Long time gun enthusiast, Sci-Fi nerd, Whiskey drinker, online marketer and blogger. My daily firearms musings can be found over at my gun blog ArmoryBlog.com and Instagram.
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Magpul’s new all-steel MBUS Pro sights were released fairly recently, yet it seems like knock offs are already making their way from China. Magpul copies are nothing new, fake Magpul PMAGs and polymer MBUS sights have been all over the internet for quite some [Read More…]
Crowdfunding has brought us a plethora of new firearm products and parts over the last year or so, from AR-15 upper and lower receivers to gun lock boxes. Well here’s a new product for the AR-15 that’s a bit, different. The BeowulfX Picatinny Rail mounting [Read More…]
MasterPiece Arms based out of Comer, Goergia recently debuted two new suppressors, the the MPA556S-II and the Murmur II that they make entirely in-house. Their new MPA556S-II suppressor features a monocore design that allows shooters to clean and service it without [Read More…]
New from Manticore Arms is their ARClight rail for the Tavor bullpup rifle. The ARClight, or Advanced Rail Chasis-lightweight, rail replaces the Tavor’s polymer forend and allows you to mount lights, lasers, grips and other accessories to your Tavor rifle. It [Read More…]
Zlatoust Machine Building debuted their new KSO-9 “Krechet” semi-automatic carbine recently at the Moscow 2013 Arms and Hunting Show. Based off the Russian Kedr submachine gun, it’s chambered in 9x19mm and features a Picatinny quad-rail, a compensated [Read More…]
Fab Defense recently released their new polymer back-up sights. The new low-profile sights were designed specifically for the M4/M16/AR-15 rifle as well as their K.P.O.S. conversion kits (seen below), but will work with all 1913 Picatinny rails. No tools are required [Read More…]
Remember the 3D printed “liberator” pistol? Then there was the first 3D printed rifle. Here’s an interesting new 3D printed firearm that actually looks somewhat useful. Hexen developed this single-action, manually-indexed pepperbox pistol dubbed the [Read More…]
Wilson Combat recently debuted their new ETM HD/+P Magazine for the 1911 pistol. It features their exclusive stainless flatwire MAX magazine spring that’s up to 25% stronger than springs in standard 1911 magazines as well their stainless steel ETM magazine tube. [Read More…]
Magpul has released their updated PMAG 20 LR/SR GEN M3 magazines. Made in the USA, the 20-round 7.62 NATO/.308 Winchester mags feature all the improvements of the new M3 PMAGs and will replace the MAG243 line of magazines. They retail for $19.95 and are now being [Read More…]
Offhand Gear recently released their new No Ordinary Range Bag, dubbed the “NORB”. The NORB was designed by a women shooter for women shooters. It’s made right here in the USA out of durable, water-resistant RipStop and Kryptek fabrics. Designed to be [Read More…]
The Philippine 1911 maker Rock Island Armory has finally listened to their customer’s complaints, they’re finally getting rid of the large roll mark on the slides of their 1911 pistols. Instead of covering most of the left side of the slide they’ve [Read More…]
Warfytr Equipment posted a few sneak peak shots on their Facebook page of the new rifle mag carrier that they have in the works. There are a ton of magazine carriers on the market, what makes theirs so special? Well unlike most every magazine carrier on the market, [Read More…]
Glock recently sent out an e-mail to their distributors that they will be discontinuing their “C” model line of compensated pistols. They also announced that they will also discontinue their Glock 20, 21, 29 and 30 Gen 3 line as well. Their announcement can [Read More…]
Two new bullpup rifles were debuted by the newly formed Kalashnikov Inc. Izhmash, one of Russia’s largest arms makers was recently renamed to Kalashnikov Inc. Along with Izhmash, Izhmech, Baikal and Molot also make up the new Kalashnikov Inc. Posted over at [Read More…]
Israeli firearm accessory maker FAB Defense just debuted their new TacticSkin slide covers for the Glock 17 and 19 pistols. According to FAB it give you the “ability to customize your Glock slide visibility while allowing enhanced tactical performance and [Read More…]
Taurus recently announced on their Facebook page that they’re now shipping their CT9 Carbine that has been in development for quite some time. Chambered in 9mm, the Brazilian made carbine comes with one 10 round magazine, a Picatinny rail up top, adjustable iron [Read More…]
Italian arms maker Chiappa debuted their Little Badger .22lr single-shot break-open rifle earlier this year at the 2013 SHOT Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. The minimalist survival rifle comes with a 16.5″ barrel and is equipped with an adjustable rear sight, fixed [Read More…]
No you didn’t read that title wrong, the folks over at Snake Hound Machine actually have a muzzle brake in the works that makes your rifle (or AR pistol) even louder than it already is. Their “Loudener” muzzle brake is touted as the most [Read More…]
It looks like the new Magpul PMAG 10 counterfeits are already hitting the market. GunMartBlog spotted these knock offs on eBay going for $25 a pop. Fake Magpul products on eBay and Amazon is nothing new, almost everything in Magpul’s product lineup has been copied [Read More…]
3D printed guns made headlines earlier this year, especially when the 3D printed “Liberator” pistol design was released to the public by Defense Distributed. It sparked a debate as to whether plans for 3D printed guns such as the Liberator pistol should be [Read More…]
We got a look at the 3D printed “Liberator” pistol earlier this year, well it looks like the first fully 3D printed rifle has finally been created. And it broke, which was no surprise. The guy in the video below under the username “ThreeD [Read More…]
Firebird Reactive Targets Ltd. based out of Wiltshire, England makes a fun looking shooting accessory that you’d expect to see on one of the various firearm “reality” shows here in the US, not in the gun deprived United Kingdom. Their Shooting Star [Read More…]
It seems like a ton of new AR-15 lowers have been hitting the market over the past few months. From lightweight magnesium alloy lowers and polymer 80% lowers to jigless 80% lowers. In case you couldn’t get enough news about lowers here’s something new, EP [Read More…]
Here’s something different for the AR-15, D-TR came up with a dual trigger system modeled after similar systems used on paintball guns. The D-TR kit features a 2.25lb pull weight on the lower trigger (no specific number on the top trigger) and is made out of [Read More…]
Steyr recently announced the launch of their L9-A1 pistol. The Austrian made polymer framed L9-A1 was first debuted at the 2013 SHOT Show and features a half inch longer barrel and slide than the Steyr M9-A1 as well as added front serrations on the slide. It’s [Read More…]
The great ammo shortage of 2013 isn’t news to many of you, gone are the days where you could walk into your local gun shop and pick up a few bricks of .22lr for a weekend of plinking. Our sister blog AOD recently discussed the ammo shortage of 2013 and the grim [Read More…]
Now that a bit of the dust is settling from the great gun and ammo buying spree of 2013 we’re finally able to see just how well the publicly traded firearms companies did this year. Now don’t get me wrong, in many parts of the country it’s still a mess [Read More…]
It’s no surprise that Magpul has plans to move out of Colorado and produce their products in another state due to recent legislation that takes effect on July 1st, 2013. The firearm accessory maker employs around 200 people and has been based out of Colorado [Read More…]
Here’s something out of James Bond’s arsenal, ok maybe Sean Connery’s Bond. Shadow Ops Weaponry is producing these cool little .22lr single shot pen guns. You’d better have a James Bond kind of budget for one however, they currently go for $495. [Read More…]
Crowdfunding seems to be all the rage these days, especially with AR-15 80% lower receivers. What’s crowdfunding you ask? It’s pretty much a way for companies to build capital to help fund a new product, with regular folks from the internet as backers of [Read More…]
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