Ex-Arctic Ranger. Competitive practical shooter and hunter with a European focus. Always ready to increase my collection of modern semi-automatics, optics, thermals and suppressors. TCCC Certified. Occasionaly seen in a 6×6 Bug Out Vehicle, always with a big smile.
Night Vision has come a long way, yet there’s so much more we want out of it. For instance the quality of the picture, the size and weight of the optics not to mention the battery life and price of these things. And since there is color TV, why shouldn’t our [Read More…]
Strike Industries from Santa Ana, California, will have some interesting news to show at SHOT Show. Apparently they were a bit impatient before packing all the stuff they’re bringing to Las Vegas, so they made a short video and shared it on Instagram. Their [Read More…]
I was a the shooting range last weekend (I hope you were too!) My Glock 17 Gen 4 with a Shield RMS Sight still attracts a lot attention and seems to inspire people as IPSC Production Optics is now on trial, and competitors are looking for a way to enter with the [Read More…]
If you own a suppressor I’m sure you’ve noticed two things. One, it scratches easily and two, they can (pun intended) get really warm even with a bolt-action rifle. The heat can obviously burn you if you touch the suppressor, but as the heat accumulates and [Read More…]
I never really thought about it, and don’t know if EOTech’s claim is correct or not, but with the release of their Green reticles, we’re told that they’re about six times easier to see than red ones during the daytime. I never had a problem [Read More…]
I’m supposed to write something here, but I’m kind of wordless. I was thinking of making a joke about getting a Rolls Royce Spirit of Ecstasy for your Picatinny Rail, but I’m not sure it would work? I have so many questions, so few answers, about this product. [Read More…]
Owners of Remington 700s or similarly patterned rifles aren’t going to run out of options on how to upgrade and modify their rifles. Seekins Precision are releasing a DBM magwell for the R700 shot actions. For those who don’t know what DBM stands for it [Read More…]
A new Rifle Chassis from Magpul will make this year’s spring warmer and more welcome than ever. The name is Magpul Pro 700 Rifle Chassis and it’s based on a full billet aluminum skeleton clad in polymer. The idea was to make chassis full of features, as [Read More…]
Seekins Precision is releasing 5 new products. The HAVAK Pro HP1 rifle was the first. The second innovation is what they call: “Professional Composites by Seekins Precision” and the ProComp 10x stock. The ProComp 10x is a precision stock for all AR [Read More…]
This is cool and somewhat unexpected. But if the Swedish Armed Forces have and use them perhaps there should be manuals in the local language. As many are aware, the Swedish Army is currently and mainly using the AK5 (Automatkarbin 5). There is a long-term project [Read More…]
Welcome Remington! Precision bolt-action rifles like the Ruger Precision Rifle, the Tikka T3x TAC A1 and others have been waiting for you! You have to love competition! TFB’s Pete have us a hint of what was going to happen recently, there is now more [Read More…]
There’s a new B&T firearm just released on the Swiss B&T website, literally minutes ago. The GHM9 Compact is available in Switzerland and the EU, and it looks sexy. Will it come to the US? We know that B&T release their firearms nationally first, then [Read More…]
Someone somewhere posted these old price lists from Heckler & Koch. They are dated from 1985, 1991 and 1992 and includes some of the HK firearms on sale back then. As a reference, in 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev (leader of the Soviet Union) and Ronald Reagan (President of [Read More…]
For a while, I’ve known that something was going on in terms of a new reticle, and I was guessing that SHOT Show 2018 might be the time when it was going to be released. It’s therefore with great pride we can present the new MSRII reticle from Finnaccuracy. To [Read More…]
Lapua from Finland begin the year with expanding their range of quality brass for hunters and long range competition shooters. If you’re shooting the .300 Norma Mag. or the .338 Norma Mag. in any of your rifles you now have another case and brand to chose from. [Read More…]
The new Tikka T3 trigger from Timney Triggers which we told you about a week ago is now official and available. The Tikka T3 triggers are not exactly known to need improvement, so it will be interesting to see how big of a market Timney will find with this product. [Read More…]
Precision Rifle Series shooters beware – Seekins Precision have a new rifle which is 100% created with your needs in mind. The name is HAVAK Pro HP-1 and comes in either a 308 Winchester or 6.5 Creedmoor. The 6.5mm Creedmoor is a 24″ 1×8 and the 308 [Read More…]
Tikka is going to release a Tikka T1x. It’s uncertain if the Tikka T1x will be shown already at SHOT Show 2018 or IWA in Germany later in the spring. My guess is that we will see it at SHOT already in a few weeks. I don’t think Tikka put a countdown to SHOT [Read More…]
DAA (Double-Alpha Academy BV in The Netherlands) have just introduced an aluminum base pad for AR15 PMAGs (Generation 3 magazines). Made out of CNC machined billet aluminum and designed with side serrations make the base pads comfortable to hold during reloads. [Read More…]
There is a countdown on Tikka’s homepage. At the time of writing this article, there are 16 days and some hours left until something is going to happen. What a coincidence that the SHOT Show 2018 starts then! You can check the current countdown here: [Read More…]
The European Union’s Firearms Directive is taking steps forward. As usual TFB is “Firearms Not Politics”, but we need to give you the background and history of the upcoming Firearms legislation to be able to discuss what is going on. The Firearms [Read More…]
There is a new LWRC rifle for the 224 Valkyrie caliber. I haven’t been able to find the 224 Valkyrie on the LWRC homepage yet, so please forgive me if I don’t get all the specifications right. Perhaps the official release will be at SHOT Show 2018? The LWRC [Read More…]
As you may know the French National Gendarmerie Intervention Group (GIGN) has ordered a new standard issue weapon, TFB reported about it earlier. They selected the rather unusual CZ Bren 2 in an even more unusual, for Western Special Forces at least, caliber in terms of [Read More…]
I love my Tikka T3x TAC A1 and I’m going to develop it into my preferred long range shooting rifle. The stock trigger is just fine as it came out forged out of ice, snow and mosquitoes (I imagine) from the factory in Finland. I didn’t even adjust mine yet, [Read More…]
At Milipol in France Heckler & Koch exhibited an example of the HK416 F and what it looks like in its different configurations, including the kit that each soldier get with their weapon. All these pictures are unique for The Firearm Blog and have not been shown [Read More…]
“Shoot Portraits Not People” is an anti-violence sculptural project where Jason Siegel built “firearms”out of used camera equipment. The Denver based metal sculptor Keith D’Angelo helped with the project. Below: “The Shotty” Sculpture 3 [Read More…]
Hera Arms released a Happy New Year salutation on their Facebook page. Something tells me they’re going to have a busy year as their new products are launched. In the top picture you can see their teaser picture of their upcoming HERA CQR AK buttstock. [Read More…]
Regardless if you spend just a few hundred bucks or a smaller fortune on your scope, we all appreciate some kind of cover or protection. A dirty or a broken glass helps no one. All my rifles are “users”, and while I’m not overly concerned about [Read More…]
Robin Šebo was born in 1988 and has been a sport shooter since 2007. His hometown is Ostrava, Czech Republic. He had quite good success with his competition. In 2008 he started with IPSC and he placed 4:th at the IPSC World Championship in USA. He also runs Sebo [Read More…]
A man in Sweden has been prosecuted for 3D printing illegal firearms With a help of a 3D printer, he manufactured two illegal firearms and accessories in plastic. In July 2017, the Police did a house search based on that there should be illegal firearms at the [Read More…]