MagPul has released their new offset MBUS Prot iron sights. They are steel construction, QPQ “Melonite”” coated, and will interface with your picatinny rails. The set will retail for about $190 ($85 for the front, $105 for the rear). Detailed [Read More…]
RIA is offering up for auction an example of the Walther KPK – a very rare, and very desirable handgun developed by Walther during World War II for vehicle crewmen. The KPK was based on the PPK, and is almost identical, save for an aluminum frame and shrouded [Read More…]
I’ve been using The Gun Box for a few months now and finally have some good usage with it so I can share my experience. Some quick background is available in my write-up from a year ago covering their Indiegogo campaign. Overall, the safe has been nice to have [Read More…]
Kevin Felts at AllOutdoor has reviewed the Tech-Sight TSR200. These sights are, hands down, the best iron sights for the Ruger 10/22. I have been using them for many years and can’t say enough good things about them. Kevin wrote … The Ruger 10/22 is an [Read More…]
A post on Shooting Sports Retailer mentions a ruling on using the SB15 Sig Brace and that shooting it from the shoulder is a no-go. However this applies only to shotguns. “The submitted weapon, as described and depicted above … is not a ‘firearm’ as defined by [Read More…]
Youtuber GarandThumb sent us a photo of his AAC MPW upper build. He wrote … I had a spare spike’s lower laying in my gun safe that I’ve neglected for a long time. Finally took the time to complete the build with a AAC MPW 5.56 upper, which comes with a [Read More…]
I love the G42 and even had a chance to review the pistol earlier this year. In that review, I did bemoan the capacity (but understood why it was designed that way). Fortunately, the aftermarket is stepping in to add capacity to the diminutive 380 handgun. Pocket [Read More…]
I think that most shooters would agree that shooting a shooting scene in Hollywood is usually far from accurate. All too often magazines never run out of ammunition, aiming is as simple and thinking, and simple cover stops armor-piercing rounds. But, some directors take [Read More…]
Eric Blandford of Iraqveteran8888 fame on Youtube has done another test, this time of the Spartan Armor Systems ATC AR500 Plate. Spartan’s ATC is specially milled to shape to the wearer’s body without using “crease bends.” Many other companies utilize crease bends, but the process can create [Read More…]
CORE Rifle Systems announced a new line of AR-style rifles for 2015. The guns will be called the Hardcore X series, and come in four levels of features identified as X1, X2, X3 and X4. Rifles will be chambered in 5.56 NATO. According to CORE, the rifles will have the [Read More…]
Steyr Arms made an number of announcements about the company’s Scout Rifle line including the addition of new colors and a permanent price drop. Rifles are available in two new colors: OD green and MUD. MUD is a color similar to flat dark earth. The rifles now [Read More…]
Powderhook.com is a website that wants to make it easier for us to find places to hunt and fish. Their new update attempts to simplify the process through the use of a “card” system that allows a user to create a card for a new hunting or fishing trip. A [Read More…]
Grey Ghost Precision (GGP) will soon be selling the company’s first rifles called the Specter Heavy and the Specter Light. The GGP Specter Heavy will be chambered in .308 Win and set up as a designated marksman rifle (DMR.) The Specter Light will be a similarly [Read More…]
Allstar Tactical has a new compensator out now. The Hexcon1 is a hexagonal shaped compensator. It has three expansion chambers. The top of the compensator has three ports, one for each chamber. This helps reduce muzzle climb. They keep the bottom of the compensator [Read More…]
It’s not every day you see a gun as rare and historically significant as this for sale! Rock Island Auction is selling a British Pedersen rifle, an early American selfloader design and direct competitor to the early Garand. What’s more, Ian of Forgotten [Read More…]
Jake sent us two photos of his very first gun, a WASR 10/63, given to him by his father. He writes … This WASR 10/63 is my very first gun, received as a Christmas present from my father when I was 20. It’s gone through numerous changes since then. Currently [Read More…]
Small Arms Review has an excellent article on the little-known Robinson Machine Pistol, an Australian hand-held automatic weapon in 9mm. The Robinson uses a mechanism somewhat like the QX-04 handgun covered on this site in a previous article, but closer in some ways to [Read More…]
Almost since the moment of their founding in 1981, Trijicon has been paving the way for quality any-light aiming systems. Their riflescopes and sights tend to perform well and offer good longevity, and along with their sales on the civilian market they sell to the U.S. [Read More…]
The outdoor blog Hits and Misses has a great series of posts on remodeling a Brno Mauser (one that has already been partially sporterized, for the milsurp conservationists out there). Having “butchered” no less than three Mausers myself, I found the posts [Read More…]
SIG Sauer has launched their “Take-A-Shot” contest, which gives you a chance to win one of twenty SIG P320 Carry pistols. Even better, though, is the fact that two of the winners will get a trip to SHOT Show 2015 in January to compete in SIG’s VIP Range Day. Range [Read More…]
Tactical Fan Boy posted this up. Firequest has a 12 Ga round that is loaded with powder and confetti. This ammo is for theatrics and serious amusement! The shell is packed with powder and colored confetti. When shot, it will make a large circle in the air between 10 and [Read More…]
Last year Ryan Cleckner shot a 1000yd target offhand with a Barret M107. Well Jerry Miculek has taken that shot a step further. He is using Hornady 750gr A-Max bullet over Cleckner’s 661gr FMJ. Jerry ups the challenge to shooting a 1000 yd target offhand by doing [Read More…]
Taurus has announced a new product for the concealed carry market. From the press release: (Miami, FL) – Taurus®, the global leader in revolver manufacturing, is redefining the handgun category with its newest introduction. The new, patented CURVE is a [Read More…]
In this old video (dating back to at least 2009) an adult man and a teenage girl are shown shooting M1 Garand rifles. The gun stock is to large for the girl and she is standing in that terrible bent back stance and is rocked back on her heels after every shot. After a [Read More…]
The SIGTac SB15 pistol stabilizing brace has been a huge hit for Sig Sauer, everyone seems to be rocking the braces on their AR and AK pistols. Well did you know their gen 2 version is already out and at retailers? I saw the pictures of them floating around a while [Read More…]
Over the past year or so, if I had wanted to, I would have made a good amount of coin on the back of Colt’s financial troubles. I have been hounded by US and Canadian financial analysts wanting to pay me to comment on Colt firearms. TFB keeps me busy and so I [Read More…]
“Unoriginal” sent us this photo of his Yugo Zastava N-PAP AK in the snow. It looks like he has painted the forend and stock matte black, which in my opinion looks good. The N-PAPs are imported by Century Arms and retail for a little over $500. I have [Read More…]
Recently the author embarked on heavily modifying a Kimber Custom II Series 80 style 1911. In the process he ordered custom parts, some of which will be reviewed on TFB. Some of the parts he ordered were from proven companies such as Ed Brown and Wilson Combat. Other [Read More…]
Strange Guns (formerly Rare, Antique & Beautiful Firearms) has a short overview of some of Colonel Lewis’s lesser known designs. For example, many people know that it was Hitler’s naming of the MP. 44 “Sturmgewehr” that brought the term [Read More…]
Magnum Research announced the company is now offering stainless steel variants of the company’s Desert Eagle 1911G, 1911C and 1911U pistols. All models are a Series 70 configuration. 1911GSS Specs 5.05″ barrel 8.625″ OAL 36.z oz ships with two 8-round [Read More…]