YouTube channel Inspire to Make has posted an excellent video on how to make your own headphones out of your spare brass. Using some common household items including sandpaper, polish, and a dowel rod, I would expect someone could make these themselves in about 30 [Read More…]
The Daily Beast reports on the latest Glock family drama … For at least three days in November, a “professional detective” employed by Glock Sr. sat outside of Helga’s Austrian home in a SEAT Toledo with tin foil covering the windows, according to sworn [Read More…]
From http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2859301/ISIS-s-latest-killing-machine-10-foot-sniper-rifle-fire-bullets-three-times-size-normal-gun.html It’s so big that it has to be supported on two tripods and fires ammunition that’s three times the size of [Read More…]
According to Jerking The Trigger, the infamous SB15 will soon be only available as a kit and no longer sold separately. The kit will include the SB15, buffer tube, buffer, recoil spring, and locking nut and the MSRP will about $239-$249. JTT did find out that the SB15 [Read More…]
Thanks to Amael Kotlarski for sending this one into us. This a promotional video produced by the French Army, it depicts the Command and Transmissions Company of the Army Special Forces Brigade. Some kit is shown as well as weaponry, mostly consisting of HK417/416 and [Read More…]
The Tactical Combat Button – or TCB – from Armaspec is a larger magazine release button for your AR-style rifle. How much larger? Precisely 263% larger. According to Armaspec, the “TCB is designed to improve the functionality and ergonomics of the [Read More…]
For the last two years, Vuurwapen’s muzzle device article has stood as the seminal test of modern sporting rifle brakes. While detailed, the article has (sadly) not been updated with the latest and greatest that the industry has to offer. Now competing for the [Read More…]
It’s not commonly remembered in today’s world of .22 caliber infantry rifles that once upon a time .30″ was “small caliber”, and with that came all of the doubts an questions about wounding and killing power of such small bullets. [Read More…]
Finnish ammunition maker Lapua is introducing three new cases to its ammunition components line: The .300 AAC Blackout, the 7mm-08 Remington, and the 8×57 JS (8mm Mauser). From the press release: Lapua New Products – 2015 300 AAC Blackout Few cartridges have [Read More…]
Good news for hunters who want to stay quiet and don’t want to handload. SilencerCo, who achieved e-fame with the “Wizard Staff”, “Johnny Dronehunter”, and “The Silencing” promotional videos (and who also make silencers) have [Read More…]
EnsignExpendable of the Soviet Gun Archives blog has found an interesting scrap of history regarding a machine gun designed by one Francis J. Orzel. In the document, Orzel is quite the salesman, attributing to his design magnificent characteristics such as it being [Read More…]
Bushmaster has quietly slipped the C22 out under the radar. The new plinking rifle is aimed squarely at the M&P 15-22’s commanding performance in the market. Built on the Carbon-15 platform, the .22LR rifle comes standard in a M4-like configuration and a price [Read More…]
Zenith Quest Corporation is set to release the Z-5P pistol in the US market. Zenith attended the 2014 SHOT Show and displayed a number of products that the company was considering for import into the US. It would appear that the Z-5P is one of the first that will be [Read More…]
More than a year ago, Battle Arms Development (BAD) began working on a project to develop a sub-4 pound AR rifle. From that effort comes the BAD556-LW receiver set. This upper/lower receiver set will be officially introduced at the 2015 SHOT Show. Right now, it appears [Read More…]
Travis sent us a photo of himself taken and members of his squad in Afghanistan taken during 2009. He wrote… This is myself (the big dude) and two of the guys in my Squad circa 2009 Helmand Province Afghanistan. Weapons are FN M4, MK 12 Designated Marksman [Read More…]
Went to a local match that my friends have been telling me to go for the past year. Finally requested the day off to attend the Clariton Sportsman Club’s Action Rifle. It is so much more than just an Action Rifle Match. It is more of a multi gun match. You use [Read More…]
Hat tip to Eric Katzenberg for this video. 5.11 Tactical edited some shot footage and timed the shots to the Nutcracker Suite. Just in time for the holidays. Enjoy.
In 2012, AR-15 designer Jim Sullivan applied for a patent for a new rifle design. Apparently based on his Ultimax 100 light machine gun, the rifle features a quick-change barrel, a guide-rail-less receiver with a “backbone” guide rod attached to the lower [Read More…]
If you like high-dollar 1911s, and want to show some Texas pride, there’s a new handgun for you. From the press release: Perryton, TX- Many firearms companies claim that their products are 100% American made; with Republic Forge, this claim is authentic. Republic [Read More…]
Ashbury Precision Ordnance Manufacturing (APO), a division of the Ashbury International Group, is coming out with a new shooting tripod, the RSTA-II Tripod Shooting System. It was designed with hunters and competitors in mind and adjusts for positions from sitting to [Read More…]
Usually when I see stuff like this, something immediately doesn’t smell right and here is a prime example of that. This post accompanied the picture on a Facebook page for Sheriffs Deputies of Ohio. As of this writing, there have been over 109,000 shares of the [Read More…]
I am a huge fan of Czech small arms. The boys over in the Czech Republic have a handle on churning out very reasonably priced and high quality armaments that have saturated the US market place, and I think that is awesome!
One thing that I learned early on at the range was to trust my handgun to get the job done when needed. Which is why we were shooting out to 120yds with service handguns. Learning that you can land combat effective hits on a torso at 100+yds was eye opening to some [Read More…]
No product launch is completely flawless and G2 Research knows this now all too well. On December 3rd, they announced a recall of all of their .45 ACP ammunition manufactured from July 1st to November 30th. Their statement: We have received some comments that the [Read More…]
Claymore found a photo of the Browning BDA-380 he carried during “Danny’s first day“. Claymore wrote … This is my Browning BDA-380 that I was carrying in the story posted as “Danny’s first day. I bought it in late 1984 and if I [Read More…]
Boyds Hardwood Gunstocks is now selling replacement stocks for the Ruger American Rifle. These maple and walnut stocks are available in two different styles with a range of laminate options. The Classic design has a traditional look with the comb parallel to the bore, [Read More…]
Saab Group (out of Sweden) has developed a new type of modular armor which can be utilized in buildings or vehicles. It is lower cost than full ceramic (and composite) solutions, and adds in the ability to reuse and reconfigure the setup. The idea is that it is [Read More…]
Tromix posted up this video of a dual mag dump out of their twin M16s. The camera angle is poor. At first glance, it looks like the red dot is inline with the magazine and trigger group. But if you looks closely, the rail is fully exposed. So it looks like Tromix is [Read More…]
As the title of the Youtube videos suggests, “Worst ever ‘Tactical’ Shooting Video. My mother told me that you can always learn something from someone. And while I do not condone learning how to manipulate a weapon from these people, you can learn what [Read More…]
GunBroker has for auction two very interesting STIs. WeaponsMan has covered the story: These pistols for sale on GunBroker come with a rare claim: they were used by one of the nation’s most important special operations units during a period in the mid-oughts when [Read More…]
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