Infantry Marine, based in the Midwest. Specifically interested in small arms history, development, and usage within the MENA region and Central Asia. To that end, I run Silah Report, a website dedicated to analyzing small arms history and news out of MENA and Central Asia.
Please feel free to get in touch with me about something I can add to a post, an error I’ve made, or if you just want to talk guns. I can be reached at miles@tfb.tv
In an earlier review, we took a look at the jeans from Dynamis Alliance. In this review, we’ll be examining the pouch system that goes along with the jeans, called the IWS. Current pouches range from Glock 19 and SIG P365 holsters, associated magazine pouches [Read More…]
Personally, I hate jeans. Unlike my colleague James Reeves, the outer garments have always been too tight, with too few options for pockets, and I feel they are restricting to me in warmer climates when I need clothing to be loose. I hate having to make a pincer-like [Read More…]
The Baghdad is a little known about rifle that is still extremely rare to come across both in the United States and even in Iraq. There are definitely more questions than answers when it comes to what we actually know about the rifle: It appears to have been built using the same machines and tooling [Read More…]
The Egyptian Hakim service rifle was a license-produced version of the Swedish 6.5mm Ljungman AG-42 semiautomatic gas impingement rifle. Egypt changed several features such as the grasping grooves, a removable muzzle brake, an adjustable gas system, and no cleaning rod. Some references will state [Read More…]
Israeli firearm laws have been of interest to firearm owners around the world due to their unique status within Israel. Common misconceptions are that most anyone in Israel can carry a firearm and do so in almost any manner whether it is a long gun or a handgun. The truth is that Israeli citizens [Read More…]
Brandon Herrera started The AK Guy several years ago and embarked upon a crazy idea, that of making a .50 BMG Kalashnikov rifle. The AK50 is still yet to come to fruition but what is really fascinating is the journey that Brandon took and all the trials and errors that happened along the way. [Read More…]
Australia’s history of indigenous small arms production begins with the opening of the Lithgow small arms factory in the eastern part of the country. Starting with Lee-Enfield production before the First World War and ending with the Self Loading Rifle before the takeover of Australian Defense [Read More…]
The Egyptian contract FN49 rifles are a fascinating example of the geopolitics of Egypt became entrenched in the Warsaw Pact side of the Cold War. Adopted in the same era that Nasser was seizing power from the Egyptian royalty, the Egyptian contract numbered approximately 37,000 rifles purchased [Read More…]
Baret Fawbush of the popular Instagram account TRUEXODUSrecently held a public range day in his background shooting gallery just outside the Southern Indiana town of Poseyville. Admission was free as long as folks signed a COVID-19 release form. This wasn’t the [Read More…]
Jordanian Armaments and Weapon Systems is a component of King Abdullah II’s Design and Development Bureau. JAWS primarily focuses on small arms production and assembly, both for internal use by Jordanian Armed Forces in addition to some export sales. Today the state armaments company produces [Read More…]
Hornady has upgraded a number of their different lines of ammunition, to include a subsonic line for popular lever-action cartridges. In addition, they have a whole new line of gun safes that use RFID technology to open. These chips can be embedded in everyday objects such as a phone case allowing [Read More…]
Canik is entering the handgun mounted optics market with their latest version of the TP9 Elite in a subcompact variant complete with a standard optic mount. The optic is a RIVIS red dot optic complete with co-witness iron sights that shooters can still utilize while aiming through the optic itself. [Read More…]
CMMG had a number of new entries at their booth this year in their 300 Banshee series of AR pistols with telescoping braces. Of note is their 9x19mm conversion upper receiver that when paired with a Magpul PMAG and conversion spring/follower allows shooters to use their existing PMAG magazines [Read More…]
Command Arms Accessories is bringing an updated version of their Roni carbine conversion for popular handguns. Updated this year is an integrated light mount, pistol brace, and a grip that functions as a spare magazine when one is inserted. There are plans to bring a version in for H&K handguns [Read More…]
Sightmark is coming out with solar-powered red dot optics, the Element and the Volta. We asked Sightmark how the sights would work in the dark or while in the gun safe, then taken out and the answer is a backup battery that will power the optic while in the dark. Also new with Sightmark is [Read More…]
