The CIA gave one of its retiring officers’ Saddam Hussein’s .243 Ruger M77 Mannlicher Rifle as a honorarium. The famous rifle, which Saddam liked to wave around in public, is being auctioned off by RIA. It is expected to sell for only $7000 [Read More…]
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Midwest Industries is selling a new version of the SCAR rail extension I previously mentioned last December. The SSR SCAR rail extension requires the removal of the front sight, but gives the user a “full length monolithic top rail” in return. The [Read More…]
ATI has developed a nice looking aluminum fluted magazine extension that will be available for a range of shotguns. Three different end caps are available. There is a regular flat cap, a flat cap with a swivel stud and a spiked stand-off cap. The stand-off cap would be [Read More…]
This review was written by Dr. Jim and Mary Clary. The CVA Optima V2 was introduced at the 2013 SHOT Show in Las Vegas. Although it has the same name as previous Optima muzzleloaders and the stock and barrel are essentially the same, the new Optima V2 borrows its [Read More…]
Ruger has just announced the Ruger American Rimfire, a bolt-action rimfire rifle that uses the Ruger 10/22 magazine. As much as I love the .22 cartridge, feeding it is a problem in many guns. I generally find a brand of ammunition that feeds well in a particular gun [Read More…]
Pachmayr expanded the company’s offerings for gunsmiths this year with the addition of two ring and base screw kits and an adhesive kit. The ring and base screw kits come with a multitude of different sized screws, a thread size gauge and a jig to help shorten a [Read More…]
Springfield are recalling certain Springfield Armory 3.3 XD-S 9mm & .45 Pistols. If you own one of these pistols check the serial number and if it matches, make sure you visit the SpringfieldRecall.com website and being the upgrade process. The full recall [Read More…]
Those beautiful K31 bolts are incredibly smooth compared to other straight pull rifles. They’re also much simpler than the competition. This next paragraph is going to have a lot of words about just how this works but hopefully the animation I whipped up will [Read More…]
Glock recently sent out an e-mail to their distributors that they will be discontinuing their “C” model line of compensated pistols. They also announced that they will also discontinue their Glock 20, 21, 29 and 30 Gen 3 line as well. Their announcement can [Read More…]
According to a press release I was sent, the Pennsylvania State Capitol Police have adopted the IWI US Tavor SAR rifle. I don’t usually blog about police acquisitions but it is noteworthy that they adopted a bullpup rather than the usual M4-style carbine. Here at [Read More…]
The folks at 762PR Defence PR Marketing sent us some photos of the H&K HK416A5. The A5 model was unveiled late last year and incorporates some of the features H&K developed for the H&K G28 DMR (which is itself based on the HK417).
Last year Glock sued Maxsell Corp, claiming that the Zoraki M917 blank firing replica they were importing violated Glock’s trade dress protection. The case has now been settled. The lawyers will not reveal the details of the settlement but I think it is safe to [Read More…]
The owner Tacticalauction.com sent us a message about his site. They are offering online gun auctions with absolutely no fees to buy or sell. Edward wrote … I am a 21 retired US Army Special Operations Soldier. After my retirement I owned a 6000sqft Gun Store [Read More…]
This article was written by Claymore. Hold onto your seats TFB readers you are about to see something that I’m 99.9% sure has NEVER been seen before. Like most people interested in firearms I was working under the incorrect impression that the first AK-47s came [Read More…]
Hot on the heels of their purchase of custom rifle and barrel maker Spencer Arms, Masterpiece Arms are teasing a AR-15 style precision bolt action rifle they are calling the MPA 308BA. We don’t know much about it other than the above low resolution photo and that [Read More…]
RUAG Ammotec, the small caliber ammunition subsidiary of European defense giant RUAG, have announced they are spending “upper double-digit million range” of Euros over the next few years to increase ammunition production because of heightened demand in the [Read More…]
The new CMP 22 Side Wheeler target has two spinning targets side-by-side so you can complete with friends on the same target. As the name suggests, this target is for .22 rimfire rounds only. The MSRP is $169. From the press release … Custom Metal Products is [Read More…]
James at BBTI is a fan of the Buffalo Bore 340gr .44 Magnum load but it does not feed well in his lever action. His first attempt at modifying the (loaded) bullets was to use a rasp. He now uses a large pencil sharpener and the results look pretty good … So I’m [Read More…]
LaserMax have developed a nifty laser for the Glock that sits inside a guide rod. A replacement slide lock lever acts as the lasers on/off switch. Very clever! From the press release … August 16, 2013 (Rochester, NY) – LaserMax® today [Read More…]
Weaver announced a complete revamp of the company’s Grand Slam line of rifle scopes. The new scopes have “undergone a complete transformation inside and out,” according to a press release from Weaver. The scopes use a new Weaver Micro-Trac Adjustment [Read More…]
Amalgamated Ti is a new AR-15 receiver and parts manufacturer who plan on bringing their products to market later this year. As their name suggests, their parts will all be made from titanium. The benefit of using titanium it has a much better weight to strength [Read More…]
Yesterday after I wrote about the Detonics MTX, a number of readers ask what happened to the Detonics DTX that was announced a year ago but never materialized. I asked the company and this was their response … We have not abandoned the DTX. When we originally [Read More…]
The Peace Research Institute of Oslo have produced a visualization of the imports and exports and military and civilian weapons and ammunition. I have seen many of these types of visualizations before, but this is the first one I have seen that allows you to filter out [Read More…]
Two new bullpup rifles were debuted by the newly formed Kalashnikov Inc. Izhmash, one of Russia’s largest arms makers was recently renamed to Kalashnikov Inc. Along with Izhmash, Izhmech, Baikal and Molot also make up the new Kalashnikov Inc. Posted over at [Read More…]
Detonics Defense have begun production of their new Detonics MTX pistol. The double stack 1911-style pistol design focuses on ergonomics. It has a contoured grip, generous beavertail, serrated hammer and undercut trigger guard. Caliber: .45 ACP Barrel Length: 4.25 [Read More…]
Jane’s reports that Ceska Zbrojovka (CZ) has partnered with the Brazilian firm RT Trading to form CZ-Brasil, a gun manufacturer in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. The factory will employ 150 people to manufacture CZ P-07 pistols for the military and law [Read More…]
A contributor at Seeking Alpha reports that Ruger’s has an order backlog worth an incredible $590 million as of the end of the second quarter. This backlog is down only slightly from the Q1 backlog which was $602 million. In Q2 incoming orders were down from Q1 [Read More…]
The Australian Father’s Day Council has named Corporal Benjamin Roberts-Smith, VC, MG, Australian Army sniper and Victoria Cross recipient, “Father Of The Year”. Corporal Ben Roberts-Smith will on Monday be dubbed the 2013 Father of the Year for [Read More…]
Winchester Repeating Arms has a new rifled shotgun for deer hunters: the Super X Pump Black Shadow Deer. The new shotgun has a 22″ rifled barrel for slugs and a 3″ chamber. The stock and forearm are synthetic, and the receiver is drilled and tapped for [Read More…]
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