Wow, another billet lower. It seems like every week a new company pops up with an AR-15 lower offering. At this point I think most of us are starting to experience lower fatigue. You are now probably wondering, why should you care about this one? I stumbled [Read More…]
Editor’s note: Claymore’s career took many interesting twists and turn through some of the worlds most notorious regions. His first article for TFB, about the rare AK rifles he discovered deep in the jungle, can be read here. His second article about the [Read More…]
Israel Military Industries Ltd. (IMI) recently announced a new 5.56 NATO load called the Razor Core. The load is designed to improve stopping power, accuracy and range when compared to standard NATO ball ammo. The Razor Core ammo is already in production, and [Read More…]
Big Daddy Hoffman got a chance to test fire a SKS bullpup from Shernic Gunworks. The kit is rather impressive. Just from the picture, you can see how compact the SKS is compared to a standard collapsed AR-15.
Pachmayr is introducing two new styles of grips for Smith & Wesson revolvers. The new styles are the Diamond Pro grips and the American Legend grips. Diamond Pro grips are made of soft rubber and will come in sizes to fit all round butt J, K, L and N frames. The [Read More…]
The other afternoon I was walking though my local Cabela’s and stumbled upon their caliber specific, competition cleaning kits. They have everything you need, sans oil and solvent, to clean your firearm. I picked up two of them, one in .40 for my handguns and [Read More…]
Defence & Freedom blog discusses the history of Infantry calibers … Why did we end up with a calibre of 5.56 mm (and others with 5.45 or 5.82 mm)? The understanding of modern infantry firearms calibres requires in part an understanding of their history. The [Read More…]
A great offering from MWG is their IK-520 40 round magazines. The mags are imported from Bulgaria and cost the same as a 40 round Magpul magazine. From MWG’s website: Designed by renowned development engineer Ivan Kolev, designer of the Bulgarian high capacity [Read More…]
Jonathan Ferguson writes about brand new pistol designs appearing in the strangest of places, Libyan arms bazaars … The shared name of these weapons, inscribed on the slide, is ‘TACTICAL-HULK PT11-PRO’, accompanied by the inscription ‘ПОХКЕТ [Read More…]
Pure Awesomeness. The GM6 Lynx is a 50 cal semi-automatic anti-material rifle. It is a bullpup, but that is not the interesting part. The barrel reciprocates all the way back. Just watch the video, I could watch this thing shoot over and over again. For those of you [Read More…]
TRUGLO is now offering several products for turkey hunters: the Strut Stopper Extreme choke tube and the Gobble Stopper Triton Series of 1x optics. The Strut Stopper Extreme choke tube is designed to be used without the need of a choke tube wrench and is made in both [Read More…]
Federal Premium has gone live with an online ballistics calculator for both Federal’s factory loads and your custom hand-loads. The calculator works for both rifle and handgun. If you make an account with Federal, the calculator can store all your custom loads. [Read More…]
Now, before you roll your eyes at yet another 1911 manufacturer, I encourage you to hold the skepticism for just a moment. I’ll admit, when I arranged the factory visit I was interested, but not expecting anything out-of-this-world. By the time I left, I may [Read More…]
Japan’s Crisis Intelligence has made a monster of a search light. The Alpha-1. It looks like a small cannon with a FNH P90 style grip. They boast this light is a 50w LED and on a two hour charge time it runs for an hour. To put that into perspective, my SureFire [Read More…]
LaserMax offers a laser aiming unit for several Kahr pistol models that do not have normal accessory rails. The CenterFire laser unit mounts the to pistol frame without any need to swap parts or permanently altering the handgun. The CenterFire units use a red laser, [Read More…]
JP Enterprises has announced the introduction of four 22LR complete rifles along with the option to build custom uppers. Taking an obvious shot at Smith & Wesson in their press release, JP touts their all-metal construction: No “me too” .22, the JP-22R [Read More…]
The IMBEL IA2, the new service rifle of the Brazilian Army, is the answer to the question “What would a modern 5.56mm FN FAL look like”. It has a scaled down and lighter receiver to suit the 5.56mm cartridge and [Read More…]
The new Cordova pistol from Indumil (Military Industry) is said to be the first pistol to be 100% designed and manufactured in Colombia. The 9mm semi-automatic pistol will be be available in three models (a full size, a compact size and a ‘tactical’ size). [Read More…]
TFB previously covered pre-orders for SlideFire’s bump stock for the ubiquitous Ruger 10/22, but here I check out my first impressions of the conversion kit. It was super easy to convert my Ruger 10/22 and install the SlideFire SSAR-22 kit. It came with all the [Read More…]
An impressive shot by Jerry Miculek. I managed a 200 yd shot with my KRISS Vector carbine at a carbine class once, and that was tough.
Let’s make this clear, zoning is a real pain in the arse. Before I delve into the details, my BIG thanks to all the readers who sent in tips & tricks. I would especially like to call out Jesse, Jess, Ashley, Justin of Echelon Arms, & Bryan. Thank you and [Read More…]
At the 2014 SHOT Show, Windham Weaponry introduced the VEX (Varmint Exterminator) Wood Stock line of rifles. These rifles are designed for long distance accuracy and come with laminated wood furniture. The Pepper is the first in the series. It uses the same [Read More…]
Sig Sauer recently announced on their Facebook page that they’ve started to ship their new SIG516 and SIGM400 Carbon Fiber rifles to their dealers. Both the SIG516 and SIGM400 rifles use free-floated carbon fiber handguards and come with a carbon fiber A2-length [Read More…]
The Herald Tribune gun blog reports that GLOCK 42 pistols have been experiencing barrel problems. “Barrel problems” caused by the weak .380 ACP cartridge are unusual. The shooter swears they were factory rounds (but don’t they all …). [Read More…]
TFB’s staff scoured SHOTShow 2014 for all the latest, but the show is so big, something is bound to slip through the cracks. One such gem is the pictured Chiappa X-Caliber, the 12-Gauge version of Chiappa’s M6-22, a 20-Gauge replica of the Springfield M6, a [Read More…]
Lew Horton Distributing Co, Inc. is now selling two special editions of the Kahr CW9 pistol. The first features a blue slide and other metal parts. The finish is PVD – physical vapor deposition. PVD is a vacuum coating process that is provides additional [Read More…]
After explaining that it would mean some extra income and getting me out of the house, I finally got approval from my wife to pursue an FFL. As I go through the process, I thought it would be beneficial to our readers to document my experiences and show that it will [Read More…]
The 10mm fans may be happy to hear they have another pistol option in their favorite caliber. STI International is now selling the Nitro 10, a 1911-style pistol chambered for the 10mm. According to STI, the company received many requests from customers to make a [Read More…]
Looking to build the lightest AR-15 possible? Well this might be right up your alley. Aero Precision posted a picture of their skeletonized AR-15 lower on their Facebook page to see how much interest there was in such a lower. It’s machined from 7075-T6 forged [Read More…]
Noveske recently debuted their new TTI PMAG Base Pads for the Magpul PMAGs. Made by Taran Tactical Innovations, the new base pads are easy to attach with no special tools needed for installation. It features a one-piece design and is CNC machined from billet aluminum [Read More…]
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