** I want to preface this by saying that we have covered the legality of solvent traps time and time again, they are not legal and can place you in a position that you do not want to be in. NFA laws are serious and should be taken serious. ** Editor’s Update – [Read More…]
TROY Defense has produced a series of carbines called the Special Operations Compatible Carbines (SOCC) for 2017. The new SOCC carbine family offer 7.5″, 10.5″, and 14.5″ barrel configurations, with several familiar and several brand new Troy [Read More…]
The premise of the Skeli X11 is to bring an economically priced modular “Next Generation” rifle to the consumer market. Not everyone might be able to afford or sustain a SCAR-H or SCAR-L, but with the X11, a modular, folding stock, ambidextrous (controls and [Read More…]
In the early-1980s, while acting as an associate and head designer of the Rio de Janeiro-based LAPA – Laboratório de Projetos de Armamento Automático Ltda company, Nelmo Suzano also found the time to create two .22LR carbines, which shared several design features [Read More…]
Armatac makes a dual drum magazine. At first glance one might think of a Beta C-Mag. However, that is as far as the similarities lie. The Armatac drum holds 150 rounds of 5.56. It is compatible with .300 blackout. The length of the ammo is crucial. 2.260 is the maximum [Read More…]
Majestic Arms has been helping Ruger MK2/3 owners with their upgrades. Well now they have turned their attention to the Ruger MK4. Their master grade kit features all the same upgrades as before just without the speed strip feature. One aspect of the Master Kit is in [Read More…]
On May 8th (Victory Day Eve) Russia will unveil a large monument in the likeness of Mikhail Kalashnikov as a testament to his influence on modern day weapon design and, as the sculptor stated, to commemorate “the struggle of good versus evil”. If my [Read More…]
Apart from the newly introduced Sovereign line of shotguns, and Fieldcraft line of lightweight hunting rifles (featured on TFB TV), Barrett had some new entries on display at the booth. The Barrett 240LWS is the lightweight squad machine gun that the company has [Read More…]
The Sig Sauer P250 lent a lot of design and innovation to help create the increasingly popular P320, but its time has come. With the growing market for striker-fire pistols versus hammer-fire compounded with the newly won U.S. Army contract for its new Modular Handgun [Read More…]
Remington’s new handgun has reached the hands of consumers, and the first reviews of the newest striker fired pistol from America’s oldest gunmaker are out… And you all know what I’m going to say next. Just the facts: I watched five reviews of [Read More…]
Olympic Arms sent out a notice to dealers and distributors today stating that after many years they will be closing their doors. The letter that was sent out does not go into detail as to why. The end of February will be the last day of operation for the business [Read More…]
Badger Ordnance has been a very innovative precision rifle accessory company for some decades now (this year the 35th anniversary). The companies products have been used in competition and in Military/LE circles for almost just as long. New for 2017 included this 60mm [Read More…]
Blackhawk! is coming out with a suppressor line. Crazy world right? The company has tooled up, worked with sub-contractors and gotten together with Silencerco for some of the adaptors provided to bring a value suppressor line to the market. The MSRP prices listed are [Read More…]
Maryland based Leitner Wise Rifle Company (LWRC) brought out a number of rifles and product enhancements this year at SHOT 2017. Possibly the biggest innovations are the California-legal modifications that can be added to any rifle in the line up, .300 BLK, M-Lok as a [Read More…]
We’ve written a number of posts on TFB about the Pakistani company Daudsons. Far from the rough copies hammered together (although remarkably accurate) in the gunmaking village of Dharra Adam Khel in the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakthunkhwa. Daudsons is really [Read More…]
Not long ago we did a video review of the Wilson Combat AR9G 9mm Carbine. Since James had a few feeding problems I wanted to test this carbine myself. I contacted Wilson and requested they send me the same carbine we previously tested. Not to call into question James [Read More…]
Slide Fire debuted its own belt fed AR-15 at Shot Show 2017. It is a modified AR15 with a detachable belt receiver. The belt fed into the side of the AR with the help of the feed system. The feed system is attached to the side of the modified AR receivers and can be [Read More…]
Today’s post on the work of Brazilian gun designer Nelmo Suzano (1930-2013) brings to light a somewhat unique 12-ga shotgun you TFB readers may have never heard about, the Pentagun. In the mid 1980s, Nelmo Suzano had one more prototype gun materialized during his [Read More…]
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2017 in Davos, Switzerland, was busy and the high-altitude resort was as usual highly protected. With new threats comes new kinds of protection and new types of “guns”. In these pictures captured by Simon Dawson you can [Read More…]
M+M Industries is a budding small arms design firm out of Colorado that has been bringing the 7.62x39mm M10X rifle to market for over a year. The overall goal of the design was to bring a modular rifle to the civilian market (LE/Military also a possibility) that has a [Read More…]
The ultimate kit for a prepper? Steyr Arms Inc. showed a prototype at SHOT Show of a Steyr AUG Survival Kit. The rifle, in high visibility orange, comes in a Pelican case and includes two 30 round mags, two 42 round mags, a serrated survival knife, a flare gun, a [Read More…]
TorkMag showed off a few new products at the 2017 SHOT Show. They debuted a new 20 round Glock magazine as well as a conversion kit for the AR-15 that allows you to use Glock mags. If you don’t remember TorkMag, a few years back Patrick R did a review of the [Read More…]
Axel is a long time friend of the Blog, and at SHOT 2017 he brought out one of the shotgun prototypes. He took a Remington 11, turned it upside down, then welded an MG42 grip to the bottom portion. He attached to an Ace stock, while folding a piece of metal on top of the […] Read More [Read More…]
This year at SHOT Springfield introduced a couple of new revisions to current models, one of those being the EMP4 Concealed Carry Contour chambered in 9mm. We all know that sharp corners and edges on a gun can make it hard to hide under a shirt and no one knows that [Read More…]
I think it’s fair to call this a “Shot Show Secret” isn’t it? C-More is primarily known for their optics lines, but they also produce a special line of short barreled shotguns for the US Army. These shotguns are now fully available to civilian owners in the USA, along with a [Read More…]
Hill & Mac Gunworks’ flagship is their ambitious project to create an affordable, shootable reproduction of the WWII-era German StG-44, but another thing they have been working on is a recreation of the CETME-L Cold War era Spanish assault rifle. Unlike their [Read More…]
I saw this Boba Fett inspired painted SCAR 16S at the Kinetic Development Group’s booth at Shot Show 2017. It was painted by JB Gates @baxta914. Here is a close up from Gate’s Instagram account.
Long range shooting is a sport that requires a lot of gear. Long range shooters try to consolidate their gear as much as possible. One item that caught my attention at the 2017 SHOT Show was the new 55 inch Deluxe Shooters Mat from Galati Gear. Not only is the Deluxe [Read More…]
The BAAINBw (Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support) has released an order for new assault rifles for Germany’s Special Forces. They will purchase a total of 1 705 rifles between September 2017 and June 2019. The [Read More…]
One of the most interesting firearms for me at the 2017 SHOT Show was Hill & Mac’s quasi-reproduction of the WWII-era StG-44 Sturmgewehr. We’ve covered this weapon twice before at trade shows, including SHOT 2016 and the NRA 2016 Annual Meeting, and I am [Read More…]