In 2014, Hornady will make two new loads in the company’s Superformance line of ammunition. One load will be for the .375 H&H, while the second will be for the .375 Ruger. The .375 H&H load will use a 375 grain GMX bullet, which is the company’s [Read More…]
Investing in good hearing protection is a must in the shooting sports to prevent hearing loss. I’m a big fan of electronic hearing protection, especially when taking a shooting course or when you’re trying to chat with buddies at the range. Well here’s [Read More…]
Australia’s garage-gun-fest continues with a fresh seizure of M11 submachine-gun copies reportedly produced by a jeweler, admittedly supplying up to 100 of the homemade weapons to local gangs.
This video about a Chinese artist who “paints” with gunpowder (blackpowder) is worth watching. As usual, when linking to a Vice.com video, I have to point out that a lot of what is said in the video is total nonsense. Gunpowder is not natural, unless [Read More…]
With the holiday season upon us, many of you are probably contemplating purchasing a gun for family or friends. Last year the NSSF’s Bill Brassard wrote an excellent blog post on the subject … The first thing to remember if you’re thinking about giving [Read More…]
The website ShapeWays allows designers to sell their 3D-printable products. When a customer orders a design, Shapeways prints it on-demand and cuts the designer in on the profits. A reader emailed us about a nifty iPhone case with integrated 9mm cartridge [Read More…]
Hornady will begin making two new centerfire rifle loads in the company’s Custom line: one for the .275 Rigby and the other for the .338 Lapua. The Rigby load will a 140 grain InterLock bullet and is rated at 2680 fps (2233 ft-lb) at the muzzle from a [Read More…]
Photographer Nick Veasay used a number of x-ray machines to capture multiple images, many of which are firearms. Upon contacting the artist, he provided the following photos to TFB. Naturally, I had some questions regarding some of the equipment and such, but Nick [Read More…]
Gallery of Guns captured on video two Mossberg shotguns with Kryptek brand camo patterns. One is a 930 shotgun designed for goose hunting that has an extended 12 round magazine and the Kryptek Yeti pattern. The gun can also be had in plain black. The second [Read More…]
Henry Repeating Arms recently announced several new guns that the company will make in 2014. One of the newly announced guns is a deluxe engraved edition of the .44-40 original Henry rifle. This will be a limited run of 1000 guns that have a American walnut stock [Read More…]
The crew at C&Rsenal has been lugging tools and cameras around for months getting the ground work in place for a collection of disassembled small arms from WWII. Well, we’ve set the scope of the project for the eight major powers and hope to eventually [Read More…]
Just announced, the new Hornady 20 gauge Heavy Magnum Turkey ammunition is a 3″ shell that uses 1 3/8 ounces of #5 nickel-plated shot. According to Hornady, the shot used has “…the thickest nickel-plating in the industry, which reduces fliers and [Read More…]
Turkey’s gun laws, which allow semi-automatic shotguns but not semi-automatic rifles, lead to all sorts of rifle-patterned shotguns that the Turks use for both hunting and plinking. All Outdoor has reviewed the Akdal 1919 12 Gauge AR-15-patterned shotgun … [Read More…]
There are quite a few good deals happening this year on Black Friday. Slick Guns has collected all the relevant Black Friday sale catalogs. Will you be buying anything this year? Answer the poll below …
New from Wilson combat is a forged AR-15 lower receiver with an integral trigger guard. At $239.95 it is not cheap (but nothing with the Wilson brand ever is). Our superb forged lower AR receivers are CNC machined to tighter than mil-spec tolerances, with critical [Read More…]
Word on the street Youtube is that the Ruger BX-25 is not as reliable as the standard 10 round rotary magazine. No surprises there, the original Ruger magazine is the gold standard of rimfire reliability to which all others are measured. ZiP Factory has developed an [Read More…]
The BATFE have been testing 3D printed guns. They have concluded that they are both lethal and liable to self-destruct (see animation above). Gizmodo reports … The bottom line is, the penetration results demonstrated that the Liberator is a lethal weapon. The .380 [Read More…]
When satellite phones first came out, their costs were so high as to prevent use by anyone outside military and government circles (and perhaps drug lords). Since then, they have gradually become more and more available to average consumers. I have been a satellite [Read More…]
The third batch of the limited edition LaRue Tactical Costa Edition 5.56 is now on sale. The price is $2,895. The quest for a perfectly-balanced and reliable 5.56 rifle led Chris Costa to LaRue Tactical for a custom “signature series” rifle to bear his name. Costa [Read More…]
I has taken over two years, but finally the Anschütz MSR RX22 is hitting US shores. The gun is being imported by Steyr Arms and being sold for $895 for the standard black and desert colored models (below), and $995 for the precision model (top). From the press [Read More…]
The Guatemala National Police have decided to purchase $3,792,907 worth of guns from IWI, Glock & Beretta. They will be buying submachine guns from IWI and 9mm pistols from the other two companies. Apparently the Police purchase came significantly under budget, but [Read More…]
The Providence Journal has a fascinating article about the many layers of subcontracting that took place during WWII. Richard Parker writes about his time as a driver for the Pantex Pressing Machine Company. During the war the company was sub-contracted to make clones [Read More…]
Since leaving Google in mid-2012, I’ve been searching for firearms stuff that overlaps with technology. While at SHOT Show earlier this year, I was walking down the aisle on my way to the next booth on my list, when all of a sudden a guy literally jumped in front [Read More…]
Over at AllOutdoor, Oleg Volk reviews the GWACS Lower, an updated version of the polymer lower that used to be manufactured by Cavalry Arms. The Cav Arms lower was popular back in the day but the company went out of business and sold off their designs and equipment. [Read More…]
Kahr Arms announced the CW380 is now shipping after having announced a delay more than a month ago. The company stated on their website that the “first batch of CW380s left the factory the last week of October. Additional shipments will be headed out the door in [Read More…]
Legacy Sports International released additional information on the new M1 Carbine clone chambered in 9×19. The gun is blowback operated and uses Beretta 92 magazines. The gun will ship with either two 10-round or two 17-round magazines depending on local gun [Read More…]
Comp-Tac released two new holster designs: the MERC and the Flatline. The MERC is an inside-the-waistband (IWB) holster, while the Flatline is convertible from IWB to outside-the-waistband (OWB). MERC stands for Most Economical Reliable Comfort. The holsters will [Read More…]
In our efforts to document as many historical small arms as possible we realized that one of the first things anyone does with a newly encountered firearm is look down the sights. However, this view is so often omitted from any documentation of a firearm. We set out [Read More…]
There are a variety of chronographs on the market designed for shooters. Some are more accurate than others, but all of them seem to have clunky interfaces that use archaic technologies like RS232 ports. The new Caldwell Ballistic Precision Chronograph may not be [Read More…]
Hornady Manufacturing announced new reloading gear, including a new rifle bullet feeder, control panel for the company’s progressive press and a powder check die. The rifle bullet feeder will feed .22 caliber bullets to nearly any progressive press including the [Read More…]
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