Thanks to arrangements by The Firearm Blog and NRA, the author recieved the pleasure of touring the National Firearms Museum in Fairfax, VA with a personal commentary on the collection by the Senior Curator Doug Wicklund. Mr. Wicklund has been with the NRA [Read More…]
Most of us, at some point in our shooting careers, have shot a Banner scope whether we knew it or not. They are a staple hunting scope for many thousands of hunters every year, and put meat on the table. They are also affordable for those looking for a reliable [Read More…]
On January 13, 2014, California State Senator, Kevin de Leon held a press conference where he discussed legislation that would ban the purchase and manufacture of “plastic and self-assembled firearms.” During the press conference, Leon made some blatantly false [Read More…]
This photo was taken by Wes last weekend during a range day with the Randolf Rifleman’s Union, his local pro-2A organization. The rifle is a Mossberg MVP Varmint, it features a laminated bench-style stock, fluted bull barrel and best of all, AR-15 magazine [Read More…]
In 2009 Heckler & Koch (USA) sued German Sport Guns GmbH (GSG), who manufactured the GSG GSG-5 .22 rifle, and American Tactical Imports (ATI) who imported the GSG-5 into the USA. They successfully argued that the GSG-5 infringed upon their design patents for the [Read More…]
I enjoy shooting shotgun (or maybe I should say I enjoy the *boom* and the target obliteration that it causes). But I don’t like shooting “a lot” of shotgun and, additionally, there is a reason you don’t see shotgun courses that run 500 rounds in [Read More…]
Just when you might think that Texas would encompass all of the most heavily locked & loaded counties in America, you would be wrong. Turns out that Alaska has the most heavily-armed county in the country. Texas doesn’t even come close, with its first entry at [Read More…]
Just about everyone knows the Oakley sunglasses brand, but when I think of Oakley my first thought would be their line of ballistic glasses. I have worn Oakley’s for years and when Steve asked me to review the new Oakley Radar Prizm and the Aviator SI ballistic [Read More…]
CrossBreed Holsters announced a new ankle holster for compact revolvers. Previously, they offered an ankle holster only for small and medium framed semi-auto pistols. The new holsters will fit: Ruger SP101 (short barrel only) Ruger LCR (all calibers) Taurus 85, 605, 650 [Read More…]
RatedRR (one of my favorite bonkers YouTube channels) has published a “Paintball vs. Real Life” video detailing the David vs. Goliath comparison of projectiles and their effects on target. Long story short… the .50 wins but not without the paintball [Read More…]
Weaponsman reports that a fully transferable prototype AR-10, serial number 1038 (that’s the thirty eighth AR-10 ever produced) is up for auction at James D. Julia, Inc. This rifle, undoubtedly one of the most important firearms of the second half of the twentieth [Read More…]
Dennis “The Snake” Chalker developed the original Chalker Sling back in 1984. In this video, he explains the evolution of the Chalker sling and the other iterations of the sling system. It is a rather simple sling system and seems rather effective. Jersey [Read More…]
Sid, a reader from Belgium, sent us a photo of his VZ58 rifle (with a number of aftermarket accessories installed), his Glock G17 Gen4 (30 round magazine), his CRKT Hisshou knife and a bottle of a Glenmorangie single malt Scotch. Sid mentioned that buying a gun in [Read More…]
This new video form IWI shows the launcher on a ACE N rifle and looks to show off their QD system for the user to be able to quickly change tactics if need be. Check out the video the have released and the information release for the IWI GL 40 below the video. [Read More…]
Stryker Enterprises has a large mag release button for the SCAR-17S called S.O.A.M.R. (SCAR Optimized Alloy Mag Release). The factory release button is molded of polymer. Stryker made theirs out of machined aluminum and enlarged the button. It retails for $39.99.
Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) recently posted a video of them running the current version of the UZI PRO through some mud torture testing. I recognize that any promotional video can be edited down to just the parts that make the gun look good, it is nonetheless [Read More…]
The Shooting Wire reports: Costa Mesa, CA – Mesa Tactical, designer and manufacturer of high quality tactical gear and accessories for law enforcement, military and civilian shooters is pleased to announce the introduction of the Urbino Tactical Stock for the 12 [Read More…]
Mesa Tactical has released receiver-length rails for the ubiquitous Mossberg 500/590 and Remington 870 series shotguns compatible with Mesa’s high-mount stock adapters. Both the Remington and Mossberg rails clock in a 9.5 inches. Mesa claims that the rail adapter [Read More…]
Seven firearms or firearms-related companies have made Inc’s top 5000 fastest-growing privately-held companies listing for 2014. Guns.com took the liberty of combing through the entire list to find the seven companies. The company that comes immediately to mind is [Read More…]
Ruger has announced that their Scout Rifle is now also available chambered in 5.56mm / .223 Remington. Before you ask, no, it does not accept AR-15 magazines. It takes proprietary magazines that are 10 rounds in capacity. The .223 Ruger Scout is [Read More…]
This picture has been going around social media over the weekend. Some think it is airsoft. Who cares? It looks very interesting and i commend the person or persons involved with making this conversion. I like the blending of the modern with a classic. Here are some [Read More…]
As many of you know, I love gun art, especially gun photography. Toronto based photographer Brandon Edgar Allen has photographed a number of guns using lasers as the light source (a technique known as light painting). The results look amazing. Brandon is offering the [Read More…]
Gripen sent us this photo of his custom Remington 597 FLX. As a life long .22 LR custom rifle fan, I really like his setup and I use many of the same parts myself (although the 10/22 is my platform of choice). He wrote … This is my customized Remington 597 FLX [Read More…]
Demolition Ranch tests out an AR500 armor plate against 50 slugs. The most challenging aspect of this test appears to be finding a method of holding the AR500 steel still for multiple shots.
Gun/hunting expos the world over seem to take a perverse delight in biting the hands that feed them. This time the largest South African gun/hunting expo decided to ban personal firearms from being carried at the event. My understanding of South African gun laws is that [Read More…]
Lehigh Defense recently introduced a new ammunition line that uses unusually shaped, solid copper bullets. According to the company, the “resulting permanent wound cavity is two to four times greater than that of a flat or ball nose bullet and often larger than [Read More…]
Strike Industries has always pushed the envelope on the innovation. This time they are releasing a new 7 position buffer tube for a more fine tuned LOP adjustment. As someone who shoots both with and without body armor, I often find myself adjusting my LOP to [Read More…]
Forgotten Weapons, an excellent website for the gun history buff, posted a copy of the manual for the Winchester Light Military Rifle back in 2011. The LMR (shown in the title image) is an obscure competitor to the early AR-15, against which it competed several times in [Read More…]
I have always been a fan of Leupold optics. Just about every rife I own wears a leupold of some sort. My hunting rifle has a VX2 4-12×40, my competition rifle wears a Mark4 LR/T 6.5-20×50 and I have several others as well. When I saw this news I [Read More…]
Erik sent us beautiful photo of a competitor at the 2013 West Coast Match IPSC Rifle in Sweden. The rifle is a JP Enterprises CTR-02. Thanks for the photo Erik. Submit photos you have taken to TFB’s Photo Of The Day.
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