Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK), have acquired the Caliber Company for $315 Million. The Caliber Company is the parent company of Savage Sports Corporation. From the press release … ARLINGTON, Va., May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — ATK (NYSE: ATK) announced it has [Read More…]
Update from Y-man January – February 2013 (My FIRST self-posted guest post! Yay!). My previous post about my October visit to the USA is here. Well, hello all… Y-man here again. And when I say “here” I mean “HERE” in the USA on another visit. I came over [Read More…]
Indie game developer Wolfire has developed a FPS shooter where things like reloading involve having to issue separate commands for each action that would be required in real life to operate the guns. For example, reloading a 1911 pistol involves issuing a command to [Read More…]
Unique-ARs are a new company which offer handguard making services. They will manufacture custom AR-15 handguard to your specifications. If you want a red handguard with a communist hammer and sickle design, no problem, they can do it (and have done it!). If you are not [Read More…]
In the 6 weeks since his last video, Rick has gotten some serious tactical tattoos.
Trend Hunter have posted photos of artist Scott Hove’s cake gun exhibition. Renowned sculptor Scott Hove is wowing audiences once again with this latest art exhibition called ‘Guns & Ecstasy,’ which showcases a variety of different weaponry that [Read More…]
The Internet Movie Firearm Database is without a doubt one of my favorite gun websites. They are raising funds for a new website design kickstarter-style by offering prizes with each level of donation.
Have you ever contemplated dumping the lead from a shot shell, filling it with salt, and pointing it an unwanted coackroach? I have. If done inside this of course violates Cooper’s Gun Safety rules and possibly the spouse’s house rules regarding gun play. [Read More…]
There are really no new ideas in firearms design today – some of the best and brightest engineers humanity has produced have spent the last 120+ years figuring out every possible mechanism for building self-loading firearms. What we have today in new guns are [Read More…]
Remington has announced that they are planning a $32 million expansion of thier Lonoke, Arkansas ammuniution plant which should be completed by the second quarter of next year. The expansion is to help them meet increasing demand for ammunition domestically [Read More…]
The State Department requested that Defense Distributed pull their 3D printer files because they might be in violation of ITAR regulations which prohibit distributing weapon blueprints and technical documentation overseas and they have complied, pulling all [Read More…]
Today the NSSF announced on the SHOT Show blog that it would no longer use Reed Exhibitions for the management of the SHOT Show: The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms industry, today announced that it has reached an [Read More…]
Over a year ago a Spanish reader emailed me to ask about the strange cartridge he found (pictured above). It had a ~7.62mm sized rifle bullet in what looked like a 9mm pistol cartridge case. Carlos wrote … I recently moved to my grandmother‘s house in Madrid [Read More…]
Despite most of the industry showing no interest in continuing to develop firearms which chamber the 7.62x39mm, Beretta delivered a 7.62x39mm of their ARX-160 not long after the original 5.56mm. It looks like Kazakhstan may have been the first country to adopt [Read More…]
Electronics Arts, the maker of the Battlefield series of video games, has announced they will not pay to license gun designs in the future. They believe they are legally entitled to depict trademarked designs because video games are artistic expression. Kotaku.com [Read More…]
It is no secret that I am an unrepentant H&K-aholic. Over the years I have collected just about every one of their roller locked long guns, a ton of their pistols dating back to the HK4 and VP70z, and even a few modern implements that required quite a bit of effort [Read More…]
The high demand for AR-15 and similar rifles has led to many new manufacturers of said rifles. Enter “Battle Rifle Company” of Texas. I made some initial observations upon viewing their products while at the NRA show on Saturday, but I also visited their [Read More…]
I wouldn’t hesitate at all in saying the Tavor is one of the most anticipated guns to come down the pike in a good while. We have had a pretty good wait before they finally arrived on the market but as I write this distributors are beginning to get them in quantity. [Read More…]
One of the great things about smaller ammo companies is their willingness to support some of the lower volume calibers. For people that rely on niche calibers, or who enjoy shooting an old family heirloom, finding ammunition can sometimes be a difficult chore. [Read More…]
Izhmash has unveiled a prototype sniper rifle called the VS-121. This bullpup rifle uses an action based on the Dragunov sniper rifle action. With its heavy profile 24.4″ barrel it weights just under 10 lbs. It will be chambered for 7.62x54mm, 7.62x51mm and a [Read More…]
The Buffalo Bill Center of the West of Cody, Wyoming have just opened a new exhibition that showcases 64 fascinating guns from the Smithsonian’s National Firearms Collection. The guns will be on display at the Cody Firearms Museum until fall 2015. [Read More…]
Last year consumers in the USA noticed that more and more new Glock pistols on sale had USA stamped on the slide instead of the familiar AUSTRIA. For reasons unknown Glock increased production in the USA. It is now being reported that Glock USA is actually exporting [Read More…]
Uberti has added a .22 Magnum to the list of calibers they chamber this lever action rifles in. The new chrome-finished SilverBoy chambered in .22 Mag is being marketed for use as a youth rifle or as a Cowboy Action Shooting training rifle. The Uberti Silverboy has a [Read More…]
Each year on the day before SHOT Show the media are invited to the Boulder City Range to test-fire all the new guns. Non-media industry people are technically not allowed. From next year onwards, there will be second range day on the first day of the show for “key [Read More…]
I somehow missed the Beretta ARX100 at the company’s NRA Show 2013 booth the first few times I visited – I saw the Pico due to word of mouth, but no one really seemed to talk about the ARX100, the US-made semi auto version of their ARX160 select fire 5.56mm [Read More…]
Of all the assault rifles designs put into production released since I first started TFB, the Croatian-made HS Produckt VHS Assault Rifle has been one of my favorite (and the only one I have not had the opportunity to shoot). This is partly because the sleek/skinny [Read More…]
Strike Industries emailed us CAD drawings and renderings of a prototype AR-15 grip they are working on. The grip attempts to solve middle finger pain associated with intense and prolonged magazine reload drills. When reloading an AR-15 or AK the middle finger takes up [Read More…]
Independent filmmaker Cathryne Czubek is directing a documentary about female gun culture. The trailer is embedded below … A Girl and A Gun presents a feminine perspective on an object whose history is deeply bound up with men and masculinity. Filmed throughout [Read More…]
What’s a good way to set your new holster line apart from the competition? Call it the “Prohibition Series” and give each holster a name like “Capone” or “Baby Face.” Style counts too, so make everything in black leather with [Read More…]
In my opinion, the word “custom” is used too often, especially in the gun world. However, I came across a company at the NRA show offering a truly custom product – cases with foam cutouts designed by the customer on the company’s webpage. [Read More…]
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