Today’s photo features a pair of venerable World War Two Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk2 rifles, but they’re not your usual surplus fare. Captured by the Israeli Defence Force in Bani Na’im, in the West Bank back in 2017, the two No.4s have been re-chambered from [Read More…]
What a nonsense! What in the world is a non-existent standardized cartridge? OK, let me explain. At the beginning of 2018, a new Nosler cartridge was added to the list of SAAMI standard cartridges – the .24 Nosler. However, as of the moment of writing this article [Read More…]
Magpul have unveiled their latest drum magazine, building on the success of their D-60 5.56x45mm drum PMAG they have developed a 7.62x51mm variant. The D-50 can hold 50 rounds of 7.62 and weighs in at 1.7 lbs unloaded. Magpul say the D-50 incorporates proven GEN M3 [Read More…]
Yankee Hill Machine is getting into the precision bolt action game with their new modular chassis system for the Remington 700 footprint. Choose your stock type, forend or not, arca swiss rail or picatinny. A lot of great features and functionality built in. ««« PATREON GIVEAWAYS »»» Go to [Read More…]
Griffin Armament quietly announced a line of tubeless silencers at last week’s SHOT Show. Named the EXPLORR, the lightweight cans come in 300RUM, 6.5CM and .224, feature Griffins QD mounting system and sports a smaller footprint than other options. The Watertown, WI [Read More…]
Most readers have probably never heard of Capstone Precision Group, but if they are at all involved in precision shooting and reloading they have most certainly heard of the companies within the group. Lapua Lapua is known for making what most regard to be the [Read More…]
At last year’s IWA 2018 I saw the TILO thermal sight. However the booth at IWA had non-working versions. But the form factor of the TILO thermal sight is ground breaking. Imagine something the size of a GoPro camera but it is a thermal sight. Andres Industries [Read More…]
While checking out the new lights at the Streamlight booth, their tan pistol light caught my eye. The TLR-VIR II is Streamlight’s take on an IR laser pistol light. They also have a laser integrated HLX weaponlight and a new shotgun weaponlight. TLR-VIR II The [Read More…]
Taurus has brought their TX22 handgun to SHOT 2019 this year. It is a striker-fired, full-size handgun that is chambered in .22 LR. As the Taurus representative points out in the video, many .22 LR handguns are clones of or simply conversion kits of standard 9x19mm or .45 ACP handguns that have been [Read More…]
Minnesota-based Maxim Defense have announced the launch of their new compact personal defence weapon, the PDX. The PDX will be available as both a short barrelled rifle and as a pistol with a brace. The PDX will be available in two chamberings, 7.62x39mm and 5.56x45mm. [Read More…]
The Steyr Monobloc was one of the things I was most excited to see at this year’s SHOT. While I don’t feel that having a monolithic barrel and action will offer any great gains in accuracy, repeatability or reliability I do feel that Steyr is pushing the [Read More…]
Chiappa is adding a couple of new additions to the product line. First off is the advanced PPD finish on the Chiappa Rhino line. The finish was extremely eye-catching from all around those who walked by the booth. MSRP is $1500 right now and the Rhino in this configuration will be available in March [Read More…]
The US Army has announced that they have awarded LaserMaxDefense a contract for 20,000 Pistol Enhancers, LMD’s multifunction aiming light (MFAL). The Army was seeking a commercial off the shelf laser/light system for its new pistols. The LMD-PE-IR-1 [Read More…]
SureFire had a number of new lights on display at SHOT Show 2019. The XLV2 is probably the most interesting one. It is an all in one WML. As you can see in the photo above, the XLV2 has both visible and IR light/laser. This reminds me of the Steiner DBAL-PL or the [Read More…]
This year Benelli updated the company’s 828U break open shotgun with a number of features. The shotgun is a cock on opening breech. It also has an interchangeable sighting rib that is made out of carbon fiber and available from Benelli. Also new from Benelli is the update that some of the [Read More…]
Magnetospeed, the makers of the magnetic field chronographs have come out with three new items at SHOT Show 2019. Their Riflekühl barrel cooler is for competition shooters and can help save time between shooting strings. Their U-Pod is an evolution of the Magnetospeed [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV’s SHOT Show 2019 coverage, James visits SCCY’s booth to see what they have new for SHOT 2019. Apparently, SCCY is introducing a new doublestack .380 CPX-3 that appears to compete with the new S&W M&P .380 in that it isn’t designed to be as small as [Read More…]
Towards the end of last year I had the chance to look at unique early breechloader, an example of Frederic Prince’s breechloading percussion rifle dating from the 1850s. Prince’s rifle (no, not the gunsmith formerly known as…) used a sliding barrel action, [Read More…]
Dead Air Armament is known for their small, but impressive portfolio of silencers and they were in attendance at SHOT Show 2019. While they did not have any new silencers for us at this show, they did unveil some new accessories. The most notable one was their New E [Read More…]
Schmidt & Bender is a family-run manufacturer of high-end rifles scopes since over 60 years. Located in Germany they have been supplying the Special Forces of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines with high quality optics since 2011, since they won the Precision [Read More…]
Beretta shotguns have been around for a while through the 1301 Tactical line, currently available in a number of finishes and configurations. But most recently Beretta partnered up with Aridus Industries out of Pennsylvania in order to bring to industry an upgraded version of the 1301 Tactical but [Read More…]
Grovtec, the American manufacturer of firearm accessories, is stepping into 2019 with a host of new products! There is often beauty in simplicity and they have a lot of small accessories that will hopefully make your hunt or day at the range a lot easier. They have 3 [Read More…]
When it comes to unwavering support of law enforcement, military and civilian shooters, the industry has no better friend than DSG Arms. Not only do they have a wide selection of guns and gear at excellent prices, but they also build a lot of products in house, turning [Read More…]
In the last few years, Palmetto State Armory expanded its product line and and became one of the biggest AK manufacturers in the US. At the SHOT SHOW 2019 they presented a new line of Kalashnikov-pattern rifles under the name AK-E (Enhanced). New rifles will feature [Read More…]
The Glock 19X was one of the big announcements at SHOT Show last year. In case you’ve been living under a 1911, the Glock 19X is essentially a Glock 17 frame with a Glock 19 slide. Whether you’re a fan of the new crossover Glock or not, they have been [Read More…]
Delivering Lead from Overhead Lancer’s new L30 AIR (Aerial Interdiction Rifle) was designed for gunners from an aerial platform. Chambered in both .308 and 6.5 Creedmoor, this rifle was designed with being lightweight for caliber as well as compact. The upper [Read More…]
I preach the gospel of hearing preservation through the use of silencers (and/or over-the-ear muffs) to all of our readers on a regular basis. Shameless plug: Catch TFB’s Silencer Saturday every, well, Saturday, here on the blog. But maybe we should be just as adamant [Read More…]
A thousand 2000’s Are regular Kel-Tecs not elusive enough for you? M-Carbo (Military Carbine Brotherhood) is now officially partnered up with Kel-Tec in the production of 1000 special edition SUB-2000’s. These SUB-2000’s will come with a special [Read More…]
If you’ve done any sort of square-range MIL/LE firearms qualifications, you know that most courses of fire are geared towards weapons familiarization and liability control over teaching actual tactics. Punching static paper targets on the same range, quarter after [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV’s SHOT Show Industry Day at the Range coverage, James talks to Quarter Circle 10 about their pistol caliber carbine AR15s, including the builder kits for them, and new comatibility with MP5 and SIG P226 mags. ««« PATREON GIVEAWAYS »»» Go to http://tfbtv.gun.team [Read More…]
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