The modern Enfield Rifle Company officially launched the MERC415 Type I carbine. Although the company opened in December 2012, the official announcement was held until now due to recent market volatility. Based in Clayton, Georgia (USA), the company sees itself as [Read More…]
Sintercore LLC have developed a range of muzzle brakes that I believe are the first commercially produced gun parts to be manufactured using a 3D printer. The printing technology they are using is Direct Metal Laser Sintering. DMLS makes objects by using a high powered [Read More…]
NBC published this photo of Osama Bin Laden’s AK that is housed in the CIA museum. The rifle is completely unremarkable. It is no different to the millions of other AKMS specimens in use all over the world and, at least to my eye, reveals nothing about its owner. [Read More…]
Leftfield Productions are casting for the second season of CMT’s Guntucky. Lindsay Goyette, the Associate Producer, sent us the following information … HIT TV SERIES IS CASTING GUN COLLECTORS & ENTHUSIASTS! A hit series for a major cable network is [Read More…]
Semiauto rifles are taken for granted today – every military in the world uses them, they are the mainstay of many types of competition, most police forces, and a great many hunters. And yet, the self-loading rifle in a full size military cartridge only became [Read More…]
If you are looking for the latest gear for the undead uprising, well there is a lot of choices (assuming you like green.) Here are a few of the latest. Bear OPS released the Undead Series of tactical knives. The knife handles and blades feature the Reaper Z [Read More…]
Only last year the Army announced that they have ordered an additional 100,000 (no, that is not a typo) additional Beretta M9 Pistols, but the Army Times reports that the Army will be testing M9 replacements next year. How long do you think the M9, which was introduced [Read More…]
The Army plan on switching to the leadless M80A1 7.62x51mm in 2014, after having gone “green” with the 5.56mm M855A1 EPR (Enhanced Performance Round) which they switch to from the M855 in 2010. “The EPR replaces the lead slug with a copper [Read More…]
Kahr Arms, founded by Justin Moon, have for years denied claims that the company is owned by the Unification Church of Korea which was founded by Mr. Justin Moon’s father. The company has gone to the extreme lengths of issuing a press release asking the general [Read More…]
Finding the right place to mount a weapon light on a carbine rifle can always be a challenge. Different shooting techniques, shooting positions, gas systems, rail platforms and accessories all have an effect on where a weapon light is mounted. In the latter part of 2011 [Read More…]
American Tactical Imports (ATI) announced they are now offering a California-compliant version of the GSG 922 pistol. The 922 is a 1911 pattern handgun chambered in 22 LR. According to ATI, the California version of the gun does not have a threaded barrel, which would [Read More…]
UPDATE: I got this one wrong. It is the Beretta 1301 Competition. I want! (Thanks Tyler for identifying it). About 20 minutes ago someone at @Beretta_USA, the official Beretta USA twitter account, tweeted the above photo with the message “Having dinner with the [Read More…]
The ever-ingenious Destin at SmarterEveryDay built a underwater periscope so he could film an AK being fired underwater with a super-ultra-high-end high speed camera that is not waterproof (and probably costs a little less than $1,000,000 to buy outright). I [Read More…]
UPDATE: Raptorlite apologized that their contractor spammed us. A company called Raptorlite has for the past couple of weeks been spamming gun blogs and military blogs, including TFB. I hate spammers. I hate them with a passion. What is more, Raptorlite are being [Read More…]
With the US firmly in the fight of WWII and Russia turning the tide on the Eastern Front, the British finally had a chance to properly reinforce their former holdings in the Far East. Part of this effort was the lightening and shortening of the Short, Magazine [Read More…]
Limbsaver is now selling pre-fit recoil pads for the Magpul carbine stocks that should fit both the CTR and MOE adjustable stocks. The recoil pads use the same NAVCOM material the company uses in their other recoil pads. MSRP is $41.99, but looking around the internet [Read More…]
Al Jazeera has published a video (embedded below) on the attacks on moderate Muslim clerics in Afghanistan who criticize the Taliban and the violence the Taliban inflict on the population. One of clerics profiled shows his three gun arsenal. Along with a pistol and a [Read More…]
The Chamber-View is a safety flag designed for semi-automatic and pump action shotguns with a side ejection port. It is made from solid silicone and is “Hunter Orange” in color. Because of its wedge shape (with teeth to grip the inside of the action), it [Read More…]
A few weeks ago, I broke the Butler Creek #28 scope cover that was on my Zeiss Conquest hunting scope when taking photos of my Tikka 7mm-08 rifle. To avoid getting my lazy ass out of my comfortable office chair and measuring the diameter of scope, I tried to find [Read More…]
TacStar is making a do-it-yourself kit for adding a rubber grip surface to any smooth polymer. It is called the Tactical Grip Coat. The kit appears to be easy to use: clean the surface apply an adhesive sprinkle on the rubber texture The kits carry an MSRP of [Read More…]
AcuSport are the exclusive distributor of an AAC first branded Remington 1911 R1 / Tirant45 suppressor package. The package comes with a Pelican case, Tirant45 suppressor, two magazines and a Remington 1911 R1 with Grey VZ “Grenade” AAC logo grips, threaded [Read More…]
Where I come from, people joke about watering flowerbeds with motor oil. Especially those parts where they’ve buried a machine gun. There are many semi rifles that people build from 80% kits and parts: AKs, CETMEs, Uzis and the “other one”. Not much [Read More…]
The GFG Side Charger is a replacement charging handle for the AR-15 that wraps around the receiver allowing it to be manipulated from the side of the receiver rather than the rear of the receiver. Its main advantage over an extended latch charging handle, such as [Read More…]
Photos of Egypt’s navel commandos, the Thunderbolts, armed with 5.56mm Beretta ARX-160 rifles have surfaced on the internet. Egypt has also been purchasing CZ BREN A1 rifles, although it is not clear if those rifles are destined for the police or the military. [Read More…]
The director of the Sidecar Museum in Italy emailed me asking if I knew where he could find a replica Japanese Type 11 machine gun to mount on a Japanese World War II military sidecar that he is restoring. Does anyone know where he might obtain one? I could not find [Read More…]
Germany newspaper Die Welt reports that Heckler & Koch (Germany) have more debts than they have assets and they have been unable to cover the cost of interest payments on their debts. Their debts are 7.2 million euroes greater than their assets. As best as I can [Read More…]
Multi-time world champion Taran Butler is nearly unmatched in the competition shooting world. Few have the skill to compete at his level. Part of improving your skill level is making sure you have quality gear. Taran created his own company, Taran Tactical Innovations, [Read More…]
Famous for their ACOG combat gunsights, Trijicon also makes a series of reflex sights for small arms. The first of those is the Trijicon Reflex with the dual-illumination and a 24mm objective lens. Next was the Trijicon TriPower with 30mm objective and the addition of [Read More…]
A self-described “noob” (with only one forum post to his name) posted these photos on AR-15.com claiming to have a prototype SIG rifle sold to his friend at SHOT Show. schnee wrote … I’m new here but have been around guns for a long time. A few [Read More…]
Meghan Neal at Vice.com laments the fact that nobody appears interested in buying so-called “smart guns”. Her theory is that consumers want to own “smart guns” but the industry has no interest in selling them. She believes they will save lives (a [Read More…]
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