Hot on the heels of the news that Florida’s Tampa PD have adopted the SIG Sauer P320, two more law enforcement agencies have followed suit. Arkansas’ Jacksonville PD and the Texas Department for Public Safety have also selected the P320 as their new service pistols. [Read More…]
Suppress everything. Since I’ve been spreading that motto around these parts for years, I’m going to take partial credit for the availability of threaded barrels for the Hudson H9 – Even though I had absolutely nothing to do with the addition to the pistol’s [Read More…]
My friend Justin L. reposted this photo he found on a CZ group page. It is clearly a custom kydex holster for a dual pistol wielding motorcycle. We have seen some outlandish vehicle mounted kydex holsters for firearms but this is new and just a ridiculous. We have all [Read More…]
Anyone with even a passing knowledge of my work here at TFB knows my love for the Swiss-made guns of B&T. The APC9, the company’s flagship law enforcement and military submachine gun/pistol caliber carbine is refined, capable and a true pleasure to shoot. So as [Read More…]
Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department has seized over 500 firearms from a resident in Agua Dulce, north of Los Angeles. The firearms seized include a large number of surplus military bolt actions, shotguns, and hunting rifles. More modern AR-15s and a large number of [Read More…]
I learned about this firearm project from a firearms dedicated crowdfunding website called Gun Dynamics. By browsing their website you can find several gun-related campaigns but one of the most significant and interesting projects is definitely the crowdfunding campaign [Read More…]
Lynndon Schooler is an avid Kalashnikov enthusiast and works in the industry himself. He has visited numerous Kalashnikov collecting venues in Russia over several years, running a Facebook page called 907 KALASH that helps chronicle his finds. This is his first guest [Read More…]
The IPSC World Shoot Shotgun 2018 has ended and I hope all competitors are back home safe now. The location was Chateauroux, France, where the French have built an excellent National Shooting Center for all sorts of shooting sports. The Firearm Blog was there of course [Read More…]
Admittedly, the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums was not a place that I expected to have an impressive collection of firearms, both on display and in storage. Located in Fremont, Ohio, the facility, which also includes Hayes’ impressive 31-room [Read More…]
Recently TFB was able to sit down with Rob from Cabot Arms and conduct an in-depth interview about the odd meteorite 1911 pair that they created, but also more about the founding the company itself. Nick C. was also present during this interview and was instrumental in [Read More…]
A little over six months ago we published an article about an independent Soviet firearms designer named Firs Barkanov and his firearm designs. Today we will tell about another such arms designer – Foma Yazikov. This exclusive content was published by the [Read More…]
I saw this video on Facebook and it is probably the best explanation of how to reload and use the bolt release I have ever seen. Clint Smith of Thunder Ranch is in the below video explaining the relationship between God & Eugene Stoner. While most of us know how to [Read More…]
Ballistic Machinist expands the range of his commercially available 12 gauges slugs. The latest addition to his product line are the shotgun shells loaded with slugs called “357 Defender”. Why is a 12 gauge slug named 357? Because it has a .357 caliber [Read More…]
Taking the lead by the Cody Firearms Museum, a unique gathering of firearms museum curators took place in Cody, Wyoming. Representatives from museums such as the National Firearms Centre in Leeds, Springfield Armory National Historic Site, NRA Firearms Museum, Autry Museum of the West, the [Read More…]
Welcome to Part 3 of TFB and LYMANS series on reloading for the beginner. If you missed Part 1 or 2, you can find them here: https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2018/05/31/beginners-guide-to-reloading-part-1/ [Read More…]
In Part One of this series George Huang discussed the initial founding of the company and why the Battle Arms Development team excels at problem-solving. In this section, he talks to TFB about why the company wears lab coats at SHOT Show, duel meanings behind the [Read More…]
Spike’s Tactical who is known for making edgy yet hilarious lower receivers has produced another gem for the firearms industry. They recently introduced their Pineapple Grenade stripped lower receiver that is modeled after the T-Shirt they already produce. The key [Read More…]
Our second installment of the new Build of the Week feature was submitted by Victor (from Brazil). This is a concept “dream” build that he sent in with the hopes of someday being able to build out a version of it (he has sent in four revisions so [Read More…]
Nikon has recently been pushing into the sporting and tactical market, leveraging their excellent optics design and engineering talent (as evidenced by their history of cameras, binos, and hunting scopes). I recently ran their BLACK X1000 during a precision rifle [Read More…]
I’m not a fan of torture tests, but I terribly abuse the Primary Arms 3x Prism with ACSS reticle and give my opinion of it. Product link: http://www.primaryarms.com/primary-arms-3x-compact-prism-scope-w-the-patented-acss-5-56-reticle-pac3x-acss-5-56 ««« GUNS IN THIS VIDEO »»» AR15.com [Read More…]
A few weeks back I asked the gang from the TFB Gear chat room (chat link is here: https://discord.gg/bcVD9zw) to recommend a few minimalist chest rigs. I wanted a small, light rig for 3-4 AR or AK mags, and the Discord boys made a number of suitable recommendations. I [Read More…]
During the Huntex 2018 exhibition, a South African company called Gun Warrior introduced the latest, Gen5 iteration of their Warrior aluminum bolt action rifle chassis. Although this chassis will be quite a capable platform for multiple applications (tactical, hunting [Read More…]
PepperBall has announced that they have won a substantial contract to equip the US Army with their non-lethal Variable Kinetic System launcher. The contract is worth $650,000 and the PepperBall VKS is destined to equip troops in Afghanistan. The PepperBall VKS uses [Read More…]
At a recent Close Combat Lethality Tech Day at the Pentagon, Program Executive Office Soldier showed off some of the new Multifunction Aiming Light, or MFALs, they have been testing. The new MFALs are designed to help soldiers acquire and hit targets quickly and [Read More…]
Probably one of the most important developments in submachine gun design history was the invention of a telescoping bolt. The first production SMG utilizing such bolt layout is considered the Czech Sa 23 and probably the most recognizable SMG that uses this solution is [Read More…]
CzechPoint USA, the US distributor of CSA (Czech Small Arms), has added to their products line a rather ingenious accessory called AR15/M4 sight rail stock adapter for BUIS. It is an AR-15 stock adapter for Vz. 58 rifles that also has a short top Picatinny rail section [Read More…]
The Internet is full of images of destroyed 5.56/223 AR-15 rifles that were accidentally loaded with a .300 Blackout round. It is not the best idea to try to push a .30 caliber bullet through a .22 caliber bore, is it? Of course, in the majority of cases, these are [Read More…]
Recently we received an opportunity to sit down with one of the founders and current leader of Battle Arms Development, George Huang at the companies new location in Las Vegas. We discussed everything from the beginnings of the organization to how George applies his [Read More…]
Back on January 1st a new pistol was introduced by Springfield Armory to ring in the new year and it was their 1st .380 ACP ever! Then, on February 21st they unveiled some new iterations of that model with a Viridian Laser attached as well. Up until now, consumers have [Read More…]
About half a year ago we reported about the MAX-11/15 project which represents an AR-15 magazine compatible upper receiver designed by Lage Manufacturing for the MAC-11 lower receiver. The MAC-11 machineguns are relatively affordable and this project will allow many [Read More…]