a number of gun clubs. They can apparently own semi-automatic pistols, rifles and shotguns. One of their clubs, The Swiss Rifle [Read More…]
Charity Auction for Honored American Veterans Afield
Gun Nuts Media is hosting a charity auction for the Honored American Veterans Afield. The current gun on auction is a Mossberg 590A1 Special Purpose Shotgun. View the auction on Gun Broker.
M16A1 U.S. Army Rifle Maintenance Comic (1968)
I always get a laugh from reading the Army maintenance comics. [ Many thanks to Sven (Defense and Freedom) for emailing me the the info. ]
ATI FX45 Series 1911 pistols
American Tactical Imports is importing a series of 1911 pistols made by Shooters Arms Manufacturing in the Philippines. The ATI FX Military weighs 2.31 lbs. and is 8.5” long. The 1911 has a 5” barrel, all steel parts, a matte black military front and rear site, a [Read More…]
M27 IAR will be fielded in November
Military.com reports on the deployment of the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle. Program officials maintain that the increased accuracy will compensate for the M27′s slower, sustained rate of fire. Unlike the M249, the new IAR doesn’t have a spare barrel that can [Read More…]
California Grizzlies 2010 High Power Clinic Video
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…]
Spanish needle-rifle
One of my readers purchased an antique rifle which turned out to be a rare Spanish needle gun. Needle guns are so named because the firing pin it literally a very long needle. The needle is needed because the primer sits at the base of the bullet. The needle must [Read More…]
Monkeys with Machine Guns
The journalists at China’s Peoples Daily appear to be even less informed about guns than your average American journalist. Yesterday they reported that the Taliban were training monkeys to operate AK-47 rifles and Bren light machine guns. Recently, a British [Read More…]
Replicating Stock Designs with a 3D Laser Scanner
Accurate Shooter writes … For more than a century, makers of rifle stocks have used large, complicated mechanical duplicators to reproduce stock designs. These contraptions rely on mechanical linkages to follow the lines of a stock and reproduce the shape on a new [Read More…]
BAE develops “bullet-proof custard”.
Liquid armor has been in the news quite a few times over the past couple of years. It looks like the technology is progressing nicely. BBC News reports … The BAE scientists describe it as “bullet-proof custard”. … “In standard bullet-proof [Read More…]
Springfield vs. Enfield
R. Lee Ermey, armed with his trusty Springfield, takes on an Enfield armed Brit. [ Many thanks to jdun1911 for emailing me the link. ]
Chinese Views on American Gun Ownership
chinaSMACK.com has an interesting blog post about the reaction of Chinese internet users’ to an article about guns sales at Walmart. Many of the comments are quite reasonable. One response was … I’d like to ask the lou zhu a question. It may be very naive [Read More…]
Colt Third Model Dragoon Revolver
The New York Metropolitan Museum of Art has this incredibly beautifully engraved Colt Third Model Dragoon revolver. The gun was part of three pairs created for Samuel Colt to exhibit in Europe during the Crimean war. [ Many thanks to Jonathan for taking the photos. ]
Nexter MG 151 20mm autocannon
Nearly 70 years after it was first produced by Mauser during WWII, the MG 151/20 20mm autocannon is still being manufactured by French firm Nexter. In the below photos it is hooked up to one of those fancy remote control turrets which is mounted to a stripped-down [Read More…]
FN SCAR-H PR (Precision Rifle)
The SCAR-H PR (Precision Rifle) show below has an extra rail for accessories (this one is with the KAC front sight, but future models will have front sight integrated into the rail), a heavy 20″ barrel, new two-stage adjustable trigger and a 6-positon buttstock [Read More…]
Saiga SD-10 drum magazine
Two Russian firms, PMG LLC and PROline, have developed a 10 round drum magazine1 for the Saiga-12 shotgun. The SD-10 looks pretty nifty. It is slightly shorter than than standard 5 round magazine while holding twice the capacity. The final product will be made of black [Read More…]