Magpul announced the company is now shipping its MOE SL-S butt stocks. These new adjustable stocks are made for the AR platform and should work on any rifle with a milspec sized buffer tube (lower receiver extension.) These are different from the existing SL (slim [Read More…]
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing! Or is it your tinnitus? If you haven’t been using proper hearing protection when you head to the range or even in the field, make a resolution to start in 2017. And don’t worry, if you’d rather “wear” your [Read More…]
Krebs Custom Interchangeable Muzzle System (IMS) for AK rifles is now available through their website at $90. It allows to have 16.25″ barrel length and still be able to attach different muzzle devices without significantly increasing the overall length (except [Read More…]
Hudson MFG has a new pistol they are working on. Not much is known and their website is rather vague. It just shows a countdown timer. From the picture it looks like a hammerless 1911. However I have a sneaking suspicion that it is a striker fire 1911. We will know for [Read More…]
Along with the IAR finalists consisting of Heckler & Koch’s 416, FN’s HAMR, Colt submitted an entry to the Marine Corps Infantry Automatic Rifle competition. Of course, this is ancient history, and H&K won the competition with M27 IAR. However, [Read More…]
Everyone who knows a little about the Swedish Army knows about the Ak5 (Automatkarbin 5, or Automatic carbine 5). The rifle is still in use, and backgrounds to the FNC 80 / FNC. The Ak 5D Police, or CGA5 P, is much less known. Taking the shorter Ak5 D version as a [Read More…]
In the fourth part of the series of articles I am writing on the Lightweight Rifle program of the 1940s and ’50s, we looked at some of the experimental rifles that were being tested and evaluated during and just after World War II as potential replacements for or [Read More…]
Lucid Optics announced a new variable power scope that magnifies up to 18x while keeping the price tag less than $700. According to Lucid, this is the company’s first FFP scope and it spent a lot of time talking with shooters to learn what people wanted prior to [Read More…]
My friend Mike Branson got to photograph his co-worker’s father’s 100 year old gun. The engraving is just stunning. A coworker’s father owns this beautiful German Krupp Stahl “drilling” (combination gun) made over 100 years ago. The two [Read More…]
TFB’s second day of Christmas may not be the most exciting category, but receiving tools as a gift has can be extremely satisfying. Whereas it is easy enough to drop $500 on ammunition, spending $20 on a single hand tool for yourself seems outrageous – even [Read More…]
Noveske announced a new rifle called the Gen III OMW. OMW standas for One More Wave, the charitable organization the company is supporting with the sales of this gun. The Gun These Gen III guns are chambered in 300 BLK with a 14.5″ barrel fitted with a pinned [Read More…]
Argentine Defence Ministry Secretary of Science, Technology, and Production Hector Lostri announced that a domestic firearms’ manufacturing company called Fabricaciones Militares will start licensed manufacturing of Beretta ARX 200 rifles and Px4 Storm pistols. [Read More…]
Midwest Industries has designed and built a 17.5″ hand guard around their MB4 muzzle break. Using a cutout section where the break’s blast is driected, the MI rail extends out to nearly the end of the muzzle device for a clean look. The rail also provides nn [Read More…]
This is the first prototype of the Kalashnikov-AR, KAR-16, in 7,62×39 mm from Finland. Forget the large corporations, this KAR-16 has been designed and built by an enthusiastic gunsmith. I presume the “-16” stands for 2016. Below: Left hand charging [Read More…]
Is SIG about to win a major contract – likely worth more than ten million dollars – to supply pistols for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency? That is the scuttlebutt on the street, as part of a wider theory that the agency’s Office [Read More…]
Today we are going to take a close look at one of the most popular rifles in the world, the Ruger 10/22. We chose to review the standard carbine configuration because it is the most commonly seen, but there are hundreds of factory variations. The 10/22 can offer shooters a ton of fun for just [Read More…]
Forgotten Weapons posted this on their social media feed. It was sent in by a reader who took it at a Swiss gun show. The handgun is a Mauser Model 1910 in 7.65mm, with what appears to be a custom gunsmithing job that mounted an early handheld light to the frame of the [Read More…]
The East German Kleinkaliber-Maschinenpistole Modell 69 .22 Long Rifle Kalashnikov Trainer is one of the more peculiar relics of the Cold War. It is one of the few .22 LR trainers completely modeled after a full size, working issue rifle (not a conversion kit), and [Read More…]
Mechforce USA based out of Texas are newcomers to the firearms accessory market, they actually started out in the aerospace and energy business. Being gun enthusiasts they decided to use their knowledge and experience to produce high quality firearms parts. One of their [Read More…]
Print is most certainly not dead, especially when it comes to full-color guide books of one of the most iconic rifles in history. The Vickers Guide: AR-15 Volume 1 is available just in time for the holiday season. Packed with over 350 pages of impressive photography by [Read More…]
As I drive closer and closer towards the night vision world, I am beginning to take notice of the near limitless amount of accessories available. And unless you plan on a weapon-mounted setup, shooting with night vision is going to require some sort of mounting [Read More…]
Building on the successes of the DP shotguns and STD rifles, Standard Manufacturing Company is expected to release a 1911-style pistol at the 2017 SHOT Show in January. Called the STD-1911, the new pistols are CNC machined from carbon steel forgings to “the most [Read More…]
Yes, the real 12 days of Christmas will actually start on December 25th and run until January 6th, but in an effort to include everyone this holiday season, I’m switching things up. So whether you celebrate Santa’s arrival, Hanukkah or Martian [Read More…]
Strike Industries has shown on their Facebook page first pictures of a couple of new products. One is a new AR-15 magazine and the second one is a muzzle device called “Oppressor”. There is very little information available on both products. Here is what I [Read More…]
Vertx announced the company is now offering three of its popular bags in new colors. Specifically, the Gamut is now available in Loden Green, the Essential is now offered in Greener Pastures and the Professional Rifle Garment Bag can be had in Bracken Brown. The images [Read More…]
In this article, we’ll take a look at 6 most interesting gun-related crowdfunding projects currently active in crowdfunding websites. Although many of these sites are not quite friendly to the gun community, there are still some that retain common sense. Namely, [Read More…]
Faxon Firearms announced a pair of new muzzle devices that are available immediately. They are the Gunner and the Flame. Gunner The Gunner is a three port muzzle brake that the company designed to combine recoil reduction with usability. According to the company, the [Read More…]
During the past couple of months, the Indian army had at least three casualties from sniper fire on the border. These incidents probably lead India to announce about their need for a new sniper rifle. They sent an information request to world’s major firearms [Read More…]
Earlier this year, Advantage Tactical Sights (ATS) announced a new group of handgun sights it called the Dark Diamond line. At that time, the sights were only available for the Glock. Shortly thereafter, the company expanded the line to include SIG SAUER, Springfield [Read More…]
My friend Kris K. complied a few pics showing some HK416C out in the wild. The HK416C is a short barreled PDW with a collapsing stock. I have only seen the HK416C by VFC. Umarex has a licensed airsoft version made by VFC in Taiwan. I thought the 416C was just an airsoft [Read More…]
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