The staff of The Firearm Blog wish all of our readers a very happy thanksgiving. TFB is very thankful to you, the readers, for your continued contributions and comments, Very Sincerely, Steve and the TFB staff.
[ This is the third article written by Claymore on the guns he encountered during his varied and colorful career. His first article is here, the second is here. ] While I was looking around for weapons while I was with the Hmong I would record the selector markings to [Read More…]
TommyBuilt Tactical is an 07/SOT FFL who specialize in customizing H&K rifles. They are busy working on a conversion kit to turn a H&K SLR rifle, the sporting version of the H&K G36, into a H&K XM8 look-alike. The ill-fated XM8 was designed in that [Read More…]
A true Cooper Scout Rifle has been on my list of guns to buy since I first read about the concept, but something always came along that I “needed” more. Over at AllOutdoor, Major discusses the Scout concept … Much has been written about Jeff [Read More…]
Gamo has announced their new powerful C-15 Air Pistol, designed for plinking and training. It fires Gamo PBA Platinum .177 pellets (4.7 grain / .30 gram) at 450 fps. That is a significant amount of muzzle energy, far to much for play shooting at humans [Read More…]
Most of us at TFB, with a couple of exceptions, are Android fans, so we are pleased to see Magpul is now making Field Cases for the Samsung Galaxy S3 and Samsung Galaxy S4, as well as the iPad Mini (non Retina version). The S4 and S3 cases will cost $16.95 and the iPad [Read More…]
Heckler & Koch has applied to the German government for permission to sell a new civilian-legal version of the H&K G36, one that is much truer to the original than the sporterized HK SLR. In Europe the gun will be called the HK243 and in the USA it will be [Read More…]
The folks at Morphfire have developed an airsoft conversion kit for paintball guns. The Morphfire can be fitted to Spyder Fenix, Electra, Pilot, Sonix, Xtra, Victor, and Aggressor paintball markers manufactured after 2008. It fires .20 gram BBs at 550 fps with a [Read More…]
MadeByAmmo are selling a special brass edition of their ShotShell metal shot glasses. The ShotShell’s resemble shotgun sells and 1.5 fl. oz. (44 ml) of liquid. At $75 each they are a little expensive for me, the stainless steel versions are a little cheaper at [Read More…]
A very prominent member of the /k/ weapons board (anonymous forum) sadly passed away recently. In tribute to his friend, a member of /k/ is designing a rifle that can be built entirely of handtools. His design is a straight–pull tactical-looking rifle which can be [Read More…]
Back in the summer of 2012, my team and I were looking for an interesting coding project to take on, when we read that Google banned all gun-related items from their product search engine. Being gun enthusiasts as well as programmers, we knew we had found our next gig.
Despite a previous ban, the Norinco T97 is quickly becoming one of the most popular black rifles in Canada. It is a .223 bullpup with a 19” barrel that uses a short stroke gas piston and a rotating bolt, along with a reciprocating charging handle. At its core, the [Read More…]
Present Arms has developed a bushing wrench for the 1911 pistol designed specifically so that the recoil spring and plug does not shoot across the room (or into somebody’s eye) when you remove the bushing. This is a very simple idea, but it seems to work well. [Read More…]
In my experience, people’s attitudes towards gun safeties depends on who taught them to shoot. One of my earliest memories of shooting is being told that external safeties cannot be relied upon. Consequently, I don’t use them very often (preferring muzzle [Read More…]
Glock are allegedly running the above advertisement teasing a new smaller pistol called the G42. This raises two questions. Firstly, what is this new pistol? Secondly, were are the G40 and G41 (Glock model numbers are sequential)? If I had to make an educated guess, I [Read More…]
We recently wrote about a artist in the UK who x-rayed firearms. A gun enthusiastic and collector from Jackson, Mississippi who has access to a $750,000 CAT scanner emailed us about the gun x-ray photos he prints and sells. The photos are absolutely beautiful. Houston [Read More…]
I have often lamented that there is not enough open source software in the shooting world. In contrast to just about every other industry, we have more open source hardware, like 3D printable designs, than we have open source software. A group of open source software [Read More…]
Many shooters have a tendency to neglect protecting their hearing while on the range or hunting. Whether this is because of being unable to hear range commands or the inability to hear movement while in a deer stand, duck blind, or other hunting activities. Most of use [Read More…]
The folks over at Arklatex Tactical came up with this nifty accessory called the Recoil Rail. According to them it helps dampen felt recoil allowing for faster target reacquisition after firing. It’s made out of CNC machined billet aluminum and weights in at 7.6 [Read More…]
Franklin Arsenal announced the company would be releasing a new rotary tumbler in 2014. The tumbler is specifically designed to use stainless steel media rather than corn cob, walnut or other traditional media. Tumblers are used by reloaders to clean and polish brass. [Read More…]
Hornady Manufacturing added a number of reloading components to its line-up recently. Bullets .338 caliber, 285 grain A-MAX, BC: .720, SD: .356, MSRP: $50.59/100 8mm, 170 grain SST, BC: .445, SD: .233, MSRP: $42.08/100 Brass .275 Rigby, MSRP: $50.59/50 .50 BMG Match [Read More…]
Strike Industries have been hard at work for the past six months perfecting their new Cobra Fang Trigger Guard for AR-15 lower receivers. The Cobra Fang has three functions: it acts as a trigger guard, it provides a finger rest and best of all it acts as a magazine [Read More…]
ATI are now importing two new tactical-style 12 gauge shotguns. The TAC-PX2 (pictured above) is a pump action (pictured above) and the TAC-SX2 (pictured below) is a semi-automatic. From the press release … American Tactical Imports is proud to introduce [Read More…]
In the company’s fall newsletter, Apex Tactical announced they were working on several new products. Among them is a replacement trigger for the Smith & Wesson Shield pistol. Apex Tactical stated this trigger is an “utmost priority” for the [Read More…]
Edge Arms debuted their new Reliant Derringer handgun at the National Association of Sporting Goods Wholesalers (NASGW) expo. The four barreled/four shot derringer features a DAO trigger with a rotary firing pin. It has a hard coat anodized aluminum frame, a phosphated [Read More…]
Here is a very neat example of an improvised revolving shotgun displayed by police in Taiwan. This design makes use of a paintball marker as it’s receiver/fire control and is fitted with airsoft M4 rails & fore-grip. It appears several have been recovered from [Read More…]
Just like their Firearms/Ammunition, Remington has a cutlery selection that will accommodate everybody’s tastes and needs. If the situation calls for hunting, fishing, camping, shooting, fire/rescue, Police, Military, Tactical, Weapon maintenance, disaster prep [Read More…]
American Tactical recently introduced the new GSG Target 1911 chambered in .22LR. American Tactical is the exclusive importer of the new GSG Target which features a new target-style wood grip, adjustable rear sight and magazine extension. As with other models of the GSG [Read More…]
The new Caldwell DeadShot TreePod promises “benchrest accuracy from any treestand.” The unit is a completely adjustable gun rest designed to work from a treestand. The unit weighs just under 15 pounds and fully supports any rifle or shotgun. With the [Read More…]
Montana-based ProGrade Ammunition will launch a new line of hog hunting ammunition in 2014. The new ammo will be available in 14 calibers with a total of 28 different loads. There will be handgun and rifle calibers included in this line. The Hog Grade ammo will use [Read More…]
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