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We won!
Although I have not been officially notified yet, I saw on the website that The Firearm Blog won the “Best Gun Blog – News” category of the Gunnies. Thanks much to everyone who voted. I will be sure to post a photo of the replica 30mm shell trophy. [Read More…]
Pilot dumps M4 for M249 and M203
Kit Up has an amusing story about Army Black Hawk pilot, and former infantryman, who decided that his M4 and M9 did not offer his enough firepower, so he swapped them for a M249 Para (with custom mods) and a M203 (with FD-203 standalone conversion). I like this pilots [Read More…]
Who is attending NDIA small arms exposition?
If you are, please be sure to pass on interesting product infomation & photos.
An introduction to the patent system for gun inventors [Part 1]
[ The Editor: The Firearm Blog readers are an innovative group. We regularly get email from readers asking us for give advice on how to proceed with patenting thier gun-related inventions. I am very pleased to present the first part in a series of posts that demystify [Read More…]
Interview with Gunsmithing Student Jeremy Chan
I am often asked by readers how they can become gunsmiths, but, never having gone down that path, I am as clueless as they are. My friend Albert Rasch has published an interview with Jeremy Chan, a gunsmithing student at the Trinidad State Junior College Gunsmithing [Read More…]
Vote for The Firearm Blog!!!
TFB has been nominated for a gunnies award. The prize is the supercool engraved 30mm shell replica you see below, and 100 rounds of ammo. PLEASE vote for The Firearm Blog in the 2011 Best Gun Blog – News Category. The Gunnies are being run by LuckyGunner.com. From [Read More…]
TFB RSS and Server Errors
The datacenter that hosts The Firearm Blog went down earlier this week and the blog suffered some downtime. I apologize for any inconvenience. An unrelated problem, some users have reported is that the blog’s RSS feed was not working correctly. We believe this [Read More…]
Thank you, Guest Bloggers
I am back from my vacation. I enjoyed a refreshing break in a very remote seaside location with no TV and poor mobile reception. I sadly missed the NRA Annual Meeting, but fortunately missed the royal wedding coverage and did a whole lot of fishing. I hope y’all [Read More…]
Technoframes “Blaze” Pistol Case
I learned a lot about Europe’s firearms market while at IWA and touring various factories. One of the most important things I learned was that quality sells in Europe – and a lack of quality doesn’t. When I asked, for example, why a certain US-market [Read More…]
Ballistol Lubricant Learns Foreign Languages
The German product Ballistol is popular with shooters the world over as an effective cleaning, lubricating, and protecting agent. Now, its aerosol cans are available in many different languages. I saw the display at IWA and had to take a few photos. [Read More…]
RIP Tim Hetherington
Tim Hetherington, the co-director of the documentary Restrepo, was killed by an RPG in the Libyan city of Misrata. RIP.
Mini Crossbow
I never much cared for crossbows until I saw this video … [Hat Tip: Gizmodo via. Reddit via CrunchGear]
“We fire the whole bullet, thats 65% more bullet per bullet”
In the future, home defense will come in forest camo, desert camo and “what idiot picked me” camo … Portal 2 was launched today. [Hat Tip: To which I replied…]
Sniper will be the new USMC top NCO
Military.com reports that Sgt. Maj. Michael P. Barrett, formally the chief instructor at Scout Sniper Instructor School, will be the Marine Corps’ next top noncommissioned officer. Congrats to Sgt. Maj. Barrett.
What US State would be the best to open a manufacturing facility?
An employee of a well known gun company asked me which state would be the best to open a manufacturing facility. Because I am not an expert in this area I thought I would ask y’all to help. Which state(s) do you think are best and why? Please sound off in the [Read More…]
Vacation Imminent, Need Guest Bloggers!
At the end of the month ol’ Steve is going on a much needed vacation for a week. I would really like it if readers and fellow bloggers could help me out and contribute guest posts for The Firearm Blog to keep it running during the break. I last opened up the blog [Read More…]
We hit 50,000 comments! 50,000th commenter wins $100 voucher!
Last week the 50,000th (non-spam) comment was posted on The Firearm Blog 🙂 Thank you to everyone who has written comments and helped make TFB a more useful resource for the community. Our 50,000th comment was posted by DAK on the Mossberg Tactical .22 blog post. I [Read More…]
Video Game Sound Designers Learn About Guns
David Huppert, of UNC-TV, visits a shoot organized for sound designers of NC-based video game producer Red Storm Entertainment. Red Storm are currently working on the latest game in the Ghost Recon franchise, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier.
Video of the XM25
PEO Solider has published this video of the XM25 … What is interesting is watching the shrapnel pattern. If the grenade was detonated two, or maybe even one, yards behind the target, the target could escape unscathed or with very minimum damage.
Mk19 FCS Fire Control System
StrategyPage reports on the new Fire Control System for the Mk19 40mm automatic grenade launcher … Combining a GPS, laser rangefinder and computer, the new Mk19 FCS (Fire Control System) enables gunners to put the first round on the target, at extreme ranges (over [Read More…]
Please help GFS choose a logo
For those of you who do not know, The Firearm Blog is owned by GunsForSale.com. My boss is trying to choose a new logo for GunsForSale. Could you please take a minute of your time to complete a simple two question survey. You will simply be asked to choose from a number [Read More…]
Machete Shooting Slingshot
Slingshot maker Jörg Sprave took up a challenge posed to him by a YouTube user and built a slingshot that fires machetes. Note the thumbhole stock! [Hat Tip: Boing Boing via. Geekologie!] [ Many thanks to Sven (Defense and Freedom) & David for emailing me the the [Read More…]
Gun Shaped “Sniper” computer RAM
Crunch Gear is reporting on a company that is making RAM heatsinks shaped like guns. [ Many thanks to mrsatyre for emailing me the link. ]
Chinese QLZ-87 35mm grenade launcher
A reader emailed me this photo of a Bolivian solider carrying a strange firearms and asked what weapon he was carrying. I was unable to identify it but Tony Williams, our resident ammunition expert, was. It is a Chinese QLZ-87 35mm grenade launcher. According to [Read More…]
FN Fire Control Unit (FN FCU)
FN Herstal has developed a 40mm grenade launcher sighting system called the FN Fire Control Unit (FN FCU). The FCU is mounted on a picatinny rail above the launcher. A laser range finder calculates the distance to the target and a clinometer measures the angle/elevation [Read More…]
Sig Sauer is expanding and looking for new staff
More info at Sig Sauer’s careers page. [ Many thanks to Matt for emailing me the information. ]
Beretta Factory Tour Preview
Here is a teaser of our behind-the-scenes footage of the Beretta Factory in Gardone Val Trompia, Italy. Enjoy (we did):
Blindfolded Browning Shotgun Disassembly and Assembly
While demonstrating the features of the Browning Maxus shotgun, Browning rep Jean-Christophe told me that he could disassemble and assemble the weapon blindfolded. Naturally, this was something I had to see. [ Andrew is a former US Navy Hospital Corpsman who was [Read More…]
Winchester Model 70 SPR .308
At the Browning section of IWA, there were a number of “IWA Specials” – weapons that are going to be sold in small numbers to test the reaction of the market. One such weapon was a Winchester Model 70 SPR – in simple terms, a very nice precision [Read More…]