Due to ever-increasing import restrictions, the supply of quality, foreign made AK patterned rifles and pistols has been reduced to a trickle. Luckily, our friends at Atlantic Arms have been working with Arms Of America to import Polish made 7.62×39 pistols with [Read More…]
A few weeks ago, I had a pleasure of working with Larry Vickers on his trip to Russia. He had a unique chance to check out some of the newer Russian weapons, we visited some amazing museums and saw some incredible weapon collections. I wanted to highlight some weapons [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV, James reviews the Galil ACE in 5.56mm/.223. The Galil is Israel’s answer to the AK47, but a sleeker, more modernized version. Taken directly from IWI’s brochure: “The modernized Galil ACE is based upon the reliable mechanism of the original Galil rifle [Read More…]
Kalashnikov Concerns Media site have shared a video of Larry Vickers testing out their latest carbine, the AM-17. Vickers recently visited Kalashnikov’s production facilities in Izhevsk, Russia and had the chance to handle and shoot some of their latest products. [Read More…]
We have been following the AK-50 project (AK chambered in .50 BMG) pretty much since its very beginning. Brandon Herrera (a.k.a. The AK Guy), the founder of AKG Industries, had started the project about two and a half years ago and ever since he has been continuously [Read More…]
Iron Claw Tactical has introduced the second generation of their AK magazine well. Once installed on AK rifles, this magazine well allows straight magazine insertion. The Gen2 magwell is compatible with AK-47 (both milled and stamped receivers) and AK-74 pattern rifles [Read More…]
On April 12, 2018, Russian RIA Novosti news agency has published an article telling about the upcoming negotiations of Russian and Indian officials concerning the licensed manufacturing of 100-series AK rifles in India. This information was released during the DefExpo [Read More…]
JMac Customs has introduced stock adapters that allow attaching SIG MPX/MCX folding stocks to AK rifles. Currently these adapters are available only for Arsenal AKs, however, the company is designing such adapters for a lot of other AK rifle variations (Yugoslavian, [Read More…]
Insofar as Kalashinov derivatives and clones go, the Albanian variants don’t offer much when it comes to being unique or improving the system. If anything they are one of the much more mundane and uninteresting of the Kalashnikov variants. However, when it comes [Read More…]
Chaos Inc. has introduced a new series of extended handguards for the following four shotgun models: Saiga-12, Cheetah-12, KS-12 and DDI-12. The new series of handguards is called Apollo 12. They are available either with KeyMod or M-LOK accessory mounting platforms on [Read More…]
A Ukrainian company called Black Storm Technology makes a variety of AK accessories. The company is mostly known for developing bullpup conversion kits for AK family of rifles. In this article, we’ll tell about the latest version of their bullpup kit called BS-4. [Read More…]
A recent image posted on Egypt Defense Review has shown perhaps one of the more detailed images publicly available of Beretta GLX160 40x46mm Low-Velocity UBGL/Stand Alone configuration grenade launchers in use by Egyptian special operations forces (also in use are CZ [Read More…]
If you spend any time on firearms-focused social media channels, it is easy to spot those who are going through the motions just for the business and those who truly enjoy their work. Justin and Ashley McMillion of JMac Customs definitely fall into the later category [Read More…]
After field trials and subsequent purchasing of the “Trichy” Assault Rifle (TAR) by the Indian Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), it is being reported that other Indian Law Enforcement entities are taking an interest in the rifle as well. The 7.62x39mm [Read More…]
Will the World Cup 2018 being held in Russia create a TulAmmo shortage in the United States?… Potentially, yes, comrade! If any of our TFB audience is Russian, they may have already known of or read an excerpt that we are about to present. A Russian publication [Read More…]
Circle 10 AK has just released two new AK products – AK Push Button 2-Bolt Folding Hinge and AK 2-Bolt Triangle Stock. Both of these accessories use 10-32 2-bolt mounting system. Let’s take a quick look at each of these parts separately. AK Push Button [Read More…]
Production at the long-planned and troubled Kalashnikov factory in Venezuela reportedly edges closer as politicians announce production is scheduled to begin rifle in late 2019. The construction of the plant was first confirmed way back in 2006. The Venezuelan defence [Read More…]
The number of private Russian companies manufacturing firearm accessories constantly increases. There are more an more AK accessories appearing on the market that are made in this country. Bulletec is one of those domestic Russian companies that makes a variety of AK [Read More…]
In the late ’50s, there was a need in the armed forces of Soviet Union for replacing the rifles deployed in sniper and DMR roles. By that time they were mainly using scoped Mosin-Nagant, SVT and SKS rifles. All these rifles were outdated and they needed something [Read More…]
At the World Shoot 2017 IPSC Rifle just outside Moscow, in one of the shooting bays of the Park Patriot, there was a possibility to shoot a wide variety of Russian firearms. This place isn’t open to the public normally, so if you’re heading there to shoot [Read More…]
Žiga Polajnar, more commonly known as the face of Polenar Tactical (although many would argue that title belongs to Manca) will be crossing the Atlantic from his home in Slovenia to teach two small one-day AK courses in Texas the week before NRAAM. Žiga is both a [Read More…]
According to Jane’s 360 and the producer Fabryka Broni the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (abbreviated DICON) and the holding company Polish Armaments Group (PGZ) have agreed to begin the production of the Beryl M762 military rifle. Eventually, the full [Read More…]
Kalashnikov Media has recently published an article about one of the Soviet experimental caseless rifles. Just like in other countries where the caseless ammunition was developed, the goal was to get rid of the case in order to have a much more compact and lightweight [Read More…]
Russian Tula Arms Plant, the manufacturer of the VSS “Vintorez” integrally suppressed rifle, has recently added a couple of versions of the rifle to the list of civilian products on their website. In order to qualify as civilian firearms, these weapons were [Read More…]
While writing an article on available muzzle brakes and compensators for Kalashnikovs, I found myself at an impasse. Despite shooting and customizing AKs for more than a decade, I never really dug into the reasons behind the angle of the iconic slant brake. I was stuck [Read More…]
What does an average person know about the Pakistani weapons and the military-industrial complex? Nothing. Ordinary people are not interested in this kind of weird stuff. OK, so what does an average gun enthusiast know about Pakistani weapons? Probably not much either. [Read More…]
Polish WBP Rogow has published a video showing how AKMS rifles are disassembled into parts kits in their factory. They completely disassemble the rifles including the removal of barrel and trunnions. Let’s watch the video first then take a closer look at [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV, James discusses (and busts) four of the most popular AK-47 myths with the help of Mishaco and Karl from InRange TV. Is the AK as 10+ MOA inaccurate as people say? Is it as reliable as legend tells us? Are they cheap to make? And what’s the deal with shooting [Read More…]
Century Arms has achieved a lot of adulation for their C39V2 AK-47 rifle. Now they are ushering this into the world of pistols with the introduction of the C39V2 Pistol with a Shockwave Blade. The stout power and compact package that this will provide for AK [Read More…]
Kalashnikov Media has recently published a scanned copy of a quite an interesting drawing. It is said to be the hand sketch of a CIA agent who first saw the AK-47 rifle in 1953. It was a part of a report which told that during a demining operation in Leningrad and [Read More…]
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