Slide Fire is a Texas-based company that was started just a few short years ago by a USAF veteran, and in those years they’ve grown substantially. The company is known for their Slide Fire stocks, which are often referred to as bump fire stocks, but they go [Read More…]
I really am becoming quite the fan of Magpuls various marketing videos. They take the tacti-cool and mix it with a fun flavor of tactical. Latest from their video labs is how to dye one of their new Sand colored PMAG Gen 3’s. In short, boil water, add RIT dye, [Read More…]
It seems that if you want a reproduction late-war German experimental rifle design, you should get in touch with GunLab’s Chuck. Besides his VG-1-5 project which we’ve covered several times in the past, he also mentioned a year ago that he was doing a run of [Read More…]
Polenar Tactical, the pro-firearms Slovenian group, has started an IndieGoGo campaign to make a training video about the AK platform. You may recall they are the group that made the video on “Stereotypes at the Range” The team at [Read More…]
The number of accessory mounting options for AK owners continues to grow; UTG has announced new 13″ AK handguards compatible with Vltor’s KeyMod rail/accessory mounting system. From the press release: The Venerable AK47 has seen numerous upgrades and [Read More…]
Six weeks ago I announced that Alexey Krivoruchko, the CEO of the Kalashnikov Group, would be interviewed by me and he was willing to answer question submitted by TFB readers. As promised, I chose the highest up-voted questions and sent them to the Kalashnikov Group, [Read More…]
Atlantic Firearms and Definitive Arms have partnered to create a US-made 9mm AK rifle for the US civilian market. In January, a video was uploaded to YouTube showing testing of the rifle, and its bolt-hold-open feature: Earlier this week, however, a semi-official [Read More…]
RT (Russia Today) posted this on their Facebook page. It shows Russian soldiers fighting Islamic Terrorists. WARNING: There is some graphic content. Images of dead terrorists are in this video. There are some interesting weapons being used in this video. [Read More…]
As many AK shooters know loading magazines for a range trip can be a dirty and time consuming task. It seems those steel cased rounds are covered with plenty of dirt that ends up all over my hands. While loading the magazines doesn’t take that much time, [Read More…]
Taofledermaus, master of unconventional (and some would argue unsafe) ad-hoc gun modifications has taken the Kalashnikov hobby to a new level. A well-made AK with good magazines is one of the most reliable firearms on the planet. It’s certainly no mystery why [Read More…]
Rob Kay interviewed Timothy Yan about buying optics and mounts for an AK. Here is the original article. Q: You did a major piece on AK mounts for Guns & Ammo. What did you discover about AK scope mounts in doing the research for that piece? A: There are really only [Read More…]
The recent controversy surrounding the H&K G36 rifle (previous articles regarding on the subject available here, here, here, and here) may come to a head soon. The issue of a new Bundeswehr rifle was brought up recently in the German government. From [Read More…]
Rock Island Auction seems to always have something special, but this particular item is exceptional even by those standards. Forgotten Weapons has a video overview of an extremely rare Pedersen GY rifle. This rifle was a Pedersen design from the late 1930s that copied [Read More…]
I certainly won’t pass up a chance to post about the AR-18; the rifle has a uniquely 1960s-chic about it that I can’t resist. The marriage of unadorned stamped steel and black polymers makes for a rifle that looks like it’s ready to be carried by a [Read More…]
As in all Small Caliber Book Reviews here at TFB, I will be covering the area of relevance and strengths and weaknesses of the book, as well as whether it is more introductory or advanced. To write my ongoing series of posts on the Light Rifle, I first had to hit the [Read More…]
The Sturmgewehr is a rifle that will never lose it’s place in history; it is one of the single most influential weapons of the 20th Century. It is not the first of its kind, however, and we at TFB have previously taken a look at some of the rifle’s [Read More…]
Faxon Firearms has released a new variant of the ARAK-21 rifle/upper. This variant has an ambidextrous dual-ejection port, allowing ejection from either the right or the left. From the press release: Faxon Firearms Releases Ambidextrous Ejection Window ARAK-21 First [Read More…]
I doubt that any of my readers have never seen a film in which a suitably menacing-looking Kalashnikov rifle was used this way: With the sling over the shoulder, stock folded, pointing from the hip: When one comes into ownership of a folding-stocked rifle of this type, [Read More…]
As I was in Louisiana apart of a road trip this past week, I decided to check into Red Jacket Firearms, just because they happened to be within the vicinity of where I was staying in Amite. I was curious on account of two reasons. One, I wanted to know more about what [Read More…]
Brandon (@visceral_malice) send us a photo of his folder collection … This was an image of some of my folding stock guns I originally took for folder fridays on instagram, but I liked the way it came out. I have a small obsession with folding stocks and plan to [Read More…]
First there was the AR-15 mag charger from Caldwell, and now they’re releasing an AK-47 version. Just like the AR-15 version this new model is simple to operate and significantly speeds up mag-loading time. The charger holds fifty 7.62x39mm rounds which can be [Read More…]
Why do women buy guns? How many guns do they buy? What kinds of guns do they buy? Those and other questions found answers with the release of a new NSSF report on women and firearms. The report itself is available to NSSF members and the media through their blog, but [Read More…]
After sending his MK 47 Mutant back to the manufacturer following its failure in a previous 1,000 round shooting session, Mrgunsngear has gotten the rifle back from CMMG, with a new locking compound applied to the gas block. Naturally, it’s time for another [Read More…]
It has been just over a year since the RCMP re-classified the Cz858 rifles in Canada. We are still waiting for “the fix” Bill C-42 to come into full effect and remove the restrictions on them. But the original importer of the Cz858, Wolverine Supplies, [Read More…]
The NRA Show is just around the corner, and we’ll be seeing some new guns being unveiled at this year’s event. Among them is the Pocket AK from Heizer Defense, the company that brought you the Pocket AR. Full details are not yet available, but Heizer did [Read More…]
Medium.com has a very interesting blog post about a Kurdish gunsmith … Even though the war effort has brought new and varied business to his gun shop, Bakhtiar says his craft is one that will never go away. “My business will not stop, even if the war with ISIS [Read More…]
I’ve always found it funny whenever I look at mainstream media outlets and there’s some unique or rare firearm being displayed. Because my thought process goes something “WOW, that Philippine rebel has a super rare early model Johnson rifle! [Read More…]
YouTube user Misita1 has hidden away a promotional video from Concern Izmash before it became Concern Kalashnikov. The 90’s graphics are prevalent throughout, but it has a mesmerizing narrator who makes the Russian accent oddly attractive. The video includes a [Read More…]
Three years ago, we broke the news that Beretta was working on a dual-caliber 7.62x51mm/7.62x39mm rifle, which reportedly would be available in 2013. This never came to pass, but Beretta apparently has continued work on the rifle, which has in common only the trigger [Read More…]
Bravo 18 made accessories for the AK back in 2013. The muzzle device is what caught my attention. I thought it was made of wood or papercraft due to the angular nature of the design. I could not find anything current on them and their website is down. Anyone know what [Read More…]