Guns.com formerly existed as a news and content website, however that has changed in previous years and is now becoming an online brick and mortar outlet for gun stores across the United States in offering products for sale online. We go through some of the features of Guns.com in this episode. [Read More…]
CCI highlighted some of their latest .22 LR offerings, to include a new subsonic line with a polymer coating that allows cleaner shooting than normal .22 LR rounds as less copper is shed in the barrel and suppressor when the rounds are fired. CCI also has a Breast Cancer awareness brand with [Read More…]
Norma introduced their award-winning NRA Golden Bullseye Monolithic Hollow Point (MHP) line in the United States with a 9x19mm (108-grain) and a .380 Auto entry (85-grain bullet). Key points on the MHP is that it is monolithic as opposed to blended materials as can be found with other hollow points [Read More…]
Rise Armament is coming out with a 14-inch AR pistol that comes with a telescoping brace along with a 16-inch rifle variant. These will be available in a month’s time from Rise Armament. The pistol and rifle come with Magpul components and a Rise Armament handguard that comes with 6 QD mounts [Read More…]
The Ultimax Mark VIII has been out for several years now but this is the first time that the light machine gun has been out on Range Day at SHOT Show, allowing the public to get some hands-on with the light machine gun. Developed in the 1980s by Jim Sullivan, the Ultimax is perhaps most […] [Read More…]
Salient Arms is coming out with three different production AR15 rifles this year, the entry-level being the Green rifle with a variety of barrel options. They also have other rifles to include the Gray rifle which has a muzzle brake that clips on to Salient’s handguard instead of the Surefire [Read More…]
Brownells has upgraded their AR180 upper with a number of features, now with a more retro style folding stock and even a compatible AR180 lower receiver to match the style of the original stamped metal receiver. It now comes with new brace attachments to allow it to be registered as a pistol. Also [Read More…]
This year Magnum Research is bringing their custom 1911s to the market with a Crusader and a Viking-themed 1911, in addition to their Presidential Donald Trump Desert Eagle. We were told that the Presidental handgun will be sent to the Donal Trump Presidental Library collection. The Crusader and [Read More…]
SCCY is introducing the company’s first striker-fired handgun, the DVG1 or David Versus Goliath-1. The handgun is very similar to their earlier double-action versions but in this case, it is striker-fired. Along with standard versions of the handgun there are also optic-mounted versions that [Read More…]
Primary Arms introduced and highlighted four optics at SHOT 2020. The first is the GLX Series which has a motion sensor to detect when the rifle is in use to save battery power. A number of different reticles are being introduced for the GLX as well. The version on display at the show was a [Read More…]
EAA Corps is importing some different 1911 variants this year from Turkey. Of most significant news is the optics-equipped slide on a subcompact frame, chambered in 9x19mm and .45 ACP. Another point of interest is the grip window allowing shooters to see how many rounds are in their magazine during [Read More…]
Accuracy International is working on bringing their AT-LE rifle to Law Enforcement this year. It is based on the AX design and has a shorter 16-inch barrel, designed to fit into small spaces where police officers can fit their precision rifles into their patrol cars. It also has a threaded barrel [Read More…]
Speer Ammunition is coming out with a 5.7x28mm round that coincides with the introduction of the Ruger-57 handgun that also came out this year at SHOT Show. Speer is actually working on optimizing the round to make sure that it will function well in the Ruger handgun. In addition, the company is [Read More…]
Robinson Arms is producing reproduction Stoner 63 rifles and light machine gun variants (semi-automatic) in a limited run of 200 rifles and light machine gun conversion kits with the iconic top-fed magazine. The company is also bringing in 9mm and .45 ACP PPC carbines but these, unfortunately, were [Read More…]
FAB Defense went through a complete rebranding, changing their crests and imagery this year. But what is more important is that a number of their products were upgraded substantially. Possibly the most significant is the RAPS or the precision rifle stock, in addition to the new AK and AR polymer [Read More…]
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