The ARFCOM rumor mill is reporting that Magpul, and/or Bushmaster, will soon be launching a new version of the Remington/Bushmaster ACR. I am not putting a lot of faith in these rumors but I am hoping for the eventual release of the long-awaited Magpul Massoud, the [Read More…]
NOTE: This product review was made possible by GunsForSale.com. To get up-to-date information on where to find Ruger pistols for sale, please visit GunsForSale.com. Rugers LCP is a very popular pistol of the type. Among its fans it’s known as the “Elsie Pea”. [Read More…]
Ruger is producing a NRA Special Edition of the Ruger LCP. The gun features a Natural Gear Camo frame, NRA Logos on the slide and a special serial number range (NRA000xxx). I absolutely love this camo frame. The MRSP is $410.95 and it is being distributed through [Read More…]
CzechPoint USA is importing revolvers from Czech firm ALFA-PROJ. The revolvers, chambered in the classic revolver cartridges .32 S&W, .38 Special and .357 Magnum, are branded as CzechPoint USA at the factory. The frames are made from either an alloy or steel and [Read More…]
NOTE: This product review was made possible by GunsForSale.com. To get up-to-date information on where to find Marlin rifles for sale, please visit GunsForSale.com. There has never been a rifle with a more appropriate name. This rifle is “Golden” in a lot of [Read More…]
[ This guest post was written by Chris Baker of Bull City Defense. ] Devoted followers of the 1911 design will tell you that a pistol in any caliber other than .45 can’t be a “real” 1911. Well, maybe they’re right, but ammo prices being what they are, there is [Read More…]
The latest DVD from Magpul Dynamics is entitled The Art of the Precision Rifle. The trailer looks awesome. I can’t wait to get my hands on the Blu-Ray when it is released. [ Many thanks to E for emailing me the link. ]
The smartphone ballistic calculator that started it all, KAC’s Bullet Flight, is now available for Android. BulletFlight is the only smartphone ballistics app that claims to be used by military snipers in Iraq and Afghanistan. Because KAC has access to military [Read More…]
Tex Grebner shot himself while drawing his Kimber .45. His negligent discharge was caught on camera. The bullet traveled down his leg and exited just above his knee. I could not help watching it without wincing. Tex took full responsibility for the negligent discharge [Read More…]
Urban Dictionary defines the cultural phenomenon of “unboxing” as … The Internet trend of showing photos or video from the unpacking of a retail box of some desirable product, such as the latest laptop or portable music player. After discovering [Read More…]
Timney has produced a aftermarket trigger for the budget-priced Savage Axis (formally the Savage Edge) rifle. The blued model will retail for $104.95 and the nickel plated model for $114.95. The Savage Axis rifle has a MSRP of $349!
Masterpiece Arms have developed a California-Legal version of their Mac-10-patterned carbines. The Defender Carbine models MPA1SST, MPA20SST and MPA9300SST now include a magazine lock device that will prevent the magazine from being removed without a tool, thereby [Read More…]
NOTE: This product review was made possible by GunsForSale.com. To get up-to-date information on where to find Rogers AR-15s stocks for sale, please visit GunsForSale.com. Bill Rogers is an internationally known competitor as well as former FBI agent and Police [Read More…]
Last week I blogged about the Taiwanese AR-15 on display at Taipei Aerospace & Defense Technology Exhibition (TADTE). Two other prototype weapons made by Taiwanese Military Combined Logistics Command, Arsenal 205 were on display, the XT98 rifle and XT97 pistol. The [Read More…]
The Wilson X-TAC is now available with a compact frame and 4″ barrel. Compact Carbon Steel Frame Unique X-Tac Frontstrap / Mainspring Housing Treatment High-Ride Beavertail Grip Safety Tactical Thumb Safety 3 ½# – 3 ¾# Crisp Trigger Pull Contoured Magazine [Read More…]
These days I do most of my shopping online, but occasionally like to visit stores to discover things I did not know I “needed”. This weekend I payed Gander Mounting a visit. After accumulating a pile of clothes, gadgets and cleaning equipment I ended up at [Read More…]
LOKI Weapon Systems have developed a lightweight AR-15 rifle designed for competition shooting. The LOKI LWSF 3G Competition Model is chambered in .223 (“Wylde” chamber1), 6.5 Grendel and .300 AAC BLK. Our 3G Competition model features a 15-inch vented [Read More…]
It went unnoticed at The Firearm Blog but, back in late 2009, Russian arms manufacturer Tula / KPB announced an underwater ammunition system for the Tula A-91 assault rifle. A modified 5.45x39mm round appears to be loaded with a long thin sabot bullet. Unlike the ASP [Read More…]
JL visited Taipei Aerospace & Defense Technology Exhibition (TADTE) and spotted the new XT100 AR-15-style Assault Rifle chambered in 6.8mm SPC. The rifle has been developed by the Taiwanese Military Combined Logistics Command, Arsenal 205. It utilizes a short-stroke [Read More…]
Spectra Shot manufactures 12 gauge waterfowl and skeet ammunition that features colored shot. The idea behind colored shot is that if two waterfowlers each use a different color, they can easily distinguish who shot which bird. I would have thought that finding bird [Read More…]
A Tennessee man dropped his revolver whilst driving and managed to negligently discharge it into his legs. This type of negligent discharge is more common with semi-auto pistols than with double action revolvers, which have a much heavier trigger pull. It sounds the [Read More…]
Destin and his team from Smarter Every Day took Dragon’s Breath into the woods and videoed it with a variety of cameras. Apparently Dragons Breath is loaded with particulated Zirconium, which is easily ignited. Zirconium has a wide variety of uses, including the [Read More…]
A TFB reader tested the penetration of the Winchester PDX1 .410 shotshell round in 10% ballistic gelatin. The PDX1, which consists of three 000 Buckshot sized discs backed by twelve BB-sized pellets, performs better than I expected. 1 PDX round fired from a Taurus [Read More…]
Tennessee Outdoors Nine has reviewed the Ruger BX-25 magazine which they introduced earlier this year.
Mossberg teamed up with Clint Smith, the President of the Thunder Ranch training facility in Oregon, to design the Mossberg 500 Thunder Ranch Shotgun. Unlike many other special editions guns, a lot of thought appears to have gone into this shotgun. It features a [Read More…]
Jack Murphy, former Special Forces Soldier and author, has claimed that many of the special forces community are unhappy with the Knight’s Armament Company M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System. This is the first time I have read or heard of issues with the M110, [Read More…]
The NRA Publications team took National Review journalist Jim Geraghty shooting for the first time. The lucky Geraghty got to shoot a fully automatic Uzi on his very first trip to a gun range!
Guns & Ammo reports that Beretta will be introducing a new subcompact 9mm pistol later this year. The iPod Beretta Nano will have a polymer frame, user adjustable sights and have ambidextrous controls. The price will be around $475. The Ruger LC9 is going to have [Read More…]
Smarter Every Day crew fired a Ruger P95-DC and a revolver in a glass tank filled with water and captured the shots using a high-speed camera recording at 2,200 frames per second. It will come as no surprise to gun nuts that the pistols did not blow up underwater. Many [Read More…]
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