The Taurus Judge can easily be described with a single word: awesome. It doesn’t matter if you’re a fan of Taurus or a lover of revolvers, because when it comes to the Judge it’s one of those guns with a serious cool factor. Even those who are not [Read More…]
Advanced Ballistics Concepts will introduce a line of ammunition called SKYNET and SKYNET+. The new ammunition will be available in 12 gauge through 40mm. It appears that when fired, the projectile breaks apart and deploys a net of some type. Of course, this is not the [Read More…]
There is a significant difference between cover and concealment. A common mistake made by gun owners is not only using the terms interchangeably but believing the differences do not matter. Of course, they do matter – quite a bit. After all, when you’re in [Read More…]
The Turkish Defense Ministry has announced the continued acceptance of their new service rifle, the 7.62x51mm MPT-76 in a new batch of 15,014 rifles for their armed services. This is out of an initial order of 35,014 rifles that was placed in June of this year. Now, the [Read More…]
7.62 Precision has showcased a Viking themed AR rifle on their Facebook page, and it is quite the eye candy of the month. Using Duracoat and a laser engraving process, they painted a pretty standard AR15, and then cut designs into it, all over the stock and receiver. [Read More…]
Palmetto State Armory recently debuted their new AR15 Lowers that accept Glock style 9mm pistol magazines. They have completely assembled AR15 lowers in both rifle and pistol configurations available. The new PSA 9mm lowers are machined from billet 7075 aluminum T6 [Read More…]
A little New Year’s fun with 22Plinkster. He’s been making videos with more than just .22LR for some time now, so this isn’t his first time covering the .500 S&W. It is, however, his first time covering it while it’s loaded with [Read More…]
Destructive Devices Industries (aka DDI) will begin selling a new shotgun called the DDI 12 in 2016. The new semi-automatic guns use a Kalashnikov-style action and will be chambered in 12 gauge. The new guns are being imported (unsure on from where at this time) and [Read More…]
Whether you’re looking for a way to achieve a more positive grip while manipulating your slide, have a weaker grip due to arthritis, or you just want a visually catchy addition to your favorite pistol, you have to take a look at the Slide Spider. The Slide Spider [Read More…]
Personally, I would rather be shot by neither, but a Special Operations doctor spent some time going into detail about why he would rather be shot by the 7.62x39mm round from the ubiquitous AK-47 over the smaller 5.56mm round fielded by many NATO forces. [Read More…]
American Built Arms announced the company will show the new MOD*X GEN III Modular Rifle System at the SHOT Show in Las Vegas. The chassis is designed to be a lightweight drop-in for the Remington 700 short action. The unit weighs about three pounds and two ounces. The [Read More…]
Archangel Manufacturing will introduce a number of new 10/22 stocks at the 2016 SHOT Show. These new stocks are variants on the company’s existing 10/22 stock: the AAP1022 that was introduced at the 2015 SHOT Show. The new stocks are functionally the same as the [Read More…]
I have to hand it to the seller, they found a niche that they could exploit. In this case, a GunBroker seller was offering fully trademarked 80% Colt lower receivers. The receivers are marked in the old “A1” style using older logos. Colt claims and has filed [Read More…]
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army may be equipping their troops with new handheld laser weapons. Not quite phasers from Star Trek, or blasters from Star Wars, these weapons are designed to blind sensors, and possibly enemy personnel, preventing them from [Read More…]
OK, so with the clickbait title out of the way, we’ve seen how the M1 Garand and the AK-derived Galil ACE fare in mud, but what about the legendarily reliable AK itself? Well, Ian and Karl’s recent round of mud testing continues, and next in line is Mikhail [Read More…]
A Canadian fellow who tinkers in gunsmithing came out with a break open, 12 gauge handgun in this video. He incorporated a top rail to mount various optics, and a small forend to hold the monster handgun. The grip appears to be a rugged large frame rubber revolver grip, [Read More…]
The Dragunov Sniping Rifle System, Year of 1963, or SVD or “Dragunov” for short, has since the early 1960s (like its name implies) been one of the premier squad designated marksman weapons in the world. The longest-serving purpose-designed squad marksman [Read More…]
Unity Tactical has released a new mount for helmets equipped with a dovetailed accessory rail, such as the ACH-ARC rail from Ops Core. The mount offers articulation and the ability to mount two accessories to a single rail, and supports 1913 Picatinny rail segments [Read More…]
Dan Wesson announced a new 1911-style pistol called the Discretion. Specifically designed to work with sound suppressors, the Discretion pistols are chambered for the 9mm and .45 ACP calibers. These guns come with a 5.75″ threaded barrel (and thread protector.) [Read More…]
The first photos of the new Ruger American pistol have been released, and now the first review and shooting videos are coming out on YouTube, as well. First, GunsAmerica released an unboxing/teaser video of the American: BurstReview has released a somewhat [Read More…]
JT Defense, out of Northern California has recently released a Glock red dot optics mount, to fit into the dovetail of an existing Glock. In addition to being mounted in the dovetail, an extra layer of stability is added by replacing the rear slide locking plate and [Read More…]
After several day of leaked photos and a few videos Ruger made its official announcement today of the American Pistol. The press release has a heavy emphasis on military and police use as well as consulting with many military and police trainers input into its design. [Read More…]
Warning: PSA contains graphic images of an injury. While some gun owners see the golden rules of gun safety as a bit of a no-brainer – why wouldn’t you follow them? – there are plenty of instances where it becomes clear they’re not followed by [Read More…]
Ruger announced a new version of the 22/45 Lite pistol. This one is anodized olive drab green. Currently, Ruger sells a blue version of the gun plus gun distributor Davidson’s commissioned a pair of limited edition 22/45 Lite pistols in other finishes (red and [Read More…]
Ruger released an update to the company’s SR-556 Takedown rifle. The new Takedown gun replaces the quad rail forend with a KeyMod model. The result is a gun that is 1/2 a pound lighter. The original gun weighed 7.6 pounds while the new gun weighs only 7.1 pounds. [Read More…]
There’s very little that has truly been new in the way of firearms mechanisms in the past century. Materials and ammunition design have improved steadily, but the great bulk of firearms mechanisms in use today were designed in the early part of the 20th Century or [Read More…]
Polenar Tactical has an in-depth review on the AKB15 from Arex that has just come out on their Youtube channel. The company seems to have kept the fundamental design of the Kalashnikov the same, not messing with any of the internals. However what they have done is [Read More…]
We all know the Galil ACE is a descendant of the famous AK series of rifles, but how well does it handle mud? Well, in the interim between the news breaking that IWI was recalling all of its newly released Galil ACE pistols due to the presence of a full auto sear pin [Read More…]
This Youtube clip was published in 2011 but it shows some very serious safety precautions to be taken when using muzzleloaders. The shooter has an inline muzzleloader, but left his powder charge open on the table, directly underneath the rifle as it was being fired. As [Read More…]
For 2016, Chiappa will have a pair of new semi-automatic shotguns based on the CA612 line. The new guns are set up to run 3.5″ Magnum shells and are designated the CA612M Field and CA612M Turkey. The names should give you an indication of for what the guns are [Read More…]