There are a myriad of muzzle brakes out on the market, we’ve written about many of them but I’m sure there’s many more we’ve missed over the years. Some of them are pretty basic two or three chamber designs and some are more elaborate with [Read More…]
In what is certainly one of Magpul Industries largest contracts yet, Defense Logistics Agency has awarded the company a $12,792,000 definite quantity for GEN M3 PMAG magazines (mislabeled as magazine cartridges in the announcement wording). The contract specifically [Read More…]
Product Release In October, TFB’s Richard Johnson wrote a product release post illustrating Lyman’s GuardianGrip by Pachmayr. ICYMI, the GuardianGrip is a grip that allows for compact concealment, but when a button in the grip is pressed with the middle [Read More…]
As part of a star-studded cast (i.e. James Reeves), Tim Harmsen from the Military Arms Channel traveled to Slovenia for a tour of AREX’s pistol manufacturing facility. Besides a detailed look at the AREX Rex Zero-1, the new tournament-ready Rex Alpha and quality time [Read More…]
Jeff Forbush of 4Bush Weapon Refinishing has been doing some rather impressive work with his laser engraver. This is not your ordinary laser engraver. It is most likely a fiber laser. Typical laser engravers are CO2 lasers and while they can vaporize and eat away [Read More…]
We at TFB have extensively covered AFA LLC’s automated speedloader and the troubles they experienced on IndieGoGo previously. Well, AFA LLC is not just a one trick show. They have a pretty broad portfolio of products which now includes Bulletproof Jackets. After [Read More…]
Before you get mad, yes this is stil The Firearm Blog and no, the below products are not firearms. What can I say, I’m not the sharpest knife in the drawer. But I do like living on the edge. Ok, enough with the stupid puns. Every self-respecting human should carry a [Read More…]
Tactical Edge Arms has added 10mm and .45 ACP versions of their RD series of pistols. The 9mm version was introduced earlier in October. The model designations RD-9, RD-10 and RD-45 indicate the calibers these firearms are chambered in – 9mm Luger, 10mm Auto and [Read More…]
According to Russian ROSTEC state corporation, a scope (Pilad PV1-7×25ML) made by Shvabe Holding has been recognized as one of the top 100 best products made in Russia by winning in an annual award ceremony called “100 Best Goods of Russia”. Shvabe is [Read More…]
Merklight is a new company located in Indianapolis, IN. They have recently launched their first product called X-Series Light. It is a weapon light designed to be installed inside the AR-15 handguard resulting in a set of eight LED lights around the circumference of [Read More…]
What do you think of when you think about SOCOM Operators? Beards, Heckler & Koch MK 23s and HK416s? Well maybe you should be picturing multi-lingual, water polo loving dads instead. US SOCOM have just released their 2018 Fact Book,written by USSOCOM’s Office [Read More…]
Many mom ‘n pop shops, internet retailers, distributors and gun manufacturers have felt their fair share of censorship. Whether it is Facebook banning certain advertisements, YouTube defunding firearm channels or other marketplaces being unkind or unwelcoming, it [Read More…]
Roughly 2 months ago, unbeknownst to many shooters, SAR USA unveiled one of their newest pistols. This simplistic looking model, SAR USA believes, solves the firearm riddle of producing a pistol that is perfect for duty, competition and carry. Instead of 2 or 3 pistols, [Read More…]
The late 1800s and early 1900s are undoubtedly a period of American firearms design dominated by one man, John Moses Browning. But many of Browning’s contemporaries were no less able and men like Andrew Burgess, William Mason, John Pedersen, Frank Burton and T.C. [Read More…]
I will tell you right up front – I’m a huge fan of Olight, the company. A bit of back story – some of you are surely familiar with Going Gear retail operations in Georgia, and GoingGear.com. This cool retailer of knives, flashlights and camping gear [Read More…]
In an earlier TFB TV episode, we covered some of the experiences that combat veterans have gone through while under fire. We continue that discussion in this final episode, going into much more detail about some of the nuances and specific aspects of being in combat and actually returning fire back [Read More…]
The basic idea is, in fact, far from new: get an airsoft gun and transform it into the real McCoy, namely for a highly-illegal test project or for actual criminal purposes. The latter use was recently obvious when one such weapon was seized by officers of PMESP – [Read More…]
Found this on Firearms And Tactical Consultants facebook page. It is a Victrix Armaments .50bmg rifle with a ridiculously large suppressor on the end. My new entry rifle from @victrix_armaments , suppressed 50 BMG. #victrixarmaments #beretta I am not sure who made that [Read More…]
The US Army’s new sidearm, the SIG Sauer M17 Modular Handgun System, will soon be available for purchase on the civilian market. SIG’s Chief Marketing Officer Tom Taylor told Military.com about the decision, saying that about 5,000 of the full size M17 [Read More…]
SK-17 (Semiautomatic Kalashnikov 2017) is a custom AKM-based rifle built by a company called Fire Control Group Manufacturing. Besides being a custom made rifle, it has several design changes which are supposed to increase the efficiency of the rifle. The first [Read More…]
Canton Ohio custom gunmaker Middlebranch Machine has released a teaser image of a new kind of suppressor, which they say is made of “carbon fiber composite” construction. Unlike previous efforts at making carbon fiber suppressors, Middlebranch [Read More…]
Flashlights are awesome gifts – useful, practical and for the most part, politically neutral. Of course, if you want to turn it up a notch, weapon lights, lasers and infrared devices offer advanced capabilities. While I’m currently shopping for a Surefire M600U [Read More…]
The United States Marine Corps has finally officially announced its adoption of the 5.56mm M855A1 EPR round, developed in the late 2000s by the US Army, marking an important step towards ammunition commonality between the two services. Until now, the USMC has officially [Read More…]
Double Tap Arms has released a new version of their binary trigger for a number of Brugger & Thomet firearms including the APC9, APC45, P26, GHM9 pistol caliber carbines and APC223 rifle. The Double tap binary trigger set includes the trigger, hammer, [Read More…]
Polish MILMAG gun magazine has published several images of homemade firearm modifications from the Ukrainian conflict. Reportedly, the photos are taken in one of the self-proclaimed republics. On the top image of this article, you can see a laminate bullpup stock [Read More…]
Already in January Aimpoint added three new accessory magnifiers to their product line, designed to work in conjunction with their reflex sights. The Aimpoint 3XC-1 intended as a standard grade for use by civilian and Law Enforcement shooters, with more of an [Read More…]
Continuing our series of articles telling about the most expensive firearms sold in the major US auction houses, today we’ll take a look at the ten most expensive firearms sold in December 2017 Rock Island Premiere Auction. This time there are also two world [Read More…]
Looking like the bizarre lovechild of a bolt-action rifle, a boat oar, and those weird prop rifles from the original Planet of the Apes movie, the Thorneycroft Carbine is one of the unsung “firsts” of the 20th Century. Specifically, this British [Read More…]
Leapers, Inc. is now offering an extended length buffer tube for use on AR pistols. Buffer tubes, also called receiver extensions, are the part of an AR that capture the buffer assembly and, on rifles, is the part onto which buttstocks mount. The new buffer tube [Read More…]
Alright, by “discovered” I mean a coworker sent me a YouTube link. But it IS wonderful. The video opens as two chaps drive a truck into a field and begin to offload a plethora of historic firearms. The narrator begins to offer an overview of muzzle loaders vs breech loaders, then dives [Read More…]