Ryan B. Flowers of Galac-Tac has been making Boba Fett inspired cosplay armor for a couple years. Here are some photos of his work that have circulated around the internet. It has garnered massive interest in the Airsoft community. Well now he collaborated with [Read More…]
Not a company to let their product line stay the same, Springfield Armory has come out with a new M1A, this one aimed at being a “CQB“, or Close Quarters Battle rifle. It looks like they have made the leap into really modernizing the M1A from the factory, [Read More…]
Here is a video from almost a year ago. Chad, of Kel-Tec, shoots a full auto CMR-30 suppressed. The rate of fire is rather impressive. Here is an even older video from 2010 of a full auto PMR-30 with a stock.
We’ve announced several new models of Springfield Armory guns this week. This brand new XD Tactical is a Mod 2 in 9mm and holds 16+1 rounds of your choice of ammunition. The Tactical has a 5 inch barrel which gives a bit of heft to the front of the pistol [Read More…]
Ergo Grips recently introduced several new handguards to the market. The ERGO SuperLite Modular Rail System and the ERGO Modular Rail System, join Ergo Grip’s already impressive catalog of products. The Firearm Blog was provided both rails for testing. Key [Read More…]
National Police Ammunition (NPA) announced that as of December 7, 2015, the Department of Homeland Security/Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) has awarded them a contract to provide Reduced Hazard Training Ammunition (RHTA) to FLETC as well as other DHS [Read More…]
Winchester as founded in 1866 by Oliver Winchester as the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. The company’s first gun was, of course, the Model 1866, a lever-action repeating rifle chambered in .44 Henry. The Model 1866 was nicknamed the “Yellow Boy” [Read More…]
Carolina Arms Group is a fairly new company based just north of Charlotte, North Carolina. The founder of the company is a retired Navy man with a love of high quality, accurate, hand fitted 1911s. The companies lineup is growing and will be presenting new models at [Read More…]
Coming from Laura Burgess Marketing, IWI USA has pushed out an announcement about their newest product, a .300 Black Out SAR rifle, and a conversion kit for those with the 5.56x45mm version. The standalone rifle is going with an MSRP of $2,049, a couple hundred dollars [Read More…]
Springfield Armory has continued to release new gun models from XDm, M1A and several new 1911s. The latest offering is the Range Officer Operator. The Operator comes standard with a national match frame and slide as well as a national match barrel and fitted bushing. [Read More…]
Bersa was founded in the 1950s by Ercole Montini, Benso Bonadimani, and Savino Caselli. The company, which is based in Argentina, got its start manufacturing parts for a company by the name of Ballester-Molina (a company which is now out of business). They did [Read More…]
The NRA Whittington Center is an absolute gem of American shooting. I’ve always been looking for an excuse to blog about the world renowned shooting center for a while, but this short video recently posted by Nosler Ammunition highlights the center in a way that [Read More…]
Sciens Capital Management, the hedge fund managers that own Colt Defense, LLC, have failed to meet the January 8 deadline for funding the famous gunmaker’s exit from bakruptcy. The Wall Street Journal reports: Gun maker Colt Defense LLC is poised to exit [Read More…]
TALON Gyro-Stabilized Weapon Mount In another case of reality approaching science fiction, Paradigm SRP has brought us one step closer to one of my favorite scenes in one of my favorite movies (to put you in the mood): The TALON is a “gyro-stabilized marksman [Read More…]
Pride Fowler Industries and US Optics recently teamed up to offer the US Optics Military Spec series of rifle scopes. The US Optics Military Spec rifle scopes mate a PFI Rapid Reticle with a US Optics SR-8 or SR-6 rifle scope. The US Optics series encompasses two [Read More…]
The ammunition company Hornady has come out with two very simple products. The first one is called the “Rapid Rack”. It is basically a chamber flag, made out entirely out of aluminum. Ideally, a shooter can have this in their weapon system, thus keeping it a [Read More…]
The owner of Battlefield Las Vegas has yet again graced us with another high round count report, but this time purely on Optics that the range has on their rental firearms. When they say high round count, they really mean it! The range apparently went through 500,000 [Read More…]
Kirsten Joy Weiss caters to her subscribers and does a review of her favorite gun, her Volquartsen 10/22. Volquartsen is the gold standard in accurate 10/22s and the one they made for Kirsten is of that high caliber. The bull barrel has snake fluting and a compensator [Read More…]
Smart guns are at the front of the gun industry’s mind right now. This is due in large part to Obama’s recent order that the Department of Defense, Justice Department, and Department of Homeland Security must come up with a viable plan to speed along the [Read More…]
In yet another “I can’t believe its legal” installment from the ATF Technology’s branch, two companies are approaching the market with fire on pull and release trigger systems. Fostech Outdoors (known for their Origin 12 shotgun) and Franklin [Read More…]
Springfield Armory is releasing a number of new guns for 2016. The first gun to be released is the parkerized Loaded model 1911 with Crimson Trace lasergrips. This is concealed carry pistol meant for defense. This model is chambered in 45 acp. Three other models in the [Read More…]
As many readers will know, Springfield has wasted no time in 2016 with a salvo of daily launches of new products in the first quarter of the year. Today, January 10, Springfield officially unveils the new stainless steel Range Officer 1911 in 9mm and .45ACP. Springfield was kind enough to send James [Read More…]
XD Mod.2 9MM FDE I know I have been grumbling now for a while at the firearms industry for pushing “new” gear which is nothing more than a color change. Oh, the bittersweet taste of irony I had when I found out I would be reviewing a new Springfield XD that is part [Read More…]
Colt announced several new guns to be released for 2016. It’s been some time since Colt has introduced new 1911’s for the general consumer market. Of course we’ve seen limited editions in past years but nothing like these. What really caught my [Read More…]
Springfield Armory announced today they will be releasing the XD-S in 40 caliber. This release will complete the XD-S single stack line as far as caliber offerings. At .9 inches in width it’s one of the slimmest carry pistols in major calibers. This new offering [Read More…]
Introduced at the CES show now wrapping up in Las Vegas (just in time for SHOTShow to move in), FLIR has announced the upcoming release of its Scout TK thermal vision monocular. The new Scout TK is the latest and smallest offering in FLIR’s Scout brand. The new [Read More…]
SilencerCo has been pushing new products out one after another. Latest to keeping up with their own impressive pace are two cans, the Hybrid and the Omega 9K. The Hybrid is a universal suppressor for most uses and the Omega 9K is the exact opposite – a dedicated [Read More…]
It may not be a firearm but it’s a weapon well worth a second look especially for hunters. New from Crosman is the Pioneer Airbow, which is technically a bow due to the simple fact that it shoots arrows but is operated like a gun with a configuration similar to [Read More…]
VooDoo Innovations, part of the Adams Arms’ family, has announced the release of their first Glock Barrel, a Glock 17 model ready for both Gen 3 and Gen 4 handguns. Released to an already crowded market, the VDI barrel sets itself apart by loading up with [Read More…]
Buried in their new product announcement for the year, Kimber has announced the release of their Micro 9 9mm sub-compact handgun. The new Micro 9 is the big brother to Kimbers existing Micro .380 series and the slightly-larger-brother to Kimber’s Solo series. [Read More…]
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