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The 17th Installment of Build of the Week was contributed by Michael G. This is one of the most complete submissions to date and includes prices. Keep the submissions coming in! We are publishing them in the order in which they were received (with the exception of a [Read More…]
Strike Industries’ new Viper Enhanced Pistol Grip is an AR-15 grip that is available in three different grip angle options – 15°, 20°, and 25°. The 25-degree version has a grip angle similar to the A2 grip and other versions are closer to being vertical. [Read More…]
Deals of the Week – Ruger AR-556 MPR, Sig Romeo5 and Magpul PMAGs, Leupold Mark AR Mod-1, Winchester XPR Introducing the Deals of the Week, a weekly round-up of some of the best deals on firearms and accessories that can be found on the internet. Ruger AR-556 MPR [Read More…]
Blue Rock ARmour is a startup company that has designed an AR-15 pistol grip and foregrip system called Grip Armour. The prototypes of this product have already been 3D printed and tested. The company plans to start the manufacturing in Spring 2019 and the start of [Read More…]
Here we go again, my friends. Illegal firearms keep on falling to police hands in this neck of the world, and, as you may guess, these are likely to represent only a fraction of those which are actually in use by criminals. The purpose of articles like this is to give [Read More…]
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ADAR is one of the relatively new Russian firearm brands. We’ve earlier reported about the AR-15 and new straight pull rifle made by this company. During the Arms & Hunting 2018 exhibition, we had a chance to take a closer look at these guns and talk to [Read More…]
Although the L1A1 SLR (FN FAL) service rifle served the Australian “Digger” faithfully for an extremely long period of time, infantrymen in the Vietnam War realized that the rifle could be “tweaked” to fit the combat that the soldiers had to fight in day after [Read More…]
Although rebel groups and insurgents are usually focused more on small arms themselves instead of the accessories that can be attached to them, we are continuing to see the diversification of these after-market accessories throughout the world as the firearms themselves [Read More…]
For people who live in restricted states, you have very limited options to continue to keep and bear arms. Moving is not a realistic option for most, no matter how many times people in free states say to do so. So what options are there? Register or go featureless. Dan, [Read More…]
Does quantity have a quality of its own? The Franklin Armory PDW-C7 is at its core a compact 5.56 AR Pistol with a 7″ barrel. What sets it apart from other factory AR pistol offerings, however, is its factory installed BFSIII binary trigger. One can debate the [Read More…]
Magazine loaders – handy tools to have in your range bag if you are going to have a range day involving a lot of shooting. Nowadays, we have a metric ton of options on the market, however, many of those that allow you to load all the 30 rounds into the magazine in [Read More…]
I have been looking at the picture of this setup, trying to figure out how the system works. I think that when you pull the trigger on rifle #1 (middle), it fires and sends its gas to cycle and fire rifle #2 (bottom), which will do the same with #3 (top), which will [Read More…]
Drumroll…..And the winner for the second set was William C with his AR “In All It’s Glory” build. The randomly picked winning voter was R C. William C will receive a gift card to a retailer where he can acquire more parts for his next build (and be entered [Read More…]
MagPod – a patented baseplate for the Gen2 Magpul PMAG magazines, that functions both as a monopod and a magazine (ammunition) identifier and reloading aid. I only have one, given to me by a friend, and I think they’re great. They can offer great help when [Read More…]
About a month ago, Christopher Bartocci of Small Arms Solutions, posted on his website an AR-15 rifle that he was going to sell (already sold out). When I visited the page, I was really intrigued by the description of the rifle. Chris wrote: “It has hand selected [Read More…]
I learned about this products while watching the latest TGC News video. In a nutshell, this is a spring loaded rifle sling (similar to a seat belt) stored inside an AR-15 stock. This new accessory is called SlingStock and it is made by a company called WMD Guns. So far, [Read More…]
The frequency that Strike Industries releases new products at is really amazing. Almost every week they reveal a new accessory. This past Friday we told you about the company’s latest product and today, less than a week later, we are reporting about the [Read More…]
««« FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA »»» https://www.facebook.com/TheFirearmBlogTV/ https://www.instagram.com/TFBTV/ Late August of 2018 I had the good fortune to visit Sig Sauer in New Hampshire for a 2 day media event. There I was given a first look at Sig Sauer’s newest AR-15 Rifle, The [Read More…]
The New Zealand Herald has reported that the 9,040 LMT 5.56x45mm MARS-L rifles purchased by the New Zealand Defense Force have suffered critical parts breakage in certain components of the rifles, specifically the firing pins, bolt carriers and inside the trigger [Read More…]
Colt have been awarded to a contract worth nearly $60 million to produce M4 carbines for America’s allies. Back in July we reported that Colt, along with FN, Remington and Daniel Defense, had been selected to produce M4 carbines for Foreign Military Sales. Remington [Read More…]
Wooden handguards fitted for an M16/AR15-patterned rifle are nothing new in the United States among the boutique custom build community. Some folks prefer the older, more nostalgic look of the solid wood grips that used to be so common on firearms of all types prior to [Read More…]
Hipefire has released a new ambidextrous AR-15 safety selector called HIPERSWITCH (High Performance Switch). The key feature of this safety selector is that it has a 60-degree throw (as opposed to conventional 90-degree) which is designed to allow faster selection [Read More…]
The host of Demolition Ranch YouTube channel has published a video announcing the launch of airsoft AR-15 pattern rifles branded after the channel. These airsoft guns are the result of the collaboration of Demolition Ranch with F1 Firearms and EMG International. [Read More…]
Customization is growing in popularity. Customers don’t settle with just another black rifle, so when we order a new one it might be a special Ceracote instead of a black rifle off the shelf. This trend goes even in a small country like Finland (population 5,5 [Read More…]
Rise Armament is known across the firearm industry for their tremendously high quality AR-15 rifles and components. In addition to that, this year they have gone out to specifically help our veterans and law enforcement through multiple endeavors. Rise Armament in [Read More…]
Blowback Banshee CMMG’s Mk57 series is their line of 5.7x28mm firearms. Their “Banshee” model incorporates their shortest barrel in the caliber (5″), as well as a Tailhook PSB. All Mk57 models use CMMG’s Patent Pending Radial Delayed [Read More…]
I just can’t help it, folks (and Pete!). Whenever news like this here in Brazil come to my attention, I immediately wonder if TFB readers might be interested in also taking a look. The rate of recurrence at which such facts take place in this neck of the woods, as [Read More…]
Strike Industries came up with another simple yet interestingly executed product – the Pit Viper stock. In order to avoid confusion, let me tell you right away that this stock won’t work with standard AR-15 receiver extensions. It is a proprietary design [Read More…]
The legal definition of a rifle per the BATFE is a “weapon designed or redesigned, made or remade, and intended to be fired from the shoulder and designed or redesigned and made or remade to use the energy of the explosive in a fixed metallic cartridge to fire only a [Read More…]
Just so we are clear, I have not actually seen Mile 22, but I am a sucker for a flashy preview that features guns, explosions, dramatic pauses a lots of ballistic nylon. Story aside, the prop armorers behind the movie seem to have their sh*t together, displaying a wide [Read More…]
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